Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller

Known for
Acting
Born
June 8, 1927
Died
May 11, 2020 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens, another role that garnered widespread acclaim. Stiller appeared together with his son Ben Stiller in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. He also performed voice-over work for films and television, including The Lion King 1½ and Planes: Fire and Rescue. In his later career, Stiller became known for portraying grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost poster

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Zoolander 2 poster

Zoolander 2

Movie · as Maury Ballstein

2016
Zoolander: Super Model poster

Zoolander: Super Model

Movie · as Maury Ballstein (voice)

2015
Deli Man poster

Deli Man

Movie · as Self

2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue poster

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Movie · as Harvey (voice)

2014
How Murray Saved Christmas poster

How Murray Saved Christmas

Movie · as Murray Weiner (voice)

2014
Simpler Times poster

Simpler Times

Movie · as Harry

2014
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

Movie · as Self (archive)

2013
Cousins

Cousins

Movie · as Charlie Gordon

2012
Excuse Me for Living poster

Excuse Me for Living

Movie · as Morty

2012
Foodfight! poster

Foodfight!

Movie · as General X (voice)

2011
Swinging with the Finkels poster

Swinging with the Finkels

Movie · as Mr. Winters

2010
Fish Hooks poster

Fish Hooks

TV · as Principal Stickler (voice) · 2 eps

2009
Ice Dreams poster

Ice Dreams

Movie · as Skipper

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Judge Felix Afterman · 1 ep

2009
Mercy poster

Mercy

TV · as Joe Thalberg · 1 ep

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Hairspray poster

Hairspray

Movie · as Mr. Pinky

2007
The Heartbreak Kid poster

The Heartbreak Kid

Movie · as Doc

2007
Head Case poster

Head Case

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Wonder Pets! poster

Wonder Pets!

TV · as Old White Mouse (voice) · 38 eps

2004
The Lion King 1½ poster

The Lion King 1½

Movie · as Uncle Max (voice)

2004
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

Movie · as Uncle Max (voice)

2004
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

Movie · as Pretty Boy (voice)

2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy poster

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Movie · as Man in Bar (uncredited)

2004
Behind the Legend: Timon poster

Behind the Legend: Timon

Movie · as Uncle Max (voice)

2004
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo poster

Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo

Movie · as Self

2002
Serving Sara poster

Serving Sara

Movie · as Milton

2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Movie · as Self

2001
On the Line poster

On the Line

Movie · as Nathan

2001
Zoolander poster

Zoolander

Movie · as Maury Ballstein

2000
My 5 Wives poster

My 5 Wives

Movie · as Don Giovanni

2000
The Independent poster

The Independent

Movie · as Morty Fineman

2000
Chump Change poster

Chump Change

Movie · as The Colonel

2000
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

TV · as Pretty Boy (voice) · 47 eps

1999
Secret of the Andes poster

Secret of the Andes

Movie · as Dr. Golfisch

1999
A Fish in the Bathtub poster

A Fish in the Bathtub

Movie · as Sam

1999
The Suburbans poster

The Suburbans

Movie · as Speedo Silverberg

1999
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller poster

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

Movie · as Self

1999
Crashbox poster

Crashbox

TV · 52 eps

1998
A Rat's Tale poster

A Rat's Tale

Movie · as Prof. Plumpingham

1998
The King of Queens poster

The King of Queens

TV · as Arthur Spooner · 207 eps

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Eagle (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
Stag poster

Stag

Movie · as Ted

1997
The Deli poster

The Deli

Movie · as Petey Cheesecake

1997
Subway Stories poster

Subway Stories

Movie · as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")

1997
Camp Stories poster

Camp Stories

Movie · as Schlomo

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger poster

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Movie

1995
Heavyweights poster

Heavyweights

Movie · as Harvey Bushkin

1995
Deadly Games poster

Deadly Games

TV · as Phil Cullen · 1 ep

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Maury Salt · 1 ep

1993
The Pickle poster

The Pickle

Movie · as Phil Hirsch

1993
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York poster

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

Movie · as Theatrical Producer

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as McGonnigal · 1 ep

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Jerry Stiller · 1 ep

1991
Highway to Hell poster

Highway to Hell

Movie · as Desk Cop

1991
The Sunset Gang poster

The Sunset Gang

Movie · as Seymour Shapiro (segment "The Detective")

1991
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules poster

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

Movie · as Irving (segment 'Return to Kansas City')

1990
Little Vegas poster

Little Vegas

Movie · as Sam

1990
Sweet 15 poster

Sweet 15

Movie · as Mr. Waterman

1990
Pair of Jokers poster

Pair of Jokers

Movie · as Scully Wexler

1990
Freefall

Freefall

Movie · as Emily's Father

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Michael Tobis, Sam Pokras · 1 ep

1989
That's Adequate poster

That's Adequate

Movie · as Sid Lane

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Frank Costanza · 29 eps

1988
Hairspray poster

Hairspray

Movie · as Wilbur Turnblad

1988
Tattingers

Tattingers

TV · as Sid Wilbur · 15 eps

1988
In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night

TV · as Rabbi Feldman · 1 ep

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Victor · 1 ep

1987
Hot Pursuit poster

Hot Pursuit

Movie · as Victor Honeywell

1987
Nadine poster

Nadine

Movie · as Raymond Escobar

1987
Shoeshine poster

Shoeshine

Movie · as Father

1987
The Hustler of Money poster

The Hustler of Money

Movie · as Stu

1986
Seize the Day poster

Seize the Day

Movie · as Dr. Tamkin

1986
The McGuffin poster

The McGuffin

Movie · as Marty de Reske

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Nat Pincus · 1 ep

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Brahms · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Marty de Reske · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lt. Birnbaum · 1 ep

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Luther Mandrake · 1 ep

1983
The Other Woman poster

The Other Woman

Movie · as Mel Binns

1983
Amanda's poster

Amanda's

TV · as Sal Malzone · 1 ep

1983
Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow

TV · as Dinosaur Comedian (voice) · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Seymour Shapiro (segment 'Yiddish', 'The Detective'), Sam Rosenbloom · 1 ep

1981
Madame X poster

Madame X

Movie · as Burt Orland

1981
Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon

TV · 1 ep

1980
Those Lips, Those Eyes poster

Those Lips, Those Eyes

Movie · as Mr. Shoemaker

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · as Myron Finkle · 1 ep

1979
Archie Bunker's Place poster

Archie Bunker's Place

TV · 1 ep

1979
Time Express poster

Time Express

TV · 1 ep

1977
Nasty Habits poster

Nasty Habits

Movie · as P.R. Priest

1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days poster

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

Movie

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Bud Hanrahan, Tony Vitelli, Harlan Weatherly · 1 ep

1976
The Ritz poster

The Ritz

Movie · as Carmine Vespucci

1976
Alice poster

Alice

TV · 1 ep

1975
Joe and Sons

Joe and Sons

TV · as Gus Duzik · 14 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Stu (uncredited) · 1 ep

1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Movie · as Rico Patrone

1974
Airport 1975 poster

Airport 1975

Movie · as Sam

1974
Rhoda poster

Rhoda

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Paul Lynde Show poster

The Paul Lynde Show

TV · as Barney Dickerson · 2 eps

1971
A Memory of Two Mondays poster

A Memory of Two Mondays

Movie · as Mechanic

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Mechanic · 1 ep

1970
Lovers and Other Strangers poster

Lovers and Other Strangers

Movie · as Jim

1970
The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father poster

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

TV · as Paul Sterling, Mr. Landon · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Leonard Ferguson, Harry · 1 ep

1968
That's Life

That's Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1965
Hullabaloo poster

Hullabaloo

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
Linus the Lionhearted poster

Linus the Lionhearted

TV · 3 eps

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 14 eps

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Sergeant Wysenski · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 24 eps

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Harold · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Sergeant Joe Capriotti · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1948
Lamp Unto My Feet poster

Lamp Unto My Feet

TV · as Candide · 1 ep