"A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!"
Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 - May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian best known for Casino (1995), Cat's Eye (1985), and Rush Hour 2 (2001).
He was married to Jeanette Sprung and they had three children.
King died in 2004 at the age of 76 from lung cancer.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1955 — Hit The Deck as Shore Patrol
- 1956 — Miracle In The Rain as Sgt. Gilbert 'Gil' Parker
- 1956 — The Girl He Left Behind as Maguire
- 1957 — The Helen Morgan Story as Benny Weaver
- 1961 — Operation Snafu as T/Sgt. Buzzer
- 1968 — Bye Bye Braverman as The Rabbi
- 1971 — The Anderson Files as Pat Angelo
- 1978 — How To Pick Up Girls as Manny Shiller (also producer)
- 1980 — Just Tell Me What You Want as Max Herschel
- 1980 — Pinocchio's Christmas as Maestro Fire-Eater
- 1982 — I The Jury as Charles Kalecki
- 1982 — Author! Author! as Kreplich
- 1983 — Lovesick as Lionel Gross MD
- 1985 — Cat's Eye as Dr. Vinny Donatti
- 1986 — The Alan King Show as Alan 'Coop' Cooper
- 1988 — Memories Of Me as Abe (also producer)
- 1989 — Enemies A Love Story as Rabbi Lembeck
- 1990 — The Bonfire of the Vanities as Arthur Ruskin
- 1992 — Night and the City as Ira 'Boom Boom' Grossman
- 1995 — The Infiltrator as Rabbi Hier
- 1995 — Casino as Andy Stone
- 1995 — Dad The Angel And Me as Bernie
- 1998 — The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars as Supreme Commander
- 2001 — Rush Hour 2 as Steven Reign
- 2002 — Sunshine State as Murray Silver
- 2004 — Mind The Gap as Herb Schweitzer
Television Roles
- 1966 — ABC Stage 67 as Leo
- 1977 — Seventh Avenue as Harry Lee
- 1990 — thirtysomething as Dr. Ben Teitelman
- 1990 — Shalom Sesame as Simon Maccabee
- 1991 — The Golden Girls as Mel Bushman
- 1992 — Blossom as Rabbi Hyman Greenblatt
- 1993 — Law & Order as Jonathan Shapiro
- 1994 — Love & War as Dante Palladino
- 1998 — Murphy Brown as God
- 1999 — Chicago Hope as Larry Lensky
- 1999 — Family Law as Hy Adlin
- 2000 — Family Guy as The Don
Producer
- 1969 — Alan King And His Buddy
- 1972 — The ABC Comedy Hour
- 1972 — The Corner Bar
- 1976 — Return To Earth
- 1976 — Ivan the Terrible
- 1980 — Cattle Annie And Little Britches
- 1981 — Wolfen
- 1985 — Reunion At Fairborough
- 1987 — An Evening Of Alan King At Carnegie (also writer)
- 1997-2001 — Great Perfomances (2 episodes)
Books
- 1962 — Anybody Who Owns His Own Home Deserves It with Kathryn Ryan
- 1964 — Help! i'm a Prisoner in a Chinese Bakery
- 1985 — Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex? Memoirs of a Happy Eater with Mimi Sheraton
- 1996 — Name Dropping — The Life and Lies of Alan King with Chris Chase
- 2002 — Alan King's Great Jewish Joke Book
- 2005 — Matzoh Balls for Breakfast and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish (posthumous release)
