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John A. “Jack” Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) Actor, voice artist and comedian. He is known for playing Elliot Carlin on the The Bob Newhart Show and for voicing Stu Pickles in the Rugrats franchise.


Riley was first a semi-regular in the cast of the 1960s sitcom Occasional Wife, a short-lived show on NBC in which he played Wally Frick.  In 1979, he starred in ABC’s holiday telefilm The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t (aka The Night Dracula Saved The World) as Warren the Werewolf (Wolf Man) of Budapest.Riley then appeared in a HBO comedy special in 1980 called The Wild Wacky Wonderful World of Winter. He was a regular cast member in The Tim Conway Show, a comedy-variety show that aired on CBS from March 1980 through the late Summer of 1981, acting in sketch comedy in each episode. In 1985, he reprised his Bob Newhart Show role of Elliot Carlin on St. Elsewhere.
 
Among his other TV credits are multiple appearances on such shows as Barney Miller, Hogan’s Heroes, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, One Day at a Time, Gomer Pyle, Diff’rent Strokes and Night Court.   
He continued to make guest appearances during the 1990s in popular sitcoms, showing up in episodes of Seinfeld, Son of the Beach, Friends, Coach, The Drew Carey Show, That ‘70s Show and, in a gag appearance, as an unnamed but obvious Mr. Carlin in an episode of Newhart.

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Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) Actor, director, producer, writer, voice artist, and comedian. His notable credits included creating Happy Days, 
Laverne and Shirley 
and Mork & Mindy; developing Neil Simon’s 1965 play The Odd Couple for television, and directing Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, Mother’s Day, The Princess Diaries, and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.


Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster and then became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In 1961, he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show. Their first television series as creator / producers was Hey, Landlord, which lasted one season (1966–67). (Wikipedia)

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Ann Morgan Guilbert (October 16, 1928 – June 14, 2016), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American
television and film actress, who portrayed a number of roles, from the
1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early
1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, and later Yetta Rosenberg, Fran Fine’s doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s sitcom The Nanny.

Her other tv credits include
My Three Sons,
Hey Landlord

,
Good Morning World,
The Andy Griffith Show,
I Dream of Jeannie,
The New Andy Griffith Show,
Emergency!,
Cheers,
The Fanelli Boys,
Picket Fences,
Modern Family,

Seinfeld,
Life in Pieces  and others.  

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Alan Young (November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) 
English-Canadian-American actor, voice artist, comedian, radio host,
television host and personality best known for his role as Wilbur Post
in the television comedy series Mister Ed and as the voice of Scrooge McDuck in Disney films, TV series and video games. During the 1940s and 1950s, he starred in his own shows on radio and television


In 1950, the television version of The Alan Young Show began. By 1951, the series had garnered not only praise but also several Primetime Emmy awards, including “Outstanding Lead Actor” for Alan Young.


He appeared in the episode “Thin Ice” of the NBC espionage drama Five Fingers, starring David Hedison. Young’s television guest roles include Gibbsville, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, St. Elsewhere, Coach, Party of Five, The Wayans Bros., USA High, Hang Time, ER, Maybe It’s Me and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch where he played Zelda’s love interest in the episode “Sweet Charity”,  During the 1988-89 season he costarred in the series 

Coming of Age. 


After 1974, he voiced Scrooge McDuck in numerous Disney films and in the popular series DuckTales (1987-1990).  (Wikipedia)