Later in the decade, Feldman worked on the scripts for Educating Archie in both its radio and television incarnations, with Ronald Chesney and later, Ronald Wolfe.
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Feldman joked that he was "the world's worst trumpet player." By the age of 20, he had decided to pursue a career as a comedian.Īlthough his early performing career was undistinguished, Feldman became part of a comedy act-Morris, Marty and Mitch-who made their first television appearance on the BBC series Showcase in April 1955. Leaving school at 15, Feldman worked at the Dreamland funfair in Margate, but had dreams of a career as a jazz trumpeter, and performed in the first group in which tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes was a member.
But this way I'm a novelty." Career Early career He later described his appearance as a factor in his career success: "If I aspired to be Robert Redford, I'd have my eyes straightened and my nose fixed and end up like every other lousy actor, with two lines on Kojak. A childhood injury, a car crash, a boating accident, and reconstructive eye surgery may also have contributed to his appearance. įeldman suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned. He recalled his childhood as "solitary" especially during his years of evacuation to the countryside during the Second World War. Early life įeldman was born on 8 July 1934 in Canning Town, East London, the son of Cecilia (née Crook) and Myer Feldman, a gown manufacturer, who was a Jewish immigrant from Kyiv, Ukraine. He died in 1982 of a heart attack while filming Yellowbeard in Mexico City. In 1974, he appeared as Igor in Mel Brooks', Young Frankenstein, for which he received the first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch series for ATV called The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine. He became known as a performer on At Last the 1948 Show (co-writing the " Four Yorkshiremen sketch" which Monty Python would perform) and Marty, the latter of which won Feldman two British Academy Television Awards including Best Entertainment Performance in 1969.įeldman went on to appear in films such as The Bed Sitting Room and Every Home Should Have One, the latter of which was one of the most popular comedies at the British box office in 1970.
He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took on the ITV sitcom Bootsie and Snudge and the BBC Radio comedy programme Round the Horne. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes. Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer. BAFTAs: Best Light Entertainment Performance
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