Marty Feldman
Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (born July 8, 1934 in London , † December 2, 1982 in Mexico City , Mexico ) was a British - American comedian , writer , actor and director .
Life
Feldman's grandfather, Hyman Bondor, immigrated to England from Russia and changed his family name to Feldman . Marty was born the son of Islington's Jewish tailor Myer Feldman and his wife Cecilia "Cissie" (née Crook) in London's University College Hospital . He left school at the age of 15 to become a jazz trumpeter , but soon discovered his passion for comedy .
Feldman made his first appearance with two friends in Morris, Marty and Mitch , a comedy influenced by the Marx Brothers . In 1954 he met a like-minded person with Barry Took, with whom he wrote texts for radio productions, such as B. Educating Archie , We're in Business, and The Army Game . The TV show Bootsie and Snudge , on which Feldman was the chief writer, became the most watched on British television.
In the summer of 1961 Feldman was diagnosed with severe hyperthyroidism , which should permanently change his appearance (with exophthalmos and strabismus ) and led to the appearance under which he is still remembered today.
In the 1960s he worked for several television productions for the BBC and was particularly successful with Round the Horne . In 1966 Feldman became chief writer for the television series The Frost Report , which would have a lasting impact on the future of British comedy - numerous well-known authors and actors, such as Barry Cryer , Michael Palin , Terry Jones and John Cleese (the latter three would later become the founders of Monty Python ) made their debut here. Another well-known show with Feldman's collaboration was At Last the 1948 Show with Tim Brooke-Taylor and the later Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle (in smaller roles). He finally appeared in front of the camera in At Last The 1948 Show ; and the character he embodied as the "strange little man" was a great success and earned him his own comedy show on BBC 2.
In the late 1960s, Feldman switched to American television, where he appeared in skits on the Dean Martin Show . From 1970 he took over their entire summer agency (The Gold Diggers of London) . That same year he got his own show, The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine .
Feldman starred in successful US film productions in the 1970s, such as Mel Brooks ' film Frankenstein Junior as Igor , in Gene Wilder's Sherlock Holmes' clever brother and in Mel Brooks' last madness: Silent Movie . Then he started directing himself. His first directorial work was the comedy Three Foreign Legionaries , in which he also starred. In addition, under his direction, Brazen and God-fearing arose .
In the cinema, Feldman was most often dubbed by Joachim Kemmer , while he was voiced by Dieter Hallervorden in the German version of the Marty Feldman Show named after him .
Marty Feldman died of heart failure at the age of 48 in a hotel in Mexico City while filming the pirate parody Dotterbart . The reason for this remained unclear. He was buried in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles , California in the Garden of Heritage .
Filmography
- As an actor
- 1967: At Last the 1948 Show (TV series)
- 1968–69: Marty (TV series)
- 1969: Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
- 1969: Afterwards (The Bed-Sitting Room)
- 1969: The Wednesday Play (TV series)
- 1968–69: A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
- 1970: Marty Amok (TV)
- 1970: Porridge makes you sexy / Marty Feldman - I can do anything (Every Home Should Have One)
- 1970: Jumbo - An Elephant Life (TV)
- 1971: Marty Abroad (TV)
- 1971: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
- 1972: The Marty Feldman Show (TV)
- 1971–72: The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV series)
- 1972: Summer Sprouts (TV)
- 1972: The Sandy Duncan Show (TV series)
- 1972: The Man Who Came to Dinner (TV)
- 1972: Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series)
- 1974: Marty Back Together Again (TV series)
- 1974: Frankenstein Junior (Young Frankenstein)
- 1975: Karen (TV series)
- 1975: Lights, Camera, Monty! (TV)
- 1975: Sherlock Holmes 'Smarter Brother (The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother)
- 1976: Do Men Have to Be Beautiful? (40 degrees all'ombra del lenzuolo)
- 1976: Mel Brooks' Final Madness: Silent Movie (Silent Movie)
- 1977: Three Foreign Legionnaires (The Last Remake of Beau Geste)
- 1980: Brazen and God-fearing (In God We Tru $ t)
- 1981: Fridays (TV series)
- 1981: Thoughtful Stories ( Insight , TV series)
- 1982: Slapstick (Slapstick (Of Another Kind))
- 1983: Dotterbart (Yellowbeard)
- As a director
- 1975: Robi Robi Robin Hood ( When Things Were Rotten , TV series)
- 1977: Three Foreign Legionnaires (The Last Remake of Beau Geste)
- 1980: Brazen and God-fearing (In God We Tru $ t)
- As a screenwriter
- 1957: The Army Game (TV series)
- 1958: Educating Archie (TV series)
- 1960: Bootsie and Snudge (TV series)
- 1961: Colonel Trumper's Private War (TV series)
- 1963: Nicked at the Bottle
- 1964: Good Luck Sir, You've Got a Lucky Face
- 1964: Scott On ... (TV series)
- 1965: The Walrus and the Carpenter (TV series)
- 1965: Barnaby Spoot and the Exploding Whoopee Cushion
- 1965: Memoirs of a Chaise Longue
- 1965: Here I Come Whoever I Am
- 1965: Barney Is My Darling (TV series)
- 1966: The Frost Report (TV series)
- 1966: Judgment Day for Elijah Jones
- 1967: At Last the 1948 Show (TV series)
- 1968: How to Irritate People (TV)
- 1968: Horne A'Plenty (TV series)
- 1968: According to Dora (TV series)
- 1968: The Harry Secombe Show (TV series)
- 1968: Broaden Your Mind (TV series)
- 1969: Marty (TV series)
- 1969: Tooth and Claw
- 1969: The Making of Peregrine
- 1963–69: Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
- 1970: Marty Amok (TV)
- 1970: Porridge makes you sexy / Marty Feldman - I can do anything (Every Home Should Have One)
- 1971: Marty Abroad (TV)
- 1971: The Laughing Stock of Television (TV)
- 1971: The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV series)
- 1971: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
- 1972: The Marty Feldman Show (TV)
- 1973: The Two Ronnies (TV series)
- 1974: Marty Back Together Again (TV series)
- 1976: Flannery and Quilt (TV)
- 1977: Three Foreign Legionnaires (The Last Remake of Beau Geste)
- 1980: Brazen and God-fearing (In God We Tru $ t)
- 1982: Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
- 2001: Comedy Masterclass
- 2001: We Know Where You Live (TV)
Awards
- 1972: Rose of Montreux : Golden Rose and Special Prize of the City of Montreux for "The Best of the Comedy Machine"
useful information
Dieter Hallervorden gave him his voice in the German dubbing of the "Marty Feldman Show" .
literature
- C. Magen: Marty Feldman, comedian and comedy writer . In: Annual Obituary (1982), 561-2
- Barry Took: Feldman, Martin Alan [Marty] (1934-1982) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 8 July 2005
Web links
- Marty Feldman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marty Feldman in the German synchronous file
- ^ The mad world of Marty Feldman . The Daily Telegraph , Jan. 28, 2016
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Marty Feldman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feldman, Marty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feldman, Martin Alan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American writer, actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 1982 |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |