Jerry Stiller

ActorProducer Jun 8 (died age 92) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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Biography

Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on …

Known For

Film

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Film

The Lion King 1½

Uncle Max (voice)

Film

Zoolander

Maury Ballstein

Film

Hairspray

Mr. Pinky

Film

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Lt. Rico Patrone

Film

The King of Queens

Arthur Spooner

Film

The Heartbreak Kid

Doc

Film

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Harvey (voice)

Filmography

Acting (122)

Movies (64)

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

2025

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

Zoolander 2

2016

as Maury Ballstein

4.9

Zoolander: Super Model

2016

as Maury Ballstein (voice)

4.6

Deli Man

2015

as Self

6.8

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

as Harvey (voice)

6.2

Simpler Times

2014

as Harry

How Murray Saved Christmas

2014

as Murray Weiner (voice)

5.9

Cousins

2013

as Charlie Gordon

Excuse Me for Living

as Morty

Foodfight!

as General X (voice)

Swinging with the Finkels

as Mr. Winters

Ice Dreams

as Skipper

Hairspray

as Mr. Pinky

The Heartbreak Kid

as Doc

The Lion King 1½

as Uncle Max (voice)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

as Man in Bar (uncredited)

6.7

Behind the Legend: Timon

2004

as Uncle Max (voice)

Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo

2004

as Self

Teacher's Pet

2004

as Pretty Boy (voice)

6.0

Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

2004

as Uncle Max (voice)

Serving Sara

2002

as Milton the Cop

5.4

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

as Self

Zoolander

as Maury Ballstein

On the Line

as Nathan

The Independent

as Morty Fineman

My 5 Wives

as Don Giovanni

Chump Change

as The Colonel

Secret of the Andes

as Dr. Golfisch

The Suburbans

as Speedo Silverberg

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999

as Sam

6.6

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

as Self

Camp Stories

as Schlomo

The Deli

as Petey Cheesecake

Stag

as Ted

Subway Stories

as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")

A Rat's Tale

as Prof. Plumpingham

Heavyweights

as Harvey Bushkin

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

The Pickle

as Phil Hirsch

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

1993

as Theatrical Producer

4.8

Highway to Hell

1991

as Desk Cop

5.8

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

1991

as Irving

3.6

The Sunset Gang

1991

as Seymour Shapiro (segment "The Detective")

Sweet 15

as Mr. Waterman

Little Vegas

as Sam

Pair of Jokers

as Scully Wexler

That's Adequate

as Sid Lane

Hairspray

as Wilbur Turnblad

Shoeshine

as Father

Hot Pursuit

as Victor Honeywell

Nadine

as Raymond Escobar

The Hustler of Money

as Stu

The McGuffin

as Marty de Reske

Seize the Day

as Dr. Tamkin

The Other Woman

as Mel Binns

Madame X

as Burt Orland

Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Mr. Shoemaker

Nasty Habits

as P.R. Priest

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

1977

The Ritz

1976

as Carmine Vespucci

5.9

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

as Lt. Rico Patrone

Airport 1975

as Sam

A Memory of Two Mondays

1971

as Mechanic

Lovers and Other Strangers

1970

as Jim

4.9

Television (58)

Fish Hooks

2010

as Principal Stickler (voice)

6.5

The Good Wife

2009

as Judge Felix Afterman

7.6

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Mercy

as Joe Thalberg

Head Case

as Self

Wonder Pets!

as Old White Mouse (voice)

7.2

Teacher's Pet

2000

as Pretty Boy (voice)

Crashbox

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Hercules

as Eagle (voice)

The King of Queens

as Arthur Spooner

The View

as Self

Deadly Games

as Phil Cullen

Touched by an Angel

as Maury Salt

Baseball

as (voice)

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as McGonnigal

8.1

The Larry Sanders Show

as Jerry Stiller

Law & Order

as Michael Tobis

Seinfeld

as Frank Costanza

In the Heat of the Night

as Rabbi Feldman

Monsters

as Victor

Tattingers

as Sid Wilbur

L.A. Law

as Nat Pincus

The Equalizer

as Brahms

Screen Two

as Marty de Reske

Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Birnbaum

Tales from the Darkside

1984

as Luther Mandrake

7.2

Reading Rainbow

1983

as Dinosaur Comedian (voice)

Amanda's

as Sal Malzone

Simon & Simon

Hart to Hart

as Myron Finkle

Archie Bunker's Place

Time Express

The Love Boat

as Bud Hanrahan

Alice

Saturday Night Live

as Stu (uncredited)

Joe and Sons

as Gus Duzik

Rhoda

The Paul Lynde Show

as Barney Dickerson

Great Performances

as Mechanic

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

Love, American Style

as Harry

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Paul Sterling

That's Life

as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self

7.7

Hullabaloo

1965

as Self

Linus the Lionhearted

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

The Defenders

as Sergeant Wysenski

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Audience Member

5.9

General Electric Theater

1953

as Harold

6.4

Studio One

1948

as Sergeant Joe Capriotti

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Lamp Unto My Feet

as Candide

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Cousins

2013

Producer