Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian, actor, and author best known for The King of Queens, Seinfeld, and Zoolander.
He was married to Anne Meara, with whom he was part of a comedy duo for years, and they had two children, Ben Stiller and Amy Stiller.
He died in 2020 at the age of 92 of natural causes.
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Film Roles
- Lovers And Other Strangers as Jim (Uncredited Role)
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Lt. Rico Patrone
- Airport 1975 as Sam
- The Ritz as Carmine Vespucci
- Nasty Habits as P.R. Priest
- Those Lips Those Eyes as Mr. Shoemaker
- Seize The Day as Dr. Tamkin
- Hot Pursuit 1987 as Victor Honeywell
- Shoeshine as the shoeshine man
- Nadine as Raymond Escobar
- Hairspray (1988) as Wilbur Turnblad
- Thats Adequate as Sid Lane
- Highway to Hell as The Desk Cop
- The Pickle as Phil Hirsch
- Heavyweights as Harvey Bushkin
- Camp Stories as Schlomo
- Stag as Ted
- The Deli as Petey Cheesecake
- A Fish In The Bathtub as Sam Kaplan
- Secret Of The Andes as Dr. Golfisch
- The Suburbans as Speedo Silverbug
- The Independent as Monty Fineman
- My Five Wives as Don Giovani
- Chump Change as The Colonel
- Zoolander as Maury Ballstein
- Zoolander 2 as Maury
- On The Line as Nathan
- Serving Sara as Milton the Cop
- Teacher's Pet as Pretty Boy
- The Lion King 1 ½ as Uncle Max
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Man in Bar (uncredited)
- Hairspray (2007) as Mr. Pinky
- The Heartbreak Kid (2007) as Doc
- Snakes And Arrows Live as Heidi
- Swinging With The Finkels as Mr. Winters
- Foodfight! as General X
- Excuse Me For Living as Morty
- Planes: Fire & Rescue as Harvey
Television Roles
- Studio One In Hollywood as Sgt. Joe Capriotti/Hugh (2 episodes)
- Brenner as Chris Zelco (1 episode)
- Thats Life As Himself (1 episode)
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mr. Landon/Paul Sterling (2 episodes)
- Love, American Style as Leonard Ferguson/Harry (2 episodes)
- The Carol Burnett Show as himself (1 episode)
- Joe And Sons as Gus Duzik
- Phyllis as Burt Hillman (1 episode)
- Rhoda as Lloyd Zimmer (1 episode)
- Time Express as Edward Chernoff (1 episode)
- The Loe Boat as Harlan Weatherly/Tony Vitelli/Bud Hanraham (3 episodes)
- Archie Bunker's Place as Carmine (2 episodes)
- Hart to Hart as Myron Finkle (1 episode)
- Private Benjamin (1981) as Sgt. Muldoon (1 episode)
- Simon & Simon as Harold Traxler (1 episode)
- Alice (1976) as Gordy (1 episode)
- Reading Rainbow as Dinosaur Comic (1 episode)
- Trapper John, M.D. as Artie Merrow (1 episode)
- The Equalizer as Brahms (1 episode)
- Tales from the Darkside as Luther Mandrake (1 episode)
- Screen Two as Marty de Reske (1 episode)
- Saturday Night Live as Stu (1 episode)
- Tattingers as Sid Wilbur
- Murder, She Wrote as SFPD Lt. Birnbaum (1 episode)
- Monsters as Victor (1 episode)
- American Playhouse as Sam/Seymour Shapir (2 episodes)
- Law & Order as Michael Tobis/Sam Pokras (2 episodes)
- Seinfeld as Frank Costanza (recurring) note
- L.A. Law as Nat Pincus (1 episode)
- In the Heat of the Night as Rabbi Feldman (1 episode)
- Homicide: Life on the Street as McGonnigal (1 episode)
- Deadly Games as Phil Cullen (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Maury Salt (1 episode)
- The Larry Sanders Show as Himself (1 episode)
- Hercules: The Animated Series as Eagle (1 episode)
- The King of Queens as Arthur Spooner
- Teacher's Pet as Pretty Boy (39 episodes)
- Odd Job Jack as Jim McDonald (1 episode)
- Sex and the City as Mr. Brady (1 episode)
- Wonder Pets! as Old White Mouse (2 episodes)
- Mercy as Joe Thalberg (1 episode)
- Fish Hooks as Principal Stickler
- The Good Wife as Judge Felix Afterman (1 episode)
Theatre Roles
- The Golden Apple as Mayor Juniper
- Diary Of A Scoundrel as Styopka
- The Good Woman Of Setzuan as Policeman
- The Ritz as Carmen Vespucci
- Hurlyburly as Artie
- Three Men On A Horse as Charlie
- Three Sisters as Chebutykin
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