On Monday, Could 11, Jerry Stiller handed away from pure causes on the age of 92. Stiller was most well-known for his position as George Costanza’s father Frank on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens, however he first rose to fame within the ’60s as a part of the comedy staff Stiller and Meara along with his spouse, Anne Meara, they usually had been additionally the mother and father of comic and actor Ben Stiller.
Stiller’s roles on Seinfeld and The King of Queens noticed him play short-tempered father figures with a coronary heart of gold, and his work on Seinfeld earned him an Emmy nomination and an American Comedy Award. Stiller additionally appeared in movies like Zoolander, Secret of the Andes, and Hairspray. The legendary actor will certainly be missed, and quite a few celebrities have posted tributes to him on-line.
Ben Stiller first introduced his father’s loss of life on early Monday morning with a shifting submit: