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Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man (1962), Benjy Benjamin in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug (1968), and the voice of Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (1989).
Buddy Hackett was a nightclub comic who also appeared in films such as The Music Man and The Little Mermaid. He died in 2003 at age 78 and was married to Sherry Cohen.
- Actor, Writer, Producer
- August 31, 1924
- 2 min
- June 30, 2003
Jul 1, 2003 · Buddy Hackett attended Public School 103 and then went on to New Utrecht High School. He was a notoriously poor student and didn't like classwork, but he was selected to play on the line of the ...
Jul 1, 2003 · A tribute to the late comedian Buddy Hackett, who starred in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and other movies. Learn about his career, family and cause of death from this 2003 article.
Oct 24, 2010 · Roger Ebert shares his memories of Buddy Hackett, who died in 2010, and their conversations at the Pritikin Longevity Center. He recounts Hackett's stories about comedy, drama, Scorsese, Lemmon and his weight problems.
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Buddy Hackett was a stand-up comedian and comic actor known for his bawdy and ethnically charged humor. He rose to fame in the 1950s and appeared in films, TV shows, and Broadway plays.
Hackett unveiled his Vegas act for TV in "Buddy Hackett--Live and Uncensored" (HBO, 1983) and "Buddy Hackett II--On Stage at Caesar's Atlantic City" (HBO, 1986), executive producing both specials, and hit feature pay dirt again, first in his bit as Scrooge for the Bill Murray vehicle "Scrooged" (1988) and later as the voice of Scuttle the ...
