Mickey Manners (October 12, 1925 – January 28, 2016) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and stand-up comedian.

Acting career

He was a regular panelist on the game show '' Pantomime Quiz''. He also appeared on ''

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, The Rifleman'', ''

Here's Lucy ''Here's Lucy'' is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The series co-starred her long-time comedy partner Gale Gordon and her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974. It was Ball's thir ...

'', '' The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'', ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...

'', '' Lost in Space'', '' Get Smart'', and '' Perry Mason''. He had small roles in two

Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...

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s: '' The Errand Boy'' (1961) and ''

Which Way to the Front? ''Which Way to the Front?'' is a 1970 American comedy film produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, which was his first film for Warner Bros. Plot Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powe ...

'' (1970). In the 1964–1965 season, he starred with John McGiver in the role of Joe Foley on the short-lived CBS sitcom '' Many Happy Returns'', set in the complaint department of a fictitious Los Angeles department store. He appeared in the 1965 '' Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Laughing Lady" as Lenny Linden, the nephew of series' regular Terrance Clay, proprietor of Clay's Bar and Grill. He played a bartender/bouncer as a regular cast member of the

Mickie Finn's Mickie Finn's (also known as Mickey Finn's) was a nightclub in San Diego, California, established in 1960 by piano player Fred E. Finn (Fred Soetje) and his wife Barbara, who used the stage name "Mickie Finn". Finn later extended the brand to a se ...

musical variety show broadcast on NBC in the spring and summer of 1966.

Personal life

Manners was born Solomon Shapiro in New York City in 1925. He married Jane, one of the June Taylor Dancers, and they had five children. Manners later lived in San Fernando Valley with his daughters Debra and Tracy and his grandson Michael. He died January 28, 2016, at age 90.

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