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Marty Brill was born on May 6, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Soupy Sales Show (1976), One in a Million (1980) and What's Happening!! (1976). He died on January 23, 2021.

He as a comedian, writer, actor and musician who appeared regularly on 1960s and 1970s TV in both variety shows (The Ed Sullivan Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show) and sitcoms (The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show). In the late 1970s, Marty Brill did some writing in the 1970s for the "New Soupy Sales Show," also occasionally playing characters on the show, especially after Soupy's longtime sidekick (Clyde Adler) took ill during production of the series. He also was the lyricist for the short lived 1964 Broadway musical Cafe Crown.

He also voiced King Koo Koo in the 1977 film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure and sang one of the film's songs.

 Later worked cruise ships.

Standup routines known for their topical humor pulled from the headlines.

Comedian/writer/actor/musician who appeared regularly on 60s and 70s TV in both variety ("Ed Sullivan," "Merv Griffin") and sitcoms ("The New Dick Van Dyke Show," "Mary Tyler Moore).

A former child prodigy with many successful piano concerts in Chicago.

An interpreter for Naval Intelligence during the Korean War, who became so fluent in the Japanese language that he dubbed the voice of Jimmy Stewart in a radio western (The Six Shooter) when it was exported to Japan in the 1950s.

A nightclub headliner and recording artist as a singer/guitarist before rock-n-roll.

Wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical "Cafe Crown" (Martin Beck Theater" NYC, 1964) which starred Alan Alda. Sam Levene, Tommy Rall, and Theodore Bikel.

Lost his middle finger on his right hand due to a accident.

Discography

The Roving Balladeer

"Timber"

James Blonde ("The Man From T.A.N.T.E.")

He was involved with a comedy album called "The Other Family". This was a take-off on "The First Family" but about the Khrushchevs in the Kremlin.

He dubbed The Six Shooter into Japanese - mentioned on SiriusXM Radio Classics.

 

Actor

Talking Walls (1987)

Talking Walls

Floyd

1987

 

Deborah Van Valkenburgh in Too Close for Comfort (1980)

Too Close for Comfort

Ed Hugo

TV Series

1986

1 episode

 

Basic Training (1985)

Basic Training

General Strombs

1985

 

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Mel

1984

 

Simon & Simon (1981)

Simon & Simon

P.R. Rep

TV Series

1982

1 episode

 

River Phoenix, Richard Dean Anderson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn, Terri Treas, and Roger Wilson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Buddy

TV Series

1982

1 episode

 

John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt in Three's Company (1976)

Three's Company

Mike O'Connell

TV Series

1982

1 episode

 

The Soupy Sales Show (1976)

The Soupy Sales Show

TV Series

1978–1979

2 episodes

 

Sergeant T.K. Yu

Sam Palfy

TV Movie

1979

 

Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)

All in the Family

Floyd Mills

TV Series

1978

1 episode

 

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)

The Amazing Howard Hughes

Lewis Milestone

TV Movie

1977

 

Marty Brill, Didi Conn, Paul Dooley, Niki Flacks, Hetty Galen, Sheldon Harnick, George S. Irving, Joe Silver, Arnold Stang, Fred Stuthman, Alan Sues, Allen Swift, and Mark Baker in Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

King Koo Koo (voice)

1977

 

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

Mr. Sommers (segment "Love and the Odd Couples")

TV Series

1973

1 episode

 

Dick Van Dyke, Marty Brill, Nancy Dussault, Fannie Flagg, Hope Lange, and Angela Powell in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Bernie Davis

TV Series

1971–1973

48 episodes

 

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

Maitre D'

1969

 

Mr. Belvedere

Mooney (as Martin Brill)

TV Movie

1965

 

Writer

Shirley Hemphill in One in a Million (1980)

One in a Million

written by

TV Series

1980

1 episode

 

The Soupy Sales Show (1976)

The Soupy Sales Show

written by

TV Series

1979

1 episode

 

What's Happening!! (1976)

What's Happening!!

written by

TV Series

1978

1 episode

 

Victor French and Kene Holiday in Carter Country (1977)

Carter Country

written by

TV Series

1978

1 episode