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Warren Berlinger (August 31, 1937 – December 2, 2020) was an American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials.

Warren Berlinger
As Larry Barnes, younger brother of Joey Barnes, in The Joey Bishop Show.
Born	(1937-08-31)August 31, 1937 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	December 2, 2020(2020-12-02) (aged 83) Valencia, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1946–2016
Spouse	Betty Lou Keim ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2010)​
Children	4

Early life

Warren Berlinger was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, of Jewish heritage, the son of Frieda (née Shapkin) and Elias Berlinger, a building contractor. His family owned Berlinger's Glass Store on Avenue D.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Berlinger performed in the original 1946 Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun, with Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. He guest-starred on the original Howdy Doody television show, with roles following on Kraft Television Theatre and other programs. He also guest-starred on John Cassavetes's detective series, NBC's Johnny Staccato. He was known to have co-starred with Elvis.[1]

In 1960, he appeared with Jack Lemmon and Rick Nelson in The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Radioman 2nd class A.J. Sparks.

Berlinger appeared in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood movie productions of Blue Denim (winning a Theatre World Award for the stage version), and also The Happy Time, Anniversary Waltz (later adapted as the movie Happy Anniversary), and Come Blow Your Horn in 1961. He also performed in the 1963 London stage production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Shaftesbury Theatre. His career as a character actor began in 1956 with the film Teenage Rebel,[2] and continued in the movies Because They're Young (1960), The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1960), Billie (1965) and Thunder Alley (1967).

In 1965, Berlinger was the star of Kilroy, a segment of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. In 1966, he played Phillip Short in the movie Spinout.[2] Later appearances included episodes of Charlie's Angels, Happy Days (including an appearance as "tough-as-nails" United States Army recruiter Sergeant Betchler), on Marlo Thomas' TV show That Girl, as Thomas's stingy cousin Howard (Season 1, Episode 27) and as Dr. Goldfisher (Season 4, Episode 25), Love, American Style, Operation Petticoat, Friends, Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. In 1973, he was a regular cast member of the short-lived situation comedy A Touch of Grace. He also starred in an Archie Bunker-type sitcom entitled "Warren." In 1975, he was a special guest member of the show Emergency! playing the role of heart transplant patient Frank Fenady alongside Jeanne Cooper.

His other films include The Long Goodbye (1973), The Girl Most Likely to... (1973), Lepke (1975), I Will, I Will... for Now (1976), The Shaggy D.A. (1976), The Magician of Lublin (1979), The Cannonball Run (1981), The World According to Garp (1982), Ten Little Indians (1989), Hero (1992) and That Thing You Do! (1996).

In 2006, Berlinger marked his 60th anniversary in show business. He was both honorary mayor and honorary sheriff of Chatsworth, California.

His final acting credit was a 2016 episode of Grace and Frankie.[3]

Personal life

In 1960, Berlinger married actress Betty Lou Keim, who died in 2010. They had four children.^{[citation needed]}

Berlinger died from cancer on December 2, 2020, at the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, California; he was 83.[4][5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Teenage Rebel	Dick Hewitt
1956	Three Brave Men	Harry Goldsmith
1959	Blue Denim	Ernie
1960	Because They're Young	Buddy McCalla
1960	Platinum High School	'Crip' Hastings
1960	The Wackiest Ship in the Army	Radioman 2nd Class A.J. 'Sparks' Sparks
1961	All Hands on Deck	Ens. Rudy Rush
1965	Billie	Mike Benson
1966	Spinout	Philip Short
1967	Thunder Alley	Eddie Sands
1973	The Long Goodbye	Morgan
1973	The Girl Most Likely To...	Herman Anderson	TV movie
1975	Emergency!	Frank Fenady	Season 5, Episode 5: "Heart Transplant Patient"
1975	Lepke	Gurrah Shapiro
1975	Happy Days	DJ Sam the Prince
1975	The Four Deuces	Chico Hamilton - the Arch Rival
1976	I Will, I Will... for Now	Steve Martin
1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Stage Manager
1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Dip
1977	Happy Days	Sergeant Betchler	Season 4, Episode 20: "The Physical"[6]
1979	The Magician of Lublin	Herman
1981	The Cannonball Run	Shakey Finch
1982	The World According to Garp	Stew Percy
1986	Free Ride	Dean Stockwell
1986	Blacke's Magic	Officer Gunther	Episode 12: "Wax Poetic"
1987	Going Bananas	Palermo
1988	Outlaw Force	Capt. Morgan
1988	Take Two	Apartment Manager
1989	Ten Little Indians	Mr. Blore
1992	Hero	Judge Goines
1996	That Thing You Do!	Polaroid T.V. Host
2003	They Call Him Sasquatch	Howard Dell

References

External links

• Warren Berlinger at IMDb
• Warren Berlinger at the Internet Broadway Database
• Warren Berlinger at AllMovie
• Warren Berlinger discography at Discogs

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Warren Berlinger (Brooklyn, Nueva York, 31 de agosto de 1937-Valencia, California, 2 de diciembre de 2020) fue un actor estadounidense, con actuaciones en Broadway, participaciones en películas y televisión, y mucho trabajo en comerciales.

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