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Stubby Kaye

Actor

Stubby Kaye

Born November 11, 1918 in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, USADied December 14, 199721 films

Bernard Shalom Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known professionally as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.

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Kaye originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Jubilation T. Cornpone". He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the shows. His other well-known roles include Herman in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity, Sam the Shade in Cat Ballou, and Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit posterFirst watchWho Framed Roger Rabbit19887.5as Marvin AcmeToon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Guys and Dolls poster6.6Guys and Dolls1955Cat Ballou poster6.4Cat Ballou1965Sweet Charity poster6.9Sweet Charity1969Sex and the Single Girl poster6.5Sex and the Single Girl1964The Way West poster6.1The Way West1967

Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 1988Who Framed Roger RabbitMarvin Acme
  2. 1987Doctor Who: Delta and the BannermenWeismuller
  3. 1981Goldie and the Boxer Go to HollywoodBabe
  4. 1975Timber TrampsParker
  5. 1975Sixpack AnnieMr. Bates
  6. 1970Cool It, Carol!Rod Strangeways
  7. 1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyBartender
  8. 1969The MonitorsCameo
  9. 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?Fat Writer
  10. 1969Sweet CharityHerman
  11. 1967The Way WestSam Fairman
  12. 1965Cat BallouShouter - Sam the Shade
  13. 1964Sex and the Single GirlHelen's Cabbie
  14. 1963The Cool MikadoJudge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch
  15. 196240 Pounds of TroubleCranston
  16. 1959Li'l AbnerMarryin' Sam
  17. 1958Hansel and GretelTown Crier
  18. 1957PinocchioTown Crier
  19. 1956You Can't Run Away from ItFred Toten
  20. 1955Guys and DollsNicely-Nicely Johnson
  21. 1953TaxiMorris (uncredited)