Tony Randall

Acting · Born 1920-02-26 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Anthony Leonard Randall (born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor, comedian, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying the role of Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play, The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, as well as it's updated series and movie. He starred in the sitcom Love, Sidney in which he portrayed the first ever gay lead of a show. He has also been in numerous movies over his long career including many voice roles. In a career spanning six decades, he received six Golden Globe Award nominations and six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning one Emmy.

Known for

• Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
• The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
• Down with Love (2003)
• Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
• Louis Prima: The Wildest! (1999)
• Robot in the Family (1994)
• Fatal Instinct (1993)
• The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993)
• A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song (1992)
• Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991)
• Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (1991)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
• Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
• The Man in the Brown Suit (1989)
• That's Adequate (1989)
• It Had to Be You (1989)
• I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
• Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
• Save the Dog! (1988)
• Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus (1987)
• Sunday Drive (1986)
• The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)