Marty Allen
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Morton David Alpern (March 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018), better known as Marty Allen, was an American comedian, actor, and philanthropist.
He appeared in nightclubs as a dramatic actor in television roles, and was once known as "The Darling of Daytime TV."
He also appeared in films, including the 1966 spy comedy The Last of the Secret Agents. Allen also performed in military hospitals, performed for veterans, and for active military forces throughout his comedy career. Allen was also a philanthropist.
He was active in the American Cancer Society, The Heart Fund, the March of Dimes, Fight for Sight, and the Epilepsy Foundation.
Early life
Allen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents. Louis Alpern (1898-1977, Romania/Russia), a restaurant and bar owner, and his mother, Elsie Moss Alpern (1901–1979).
In 1940, he graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School. In 2009, he was inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame.
Allen served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He was stationed in Italy, where he attained the rank of sergeant. He was awarded the Soldier's Medal for preventing a fire in a plane that was refueled. He saved the lives of the men on board the burning plane by pulling the fuel truck back to the plane and then putting out the fire by rolling over the flames in uniform. His deeds were later honoured with a full-dress parade.
Personal life
When Lorraine "Frenchy" Trydelle was the reservation and office manager of the Concord Resort Hotel in the Catskills, she was astonished. They were married from 1960 to 1976, but they died of cancer in 1976.
Karon Kate Blackwell, his second wife, was born at a Los Angeles restaurant she was managing in 1983. She had experience as a pianist and songwriter but had to leave show business. The two people became close, and they began dating and performing together. They married in 1985 and settled in Las Vegas.
Career
During the early 1950s, Allen and his first comedy partner, Mitch DeWood, worked as an opening act for such stars as Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gormé, and Nat King Cole. Allen and DeWood also worked many clubs, including the Copacabana until they broke up in 1958 and went their separate ways.
He then became part of the comedy team of Allen & Rossi with Steve Rossi, which resulted in a string of hit comedy albums, 44 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show (including the famous appearance by The Beatles on February 16, 1964, during which Allen won over the Beatles fans in the audience by announcing "I'm Ringo's mother!"), and the film The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966). They worked together from 1957 to 1968, but parted ways amicably when Allen's wife died -- Allen withdrew from show business for a few years. Allen and Rossi reunited for shows from the 1970s through the 1990s.
In 1961 and 1962, Allen appeared on Broadway in Let It Ride! at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and then went on to perform in the pre-Broadway tour and Broadway performances of I Had a Ball in 1964.
He eventually began performing dramatic roles. His debut as a serious actor came on The Big Valley television series as the hapless Waldo Diefendorfer. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, he made hundreds of television appearances, becoming a regular on The Hollywood Squares. He appeared on Circus of the Stars, in a cameo on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, on game shows such as Password, and in ten made-for-television movies. He also appeared in theatrical films such as The Great Waltz (1972), Harrad Summer (1974) and A Whale of a Tale (1976).
From the 1980s, he and his second wife, singer-songwriter Karon Kate Blackwell, teamed up to perform their musical comedy act to audiences around the country. In 2007, the duo began performing at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and went on to perform at the Southpoint Casino, at Palace Station, and on cruise ships. In 2015, the couple continued to perform in venues around the country to overflow crowds, at the Rampart Casino and the Downtown Grand in Las Vegas. In 2016, they performed at the Metropolitan Room in New York City.
In February 2015, Allen was the guest on episode 574 of the podcast WTF with Marc Maron.