Jerry Stiller
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Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller - Anne Meara.JPG
Stiller and Meara in 1965
Born Gerald Isaac Stiller

June 8, 1927
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died May 11, 2020 (aged 92)
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Alma mater Syracuse University
Occupation Actor, voice actor, comedian
Years active 1956–2016
Spouse(s) Anne Meara
(m. 1954; died 2015)
Children 2; including Ben Stiller

Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian, actor, and author. He had spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, later playing George Costanza's father Frank, on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens.[1] Stiller and Meara were the parents of actor Ben Stiller, with whom Stiller co-starred in the films Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid and Zoolander 2. Stiller frequently played frantic and angry, yet contemplative and sympathetic characters...