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Marvin Kaplan

Actor

Born - 24 January 1927, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died - 25 August 2016

Dark-haired, bespectacled, caustic character comedian and voice-over actor, in Hollywood from 1947 and busy in post-war years in comedy cameos before branching out into other media. He was discovered by Katharine Hepburn, who gave him an amusing 'bit' in her Adam's Rib (1949), Later films include The Reformer and the Redhead (1949), Key to the City (1950), This is My Affair (1951), The Fat Man (1951), The Fabulous Senorita (1952), Wake Me When It's Over (1960), The Nutty Professor (1963), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Great Race (1965), The Severed Arm (1973), Snakes (1974), Freaky Friday (1976), Midnight Madness (1980), Hollywood Vice Squad (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Delirious (1991), Witchboard 2 (1993), Dark and Stormy Night (2012) and Lookin' Up (2016), his last. He died in his sleep.