Name
Stubby Kaye
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-11-11
Deathday
1997-12-14 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, USA
Biography
Bernard Shalom Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known professionally as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.
Kaye originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Jubilation T. Cornpone". He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the shows. His other well-known roles include Herman in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity, Sam the Shade in Cat Ballou, and Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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Known For
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In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and un...
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By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. Th...
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Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless d...
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- 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Marvin Acme
- 1955 Guys and Dolls as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
- 1965 Cat Ballou as Shouter - Sam the Shade
- 1959 Li'l Abner as Marryin' Sam
- 1967 The Way West as Sam Fairman
- 1958 Hansel and Gretel as Town Crier
- 1956 You Can't Run Away from It as Fred Toten
- 1975 Sixpack Annie as Mr. Bates
- 1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? as Fat Writer
- 1963 The Cool Mikado as Judge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch
- 2010 Waking Sleeping Beauty as Marvin Acme (archive footage)
- 1969 The Monitors as Cameo
- 1981 Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood as Babe
- 1964 Sex and the Single Girl as Helen's Cabbie
- 1953 Taxi as Morris (uncredited)
- 1962 40 Pounds of Trouble as Cranston
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Bartender
- 1957 Pinocchio as Town Crier
- 1969 Sweet Charity as Herman
- 1987 Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen as Weismuller
- 1975 Timber Tramps as Parker
- 1970 Cool It, Carol! as Rod Strangeways
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Joey Carson
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Weismuller
- 1976 Laverne & Shirley ( 1 episode )
- 1966 The Monkees ( 1 episode ) as Wolfgang
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Uncle George
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Love and Marriage ( 26 episodes ) as Stubby Wilson
- 1978 Flying High ( 2 episodes )
- 1954 Summer Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Jimmy Durante Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 The Julius Larosa Show ( 14 episodes )
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Bernie Goodman
- 1984 Ellis Island ( 3 episodes ) as Abe Shulman
- 1962 Ensign O'Toole ( 1 episode ) as Tubby Mason
- 1957 DuPont Show of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as George Cassidy
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Harry
- 1959 Startime ( 1 episode ) as Joe
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Nat Danziger
