Larry Storch served in the U.S. Navy during World War II on the submarine tender USS Proteus. True fact: Storch served alongside future Hollywood leading man Tony Curtis on the Proteus.
Storch died on July 8, 2022, at the exact age of 99 1/2. The actor would've turned 100 on Jan. 8, 2023
Storch never graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, so he's not one of those WWII vets who studied acting on the GI Bill after the war. He worked as a standup comic before breaking in as a guest on various television shows in the 1950s.
If you grew up in the '50s, '60s or '70s, you know him from at least one of your favorite shows. Storch has 249 acting credits on IMDb and appeared on such shows as "The Phil Silvers Show," "Car 54, Where Are You?," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Gilligan's Island," "I Dream of Jeannie," "That Girl," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "All in the Family," "Emergency!," "Love American Style," "Mannix," "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "Columbo," "Police Story," "McCloud," "CPO Sharkey," "The Love Boat," "CHiPs," "Fantasy Island," "The Fall Guy" and "Knight Rider."
Storch didn't do many movies, but he had memorable turns in "Airport 1975," "Sex and the Single Girl" (supporting his Navy buddy, Tony Curtis), "The Great Race" (Curtis was a good friend to have) and a memorable turn as a hard-of-hearing customer in "Record City," a 1977 knockoff of "Car Wash" set in a record store.
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