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Actor Marvin Kaplan dies at 89

posted 8 years ago by jaypay111
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Wonderful comic actor, probably best remembered for "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World." Marvin and Arnold Stang played a pair of gas station attendants whose gas station is destroyed single-handedly by Jonathan Winters.

From a mailing today by L.A. theatre company Theatre West:

http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=64d064bf6a87e6ae881e59653&id=ae81853669
Beloved Member Marvin Kaplan Passes Away

It is with a sad and heavy heart to inform you our very own Marvin Kaplan passed away today at 5AM in his sleep. There will be a memorial at the theatre, in addition to any other service held for him. We will send out more information as we receive it.

We loved Marvin. He will truly be missed.

[–] steely3000 8 years ago

So according to my calculations, the only remaining cast members of the movie still with us are Carl Reiner, Nicholas Georgiade, Barrie Chase, and Jerry Lewis.

[–] q_leo_rahman 8 years ago

I best remember Marvin Kaplan as the voice of Choo-Choo in the cartoon TOP CAT, alongside MMW star Arnold Stang (Irwin's mate Ray) and Allen Jenkins (an uncredited policeman).

May his soul rest in peace.

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[–] stevenackerman69 8 years ago

I knew him from the TV show Alice. I guess there are no more surviving cast members now. Oh, well, that's the way it is.

[–] rycki1138 8 years ago

I guess there are no more surviving cast members now.

There are the 4 mentioned in a post above, Carl Reiner, Nicholas Georgiade, Barrie Chase, and Jerry Lewis. But none of them had any kind of significant parts, just cameos.

Jerry Lewis' cameo was only about 5 seconds long.

Of the 4 that are still alive the two most famous are in their 90s (Reiner (94) & Lewis (90)) and the other two are both 83.

I don't know what they have to say. It makes no difference anyway. Whatever it is, I'm against it.

[–] ExplorerDS6789 8 years ago

John Clarke, the chopper pilot, is still alive.

[–] hotbird_p38 8 years ago

What about the little boy who told Phil Silvers that he knew another way to get out, and Silvers ended up in the river.
Anyone know what happened to him. The kid must be in his early 60's by now...