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Biography

Louis Nye began his career in the theater and after the World War II he ventured into radio. Deciding he would rather do comedy…more

Born

5/1/1913, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Birth Name

Louis Neistat

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Needles and Pins
  Harry Karp
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Girl Has a Right
    12/28/73
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Wife You Save May Be Your Own
    12/7/73
  - S 1: Ep 7 Endangered Species
    11/23/73
  - S 1: Ep 6 Union Trouble
    11/9/73
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Break Up
    11/2/73
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Ann Sothern Show
  Dr. Delbert Gray
  - S 3: Ep 26 The Invitation
    9/4/61
  - S 3: Ep 25 The Beginning
    3/30/61
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Wedding
    3/23/61
  - S 3: Ep 23 Pandora: The Pat Carroll Show
    3/16/61
  - S 3: Ep 22 Vamp 'til Ready
    3/9/61
  - + 20 More Credits
Recurring Role (12)

Role
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Jeff's Dad
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Grand Opening
    11/17/02
  - S 1: Ep 8 Beloved Aunt
    12/3/00
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Jeff Greene's Father
  - S 2: Ep 2 Thor
    9/30/01
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Jeff Greene's Dad
  - S 1: Ep 3 Porno Gil
    10/29/00
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Jeff's Father
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Pants Tent
    10/15/00
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 156 April 20 - 24, 1987 - Friday
    4/24/87
  - S 1: Ep 155 April 20 - 24, 1987 - Thursday
    4/23/87
  - S 1: Ep 154 April 20 - 24, 1987 - Wednesday
    4/22/87
  - S 1: Ep 153 April 20 - 24, 1987 - Tuesday
    4/21/87
  - S 1: Ep 152 April 20 - 24, 1987 - Monday
    4/20/87
- Inspector Gadget: Original Series
  voice of Dr. Spectrum
  - S 2: Ep 12 Bad Dreams are Made of This
    11/30/85
  - S 2: Ep 11 Busy Signal
    11/23/85
  - S 2: Ep 10 Ghost Catchers
    11/16/85
- Inspector Gadget: Original Series
  voice of Professor Doomkauf / The Grappler
  - S 2: Ep 9 Gadget Meets the Grappler
    11/9/85
- Inspector Gadget: Original Series
  voice of Professor Doomkauf
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Incredible Shrinking Gadget
    11/2/85
  - S 2: Ep 7 Gadget In Minimadness
    10/26/85
- Inspector Gadget: Original Series
  voice of M.A.D Agent
  - S 2: Ep 5 Crashcourse In Crime
    10/12/85
- Inspector Gadget: Original Series
  voice of The Great Wambini
  - S 2: Ep 3 Wambini Predicts
    9/28/85
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Great Wambini's Seance
    9/21/85
  - S 2: Ep 1 Magic Gadget
    9/14/85
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 14 Bing Crosby (1967 Christmas Show)
    12/19/67
  - S 4: Ep 31 Host: Bing Crosby / Don Ameche & Frances Langford
    5/13/67
  - S 3: Ep 31 Host: Fred Astaire / Barrie Chase / Herb Alpert
    4/30/66
  - S 1: Ep 22 Host: Phil Harris
    5/30/64
  - S 7: Ep 14 Co-hosts: Bobbie Gentry, John Hartford & Roy Clark / Brooklyn Bridge
    1/17/70
- The Steve Allen Show
  Series Regular
  - S 5: Ep 29 Jonathan Winters; Phil Haris; Patrice Munsel
    5/30/60
  - S 5: Ep 28 Ginger Rogers; Tony Bennett; Erroll Garner; Henny Youngman
    5/16/60
  - S 5: Ep 26 Charles Laughton; Martha Raye; Mark Murphy
    4/18/60
  - S 5: Ep 25 Charlton Heston; Rise Stevens; Jerry Vale; Jackie Mason
    4/11/60
  - S 5: Ep 24 Johnny Carson; Diana Dors; Johnny Mercer; Belle Montrose
    3/28/60
  - + 135 More Credits
Guest Star (61)

Role
- Hee-Haw
  Himself
  - S 21: Ep 22 Reba McEntire (co-host) / Kitty Wells / Lyle Lovett / Louis Nye
    5/6/89
- St. Elsewhere
  Dr. Axelrod
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Abby Singer Show
    5/18/88
  - S 5: Ep 17 Schwarzwald
    2/11/87
- Dolly
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 9 (Unknown Title)
    11/22/87
- The Cosby Show
  Norman Kirby
  - S 4: Ep 10 Where's Rudy?
    11/19/87
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 38: Ep 1 NBC Investigates Bob Hope
    9/17/87
  - S 31: Ep 2 Hope For President
    11/1/80
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 7 Good Time Girls/The Iron Man/Soap Star
    11/23/85
- The Love Boat
  Glenn Dobson
  - S 4: Ep 18 Isaac and the Mermaids/Humpty, Dumpty/Aquaphobic
    2/7/81
- The Love Boat
  Barney Briscoe
  - S 3: Ep 9 Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman/Trial Romance
    11/3/79
- Fantasy Island
  Comedian
  - S 1: Ep 6 Treasure Hunt / Beauty Contest
    3/11/78
- Police Woman (1978)
  Drew
  - S 4: Ep 9 Ambition
    12/28/77
- Starsky And Hutch
  Jerry
  - S 3: Ep 2 Starsky & Hutch on Playboy Island (a.k.a. Murder on Voodoo Island) (2)
    9/17/77
  - S 3: Ep 1 Starsky & Hutch on Playboy Island (a.k.a. Murder on Voodoo Island) (1)
    9/17/77
- Laverne & Shirley
  Mr. Clark
  - S 2: Ep 11 Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent
    1/4/77
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 September 16, 1974
    9/16/74
- Needles and Pins
  Harry
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Break Up
    11/2/73
- The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 November 11, 1972
    11/11/72
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 192 June 14, 1972
    6/14/72
  - S 4: Ep 11 October 4, 1971
    10/4/71
  - S 3: Ep 91 February 4, 1971
    2/4/71
  - S 2: Ep 245 August 12, 1970
    8/12/70
- Love, American Style
  Frank
  - S 3: Ep 61 Love and the Happy Unhappy Couple
    1/14/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 September 13, 1971
    9/13/71
  - S 4: Ep 126 June 29, 1970
    6/29/70
  - S 4: Ep 15 January 16, 1970
    1/16/70
- The Don Knotts Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 April 13, 1971
    4/13/71
  - S 1: Ep 22 March 23, 1971
    3/23/71
  - S 1: Ep 15 January 5, 1971
    1/5/71
  - S 1: Ep 11 December 1, 1970
    12/1/70
- The Andy Williams Show (1969)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 24 March 13, 1971
    3/13/71
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 44 November 16, 1970
    11/16/70
  - S 2: Ep 4 September 10, 1970
    9/10/70
- The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 April 8, 1970
    4/8/70
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 82 December 24, 1969
    12/24/69
  - S 3: Ep 38 October 23, 1968
    10/23/68
  - S 2: Ep 90 January 24, 1968
    1/24/68
  - S 1: Ep 95 August 28, 1967
    8/28/67
- Playboy After Dark
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 7 Ike & Tina Turner Revue; Patty Duke; Rex Reed; Louis Nye; Doug Kershaw
    12/3/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tommy Smothers; Buffy St. Marie; Louis Nye; John Stewart
    9/29/68
- Della!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 125 November 28, 1969
    11/28/69
  - S 1: Ep 124 November 27, 1969
    11/27/69
  - S 1: Ep 123 November 26, 1969
    11/26/69
  - S 1: Ep 122 November 25, 1969
    11/25/69
  - S 1: Ep 121 November 24, 1969
    11/24/69
  - + 4 More Credits
- Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 November 21, 1969
    11/21/69
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 41 October 13, 1969
    10/13/69
  - S 6: Ep 202 June 10, 1969
    6/10/69
  - S 6: Ep 161 April 14, 1969
    4/14/69
  - S 5: Ep 154 April 4, 1968
    4/4/68
  - S 5: Ep 121 February 19, 1968
    2/19/68
  - + 32 More Credits
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 31 May 25, 1969: Sam & Dave, Mary Hopkin, Theodore Bikel, Louis Nye
    5/25/69
  - S 24: Ep 23 March 7, 1971: Armed Forces Music Festival
    3/7/71
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 161 Week of April 21, 1969
    4/21/69
  - S 7: Ep 141 Week of March 24, 1969
    3/24/69
  - S 5: Ep 127 February 28, 1967
    2/28/67
  - S 5: Ep 104 January 26, 1967
    1/26/67
  - S 4: Ep 166 Week of April 25, 1966
    4/25/66
  - + 19 More Credits
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 21 March 27, 1969
    3/27/69
  - S 2: Ep 16 February 6, 1969
    2/6/69
  - S 2: Ep 13 January 16, 1969
    1/16/69
  - S 1: Ep 15 April 3, 1968
    4/3/68
  - S 1: Ep 12 March 13, 1968
    3/13/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 140 March 21, 1969
    3/21/69
  - S 7: Ep 139 March 20, 1969
    3/20/69
  - S 7: Ep 138 March 19, 1969
    3/19/69
  - S 7: Ep 137 March 18, 1969
    3/18/69
  - S 7: Ep 136 Week of March 17, 1969
    3/17/69
  - + 19 More Credits
- That's Life (1968)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 22 Two Weeks Out With the Boys
    3/4/69
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 53 May 13-17, 1968
    5/13/68
  - S 1: Ep 19 February 20-24, 1967
    2/20/67
- Kraft Music Hall
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 19 The Comedy Survival Kit
    2/28/68
- The Pat Boone Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 80 February 7, 1967
    2/7/67
- The Munsters
  Zombo
  - S 2: Ep 22 Zombo
    2/17/66
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  Sonny Drysdale
  - S 4: Ep 21 Sonny Drysdale Returns
    2/9/66
  - S 1: Ep 11 Elly Races Jethrine
    12/5/62
  - S 1: Ep 10 Pygmalion and Elly
    11/28/62
  - S 1: Ep 9 Elly's First Date
    11/21/62
- TV SPECIAL
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Salute To Stan Laurel
    11/23/65
- Burke's Law
  James Stock
  - S 2: Ep 18 Who Killed the Toy Soldier?
    1/20/65
- The Jack Benny Program
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 11 Wayne Newton/Louis Nye Show
    12/4/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Mickey Marshall
  - S 2: Ep 1 Think Pretty
    10/2/64
- Burke's Law
  Hooper
  - S 2: Ep 3 Who Killed Cassandra Cass?
    9/30/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Jack Roberts
  - S 1: Ep 20 Her School For Bachelors
    3/20/64
- The Lieutenant
  Lieutenant Commander Kevin Green
  - S 1: Ep 23 Tour of Duty
    3/7/64
- The Edie Adams Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 March 5, 1964
    3/5/64
  - S 2: Ep 2 October 10, 1963
    10/10/63
- Hootenanny
  Guest performer
  - S 2: Ep 7 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) #1
    11/2/63
  - S 2: Ep 2 University of Pittsburgh #1
    9/28/63
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 105 Show #0105
    6/27/63
- Alcoa Premiere
  Larry
  - S 2: Ep 27 This Will Kill You
    4/11/63
- The Jack Benny Program
  Crying Cab Driver
  - S 13: Ep 12 Jack And The Crying Cab Driver
    12/18/62
- The Steve Allen Playhouse
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 65 September 21, 1962
    9/21/62
  - S 1: Ep 55 September 7, 1962
    9/7/62
  - S 1: Ep 32 August 7, 1962
    8/7/62
  - S 1: Ep 19 July 19, 1962
    7/19/62
- Guestward Ho!
  King Cool
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Beatniks
    6/15/61
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 28 April 9, 1961
    4/9/61
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  the Genie
  - S 5: Ep 9 Arabian Nights
    11/27/60
- Naked City
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 35 The Bloodhounds
    5/26/59
- Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 8 November 20, 1958
    11/20/58
- The Patrice Munsel Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 21 March 7, 1958
    3/7/58
- The Arlene Francis Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 123 January 29, 1958
    1/29/58
- The Jack Paar Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 August 7, 1957
    8/7/57
- The Tonight Show
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 18 September 18, 1956
    9/18/56
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 30 The Gentle Grafter
    4/25/56
- Cavalcade of Stars
  Himself (uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 46 April 15, 1950
    4/15/50

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