Bernard Shalom Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known professionally as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals. Kaye originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Jubilation T. Cornpone". He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the shows. His other well-known roles include Herman in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity, Sam the Shade in Cat Ballou, and Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stubby Kaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Marvin Acme (archive footage)
• 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Marvin Acme
• 1987Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen — Weismuller
• Ellis Island — Abe Shulman
• American Playhouse — Nat Danziger
• 1981Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood — Babe
• Flying High
• Laverne & Shirley
• 1975Sixpack Annie — Mr. Bates
• 1975Timber Tramps — Parker
• 1970Cool It, Carol! — Rod Strangeways
• 1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County — Bartender
• 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? — Fat Writer
• Love, American Style — Harry
• 1969Sweet Charity — Herman
• 1969The Monitors — Cameo
• Adam-12 — Bernie Goodman
• 1967The Way West — Sam Fairman
• The Monkees — Wolfgang
• 1965Cat Ballou — Shouter - Sam the Shade
• 1964Sex and the Single Girl — Helen's Cabbie
• Burke's Law — Joey Carson
• Doctor Who — Weismuller
• 1963The Cool Mikado — Judge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch
• 196240 Pounds of Trouble — Cranston
• Ensign O'Toole — Tubby Mason
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — George Cassidy
• 1959Li'l Abner — Marryin' Sam
• Love and Marriage — Stubby Wilson
• Startime — Joe
• 1958Hansel and Gretel — Town Crier
• 1957Pinocchio — Town Crier
• 1956You Can't Run Away from It — Fred Toten
• 1955Guys and Dolls — Nicely-Nicely Johnson
• The Julius Larosa Show
• The Millionaire — Uncle George
• Summer Playhouse
• 1953Taxi — Morris (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (5)

• DuPont Show of the Month — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Jimmy Durante Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self