He played Zoolander’s manager, Maury Ballstein. Jerry Stiller, Comedian With Enduring Appeal, Is Dead at 92 In the 1960s, he and his wife, Anne Meara, found success as a comedy team. But he was an essential part of the show’s appeal. Stiller was in fewer than 30 of the 180 episodes of “Seinfeld,” whose nine seasons began in 1989, and he did not make his first appearance until the fifth season. All rights reserved. In the 1990s, he found it again as Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld.”Jerry Stiller, a classically trained actor who became a comedy star twice — in the 1960s in partnership with his wife, Anne Meara, and in the 1990s with a memorable recurring role on “Seinfeld” — died early Monday morning at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. “The only time you ever stop working is when they don’t call you.”In addition to his son, whose other movies include the “Meet the Parents” films and “There’s Something About Mary,” Mr. Stiller is survived by his daughter, Amy Stiller, an actress and comedian; a sister, Doreen; and two grandchildren.Mr. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. His mother, who was born in Poland, was a homemaker.Growing up in Brooklyn and on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Jerry was inspired to perform by seeing Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante in person. Bill, learning about Greek tragedy and Shakespearean drama from the celebrated teacher Mr. Stiller remained active throughout his 80s. Each clip lasts about two minutes and consists of the two of them discussing a single topic. He wrote an autobiography, “Married to Laughter,” about his 50-plus year marriage to Meara, who died in 2015. Love you Dad," his son said in a tweet.Stiller, who started his career in the 1950s alongside his wife Anne Meara, had a resurgence in the 90s with his iconic character, Frank Costanza on the TV show "Seinfeld. Stiller and Ms. Meara’s swan song as a team was a series of web-only video clips produced by their son and posted from November 2010 to March 2011. One topic is obituaries. It also starred comedian Kevin James. Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian, actor, and author. He was 92. Another episode famously saw him as a Korean War cook fearful to ever cook again after he inflicted food poisoning on his entire unit.After "Seinfeld," Stiller co-starred as the father to Leah Remini's character, Carrie Heffernan in the sitcom "The King of Queens," which aired from 1998 to 2007. In the 1960s, he and his wife, Anne Meara, found success as a comedy team. Off Broadway, he was in “The Threepenny Opera”; in Central Park, he played Shakespearean clowns for Joseph Papp; onscreen, he was seen as a police detective in “The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three” (1974) and Divine’s husband in John Waters’s “Hairspray” (1988). Another contrast formed the basis for much of their comedy: Her heritage was Irish-American and Roman Catholic (although she converted to Judaism in 1961); his was Eastern European and Jewish.At a time when it was rare for men and women of different religions to date, let alone marry, Stiller and Meara broke new comic ground with their routines about the rocky but loving relationship of The first such sketch, as recounted in Mr. Stiller’s autobiography, “Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara” (2000), set the tone. He will be greatly missed.

Jerry Stiller has died today at the age of 92. Jerry Stiller dead: ‘Seinfeld’ actor, comedian dies at 92. One exchange began with Mary Elizabeth saying, “They’re having a dance tonight at my sodality.”The comedy partnership of Mr. Stiller and Ms. Meara flourished for more than a decade and found a new outlet when they began doing commercials. Stiller’s agitated response: “What you just said is going to get us in trouble with The New York Times! Anne Meara (L) and Jerry Stiller (R) are photographed for 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' "He was known as the high strung father of George Constanza and was often seen bullying his TV son.Some of his well known moments include his famous Festivus celebration, as well as the phrase "Serenity now!" His son, the Hollywood movie star Ben Stiller, confirmed the tragic news in a social media statement. She was statuesque and bright-eyed; he was short and stocky, and always looked a little lost.