Classic Hollywood: A trio of facts about Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Father and Son
The popular actor/director Ben Stiller and his father have appeared together in such films as “Zoolander” and in the ill-fated 2007 remake of “The Heartbreak Kid”-as you guess it-father and son.’
Sitcom Dad
Jerry Stiller has also gone solo in films and television including playing Frank, the loud-mouth father of George Costanza on “Seinfeld” from 1993-98 and as Carrie’s eccentric dad Arthur Spooner on the 1998-2007 CBS comedy “The King of Queens.”
Anne Meara
Besides being an accomplished playwright, Meara has also starred in several TV series including 1975’s “Kate McShane” and as Veronica the cook from 1979-82 on “Archie Bunker’s Place” and such TV movies as 1984’s “The Other Woman.”
