Mickey Manners obit

 Actor Mickey Manners has died

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Manners was born Solomon Shapiro in New York City in 1925. He married Jane, one of the June Taylor Dancers, and they had five children. Manners later lived in San Fernando Valley with his daughters Debra and Tracy and his grandson Michael. He died January 28, 2016, at age 90.

Mickey Manners was an American actor, singer, dancer, and stand-up comedian.

He was a regular panelist on the game show Pantomime Quiz. He also appeared on Murphy Brown, The Rifleman, Here's Lucy, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Hogan's Heroes, Lost in Space, Get Smart, and Perry Mason. He had small roles in two Jerry Lewis films: The Errand Boy (1961) and Which Way to the Front? (1970).

In the 1964–1965 season, he starred with John McGiver in the role of Joe Foley on the short-lived CBS sitcom Many Happy Returns, set in the complaint department of a fictitious Los Angeles department store. He appeared in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Laughing Lady" as Lenny Linden, the nephew of series' regular Terrance Clay, proprietor of Clay's Bar and Grill.

He played a bartender/bouncer as a regular cast member of the Mickie Finn's musical variety show broadcast on NBC in the spring and summer of 1966.

Actor

 

    Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown (1988)

    Murphy Brown

        M.C.

        TV Series

        1992

 

Mitzi Kapture and Rob Estes in Silk Stalkings (1991)

Silk Stalkings

 

    William Abbot, Jr.

 

    TV Series

 

    1991

 

Babe Ruth (1991)

Babe Ruth

 

    Reporter

 

    TV Movie

 

    1991

 

The Comedy Shop (1978)

The Comedy Shop

 

    TV Series

 

    1980

 

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

 

    Floyd Yerby

 

    TV Series

 

    1976

 

Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)

The Red Skelton Hour

 

    BellhopGagwriterManicurist ...

 

    TV Series

 

    1970–1971

 

Jerry Lewis in Which Way to the Front? (1970)

Which Way to the Front?

 

    SS Guard

 

    1970

 

Here's Lucy (1968)

Here's Lucy

 

    Indian Guide

 

    TV Series

 

    1969

 

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

 

    Jerry Chamberlyn

 

    TV Series

 

    1969

 

Darren McGavin in The Outsider (1968)

The Outsider

 

    Rudy Jacobs

 

    TV Series

 

    1969

 

John Banner, Robert Clary, Bob Crane, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, Larry Hovis, and Werner Klemperer in Hogan's Heroes (1965)

Hogan's Heroes

 

    Sergeant Malcolm Flood

 

    TV Series

 

    1967

 

The Hero (1966)

The Hero

 

    Dave

 

    TV Series

 

    1967

 

June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)

Lost in Space

 

    Dee

 

    TV Series

 

    1966

 

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

 

    Gertrude-Gerald

 

    TV Series

 

    1966

 

The Lucy Show (1962)

The Lucy Show

 

    Messenger

 

    TV Series

 

    1965

 

Perry Mason (1957)

Perry Mason

 

    Lenny Linden

 

    TV Series

 

    1965

 

Elinor Donahue, Mark Goddard, and Andrea Sacino in Many Happy Returns (1964)

Many Happy Returns

 

    Joe Foley

 

    TV Series

 

    1964–1965

 

The Joey Bishop Show (1961)

The Joey Bishop Show

 

    Buddy MorganExpectant FatherParnello ...

 

    TV Series

 

    1961–1964

 

Jerry Lewis and Stella Stevens in The Nutty Professor (1963)

The Nutty Professor

 

    College Student (uncredited)

 

    1963

 

The only authorized DVD edition of all episodes in Season One.

The Rifleman

 

    Moss Jackman

 

    TV Series

 

    1963

 

Fess Parker in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

 

    Perkins

 

    TV Series

 

    1963

 

Jerry Lewis in The Errand Boy (1961)

The Errand Boy

 

    Larkin

 

    1961

 

Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

The Dick Van Dyke Show

 

    Party guest (uncredited)

 

    TV Series

 

    1961