Spoiler : Tony Randall was a very fine comedian and actor

Spoiler : Loved all his roles, he was so likable and talented.

Spoiler : I love Tony Randall, he was so funny

Spoiler : Such an adorable personality in all his works.

Spoiler : Very talented and funny man

Spoiler : Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was born on this date 96 years ago. Best known for his role as Felix Unger in the television adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple. His first major television role was as history teacher Harvey Weskit in Mister Peepers (1952–1955). He then starred in an NBC-TV special The Secret of Freedom, which was filmed during the summer of 1959 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, and broadcast on the network during the fall of 1959 and again in early 1960. Randall played a dramatic role in a 1962 episode of The Alfred Hitchcock hour called Hangover in which he played an alcoholic who strangles his wife in a drunken rage. He returned to television in 1970 as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple, opposite Jack Klugman, a role lasting for five years. The names of Unger's children on The Odd Couple were Edna and Leonard, named after Randall's sister and Randall himself. In 1974, Randall and Jack Klugman appeared in television spots endorsing a Yahtzee spinoff, Challenge Yahtzee. They appeared in character as Felix and Oscar, and the TV spots were filmed on the same set as The Odd Couple. Later he starred in The Tony Randall Show, playing a Philadelphia judge, and Love, Sidney. In the TV movie that served as the latter show's pilot, Sidney Shorr was written as a gay man, but his character's sexuality was made ambiguous when the series premiered. Randall refused to star in any more television shows, favoring the Broadway stage as his medium. Randall was the host for the October 30 to November 2, 1987 free preview of HBO's short-lived premium channel Festival. In September 1993, Randall and Jack Klugman reunited in the CBS-TV movie The Odd Couple: Together Again reprising their roles. The story began when, after Felix ruined plans for his daughter Edna's wedding, his wife Gloria threw him out of the house for 11 days, which left him no choice but to move back in with Oscar and to help him recover, getting him back in shape after throat cancer surgery left his voice very raspy. On September 4, 1955, Randall and Jack Klugman appeared together with Gena Rowlands in the episode "The Pirate's House" of the CBS anthology series, Appointment with Adventure. Randall was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and often spoke of his love of opera, saying it was due in no small part to the salaciousness of many of the plotlines. He also admitted to sneaking tape recorders into operas to make his own private recordings. He chided Johnny Carson for his chain-smoking, and was generally fastidious. At the time of his death, Randall had appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show 105 times, more often than any other celebrity. Randall appeared frequently on What's My Line?, Password, The Hollywood Squares, and the $10,000 and $20,000 Pyramids. He also parodied his pompous image with an appearance as a "contestant" on The Gong Show in 1977. First aired on October 11 of 1980, Randall was a guest star on the 5th and final season of The Muppet Show. This was the 100th episode of the show. Randall, along with John Goodman and Drew Barrymore was one of the first guests on the debut episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on 13 September 1993. He would also appear in Conan's 5th Anniversary Special with the character PimpBot 5000. Randall was also a frequent guest on both of David Letterman's late-night shows Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman, making 70 appearances, according to his obituary in the Washington Post; Letterman said that Randall was one of his favorite guests, along with Regis Philbin. On November 7, 1994, Randall appeared on the game show Jeopardy!, as part of a Special Edition Celebrity Jeopardy! episode, playing on behalf of the National Actors Theatre. He came in second place after General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. and before Actress Stefanie Powers, with a final score of $9,900. Randall was married to Florence Gibbs from 1938 until her death from cancer on April 18, 1992. The following year, he said, "I wish I believed I'd see my parents again, see my wife again. But I know it's not going to happen." He remarried on November 17, 1995, to Heather Harlan, an intern in one of his theatrical programs. At the time, Tony was 75 years old and Heather 25. The couple lived in a Manhattan apartment and bought a vacation apartment, in Key Biscayne, in 2003. They had two children, Julia and Jefferson, and remained married until his death, in May 2004. In his book Which Reminds Me, he said that any publicity an actor generates should be about his work, not himself. "The public knows only one thing about me: I don't smoke."

Spoiler : Anytime I recall seeing him on a talk show, he was funny and/or interesting

Spoiler : I used to enjoy the shtick he developed with Johnny Carson having to do with vocabulary.

Spoiler : Randall, Tony (birth name was Anthony Leonard Rosenberg) Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma 2/26/1920; died 5/17/2004 of pneumonia while asleep at the NYU Medical Center in New York City. Randall had been ill since December of 2003 when he had triple bypass surgery. Married and divorced to his childhood sweetheart Florence Gibbs (1942-1992 her death); Heather Harlan (1995-2004 his death). Randall's second wife (Harlan) was fifty years his junior. He became a first time father in 1997 (Julia Laurette Randall) at age 77, a second child (Jefferson Salvini Randall) was born in 1998. Attended Northwestern University (1937- 1938), then studied acting at Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York under Sanford Meisner. Stage debut in Circle Of Chalk (1941). Last play was "Right You Are," which he starred for a month in 2003 before his surgery. Served in the Army Signal Corps during WWII (1942-1946), first as a private, then rose to rank of 1st lieutenant. On screen in Oh Men! Oh Women! (1957). Last movie was Down With Love (2003). Founder of the National Actors Theatre in New York City. Reggie Yorke on I Love A Mystery for Mutual-Radio (1949-1952). Television actor from the early 1950s to the late 1990s. Mac on One Man's Family for NBC-TV (1950-1952). Harvey Weskit on Mr. Peepers for NBC-TV (1952-1955). Felix Unger on The Odd Couple for ABC-TV (1970-1975). Judge Walter Franklin on The Tony Randall Show for the ABC and CBS Television Networks (1976-1978). Host of Live from the Metropolitan Opera (1977). Sidney Shorr on Love, Sidney for NBC (1981- 1983).

Spoiler : Emmy Award in 1975 for The Odd Couple. In a tribute to Randall, all of the Broadway theaters dimmed their lights at 8 p.m. on 5/18/2004.