Jerry Stiller
Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens, another role that garnered widespread acclaim. Stiller appeared together with his son Ben Stiller in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. He also performed voice-over work for films and television, including The Lion King 1½ and Planes: Fire and Rescue. In his later career, Stiller became known for portraying grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Stiller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Attack of the Doc! as
- 2016 · Zoolander: Super Model as Maury Ballstein (voice)
- 2016 · Zoolander 2 as Maury Ballstein
- 2015 · Deli Man as Himself
- 2014 · Simpler Times as Harry
- 2014 · How Murray Saved Christmas as Murray Weiner (voice)
- 2014 · Planes: Fire & Rescue as Harvey (voice)
- 2013 · Cousins as Charlie Gordon
- 2012 · Excuse Me for Living as Morty
- 2012 · Foodfight! as General X (voice)
- 2011 · Swinging with the Finkels as Mr. Winters
- 2010 · Fish Hooks as Principal Stickler
- 2010 · Fish Hooks as Principal Stickler (voice)
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Mercy as Joe Thalberg
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Felix Afterman
- 2009 · Ice Dreams as Skipper
- 2007 · The Heartbreak Kid as Doc
- 2007 · Hairspray as Mr. Pinky
- 2007 · Head Case as Self
- 2006 · The Wonder Pets as Old White Mouse (voice)
- 2004 · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Man in Bar (uncredited)
- 2004 · Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 as Uncle Max (voice)
- 2004 · Behind the Legend: Timon as Uncle Max
- 2004 · The Lion King 1½ as Uncle Max (voice)
- 2004 · Teacher's Pet as Pretty Boy (voice)
- 2002 · Serving Sara as Milton the Cop
- 2001 · On the Line as Nathan
- 2001 · Zoolander as Maury Ballstein
- 2000 · The Independent as Morty Fineman
- 2000 · Teacher's Pet as
- 2000 · My 5 Wives as Don Giovanni
- 2000 · Chump Change as The Colonel
- 1999 · The Suburbans as Speedo Silverberg
- 1999 · The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller as Self
- 1999 · Secret of the Andes as Dr. Golfisch
- 1999 · A Fish in the Bathtub as Sam
- 1999 · Crashbox as
- 1998 · The King of Queens as Arthur Spooner
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1998 · Hercules as Eagle (voice)
- 1997 · The Deli as Petey Cheesecake
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")
- 1997 · Camp Stories as Schlomo
- 1997 · Stag as Ted
- 1997 · A Rat's Tale as Prof. Plumpingham
- 1995 · Deadly Games as Phil Cullen
- 1995 · Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger as
- 1995 · Heavyweights as Harvey Bushkin
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Maury Salt
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1993 · Tracey Ullman Takes on New York as Theatrical Producer
- 1993 · The Pickle as Phil Hirsch
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as McGonnigal
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Jerry Stiller
- 1991 · Highway to Hell as Desk Cop
- 1991 · Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules as Irving
- 1991 · The Sunset Gang as Seymour Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
- 1990 · Little Vegas as Sam
- 1990 · Law & Order as Michael Tobis
- 1990 · Law & Order as Sam Pokras
- 1990 · Sweet 15 as Mr. Waterman
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Frank Costanza
- 1989 · That's Adequate as Sid Lane
- 1988 · Tattingers as Sid Wilbur
- 1988 · Monsters as Victor
- 1988 · In the Heat of the Night as Rabbi Feldman
- 1988 · Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad
- 1987 · Nadine as Raymond Escobar
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Victor Honeywell
- 1987 · The Hustler of Money as Stu
- 1987 · Shoeshine as Father
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Nat Pincus
- 1986 · Seize the Day as Dr. Tamkin
- 1986 · The McGuffin as Marty de Reske
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Brahms
- 1985 · Screen Two as Marty de Reske
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Birnbaum
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Luther Mandrake
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Dinosaur Comedian (voice)
- 1983 · The Other Woman as Mel Binns
- 1983 · Amanda's as Sal Malzone
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Madame X as Burt Orland
- 1980 · Those Lips, Those Eyes as Mr. Shoemaker
- 1979 · Archie Bunker's Place as
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Myron Finkle
- 1979 · Time Express as
- 1977 · Dick Clark's Good Old Days as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Bud Hanrahan
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Tony Vitelli
- 1977 · Nasty Habits as P.R. Priest
- 1976 · Alice as
- 1976 · The Ritz as Carmine Vespucci
- 1975 · Joe and Sons as Gus Duzik
- 1974 · Airport 1975 as Sam
- 1974 · The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Lt. Rico Patrone
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1972 · The Paul Lynde Show as Barney Dickerson
- 1971 · Great Performances as Mechanic
- 1971 · A Memory of Two Mondays as Mechanic
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1970 · Lovers and Other Strangers as Jim
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Leonard Ferguson
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Harry
- 1969 · The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Paul Sterling
- 1969 · The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mr. Landon
- 1968 · That's Life as Self
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- 1965 · Hullabaloo as Self
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The Defenders as Sergeant Wysenski
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Audience Member
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Harold
- 1948 · Lamp Unto My Feet as Candide
- 1948 · Lamp Unto My Feet as
- 1948 · Studio One as Sergeant Joe Capriotti
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Comedian
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self / Trinculo