Updated 05-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Buddy Hackett was an American actor and comedian . his best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn and Benjy Benjamin . he suffered from Bell’s palsy as a child . he began performing stand-up comedy in resort nightclubs as “butch hacker” he appeared first at the golden hotel in Hurleyville, new york, claiming later he did not get one single laugh . Hackett’s movie career began in 1950 with a 10-minute reel for Columbia Pictures called King of the Pins . he received an offer to join the three stooges from Jules white in 1952 hackett turned down a rehearsal offer to develop his own style as a solo act . he would not return to movies until 1953, after one of his nightclub routines attracted attention . the routine was so Universal-International salvaged the project by hiring Hugh O’Brian and Hackett to take over the Abbott and Costello roles . he was a frequent guest on variety talk shows hosted by Jack Paar and Arthur God Hackett made 15 guest appearances on NBC-TV’s The Perry Como Show between 1955 and 1961 . he appeared twice on ABC’s the Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors and Johnny in both episodes, his fellow guest star was Denver Pyle . he was cast as Daniel Malakie in “Bloodlines” and then as Clarence Bibs in the episode of that same name . Stanley revolved around the adventures of the titular character (Hackett) as the operator of a newsstand in a posh new york City hotel . Hackett appeared opposite Robert Preston in the film adaptation of he appeared on the game show Hollywood Squares in the late 1960s . in one episode, he was asked which was the country with the highest ratio of doctors to populace . hackett’s regular guest shots Hackett was the voice of the groundhog “Pardon Me Pete” and the narrator of the Rankin/Bass Christmas special Jack Frost . he hosted a syndicated revival of the Throughout the 1970s Hackett appeared regularly in TV ads for Tuscan Dairy popsicles and yogurt . he guest-starred in the space rangers episode, “To Be Or Not To Be”, as in his final years, Hackett had a recurring spot called “Tuesdays with Buddy” on the Late Late Show . in 1999 he appeared in 13 episodes of Fox’s “Action” in 1958, they bought the house previously owned by deceased crime boss Albert Anastasia in Fort Lee, New Jersey . after renovations, they moved in and lived there through most of the 1960s . in 2003, Hacke hackett died on June 30, 2003, at his beach house in Malibu, California, at the age of 78 . his son, comedian sandy Hacket, said his father had been suffering from diabetes for several years