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Marty Feldman (July 8, 1933–December 2,
1982). English writer, comedian and film and
television actor, famous for his bulging eyes,
which were the result of a thyroid condition. 


Like Spike Milligan, Feldman started his
show-business career as a trumpet player, but soon
turned to comedy. He formed a flourishing writing
partnership with Barry Took in 1954. For British
television they wrote situation comedy|situation
comedies such as The Army Game, Bootsie and
Snudge, and most notably the ground-breaking BBC
radio show Round the Horne, which starred Kenneth
Horne and Kenneth Williams. Feldman was also a
writer on The Frost Report with several future
members of Monty Python.

The television sketch comedy series At Last the
1948 Show featured Feldman's first on-screen
performances. In one memorable sketch, first
broadcast on March 1, 1967, Feldman harassed a
patient shop assistant (John Cleese) for a series
of fictitious books, finally achieving success
with Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying.
The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python
stage show repertoire (without Feldman).

Following his success on At Last the 1948 Show,
Feldman had a memorable series of his own shows on
the BBC, called It's Marty, which also featured
Tim Brooke-Taylor and John Junkin.

His performances on American television included
The Dean Martin Show and Marty Feldman's Comedy
Machine.

He is remembered for his role as the hunchback
Igor (pronounced as eye-gor) in Young
Frankenstein—in which, as usual, many of his
lines were improvised.  

Feldman appeared in The Adventure of Sherlock
Holmes's Smarter Brother and several Mel Brooks
films, including Silent Movie (movie)|Silent Movie
and Young Frankenstein. He directed and starred in
The Last Remake of Beau Geste and died from a
myocardial infarction|heart attack in Mexico
filming his last performance in the film
Yellowbeard. 

According to Mel Brooks on the DVD commentary of
Young Frankenstein, Marty died of the heart attack
because he was a heavy smoker (smoking half a
carton of cigarettes a day), drank copious amounts
of black coffee, a vegetarian (he ate eggs and
dairy products to compensate for the lack of meat,
however, they clogged his arteries).

He also released one long playing record called I
Feel A Song Going Off (1969), re-released as The
Crazy World of Marty Feldman.  The songs were
written, not by him, but by Dennis King, John
Junkin and Bill Solly (a writer for Max Bygraves
and The Two Ronnies).1

Feldman was an active member of the Communist
Party of Great Britain.

==Further Reading==

Further information about Marty Feldman can be
found in the book:

*From Fringe to Flying Circus - 'Celebrating a
Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' - Roger
Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.

==Reference==
1http://www.bodnotbod.org.uk/kettering
Kettering Magazine Issue #2.

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Image:MartyFeldman.jpg|thumb|Actor Marty Feldman
in Young Frankenstein (1974)
Marty Feldman (July 8, 1933–December 2,
1982). English writer, comedian and film and
television actor, famous for his bulging eyes,
which were the result of a thyroid condition. 

He was born in London's East End section, the son
of Jewish immigrants from Kiev. Leaving school at
15, Feldman started his show-business career as a
trumpet player (like Spike Milligan) but soon
turned to comedy. He formed a flourishing writing
partnership with Barry Took in 1954. For British
television they wrote situation comedy|situation
comedies such as The Army Game, Bootsie and
Snudge, and most notably the ground-breaking BBC
radio show Round the Horne, which starred Kenneth
Horne and Kenneth Williams. Feldman was also a
writer on The Frost Report with several future
members of Monty Python.

The television sketch comedy series At Last the
1948 Show featured Feldman's first on-screen
performances. In one memorable sketch, first
broadcast on March 1, 1967, Feldman harassed a
patient shop assistant (John Cleese) for a series
of fictitious books, finally achieving success
with Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying.
The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python
stage show repertoire (without Feldman).

Following his success on At Last the 1948 Show,
Feldman had a memorable series of his own shows on
the BBC, called It's Marty, which also featured
Tim Brooke-Taylor and John Junkin.  His
performances on American television included The
Dean Martin Show and Marty Feldman's Comedy
Machine.  He is best remembered for his role as
the hunchback Igor (pronounced as eye-gor) in
Young Frankenstein—in which, as usual, many
of his lines were improvised.  

He also released one long playing record called I
Feel A Song Going Off (1969), re-released as The
Crazy World of Marty Feldman.  The songs were
written, not by him, but by Dennis King, John
Junkin and Bill Solly (a writer for Max Bygraves
and The Two Ronnies).1

Feldman was an active member of the Communist
Party of Great Britain.

Feldman appeared in The Adventure of Sherlock
Holmes's Smarter Brother and several Mel Brooks
films, including Silent Movie (movie)|Silent Movie
and Young Frankenstein. He directed and starred in
The Last Remake of Beau Geste and died from a
myocardial infarction|heart attack in Mexico
filming his last performance in the film
Yellowbeard. 

According to Mel Brooks on the DVD commentary of
Young Frankenstein, Feldman suffered a heart
attack because he was a heavy smoker (smoking half
a carton of cigarettes a day), drank copious
amounts of black coffee, and was a vegetarian (he
ate eggs and dairy products to compensate for the
lack of meat, though they clogged his arteries). 
Also, the high altitude in Mexico forced his
overtaxed heart and lungs to work harder, making a
heart attack almost inevitable.

==Further Reading==

Further information about Marty Feldman can be
found in the book:

*From Fringe to Flying Circus - 'Celebrating a
Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' - Roger
Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.

==Reference==
1http://www.bodnotbod.org.uk/kettering
Kettering Magazine Issue #2.

==External link==
*imdb name|id=0001204|name=Marty Feldman

lived|b=1933|d=1982|key=Feldman, Marty