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Marty Feldman (1933–1982)

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"I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up," he told a reporter -- a week before he died. This beloved comedian, who poked fun at himself as well as others, was born Marty Feldman, on July 8, 1933, in London, England. The son of immigrants from Kiev, Marty spent his childhood in the poverty-stricken London East End and left school at the age of 15... See full bio »

Born:

Martin Alan Feldman
in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 49) in Mexico City, Mexico
Marty Feldman in West Los Angeles Still of Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein Still of Teri Garr, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein Still of John Cleese and Marty Feldman in Yellowbeard Still of Marty Feldman and Peter Boyle in Yellowbeard Still of Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Cloris Leachman in Young Frankenstein
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Filmography

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2001 Comedy Masterclass (video documentary) (skit "Four Yorkshiremen")
 
2001 We Know Where You Live (TV movie) (skit "Four Yorkshiremen")
 
1982 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (documentary) (additional material)
 
1980 In God We Tru$t (written by)
 
1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste (screenplay / story)
 
1976 Flannery and Quilt (TV movie) (creator / written by)
 
1974 Marty Back Together Again (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1974) (writer)
– Episode #1.3 (1974) (writer)
– Episode #1.2 (1974) (writer)
– Episode #1.1 (1974) (writer)
 
1973 The Two Ronnies (TV series)
– Episode #3.2 (1973) (written by)
 
1973 It's Lulu (TV series)
– Episode #3.4 (1973) (ballet)
 
1971-1972 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV series)
– The Best of the Comedy Machine (1972) (writer)
– Episode #1.14 (1972) (writer)
– Episode #1.1 (1971) (writer)
 
1972 The Marty Feldman Show (TV movie)
 
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (screenplay / segment "Lust")
 
1971 The Laughing Stock of Television (TV movie)
 
1971 Marty Abroad (TV short)
 
1970 Marty Amok (TV movie)
 
1970 Every Home Should Have One
 
1963-1969 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
– The Making of Peregrine (1969) (writer)
– Tooth and Claw (1969) (writer)
– Judgement Day for Elijah Jones (1966) (writer)
– Memoirs of a Chaise Longue (1965) (writer)
– Here I Come Whoever I Am (1965) (writer)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1968-1969 Marty (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 March 1969 (1969) (written by)
– Episode #2.6 (1969) (writer)
– Episode #2.5 (1969) (writer)
– Episode #2.4 (1968) (writer)
– Episode #2.3 (1968) (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1969 How to Irritate People (TV movie) (additional material)
 
1968 Broaden Your Mind (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1968) (additional material)
 
1968 The Harry Secombe Show (TV series)
 
1968 According to Dora (TV series)
– Creature Comforts (1968) (writer)
 
1968 Horne A'Plenty (TV series)
 
1967 At Last the 1948 Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.7 (1967) (writer)
– Episode #2.6 (1967) (writer)
– Episode #2.5 (1967) (writer)
– Episode #2.4 (1967) (writer)
– Episode #2.3 (1967) (writer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1966 The Frost Report (TV series)
 
1965-1966 Barney Is My Darling (TV series)
– The Prodigal Son (1966) (writer)
– My Son! My Son! (1966) (writer)
– Weddings, Funerals and Christenings (1966) (writer)
– The Twenty Six Year Itch (1965) (writer)
– The 2000 Pounds a Year Man (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1965 The New London Palladium Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1965) (script)
 
1965 The Walrus and the Carpenter (TV series)
– The Secret Life of Gascoigne Quilt (1965) (writer)
– The Quarrel (1965) (writer)
– Luther and the Golden Fleece (1965) (writer)
– Luther Flannery Revisited (1965) (writer)
– The Coffin They Carry You Off In (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 Scott On... (TV series)
– Birds (1964) (writer)
 
1961-1962 Bootsie and Snudge (TV series)
– The Toerag (1962) (creator)
– Lover's Knot (1962) (creator / writer)
– Rear Window (1962) (creator / writer)
– Locked Out (1962) (creator / writer)
– Spring, Spring, Spring (1962) (creator / writer)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War (TV series)
 
1960 The Army Game (TV series)
– Emergency Hut 29 (1960) (writer)
– The Feud (1960) (writer)
– Bull by the Horn (1960) (writer)
 
1958-1959 Educating Archie (TV series)
– Episode #2.13 (1959) (writer)
– Episode #2.12 (1959) (writer)
– The Man with the Golden Feet (1959) (writer)
– Brough and the Bald-Headed Bandit (1959) (writer)
– The Day We Fooled the Fuhrer (1959) (writer)
See all 25 episodes »
 
Show ShowActor (28 titles)
1983 Yellowbeard
Gilbert
 
1982 Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
Sylvester
 
1981 Insight (TV series)
The Angel Josh
– The Sixth Day (1981) … The Angel Josh
 
1980 In God We Tru$t
Brother Ambrose
 
1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Dagobert 'Digby' Geste
 
1976 Silent Movie
Marty Eggs
 
1976 Sex with a Smile
Alex, the "Bodyguard" male (segment "La guardia del corpo")
 
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker
 
1975 Lights, Camera, Monty! (TV movie)
 
1975 Karen (TV series)
Mr. 'X'
– Them (1975) … Mr. 'X'
 
1974 Young Frankenstein
Igor
 
1974 Marty Back Together Again (TV series)
Various Characters
– Episode #1.4 (1974) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.3 (1974) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.2 (1974) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.1 (1974) … Various Characters
 
1972 The Man Who Came to Dinner (TV movie)
Banjo
 
1972 The Sandy Duncan Show (TV series)
– The Importance of Being Ernestine (1972)
 
1972 Sommer-Sprossen (TV movie)
Various
 
1971-1972 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV series)
Various Characters
– The Best of the Comedy Machine (1972) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.14 (1972) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.13 (1972) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.12 (1971) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.11 (1971) … Various Characters
See all 15 episodes »
 
1972 The Marty Feldman Show (TV movie)
Various
 
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
 
1971 Marty Abroad (TV short)
Various Characters
 
1970 Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (TV movie)
Orville Wright
 
1970 Marty Amok (TV movie)
Various Characters
 
1970 Every Home Should Have One
Teddy Brown
 
1968-1969 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode dated 25 December 1969 (1969)
– Episode dated 25 December 1968 (1968)
 
1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Bill
– Double Bill: The Compartment/Playmates (1969) … Bill
 
1969 The Bed Sitting Room
Nurse Arthur
 
1969 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Reuben Tooth
– Tooth and Claw (1969) … Reuben Tooth
 
1968-1969 Marty (TV series)
Various Characters
– Episode dated 17 March 1969 (1969) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.6 (1969) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.5 (1969) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.4 (1968) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.3 (1968) … Various Characters
See all 11 episodes »
 
1967 At Last the 1948 Show (TV series)
Various Characters
– Episode #2.7 (1967) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.6 (1967) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.5 (1967) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.4 (1967) … Various Characters
– Episode #2.3 (1967) … Various Characters
See all 13 episodes »
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (performer: "The Kangaroo Hop")
 
1974 Young Frankenstein (performer: "I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me")
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1967 No, That's Me Over Here! (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1982 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
1983 Group Madness (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Bitte umblättern (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1981-1982 Fridays (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #3.21 (1982) … Himself
– Episode #3.5 (1981) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1980 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Marty Feldman (1980) … Himself
 
1972-1980 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 September 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 August 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 August 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1979 The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1977 Lørdagshjørnet (TV series)
Himself
– Marty Feldman (1977) … Himself
 
1977 US Against the World (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972-1977 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 25 July 1977 (1977) … Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 24 March 1975 (1975) … Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 9 October 1972 (1972) … Guest Appearance
 
1977 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 July 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short
 
1976 Revista de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1974 Augenblick mal... Wer ist Marty Feldman? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1973 It's Lulu (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.4 (1973) … Himself
 
1971-1973 Flip (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.15 (1973) … Himself
– Episode #2.14 (1971) … Himself
 
1972 The New Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.2 (1972) … Himself
 
1970-1971 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 February 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Royal Variety Performance 1970 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (TV series)
Himself
– Golddiggers in London (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Frost on Sunday (TV series)
Himself - Award Presenter
– Frost at the London Palladium for the British Film and Television Awards (1970) … Himself - Award Presenter
 
1969 London aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 One Pair of Eyes (TV series documentary)
Himself - interviewer
– Marty Feldman (1969) … Himself - interviewer
 
1967-1968 Dee Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.105 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.25 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 The Val Doonican Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.13 (1968) … Himself
 
1966 Late Night Lineup (TV series)
Himself
– Line-Up Review: Comedy (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.7 (1965) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2013 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2008 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Role Model: Gene Wilder (TV documentary)
Igor (uncredited)
 
2008 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
2006 ¿De qué te ríes? (TV movie)
Igor
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Igor/Himself
 
1992 Funny Business
 
1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (documentary)
Igor
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Himself
 
1976 Clapper Board (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't want to be a director. I want to direct. There's a difference. See more »

Trivia:

Despite persistent published reports. Marty Feldman was NOT the brother of actress Fenella Fielding. The two are not related in any way. See more »

Trademark:

Huge, bulging eyes See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer