1. Martin Ingerman, known professionally as Marty Ingels, was an American actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer, and theatrical agent, who is best known as the co-star of the 1960s television series I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.
17 Facts About Marty Ingels
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Marty Ingels's uncle was Abraham Beame, the mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977.
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Marty Ingels joined the Army where a talent scout spotted him for the televised quiz show Name That Tune.
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Marty Ingels won several thousand dollars and became known for his humorous repartee.
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Marty Ingels used his winnings to study at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Marty Ingels co-starred in the ABC sitcom, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster with John Astin, which lasted one season of thirty-two episodes.
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Marty Ingels appeared in one episode of ABC's Bewitched as "Diaper Dan", who plants a microphone bug in Tabitha's rattle so a competing advertising agency can scoop and steal Darrin's ideas.
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In 1978, Marty Ingels guest starred in Season Two, episode One of The Love Boat.
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Marty Ingels was the voice of the title character in the animated series adaptation of the 1980 video game Pac-Man.
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In 2010, Marty Ingels was cast in an episode of CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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Marty Ingels acted in films, including Armored Command, The Horizontal Lieutenant, Wild and Wonderful, The Busy Body, A Guide for the Married Man, For Singles Only, The Picasso Summer, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, Linda Lovelace for President, and Instant Karma.
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Marty Ingels was married twice: first to Jean Marie Frassinelli in 1960; they divorced in 1969 after nine years of marriage.
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Marty Ingels was known for frequent legal actions, so much that in his The New York Times obituary Margalit Fox wrote: "[Marty Ingels] always seemed to be suing someone, and someone always seemed to be suing him".
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In 1993, Marty Ingels sued actress June Allyson for his talent agency commission.
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Allyson had appeared in commercials for Depend undergarments; Marty Ingels alleged that he was not paid his proper commission as her agent.
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Marty Ingels pleaded no contest to making harassing phone calls to Allyson.
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Marty Ingels died from a massive stroke at Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on October 21,2015, at the age of 79.