Charlie Brill

Charlie Brill
Born Charlie Sanford Brill
(1938-01-13) January 13, 1938
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor, comedian, voice artist
Years active 1958–present
Spouse(s) Mitzi McCall (1960–present)
Children Jennifer Brill (daughter)

Charlie Sanford Brill (born January 13, 1938, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.

Acting

Brill's first motion picture was The Beast of Budapest. He appeared in Blackbeard's Ghost and The Amazing Dobermans. He played Arne Darvin in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). He and his wife, Mitzi McCall played Capt. Harry Lipschitz and Mrs. Lipschitz, on the long-running series Silk Stalkings.

Brill and McCall performed sketch comedy on The Ed Sullivan Show on the same episode as the Beatles first appearance, February 9, 1964. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of PRI radio program This American Life regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon.[1]

In 1968-69, Brill and McCall appeared on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, but only as the violently bickering couple in "The Fun Couple" sketches. Brill was a frequent panelist on the 1970s revival of Match Game and, along with McCall, the celebrity-couples game show Tattletales.

Voice acting

Brill has also been working as a voice actor in animation. On television, he supplied the voice of the main character Grimmy in the animated series of Mother Goose and Grimm (which also starred Mitzi McCall) as well as in film, he did several voices in the two Flintstones feature films Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby and I Yabba-Dabba Do!.

He also voiced King Poppin' Lockin' and a tired artist in an episode of the hit Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil. He has also voiced several other characters in three other shows by Hanna-Barbera including The Tom & Jerry Kids Show, Droopy, Master Detective and Yo Yogi!

Family

Brill met his wife, actress Mitzi McCall, when they both appeared at the Jerry Lewis Comedy Workshop at Paramount Studios in 1959. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Brill.

References

  1. ↑ "Human Spectacle 2015". Retrieved October 4, 2015.
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