There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.
You're looking at an actor whose price has just doubled.
Art was discovered by Jackie Gleason while working on the "Morey Amsterdam" show.
Art won two Sylvania awards.
Art was nominated for the Tony Award For Best Dramatic Actor in Brian Friels' play "Lovers," in 1969.
Art has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.
Art originally played a cop hit by a barrel of flour in the very first Honeymooners sketch, before playing Ed Norton.
Art was the first person to play the Felix Unger role, in Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple," on Broadway in 1965 alongside Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison.
Art's brother, Fred, was also an actor, and a director as well.
Art was a talented voice artist and filled in for President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his "Fireside Chats" on radio when Roosevelt was too ill to speak.
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