Veteran TV actor Allan Melvin dies in L.A
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Allan Melvin, a character actor known for appearances in such TV staples as "The Phil Silvers Show," "All in the Family" and "The Brady Bunch," has died, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.
Melvin succumbed to cancer on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, the paper said, quoting his wife, Amalia. He was 84.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in New York City, Melvin got his big break on "The Phil Silvers Show," which ran from 1955 to 1959, playing Cpl. Henshaw, the right-hand man to Silvers' Sgt. Ernie Bilko.
He went on to play Archie Bunker's neighbor Barney in "All in the Family," and different roles on at least eight episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show." Fans of "The Brady Bunch" knew him as Sam the butcher, the boyfriend of Alice the housekeeper.
Melvin also worked in cartoons, providing the voices of Magilla Gorilla in the Hanna-Barbera series of the same name and Bluto on "Popeye," the Times said.
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No more fresh meat for Alice.
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Mister Bushice wrote:No more fresh meat for Alice.
He loved it when she ran the sweeper.
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either i am really tired of reading bobby42 posts or i just dont get the funny he was making.
or both.
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Kinda shocked a black would know brady bunch trivia.
Maybe he'd be better at Good Times jokes.
Maybe he'd be better at Good Times jokes.
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When John Amos left "Good Times" so did the heart and soul of the series. And, this asshole couldn't carry the show.Mister Bushice wrote:Kinda shocked a black would know brady bunch trivia.
Maybe he'd be better at Good Times jokes.

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cmon now coltraine, every other post of yours is googictable.


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your comedy knows no bounds.Bobby42 wrote:When John Amos left "Good Times" so did the heart and soul of the series. And, this asshole couldn't carry the show.Mister Bushice wrote:Kinda shocked a black would know brady bunch trivia.
Maybe he'd be better at Good Times jokes.
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OK, this place has boundaries?
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Hey douchelord!Nishlord wrote:Aw. RACK HENSHAW.
All kidding aside, I love my Country but I have come to miss yours. I am leaving at 5pm CST IABush on American Airlines, (sorry BA), to Heathrow tomorrow, please tell me it's warmer than Texas.
We froze hardrer than Favre's arm last night here.
See you on the other side Limey, I'll retain my US passport but will always be half Brit.
Take care you porn peddling nobody,Warren.
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Oh dear. The weather's minging over here, as is its wont in January. And the other 11 months.
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