Louis Nye

Louis Nye was born on May 01, 1913 in USA. Louis Nye's big-screen debut came with One Touch of Venus directed by George Schaefer in 1955, strarring Dr. Rook. Louis Nye is known for Aloha Paradise directed by Bruce Bilson, Debbie Reynolds stars as Sydney Chase and Bill Daily as Curtis Shea. The upcoming new movie Louis Nye plays is O.C. and Stiggs which will be released on Jan 01, 1985.

Louis Nye was one of those delightfully pretentious comic actors you loved to hate, his flip manner and faux rich boy arrogance possessing his characters no matter what social stature they were. Nye (first name pronounced Louie) was a master at sketch comedy, foreign accents and the quicksilver ad lib. Born to Russian Jewish emigrant parents in Hartford, Connecticut, he initially joined a troupe called the Hartford Players. Eventually he moved to New York and found work on radio and in musical revues. At his peak, he divided himself equally on stage, clubs, radio, films, comedy albums and TV.He broke into the big time when he earned a regular gig on The Steve Allen Show (1951) during the mid-1950s. His best-known character, hands down, was the droll, effete country-club braggart Gordon Hathaway, he of the forlorn-looking eyebrows whose off-the-cuff catchphrase salutation to Allen, "Hi, ho, Steverino!", was famous throughout the United States. On occasion, he was allowed some stretch in the acting department, playing it rougher and tougher, but, for the most part, his gents were more mincing than menacing. The films in which he appeared never made full use of his comic potential. Most of his parts were little more than flashy, extended cameos, some better than others. Often the unctuous con man, leering neighbor or opportunistic Madison Avenue executive, his movie credits include Voulez-vous pêcher avec moi? (1960), Lits séparés (1963), Prête-moi ton mari (1964), Petit Guide pour mari volage (1967), Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978), and Cannon Ball 2 (1984).As for television, he was always the second-banana, never the head cheese. Over the years, Nye bolstered most of Hollywood's star comedians including Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Bill Cosby, and Jonathan Winters. He played spoiled rich boy "Sonny Drysdale", an extension of his Hathaway character, on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), and, most recently, Jeff Garlin's dad on Larry et son nombril (2000), both characters pure Nye. He worked in night clubs and TV until just a few years before his death at age 92 on October 9, 2005 of lung cancer. He was survived by his wife, Anita Leonard, a pianist/songwriter who penned the song "A Sunday Kind of Love", and their son, Peter, an artist.