Howard Mann (June 20, 1923 â€" September 18, 2008) was an American
actor and comedian. Mann appeared on television, film and commercials
during his 40-year-long career in the entertainment industry. Some of
his most recent roles in the 2000s included Pushing Daisies and The
Starter Wife. Despite his dozens of film and television credits in his
resume, Mann wrote that he had "probably been turned down more times
than a blanket," in a guest column in the Los Angeles Times in
2006.Mann was born Howard Mendelsohn in 1923 in New York City. He
began his career in entertainment as a comedian after being laid off
from his job as an advertising copywriter. Mann began performing in
the Jewish entertainers circuit in resorts in New York's Catskill
Mountains. His dozens of television appearances included Laverne &
Shirley, Alice, Moonlighting and Murder, She Wrote. His film credits
included Mr. Saturday Night in 1992 and the History of the World: Part
I in 1981. Mann also appeared on the Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight
Show Starring Johnny Carson. On stage, Mann toured the United States
in a one-man show, in which he played George Washington, in 1976 in
honor of the United States Bicentennial. He later portrayed the role
of Oscar Madison in an off Broadway production of The Odd Couple.
Beginning in the 1980s, Mann created and performed an original rap
routine for senior citizens living in the San Fernando Valley.Howard
Mann died of cancer on September 18, 2008, at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles at the age of 85. He was survived by his
longtime girlfriend and companion, Bea Mitz.
actor and comedian. Mann appeared on television, film and commercials
during his 40-year-long career in the entertainment industry. Some of
his most recent roles in the 2000s included Pushing Daisies and The
Starter Wife. Despite his dozens of film and television credits in his
resume, Mann wrote that he had "probably been turned down more times
than a blanket," in a guest column in the Los Angeles Times in
2006.Mann was born Howard Mendelsohn in 1923 in New York City. He
began his career in entertainment as a comedian after being laid off
from his job as an advertising copywriter. Mann began performing in
the Jewish entertainers circuit in resorts in New York's Catskill
Mountains. His dozens of television appearances included Laverne &
Shirley, Alice, Moonlighting and Murder, She Wrote. His film credits
included Mr. Saturday Night in 1992 and the History of the World: Part
I in 1981. Mann also appeared on the Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight
Show Starring Johnny Carson. On stage, Mann toured the United States
in a one-man show, in which he played George Washington, in 1976 in
honor of the United States Bicentennial. He later portrayed the role
of Oscar Madison in an off Broadway production of The Odd Couple.
Beginning in the 1980s, Mann created and performed an original rap
routine for senior citizens living in the San Fernando Valley.Howard
Mann died of cancer on September 18, 2008, at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles at the age of 85. He was survived by his
longtime girlfriend and companion, Bea Mitz.
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