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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Jan 19, 2008 21:37:00 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Allan Melvin, a character actor known for appearances in such TV staples as "The Phil Silvers Show," "All in the Family" and "The Brady Bunch," has died, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.
Melvin succumbed to cancer on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, the paper said, quoting his wife, Amalia. He was 84.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in New York City, Melvin got his big break on "The Phil Silvers Show," which ran from 1955 to 1959, playing Cpl. Henshaw, the right-hand man to Silvers' Sgt. Ernie Bilko.
He went on to play Archie Bunker's neighbor Barney in "All in the Family," and different roles on at least eight episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show." Fans of "The Brady Bunch" knew him as Sam the butcher, the boyfriend of Alice the housekeeper.
Melvin also worked in cartoons, providing the voices of Magilla Gorilla in the Hanna-Barbera series of the same name and Bluto on "Popeye," the Times said.
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Post by Equinox on Jan 20, 2008 12:44:27 GMT -5
He also played Rob Petrie's army buddy in flashback episodes on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" RIP PS- I always think of "Sam the butcher" when I watch the movie "Scrooged." When Bill Murray's dad (Brian Doyle-Murray) comes home on Christmas eve and gives him a package of veal for a present!
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Post by Trexx on Jan 22, 2008 20:11:33 GMT -5
If you hadn't mentioned that "Scrouged" character I wouldn't know who he was.
Stellar movie scene cited there. "Scrouged" is my favorite Christmas time movie.
HAAA!
Bill Murray's character: "I'm NOT crying! I was touched. Touched by a gift. A gift that in today's market would be FIFTY dollars worth of Prime Veal." HA!
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