Marvin Kaplan

<p>ISN’T THAT WHAT’S-HIS-NAME?! <br /> <br />Maybe you remember him as a regular on two of the longest running sitcoms on <br />television. On ALICE he played Henry Beesmeyer the telephone repairman who <br />hung out at Mel’s Diner. And before that as Alfred Prinzmetal an aspiring poet on the sitcom MEET MILLIE. <br /> <br />Or more recently as Mr. Gordon the long-suffering patient on the sitcom BECKER starring Ted Danson. <br /> <br />And who can forget that voice of the flamboyant Choo Choo on the primetime cartoon series TOP CAT. <br /> <br />Maybe you saw Jonathan Winters throw him out of a window in MAD MAD <br />MAD MAD WORLD. Or laughed at his character in THE GREAT RACE starring <br />Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Or A NEW KIND OF LOVE as Paul Newman’s sidekick. <br /> <br />He was called a scene-stealer in his first movie ADAM’S RIB playing a court stenographer opposite Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. <br /> <br />His filmography (included in this book) comprises dozens of television theater and film credits. <br /> <br />You know who I’m talking about. Had a distinctive whining deadpan Brooklyn accent wore thick round eyeglasses with those bushy eyebrows. <br /> <br />What’s-his-name?! Marvin Kaplan. Undeniably the most beloved character actor in all of Hollywood. This is his story.</p>