Stewart Robert Einstein (November 20, 1942 â€" January 2, 2019) was an
American actor, comedy writer and producer. He created and performed
the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne, played Marty
Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Larry Middleman on Arrested
Development.Einstein got his start as a writer on several television
variety shows, including The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The
Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. Einstein won two Emmy Awards as a writer and
was nominated four other times. He also won a CableACE Award for
acting as Super Dave, along with five other nominations.Einstein was
the son of radio comedian Harry Einstein, and the older brother of
fellow actor and comedian Albert Brooks.Einstein was born in 1942 in
Los Angeles, to a Jewish family. His parents were the comic Harry
Einstein, best known for playing the character Parkyakarkus on radio
and in the movies, and the actress-singer Thelma Leeds. On October 24,
1949 at the age of six, it was reported in the LA Times that he had
contracted polio. Fears that it was the paralytic type of polio appear
to have been unfounded. His younger brother is comedian and writer
Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein), and his older brother,
Cliff Einstein, is a retired advertising executive in Los Angeles. He
was a 1965 graduate of Chapman College.
American actor, comedy writer and producer. He created and performed
the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne, played Marty
Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Larry Middleman on Arrested
Development.Einstein got his start as a writer on several television
variety shows, including The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The
Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. Einstein won two Emmy Awards as a writer and
was nominated four other times. He also won a CableACE Award for
acting as Super Dave, along with five other nominations.Einstein was
the son of radio comedian Harry Einstein, and the older brother of
fellow actor and comedian Albert Brooks.Einstein was born in 1942 in
Los Angeles, to a Jewish family. His parents were the comic Harry
Einstein, best known for playing the character Parkyakarkus on radio
and in the movies, and the actress-singer Thelma Leeds. On October 24,
1949 at the age of six, it was reported in the LA Times that he had
contracted polio. Fears that it was the paralytic type of polio appear
to have been unfounded. His younger brother is comedian and writer
Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein), and his older brother,
Cliff Einstein, is a retired advertising executive in Los Angeles. He
was a 1965 graduate of Chapman College.
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