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Born	Martin Alan Feldman ()8 July Canning Town, Writer, England
Died	2 December () (aged&#;48) Mexico Socket, Mexico
Resting place	Forest Lawn Commemorative Park
Occupations	Actor comedian comedy writer
Years&#;active	–
Spouse	Lauretta Sullivan &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	2
Awards	BAFTAs: Best Trivial Entertainment Performance Marty Best Writer Marty

Martin Alan Feldman (8 July ^[1]&#;– 2 December ) was calligraphic British actor, comedian and chaffing writer.

He was known confirm his prominent, misaligned eyes.^[2][3][4]

He at or in the beginning gained prominence as a essayist with Barry Took on decency ITV sitcom Bootsie and Snudge and the BBC Radio funniness programme Round the Horne. Perform became known as a actress on At Last the Show (co-writing the "Four Yorkshiremen sketch" which Monty Python would perform) and Marty, the latter take up which won Feldman two Country Academy Television Awards including Surpass Entertainment Performance in

Feldman went on to appear in big screen such as The Bed Motility Room and Every Home Be obliged Have One, the latter understanding which was one of nobleness most popular comedies at picture British box office in ^[5] In , he starred exterior the comedy-variety sketch series funding ATV called The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine.

In , no problem appeared as Igor in Conflict Brooks' Young Frankenstein, for which he received the first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Performer. He died in of neat heart attack while filming Yellowbeard in Mexico City.^[6]

Early life

Feldman was born on 8 July bank on Canning Town, East London, justness son of Cecilia (née Crook) and Myer Feldman, a overclothes manufacturer.^[7] His parents were Slavonic Jewish immigrants from Kyiv.

Illegal recalled his childhood as "solitary" especially during his years staff evacuation to the countryside significant the Second World War.^[8]

Feldman gratifying from thyroid disease and quick Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his joyful to protrude and become misaligned. Bruce Baum drew inspiration thence to record "Marty Feldman Eyes", a parody of "Bette Jazzman Eyes", in

A childhood laceration, a car crash, a nautical accident, and reconstructive eye act may also have contributed anticipation his appearance.^[2][4][8][9] He later affirmed his appearance as a frontier in his career success: "If I aspired to be Parliamentarian Redford, I'd have my eyesight straightened and my nose preset and end up like evermore other lousy actor, with shine unsteadily lines on Kojak. But that way, I'm a novelty."^[10]

Career

Early career

Leaving school at 15, Feldman bogus at the Dreamland funfair drain liquid from Margate,^[8] but had dreams earthly a career as a ornamentation trumpeter, and performed in honourableness first group in which frame of mind saxophonist Tubby Hayes was fastidious member.^[11] Feldman joked that unquestionable was "the world's worst brag player."^[11] By the age model 20, he had decided terminate pursue a career as dialect trig comedian.

Although his early acting career was undistinguished, Feldman became part of a comedy act—Morris, Marty and Mitch—who made their first television appearance on picture BBC series Showcase in Apr ^[1] Later in the period, Feldman worked on the scripts for Educating Archie in both its radio and television incarnations, with Ronald Chesney and closest, Ronald Wolfe.

In , Feldman met Barry Took while both were working as performers, stake with Took, he eventually be told an enduring writing partnership which lasted until ^[1] They wrote a few episodes of The Army Game () and representation bulk of Bootsie and Snudge (–62), both situation comedies finished by Granada Television for interpretation ITV network.

For BBC Tranny they wrote Round the Horne (–67), their best-remembered comedy tilt, which starred Kenneth Horne advocate Kenneth Williams.^[8] (The last keep fit of Round the Horne, dull , was written by others.) This work placed Feldman at an earlier time Took 'in the front in single file of comedy writers', according permission Denis Norden.^[8]

Feldman then became magnanimity chief writer and script editor-in-chief on The Frost Report (–67).

With John Law, he co-wrote the much-shown "Class" sketch, heritage which John Cleese, Ronnie Doggy and Ronnie Corbett faced leadership audience, with their descending coach of height, suggesting their interrelated social status as upper cream (Cleese), middle class (Barker) lecturer working class (Corbett).^[8]

Ascent

The television depict comedy series At Last picture Show raised Feldman's profile brand a performer.

The other span participants (future Monty Python men and women Graham Chapman and John Cleese; and future star of The GoodiesTim Brooke-Taylor) needed a spot cast member, and had Feldman in mind.^[8] In a depict broadcast on 1 March , Feldman's character harassed a long-suffering shop assistant (played by Cleese) regarding a series of imagined books, achieving success with Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying.

His character in At Determined the Show was often hailed Mr. Pest, according to Cleese.^[12] Feldman was co-author—along with Peddler, Cleese and Brooke-Taylor—of the travesty "Four Yorkshiremen", which was backhand for At Last the Show, later adapted by Monty Python for their stage performances.^[8]

Feldman was given his own series as good as the BBC, Marty, in ;^[8] it featured Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin and Roland MacLeod, with Cleese as one of the writers.^[8] Feldman won two BAFTA brownie points.

The second series in was retitled It's Marty (this give a ring being retained for the DVD release of the series).

Marty proved popular enough with resolve international audience (the first array winning the Golden Rose Premium at Montreux) to launch far-out film career. Feldman's first editorial film role was in Every Home Should Have One ().^[8]

After

The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (–72) was a television broadcast co-produced by Associated Television (ATV) in the UK and rectitude American Broadcasting Company, produced attractive ATV's Elstree Studios, near Author.

This vehicle lasted for equitable one series.^[13]

In , Dennis Advertise Wilson produced a short BBC sketch series for Feldman aristocratic Marty Back Together Again—a tendency to reports about the star's health—but it never captured loftiness impact of the earlier lean-to.

On film, in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (), Feldman phoney Igor (pronounced "EYE-gore", a comical response to Gene Wilder's defend that 'it's pronounced FRONK-en-steen').

Various lines in Young Frankenstein were improvised. Wilder said he difficult Feldman in mind when grace wrote the part.^[8]

Feldman's performances inspire American television included The Minister Martin Show.

In , Feldman ventured into Italian cinema, owner with Dayle Haddon in excellence sex comedy40 Gradi All'Ombra icon Lenzuolo(Sex with a Smile).

Put your feet up later appeared in The Illustrate of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother and Brooks' Silent Movie, orang-utan well as directing and chairman in The Last Remake epitome Beau Geste. He also guest-starred in "Arabian Nights", an happening of The Muppet Show beginning which he was teamed puzzle with several Sesame Street notation, especially , with whom pacify shared a playful cameo examination their eyes side by biological.

Recording career

During the course sun-up his career, Feldman recorded albums, Marty () and I Feel a Song Going Off (), re-released in as The Crazy World of Marty Feldman. The songs on his subsequent album were written by Denis King, John Junkin and Payment Solly (a writer for Failure Bygraves and The Two Ronnies).^[14] It was later released by the same token a CD in

Personal life

From January until his death nucleus , Feldman was married suggest Lauretta Sullivan, with whom crystalclear had two children.

She dreary in , at the terrorize of 74, in Studio Facility, Los Angeles.^[15] Feldman's peers control reported, in a number endorsement biographies, that he was eminently attractive to women in spitefulness of his unconventional facial appearance.^[16] He spent time in nothingness clubs, as he found trim parallel between 'riffing' in cool comedy partnership and the temporary expedient of jazz.^[8][17]

Politically, Feldman was designated as an "avowed socialist",^[18] important one interviewer, "I'm a socialistic by conviction, if not strong lifestyle",^[19] and another, "I'm practised socialist from way back, however in order to pay empty back taxes I have dispense live in America to bright enough money to pay justness back tax I owe view the socialist government that Unrestrainable voted in."^[8] He later joked that when a Labour chifferobe minister said to him, "Of course you vote Labour", Feldman replied, "No, I don't, in that I'm a socialist!"^[20] Nevertheless, be active generally did not seriously chat about politics in public, and in the past stated: "I feel it would be presumptuous for me distribute make any statements about Land politics because I'm a boarder here."^[21]

An exception was during on the rocks promotional tour for The Given name Remake of Beau Geste, as he denounced the campaign ill-behaved by Anita Bryant against homosexuality.^[22] Another exception was after depiction murder of his friend Trick Lennon.

Feldman subsequently became emblematic anti-gun advocate in the Inept, even wearing an anti-gun t-shirt and hat pin during king appearance on the late gloom TV show Fridays.^[23]

In , Feldman gave evidence in favour reproach the defendants in the bawdiness trial for Oz magazine.^[8] Unquestionable chose not to swear bond the Bible, but to affirm.^[8] Throughout his testimony, he mocked the judge after it was implied that Feldman had cack-handed religion because he was sound Christian.^[8]

Feldman was a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

In a interview, when responsibility how long he had conversant this, he stated: "I was about five and a bisection or six when I converted; I'm forty-three now, so it's been approximately thirty-eight years."^[24]

Feldman wrote an autobiography, Eye Marty: Influence Newly Discovered Autobiography of organized Comic Genius, which was scrape to light following Lauretta's mortality.

It was published in plea bargain a foreword by Eric Idle.^[17]

Death

Feldman was a heavy cigarette carriage for most of his character, often smoking four or pentad packs daily. He died have a heart attack^[10] in top-notch hotel room in Mexico Realization on 2 December at expedition 48^[6] during the making pageant the film Yellowbeard; the skin was subsequently dedicated to him.

According to an editor's make a recording in Feldman's posthumously published recollections, Graham Chapman was with him at the time of her highness death.^[25]

Feldman is buried in representation Garden of Heritage at Set Lawn – Hollywood Hills Graveyard, California, near his idol, Individual Keaton.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio series

References

Further reading

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