Tony Randall Overview:

Actor, Tony Randall, was born Ira Leonard Rosenberg on Feb 26, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Randall appeared in over 90 film and TV roles. His best known films include Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Mating Game, Let's Make Love, Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers. Tony Randall is probably most famously remembered for his role as the neurotic neat-nick Felix Unger in TV's The Odd Couple (1970 to 1975) opposite Jack Klugman as Oscar. Randall died at the age of 84 on May 17, 2004 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY.

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Tony Randall made no films until his late thirties, then was riotously successful as the lead in satirical comedies at Fox, as well as for his roles as the hero's droll friend in Doris Day films at Universal.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

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Tony Randall co-starred in three movies with Doris Day and Rock Hudson: Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers.

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WHAT A CHARACTER: Tony Randall

By FlickChick on Nov 8, 2013 From A Person in the Dark

This post is my entry in the What a Character Blogathon, sponsored by Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken & Freckled, and Paula's Cinema Club. Click on the links to these super blogs to read more about all of those marvelous characters that make the movies great! There are not many 100% true stat... Read full article


I Confess - I Love Tony Randall!

By FlickChick on Jul 9, 2011 From A Person in the Dark

I admit it - I love Tony Randall. Okay, not Cary Grant love, but love nonetheless! The minute Tony Randall walks onto a scene, the entire movie is elevated. He is a delight, a smile, the guy you are always happy to see. Come on - didn't he really deserve Doris much more than Rock? So, what is it abo... Read full article


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Tony Randall Quotes:

Dr. Melnick: What are you doing up there, Peter?
Peter 'Pete' Ramsey: I'm the king of the elevator.


Harold Ventimore: Oh, my Kum Kum came.


George Kimball: Egods, you've got cold feet!
Arnold Nash: Complaints, complaints, nothing but complaints! I could do some complaining, too, you know. You ever cut your toenails?


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Tony Randall Facts
A liberal Democrat, in September 2003 Randall joked in a speech that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney would be turned away if they tried to attend his funeral.

Jack Klugman and Tony Randall performed together in "Appointment with Adventure" (1955) {The Pirate's House (#1.23)} from the golden age of television 15 years before they did the classic sit-com "The Odd Couple".

Met his wife Heather in a play in New York. She was 50 years his junior.

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