Dick Kallman (July 7, 1933 â€" February 22, 1980) was an American
actor.Kallman was born in Brooklyn in New York City, into wealth. His
father, Alvan Kallman, a former barnstorming pilot, was owner of the
Savoy-Plaza Hotel in New York City, The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in
New Hampshire, and the St. Johns Hotel in Havana. Kallman's mother,
Zara Whitman Kallman, had been a Broadway actress.After working on the
New York stage where he won a Theater World Award for his performance
in the 1951 Broadway musical Seventeen, Kallman starred in the title
role of the 1965â€"1966 television sitcom Hank. He returned to
Broadway, taking over the leading role in the musical Half a Sixpence.
As a singer, he released several albums of pop standards, including
Hits & the Misses and Speak Softly, and in conjunction with his TV
series, Hank Sings and Dick Kallman Drops in as 'Hank'. He performed
one of his songs on an episode of Hullabaloo.Kallman played
non-recurring roles in TV series such as The Jack Benny Show, Bachelor
Father and Medical Center. He also acted in episodes 110 and 111 of
Batman, playing Little Louie Groovy, a takeoff on record producer Phil
Spector. Groovy is a victim of a robbery at his apartment by the team
of Catwoman and The Joker.
actor.Kallman was born in Brooklyn in New York City, into wealth. His
father, Alvan Kallman, a former barnstorming pilot, was owner of the
Savoy-Plaza Hotel in New York City, The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in
New Hampshire, and the St. Johns Hotel in Havana. Kallman's mother,
Zara Whitman Kallman, had been a Broadway actress.After working on the
New York stage where he won a Theater World Award for his performance
in the 1951 Broadway musical Seventeen, Kallman starred in the title
role of the 1965â€"1966 television sitcom Hank. He returned to
Broadway, taking over the leading role in the musical Half a Sixpence.
As a singer, he released several albums of pop standards, including
Hits & the Misses and Speak Softly, and in conjunction with his TV
series, Hank Sings and Dick Kallman Drops in as 'Hank'. He performed
one of his songs on an episode of Hullabaloo.Kallman played
non-recurring roles in TV series such as The Jack Benny Show, Bachelor
Father and Medical Center. He also acted in episodes 110 and 111 of
Batman, playing Little Louie Groovy, a takeoff on record producer Phil
Spector. Groovy is a victim of a robbery at his apartment by the team
of Catwoman and The Joker.
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