Tony Randall
Acting
Biography
Anthony Leonard Randall (born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor, comedian, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying the role of Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play, The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, as well as it's updated series and movie. He starred in the sitcom Love, Sidney in which he portrayed the first ever gay lead of a show. He has also been in numerous movies over his long career including many voice roles. In a career spanning six decades, he received six Golden Globe Award nominations and six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning one Emmy.
Born: February 26, 1920
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
Paris Hilton, Inc.
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?
The Odd Couple: Together Again
Felix's daughter Edna is getting married, and his wife Gloria throws him out of the house for a few days, so that she can plan the wedding herself, without him getting in the way. Felix temporarily moves in with Oscar, who is still living in the same apartment from the TV show. Due to throat cancer, Oscar had to have one of his vocal cords removed, and he can only speak in a raspy whisper. Meanwhile, plans for the wedding are going on, and things get complicated when Felix finds out that Edna's fiancé has been divorced twice.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend
A lonely, gay, middle-aged artist shares his Manhattan brownstone with a young lady in a platonic relationship, and when she becomes pregnant by a married man, he decides to raise her child as his own.
Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
The Muppet Show
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
The Odd Couple
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
The King of Comedy
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Pete Ramsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Theodore Banner
as Himself (archive footage)
as Tony
as Radius Ulna 'R.U.' Humerus (voice)
as Golddigger (voice)
as Judge Skanky
as Felix Unger
as Self - Guest
as Self - Narrator / Host
as Narrator
as Brain Gremlin (voice)
as Self
as Self - Host
as Rev. Edward Chichester
as Tony Randall
as Oliver Bishop
as Self - Host
as Narrator/Signor Valenti (voice)
as Uncle Bill
as Moochick (voice)
as Self
as Putzi (The Comedian)
as Moochick (voice)
as Rambaba Organimus
as Tony Randall
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Sidney Shorr
as Sidney Shorr
as Peddicord
as Performer in Tuxedo
as Self
as Henry Motley
as Lord Seymour Devery
as Self
as Walter Franklin
as Self - Guest
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Felix Unger
as Self
as Democritus
as Mark
as Self
as Fred Miller
as Rudolph Springer
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Inspector Berry / Geoffrey Judge
as Andrew Jessel
as Hercule Poirot
as Prof. Daniel Potter
as Arnold Nash
as Hood (uncredited)
as Harold Ventimore
as Dr. Lao / The Abominable Snowman / Merlin the Magician / Apollonius of Tyana / Pan / The Giant Serpent / Medusa / Audience Member
as Self
as Self
as Willie Coogan
as Paul Ferris
as Self
as Hadley Purvis
as George Drayton
as Mortimer Brewster
as Peter 'Pete' Ramsey
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Luther Gage
as Alexander Coffman
as King of France
as Jonathan Forbes
as Lorenzo Charlton
as Self - Host
as Fred Martin
as Self
as Jerry Flagg
as Kenneth Rutherford
as Self - Host
as Rockwell P. Hunter / Himself
as Cobbler
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Self - Performer
as Harry
as Self
as Justin Hale
as Harvey Weskit
as Mortimer Brewster
as Self
as Walter
as Ernest Winkler
as Self
as Cameraman (uncredited)