we're moving in lock stock and barrel gonna be in the pool we can be in a
clubhouse that shuffleboard court and I
before Jerry Stiller would light it up on Seinfeld the King of Queens and
Zoolander and have a career spanning over 60 years first time shorty don't be
cruel its genetic oh I'm sure you did sure thing Thanks
before Jerry Stiller would be awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame be
nominated for a 1997 Emmy Award and when an American Comedy Award for funniest
male guest appearance at a TV series for his betrayal of Frank Estanza you're
selling computers two months ago I saw a provocative movie on cable TV it was
called the net with that girl from the bus before Jerry Stiller would pass away
at the age of 92 from natural causes and his son Ben Stiller would tweet out the
followings I'm sad to say that my father Jerry Stiller passed away from natural
causes he was a great dad and grandfather and the most dedicated
husband to and for about 62 years he will be greatly missed love you dad no
Jerry Stiller he was always a scene stealer from serenity now to a Festivus
for the rest of us or even this obscure scene in Zoolander the guy he always
stole the show his iconic roles and his distinctive halting delivery of lines
you already know about but the man he also served in the Army during World War
two now he stated that during the Great Depression when people laughed the
Rory's disappeared audiences love these funny men I decided to become one and
when I got the role of French Seinfeld it pushed me to another level I
had to go deeper and discover more about what what I was doing as an actor and I
improved now he made his way from school to the stage before meeting his wife and
the pair they became a comedic duo on television and radio and they were
married for well over 60 years now sadly his wife she passed away in 2015 and
it's helpful it began to decline soon thereafter but the man he did live a
long life making it into his 90 and he gave us a ton of laughs during
his time here what's going on guys ditch boy Michael cretin back at it again with
another episode of before they were gone this time on the great funny man Jerry
Stiller now he also paved the way for his son Ben Stiller who was a mega star
during might come up years now it's a sad day for the world of comedy and show
business as a whole now we make these videos with the utmost
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alright now let's get into this video it seemed like we didn't know it exactly
where our life was going James Stiller was born Jerald Isaac Stiller On June 8
1927 in the Unity Hospital in Brooklyn New York City New York to Bella and
William Stiller and his father he worked as a bus driver it was material
grandparents they were Jewish immigrants from Galatia which straddled the
modern-day border between Poland and Ukraine and his mother she was a Polish
Jewish immigrant from Fran pole he grew up in the Williamsburg in East New York
neighborhoods before his family they moved to the Lower East Side where he
attended Seward Park High School now this is a school that would go on to
produce a handful of entertainers but Gerry he didn't get in the show business
right away in fact he actually served during World War two now I couldn't find
any video footage of that but I did find this Frank I made you
in the war was 50 years ago in my mind there's a war still going on upon his
return from service of the US Army well he became a drama major at Sarah Hughes
University and there he received a Bachelor of Science in speech and drama
before making his 1951 acting debut on stage doing Shakespeare he was also with
burgess Meredith in the silver whistle and we became a member of the
improvisational team the compass players in Chicago which would later evolve into
the well-known second city it was in 1953 that he met his wife Anne in an
agent's office now and she was upset about an interaction with the casting
and Jerry will he decided to take her out for coffee because at the time well
that's all he could afford now the two they went the following year and
although and she had no official training well he encouraged her to
appeared on the Merv Griffin talk-show a set yet may recall from the peering
inside felt that's a moment Jeff now what you do with your personal life is
your business but when you land my said mister they began touring together on
the National Club circuit while giving new and inventive meeting to the term
spousal comedy now after well over a decade of fame together well they
decided to pursue individual success and they both found it now for Jerry he
found great success working on Broadway and he appeared on television but from
time to time money would get tight and that's when he would go on game shows
you know at a family defeat with two children Ben Stiller he was born in 1965
and his sister Amy she was born in 1961 no Jerry he kept busy on television with
regular roles on the Paul I'd show Joe and Sons and then for some time there he
was in talks of making it Stiller and Meara sitcom now that didn't work out
but the two would continue to work together appearing in a whole bunch of
commercials
Jerry's big break he came with an eighth season role as Frank Costanza on
Seinfeld back in 1993 now this role it kick started his career
once again especially after an especially memorable episode in which
Frank well he shares the tradition of a holiday he invented known as
esteves now the festiveness episode it became so popular that Stiller he even
wrote the introduction to a bulk about the fictive holiday many Christmases ago
I went to buy a doll for my son I reach for the last one they had but so did
another man as I rain blows upon him I realized there had to be another way
what happened to the day it was destroyed but out of that a new holiday
was born a Festivus for the rustics he was nominated for a 1997 Emmy Award and
he was the recipient of a 1998 American Comedy Award they said they want you to
play the father of George Costanza on Seinfeld I said whose sight felt they
said don't you know I said no it's a very funny show it's on the air right
now well I'm in a Broadway play I'm about to rehearse I pass I think the
show was successful that we weren't we weren't thinking of our next line we're
just listening to each other and we liked each other now after Seinfeld
ended we'll Stiller he plants retiring but then Kevin James he asked him to
join the cast of the King of Queens there James who played the leading role
of Doug hefferman he had told Stiller that he needed him in order to have a
successful show no Stiller he agreed and he played the role of Arthur Spooner the
father of Carey hefferman from 1998 until 2000
Garry Stiller later stated that the role tested his acting ability more than
anything else had done before that part and he said he only saw himself as a
decent actor beforehand now he also stated that being on a sitcom it stopped
him from getting Alzheimer's let's see your home on a workday there's
a red Ferrari in the driveway and there's a highlight cash on the table I
don't know what's going on but I wanted and we appeared in a total of a hundred
and ninety five episodes of the King and queens and during these years while he
was working steadily while his son he became one of the biggest names in
Hollywood comedy blockbusters now his son Ben Stiller would regularly cast his
father at roles Levin in total this included heavyweight Zoolander and
then his last role ever which was in Zoolander 2 modeling agent maury
ballstein turned state's witness in exchange for relocation in the witness
protection program in 2001 Stiller he published a memoir married to laughter a
love story featuring and me rock now living a life in show business few
couples they last the test of time but these two it seems they were inseparable
from start to finish then tragedy is struck in 2015 when Mira will she died
at the age of 85 now following her death will Stiller he retired from acting and
recent photos of him will he appeared that age was finally catching up to him
now regardless any way you spin it well Jerry Stiller he left his mark on
comedy and show business and he will forever be missed and was always part of
this this whatever we were but it was an ambition and I never did get to it until
finally at this point did it give it a crack but every time I went out and did
this gig by myself and would be in the audience heckled me and scream with me
and eventually come up on the stage and bingos we would do people again as for
the rest of the story well I think I'm gonna wrap this one up here because this
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