Ben Stiller is grateful he and Jerry Stiller got to spend the 92-year-old’s final days together.
11.05.2020 - 18:23 / hollywoodreporter.com
When Seinfeld producers approached Jerry Stiller to play the father ofGeorge Costanza, the legendary actor said he had never heard of the show and passed. The producers were shocked.
Stiller died Sunday of natural causes. He was 92.
Over his decades-long, illustrious career in show business, he was perhaps best known for playing the iconic Frank Costanza, which he talked about developing in an interview years ago. Stiller, at first, had zero interest in doing the show.
Ben Stiller is grateful he and Jerry Stiller got to spend the 92-year-old’s final days together.
Ben Stiller appeared on Tuesday's at-home edition of The Tonight Show and told some of his favorite stories about his late father, Jerry Stiller. For instance, the 54-year-old actor recalled the time his dad helped him chase down a kid who stole his bike.
A little over a week after the death of his father, Ben Stiller is sharing how he and Jerry Stiller spent his final days together. In an interview with The New Yorker on Tuesday, the There's Something About Mary actor is reflecting on his father's life and legacy. The legendary comedian and entertainment was 92 at the time of his death. Stiller tells the publication that he and his sister Amy Stiller were able to spend time with their father before he died.
Ben Stiller spoke candidly about the last few weeks of his late father Jerry Stiller’s life as well as the enduring memories he has of him. On May 11, Ben revealed to the world that the late “Seinfeld” and “King of Queens” actor died of natural causes at age 92.
Stiller died this week aged 92
Jerry Seinfeld is remembering the late Jerry Stiller, who passed away Monday at age 92.
NEW YORK — Jerry Stiller, who played two of American television’s most cantankerous fathers on the sitcoms “Seinfeld” and “The King of Queens,” has died aged 92, his son Ben Stiller said on Twitter on Monday.
The casts of and are paying tribute to their beloved co-star, Jerry Stiller, who died from natural causes at the age of 92.
The cast of “Seinfeld” is mourning the patriarch of the iconic sitcom.
By Ellise Shafer
Jerry Stiller‘s former co-stars are paying tribute to the comedian on social media, after learning of his passing.
Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has remembered his on-screen father Jerry Stiller as “a great actor, a great man, a lovely friend” after his death at the age of 92.
© Courtesy of Photofest Jerry Stiller, the shorter half of the famed husband-and-wife comedy team Stiller & Meara who was the father of the famous (Ben Stiller) and the fictitious (Seinfeld nebbish George Costanza), has died. He was 92.
Jerry Stiller, the Emmy award-winning Seinfeld actor, comedian, and father of Ben Stiller passed away. He was 92.
Jerry Stiller, the Emmy award-winning Seinfeld actor, comedian, and father of Ben Stiller passed away. He was 92.