Born May 8, 1926· Queens, New York City, New York, USA
† Died April 6, 2017
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Emerging from Queens, New York, the only child of Jewish immigrants, he served in the Navy during World War II before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and briefly taking bit parts on television; frustrated by the lack of dramatic roles, he shifted to club comedy, where his rapid-fire insults earned him a reputation as an “insult comic.” His film debut came in the 1958 war picture…
