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Marty Feldman
Martin Alan Feldman was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes.
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culture · British actor and comedian (1934–1982) · actor · comedian · screenwriter · poet · film actor · film director · television actor · director · author · also Marty Feldman, Martin Feldman, Martin Alan Feldman, Feldman
Born 8 July 1934 · Died 2 December 1982 · Q332670
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2026· 3 entries
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The Guardian: Feldman and Beckett: Words and Music review – hypnotic absurdism at Sheffield Chamber Music festival
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2010· 1 entry
At the age of 74, in Studio City, Los Angeles
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1982· 6 entries
Died 1982-12-02.
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“Sex is two plus two making five, rather than four. Sex is the X ingredient that you can't define, and it's that X ingredient between two people that make both a man and a woman good in bed. It's all relative. There are no rules.”
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Of a heart attack while filming Yellowbeard in Mexico City
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“I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.”
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Feldman was married to Lauretta Sullivan
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“Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.”
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1976· 1 entry
Feldman ventured into Italian cinema, starring with Dayle Haddon in the sex comedy 40 Gradi All'Ombra del Lenzuolo (Sex with a Smile)
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor (1975).
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1974· 2 entries
Appeared as Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, for which he received the first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Dennis Main Wilson produced a short BBC sketch series for Feldman titled Marty Back Together Again—a reference to reports about the star's health—but it never captured the impact of the earlier series
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1971· 3 entries
Feldman gave evidence in favour of the defendants in the obscenity trial for Oz magazine
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As The Crazy World of Marty Feldman
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Starred in the comedy-variety sketch series for ATV called The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
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1969· 1 entry
Was retitled It's Marty (this title being retained for the DVD release of the series)
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1954· 1 entry
Feldman met Barry Took while both were working as performers, and with Took, he eventually formed an enduring writing partnership which lasted until 1974
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-07-08.
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