Martin Ingerman (March 9, 1936 – October 21, 2015), known professionally as Marty Ingels, was an American actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer, and theatrical agent, who is best known as the co-star of the 1960s television series I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.
Marty Ingels | |
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 Ingels in I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962) | |
| Born | Martin Ingerman March 9, 1936 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 2015 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 1958–2015 |
| Spouses | |
| Relatives | Abraham Beame (uncle-in-law) |
Early life
editIngels was born as Martin Ingerman to a Jewish family in 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City,[1] the son of Jacob and Minnie (née Crown) Ingerman.[2] His uncle was Abraham Beame, the mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977.[3]
Ingels joined the Army where a talent scout spotted him for the televise quiz show Name That Tune. He won several thousand dollars and became known for his humorous repartee. He used his winnings to study at the Pasadena Playhouse.[4]
Career
editIngels' acting career dates back to the early 1960s. He co-starred in the ABC sitcom, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962–63) with John Astin, which lasted one season of thirty-two episodes.[citation needed]
Ingels guest-starred on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys, The Ann Sothern Show, Hennesey, and appeared twice as Sol Pomeroy, an army buddy of the character Rob Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He also appeared in one episode of ABC's Bewitched as "Diaper Dan", who plants a microphone bug in Tabitha's rattle so a competing advertising agency can scoop and steal Darrin's ideas. In 1978, Ingels guest starred in Season Two, episode One of The Love Boat.[citation needed]
His voice-overs and commercials include those for Paul Masson wines. He played Autocat in the Motormouse and Autocat cartoons featured first on The Cattanooga Cats and then in a series of their own, and was Beegle Beagle in The Great Grape Ape Show. He was also the voice of the title character in the animated series adaptation of the 1980 video game Pac-Man. In 2010, Ingels was cast in an episode of CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[citation needed]
He also acted in films, including Armored Command (1961), The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962), Wild and Wonderful (1964), The Busy Body (1967), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), For Singles Only (1968), The Picasso Summer (1969), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), Linda Lovelace for President (1975), and Instant Karma (1990).
Beginning in the 1970s, Ingels worked primarily as an agent, specializing in representing actors in celebrity endorsement ads.[5]
Personal life
editIngels was married twice: first to Jean Marie Frassinelli in 1960; they divorced in 1969 after nine years of marriage. On November 13, 1977, he married singer/actress Shirley Jones.[2] Despite some drastically different personalities, and several separations (Shirley filed, then withdrew, a divorce petition in 2002), the couple remained married until his death in 2015.[5]
Lawsuits
editIngels was also known for frequent legal actions, so much that in his The New York Times obituary Margalit Fox wrote: "[Ingels] always seemed to be suing someone, and someone always seemed to be suing him".[5]
In 1993, Ingels sued actress June Allyson for his talent agency commission. Allyson had appeared in commercials for Depend undergarments; Ingels alleged that he was not paid his proper commission as her agent. Allyson denied this and countersued. Ingels pleaded no contest to making harassing phone calls to Allyson.[5]
In 2003, he sued radio personality Tom Leykis and Westwood One, saying that comments made about him constituted age discrimination. Ingels had called into Leykis's radio program objecting to the content, and Leykis declared on the air that Ingels was "not just older than my demographic, you're the grandfather of my demographic."[6] In June 2005, Ingels's lawsuit was dismissed and Ingels was ordered to pay Leykis's $25,000 in legal fees.[7]
Death
editIngels died from a massive stroke at Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on October 21, 2015, at the age of 79.[8] After Ingels's death, Jones stated "He often drove me crazy, but there's not a day I won't miss him and love him to my core."[9]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Marty Ingels | |
| Armored Command | Pinhead | ||
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Yeoman Leo Buckles | |
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful | Doc Bailey | |
| 1967 | The Busy Body | Willie | |
| A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser (Meat Eater) | ||
| 1968 | For Singles Only | Archibald Baldwin | |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Bert Greenfield | |
| The Picasso Summer | Man at Party | ||
| 1974 | How to Seduce a Woman | Jim | |
| 1975 | Linda Lovelace for President | Ronald Trixie | |
| 1990 | Instant Karma | Jon Clark | |
| 1992 | The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Uncredited | |
| Round Numbers | Al Schweitzer | ||
| 1998 | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Hathi (voice) | |
| 1999 | Kartenspieler | Max | |
| 2003 | Down the Barrel | Richard Chainey | |
| 2007 | Chasing Robert | Porn Shop Manager | |
| 2008 | Parasomnia | Mr. Boudreau | Uncredited |
| Wednesday Again | Xander | ||
| 2013 | A Strange Brand of Happy | Mack | |
| 2015 | Promoted | Murray Silver | |
| 2021 | Bruce the Challenge | Gramps | Final role Posthumous release |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Phil Silvers Show | Navy Cook | Episode: "Bilko Joins the Navy" |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | Joey Vaughn | Episode: "Peter Joins a Committee" |
| Dan Raven | Benny | 2 episodes | |
| 1960–1962 | Hennesey | Patient, Waiter | 4 episodes |
| 1961 | Manhunt | Episode: "The Death Trap" | |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Erskine Wild | Episode: "Always April" | |
| The Aquanauts | Waiter | Episode: "The Tidal Wave Adventure" | |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Tony | Episode: "The Broken Hand" | |
| The Detectives | Lazarus | Episode: "Tobey's Place | |
| Pete and Gladys | Man | Episode: "Eyewitness" | |
| Follow the Sun | Georgie | Episode: "The Girl from the Brandenburg Gate" | |
| 1961–1962 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Sol Pomeroy | 2 episodes |
| 1962 | The Joey Bishop Show | Freddy | Episode: "Once a Bachelor" |
| 1962–1963 | I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | Arch Fenster | 32 episodes |
| 1964 | Duncan Be Careful | TV movie | |
| Burke's Law | Wally | Episode: "Who Killed Madison Cooper?" | |
| 1966 | The Addams Family | Dr. Marvin P. Gunderson | Episode: "Cat Addams" |
| Bewitched | Dan | Episode: "Dangerous Diaper Dan" | |
| 1967 | The Phyllis Diller Show | Norman Krump | 7 episodes |
| Good Morning World | Jimmy | Episode: "Knits to You, Sir" | |
| 1968 | Kiss Me Kate | Gangster | Television film |
| 1969 | Motormouse and Autocat | Autocat (voice) | TV series |
| 1969–1971 | Cattanooga Cats | ||
| 1971 | The Partners | Eddie Polaski | 1 episode |
| 1972 | Banacek | Marty Ingels | Episode: "Let's Hear It for a Living Legend" |
| 1973 | The Rookies | Master of Ceremonies | Episode: "Down Home Boy" |
| 1973–1974 | Adam-12 | Siphoner, David Harwood | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | The Great Grape Ape Show | Beegle Beagle (voice) | TV series |
| The New Tom & Jerry Show | |||
| The Ghost Busters | Billy the Kid | Episode: "They Went Thataway" | |
| 1975–1976 | Police Story | Howie, Marty Abbott | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Chips | Sidney | Episode: "Hustle" |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Joe Nash | Episode: "The Man Who Loved Women/A Different Girl/Oh, My Aching Brother" |
| 1979 | Family | Gip Goddard | Episode: "Going Straight" |
| 1982 | Christmas Comes to Pac-Land | Pac-Man (voice) | TV special |
| 1982–1983 | Pac-Man | 42 episodes including 2 specials | |
| 1990 | The Munsters Today | Ivan | Episode: "Never Say Die" |
| 1990–1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Joe Gelardi, Seymour Densch | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | The New Adam-12 | Mr. Edwards | Episode: "Crack House |
| What a Dummy | Leonard | Episode: "The Vacation That Never Was" | |
| 1991–1992 | Darkwing Duck | The Devil (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Burke's Law | Christoph Kohl | Episode: "Who Killed the World's Greatest Chef?" |
| Deadly Games | Hank | Episode: "One Mean Mother" | |
| 1997 | Baywatch | Prospector | Episode: "Eel Nino" |
| 1998 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Murray | Episode: "Crusader" |
| 2006 | Z-Squad | Butler (voice) | Episode: "Pilot" |
| ER | Mr. Gallagher | Episode: "Heart of the Matter" | |
| 2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Marty Felnick | Episode: "Meat Jekyll" |
| 2013 | New Girl | Pickled Patron | Episode: "The Box" |
| 2014 | Burt Paxton: Private Detective | Grandpa | TV series short |
| 2015 | The Middle Ages | Pop-pop, Richard, Willy | 3 episodes Final television role |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Zork: Grand Inquisitor | Griff |
References
edit- ^ Jones, Shirley; Ingels, Marty; Herskowitz, Mickey (1990). Shirley and Marty: An Unlikely Love Story (reprint ed.). New York: S P Books. ISBN 978-1561712366.
- ^ a b Marty Ingels (1936-) - Film Reference. Accessed April 21, 2020.
- ^ Chawkins, Steve (October 24, 2015). "Marty Ingels, actor-turned-agent and husband of Shirley Jones, dies at 79". The Washington Post.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (23 October 2015). "Marty Ingels, Actor Funny Onscreen and Outrageous off, Dies at 79". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d Fox, Margalit (October 22, 2015). "Marty Ingels, Actor and Comedian, Is Dead at 79". The New York Times. p. A24.
- ^ Ingels vs. Westwood One Services, Inc. et al.
- ^ Welkos, Robert W. (July 6, 2005). "Not too old to sue Tom Leykis". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ "Marty Ingels dies at 79; comedian was known for his raspy voice, marriage to Shirley Jones". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. October 22, 2015.
- ^ "Marty Ingels, Shirley Jones Dead at 79". Variety. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
External links
edit- Marty Ingels at IMDb
- C.A. Rejects Age Bias Suit Over Exclusion From Radio Talk Show
- An Interview with Marty Ingels Part One, June 2012
- An Interview with Marty Ingels Part Two, June 2012
- An Interview with Marty Ingels Part Three, July 2012
- Marty Ingels(Aveleyman)
- Marty Ingels Interview: A Brooklyn Wisecracker With Hutzpah Who Became A TV Icon