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Tony Randall
Age: 84 (passed away May. 17th, 2004)
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Born: Feb. 26th, 1920
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Tony Randall's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- He was originally cast as the voice of "Templeton the Rat" in the movie _Charlotte's Web (1973)_ (qv) without an audition. When 'Joseph Barbera' (qv) realised he wasn't right for the voice, they paid him and hired 'Paul Lynde' (qv) instead.
- Was asked in the 1970s if there had been anyone in his career whom he had really disliked. After saying he hated to criticise the dead, he revealed that he had an animosity against the late 'Ethel Barrymore' (qv). As a young actor, he had appeared in a play with her and he was offended by her imperial manners, which included not making any noise in the vicinity of her dressing room.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 444-446. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- Got his break on radio as "Reggie" in the long-running "I Love a Mystery" series during the 1940s.
- Won an Emmy Award for the TV series _"The Odd Couple" (1970)_ (qv) after the show had been canceled. At his acceptance speech, he said: "Thank you. Now, if I only had a job".
- The two children of Felix and Gloria Unger in _"The Odd Couple" (1970)_ (qv) were named Leonard and Edna, the real-life first names of Tony Randall and his late sister, Edna.
- Dropped out of Northwestern University in Illinois, majoring in speech and drama, in order to study acting with 'Sanford Meisner' (qv) and dancer 'Martha Graham' (qv) at the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York. Later, Tony received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 2002 from Pace University.
- Appeared on _"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)_ (qv) a record 70 times.
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