Stubby Kaye

Birthday: 1918-11-11
Deathday: 1997-12-14
Birthplace: Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Bernard Shalom Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known professionally as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.

Kaye originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Jubilation T. Cornpone". He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the shows. His other well-known roles include Herman in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity, Sam the Shade in Cat Ballou, and Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	1988-06-22	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Marvin Acme
	1987-11-16	Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen	Weismuller
	1981-02-19	Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood	Babe
	1975-12-31	Timber Tramps	Parker
	1975-12-12	Sixpack Annie	Mr. Bates
	1970-12-01	Cool It, Carol!	Rod Strangeways
	1970-04-01	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Bartender
	1969-10-08	The Monitors	Cameo
	1969-03-19	Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?	Fat Writer
	1969-02-25	Sweet Charity	Herman
	1967-05-24	The Way West	Sam Fairman
	1965-06-24	Cat Ballou	Shouter - Sam the Shade
	1964-12-25	Sex and the Single Girl	Helen's Cabbie
	1963-01-07	The Cool Mikado	Judge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch
	1962-12-31	40 Pounds of Trouble	Cranston
	1959-12-11	Li'l Abner	Marryin' Sam
	1958-04-27	Hansel and Gretel	Town Crier
	1957-10-13	Pinocchio	Town Crier
	1956-10-30	You Can't Run Away from It	Fred Toten
	1955-12-23	Guys and Dolls	Nicely-Nicely Johnson
	1953-01-21	Taxi	Morris (uncredited)