{"id":30168,"date":"2022-07-08T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30168"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T21:35:08","slug":"rip-larry-storch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30168","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Larry Storch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z070822rip_larry_storch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Larry Storch, actor and comedian, has died.\u00a0 Mr. Storch was 99.\u00a0 Below is the Facebook post that appeared on Mr. Storch&#8217;s page&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share with you the news our beloved Larry passed away in his sleep overnight. We are shocked and at a loss for words at the moment. Please remember he loved each and every one of you and wouldn&#8217;t want you to cry over his passing. He is reunited with his wife Norma and his beloved F Troop cast and so many friends and family,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Larry Storch attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx where Don Adams was one of his classmates. (They became life-long friends).\u00a0 Mr. Storch quit high school before graduating and began working as a comedian.\u00a0 During World War II, Larry Storch served in the Navy where he was a shipmate with Tony Curtis!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the war, Larry Storch returned to comedy and his versatility led to work on stage, television, feature films, voice-over work and comedy records!\u00a0 Mr. Storch&#8217;s IMDb resume lists 249 credits!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the television programs that featured Larry Storch include: <em>The Phil Silvers Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, Car 54 Where Are You?, Underdog, Gilligan&#8217;s Island, Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales<\/em> (regular, voiced Phineas J. Whoopee),<em> F Troop<\/em> (regular, Cp;. Agorn), <em>I Dream of Jeannie, Garrison&#8217;s Gorillas, Get Smart, That Girl, Gomer Pyle, The Batman\/Superman Hour<\/em> (regular, voiced The Joker), <em>The Flying Nun, The Name of the Game, Groovie Goolies<\/em> (regular), <em>The Doris Day Show, All in the Family, The Brady Kids<\/em> (regular), <em>Love American Style, Mannix, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Columbo, Police Story, The Love Boat, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider<\/em> and <em>Married with Children<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feature films include:<em> Stalag 17<\/em> (uncredited, played Sgt. Bagradian), <em>The Great Race, The Great Bank Robbery, Airport 75<\/em> and <em>SOB<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I probably first saw Larry Storch in one of his many television appearances before his best known role as Corporal\u00a0Randolph Agarn on<em> F-Troop<\/em>.\u00a0 But THAT is the role I think of when Larry Storch&#8217;s name is mentioned.\u00a0 He was so good that he was nominated for a <em>Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series<\/em>.\u00a0 When Don Adams won for his role on <em>Get Smart<\/em>, Mr. Storch reportedly told Don Adams, \u201cYou kept it on the block.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unlike some actors\/actresses who attempt to distance themselves from roles that they had years ago, Mr. Storch embraced the part that brought him so many fans.\u00a0 It speaks to Mr. Storch&#8217;s talent that he was so versatile that he could stay busy acting on stage, television, feature films and providing voice-overs for 60 years!<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers go out to Larry Storch&#8217;s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Storch, actor and comedian, has died.\u00a0 Mr. Storch was 99.\u00a0 Below is the Facebook post that appeared on Mr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,63,54,57,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-humor","category-movies","category-rip","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30169,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30168\/revisions\/30169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}