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Louis Nye
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BIRTHDAY
May 01, 1922
Hartford, CT
DIED
October 09, 2005
RECENT CREDITS
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(TV)
Sep. 30, 2001
O.C. and Stiggs
(FILM)
Jul. 10, 1987
The Stripper
(FILM)
Jun. 1, 1963
The Wheeler Dealers
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 1963
The Last Time I Saw Archie
(FILM)
Jun. 1, 1961
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Louis (pronounced Louie) Nye was an American comic actor equally at home in theatre, movies or television. His basic characterization as a somewhat fey country-club bon vivant was established when he was a regular on....
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Louis (pronounced Louie) Nye was an American comic actor equally at home in theatre, movies or television. His basic characterization as a somewhat fey country-club bon vivant was established when he was a regular on the various '50s TV programs starring Steve Allen. Nye's chipper "Hi, ho, Steverino" became a national catchphrase, and his ability to reduce Allen to helpless giggles with in-joke adlibs remains among the treasured memories of TV's golden age. At the height of his popularity, Nye recorded a few comedy LPs, in which he essayed a variety of characterizations (he was just as persuasive at playing tough hoodlums and peppery senior citizens as he was portraying effeminate swingers). Movies seldom utilized Nye for more than a few minutes at a time, reasoning perhaps that a little of him went a long way; still, he had some prime vignettes in The Facts of Life (1960), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961), and especially Good Neighbor Sam (1963), in which he played a gadget-laden private eye. Outside of his extensive work with Steve Allen, Nye had regular TV stints on The Ann Sothern Show (1958-61) as dentist Delbert Gray; on Happy Days (1970), not the famous Fonzie-ized sitcom but a summer variety series spoofing the '30s; and on Needles and Pins (1973), as the intrusive brother-in-law of series star Norman Fell. In 1985, Louis Nye popped up as The Carpenter (as in "The Walrus and...") in the all-star TV movie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Louis Nye Dies at 92
Oct. 11, 2005
Comedian Louis Nye died on Sunday at his Los Angeles home. He was 92.
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