Jerry Stiller was best known for playing George's father Frank Costanza on the sitcom Seinfeld
Jerry Stiller, the shorter half of the famed husband-and-wife comedy team Stiller and Meara who was the father of the famous and the fictitious , died early Monday in his New York home. He was 92.
. "He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad."in May 2015. Survivors also include their daughter Amy Stiller, an actress., Stiller played another dad, the basement-dwelling Arthur Spooner, on the long-running CBS sitcomWhile Stiller was 5-foot-4 and Jewish, Meara was lanky, two inches taller and an Irish American who was raised Catholic.
Stiller portrayed the cranky Frank, a former salesman who speaks fluent Korean, on more than two dozen episodes of NBC'sDavid told Stiller that his wife on the series, played by the high-pitched Estelle Harris, screamed a lot, so he should play it "very meek," Stiller recalled. "Well, this happened during rehearsal and I obeyed. I soon realized that I [like Randolph] would be leaving the show because nothing was happening.
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