Arnold Stang

Arnold Stang

Birth : 1918-09-28, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 2009-12-20

History

Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009) was an American comic actor who played a small and bespectacled, yet brash and knowing big-city type.

Profile

Arnold Stang

Movies

Dennis the Menace
Photographer
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Ghost Dad
Mr. Cohen
A widower with three children is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, he attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
Norman's Corner
Harv
A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Top Cat (voice)
Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her niece Amy, is missing. But that's only if Benny stays alive for 48 hours. If not, evil butler Snerdly and his mad Russian Wolfhound are next in line - and he's quick to pull every trick in the book to do poor Benny in and the troop sets off to rescue Benny and find the lost heir Amy.
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Bird (voice)
The Primm family moves into an old brownstone house on East 88th Street, where they find a crocodile named Lyle in their bathtub.
Wrong Way Kid
(voice)
Chris is an insecure boy who, after an encounter with a 203-year-old bookworm, begins developing his self-confidence; he does things the wrong way: derrierewards, frontwards, upside down, inside out, etc.
No Man's Valley
Fred Firmwing (voice)
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction.
The Fourth King
The turtle (voice)
The animals decide they must send a representative after the three wise men begin following the star of Bethlehem. Uno, the Lion, arrogantly decides he should be the one to go, and that he does not need any help. Feathers, who brought Jesus's birth to the attention of the animals, insists on traveling with him, and soon he is followed by a beaver, a rabbit, and a turtle.
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Queasy (voice)
Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by a pirate.
The Mini-Munsters
Animated telefilm based on characters from The Munsters. Originally aired as part of the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie series.
Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon
The Delicate Dinosaur
Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon was Australia's first animated feature film,[2] released in 1972 and directed by Eric Porter. The two sequence directors were Porter's animation director Cam Ford (who had previously worked on the Beatles' Yellow Submarine) and Peter Gardiner.
Hercules in New York
Pretzie
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
Hello Down There
Jonah
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
Skidoo
Harry
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
Jubal A. Bristol
In this musical gem, big-hearted Jubal Bristol (Arnold Stang) takes it upon himself to mount a country and western benefit concert after the opera company that his wife (Pamela Hayes) booked suddenly backs out. Along with country icons Minnie Pearl, Dottie West, Connie Smith and Faron Young, the film features great tunes such as "Born to Lose," "Abilene" and "Young Love." Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey (of Bowery Boys fame) portray stagehands.
Pinocchio in Outer Space
Nurtle the Turtle (voice)
Pinocchio tries to save the Earth from Astro the Space Whale
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ray
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Slippery Slippers
Prince Charming (voice)
Loopy helps Prince Charming find his beloved Cinderella.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Rumpelstiltskin
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Kooky Loopy
Wolf (voice)
Loopy meets The Big Bad Wolf of the Little Red Riding Hood story and wants him to be a good wolf.
Dondi
Peewee
World War II GIs adopt an Italian war orphan.
Alakazam the Great!
Lulipopo (voice) (dubbed version)
A monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, he is sent on a mission to accompany a prince who is the son of the gods on a journey through a land filled with dangers, monsters, cannibals and demons.
From Mad to Worse
Herman
The mice are having a great time playing on a train in a department store's toy department until night watchman Katnip comes along.
Cat In The Act
Herman
Unaware that Katnip is the night watchman, Herman takes his three nephews to Paramount Pictures Studios on a sightseeing trip. They sneak in and find fake alligators and a fake King Kong, but a real live Katnip. Herman promises to make Katnip a movie star if he will let them go.
The Man with the Golden Arm
Sparrow
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Mousieur Herman
Herman
Herman and Katnip in an art school.
A Bicep Built for Two
Herman
From Press Kit: Katnip's serenading of a girl cat is interrupted by a tough cat that runs him off and takes over.The love-lorn Katnip is determined to best the muscle-bound cat and enlists the aid of Herman. Herman, with bad-intentions, puts Katnip through a muscle-building course which consists of weight-lifting, bar-chinning and equipment rigged with high explosives.
Two Gals and a Guy
Bernard
A singing couple gets their own television show, and the strains of putting on a TV show every week starts to jeopardize their relationship.
Land Of Lost Watches
Turtle
Little Billy and Isabel catch Red Lantern, the Magic Fish. He takes them to the Land Of The Lost to meet King Find All, Rosita Wristwatch, and Wally Pocketwatch.
Voice of the Turkey
A Paramount Noveltoon (production number P10-1) that has a farmer fattening up a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but when he starts to sharpen his axe, the turkey gets wise and manages to escape with the aid of a ghostly disguise.
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
Katie Bunny The Sailor
His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little life miserable. But when a ferocious fox attacks the barnyard, Huey comes to the rescue of one and all. Huey is a hero basking in his new-found popularity.
So This Is New York
Western Union Clerk
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.
Naughty But Mice
Herman (voice)
Herman, the city-slicker mouse (looking like a cross between James Cagney and Lee Tracy) visits his barn-mice cousins in the country.
Cheese Burglar
Herman (voice)
While cats and dogs are natural enemies, such is not the case in the house where Herman the mouse lives. They are very good friends indeed, are work together to make Herman's life a hard life. Herman tries to break up their friendship, and divert their attention from guarding the cheese in the refrigerator, and almost succeeds but they make up in time to prevent Herman getting the cheese. They give chase and Herman takes refuge in a jug of wine.
Beau Ties
Fatso
Lulu is angry when she sees her boyfriend Fatso out with another girl. To make it up to Lulu, Fatso promises to marry Lulu when they grow up. However, while carving a love message into a tall tree, Fatso falls out of it and onto a small sapling. He passes out, and dreams of a hellish married life with Lulu, her dog, and their large family of Lulu look-alike daughters.
Let's Go Steady
Chet Carson
After learning they were duped by a con artist, two songwriters join forces with other swindled colleagues and use creative methods to promote their music.
Moving Aweigh
Shorty (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Shorty help Olive move. Unfortunately, they start by running into a police car, and keep running afoul of the officer.
Seven Days' Leave
Bitsy Slater
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendant of his great-grandfather's Civil War enemy, General Havelock-Allen. Not wanting to disrupt his planned marriage to Mapy, Johnny must figure out how to concoct a temporary marriage-of-convenience with the descendant -- who turns out to be the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen.
My Sister Eileen
Jimmy (uncredited)
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
The Wacky Wabbit
Katie Bunny (voice)
The Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed by Robert Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd (both are voiced by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan).