ARNOLD STANG - INSCRIBED PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 56563

ARNOLD STANG
Charming black and white photo of the bespectacled comic actor posing for the camera
Inscribed Printed Photograph signed in Ink: "For/ Rita Davis/ Warmly/ Arnold Stang" in blue ink, b/w, 8x9¾. The actor's name is imprinted beneath image. Comedian and stage, screen, and television actor Arnold Stang (1925-2009) had worked steadily on radio in supporting roles to Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, and Milton Berle before moving to television with Berle from 1953-1955. Stang, who had first appeared on the Broadway stage at the age of 12, made his film debut in My Sister Eileen (1942). He would go on to appear in a considerable number of movies including Dondi (1961), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Ghost Dad (1990), and Dennis the Menace (1993), as well as The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), in which he played Frank Sinatra's loyal pal, Sparrow. Additionally, Stang was heard in a long list of features as the voice of "Herman" in Paramount's "Herman and Katnip" films, and he voiced the "Hoiman" character for TV's Matty's Funday Funnies (1959), for which he was also a writer. Furthermore, Stang voiced Top Cat (1961-1962), and he appeared as a guest star on a number of TV shows in everything from sitcoms to Westerns, including a recurring role on The Goldbergs (1954-1955). Slightly creased at blank margins and corners. Faint black mark at lower left corner. Minor surface creases and impressions (most not evident head-on), light creases at facial image. Otherwise, fine condition.