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Louis Nye

Louis Nye

Actor

Louis Nye, born Louis Neistat, was an American comedic actor. He was an entertainer to the troops during World War II and is best known for his work on countless television, film and radio programs. Nye decided to go to New York City, where he worked in radio, playing various roles on soap operas. He recalled "I still think of myself as an actor. In the radio days, I was busy playing rotten Nazis, rich uncles and emotional juveniles -- the whole span -- and the only time I tried to be funny was at parties." Nye served in the United States Army during World War II, and because he earned laughs by mimicking other soldiers, he was assigned to run the recreation hall. Following his discharge, he returned to New York and began working in live television. He also appeared in several plays on Broadway, and made many appearances on television variety shows such as The Jack Benny Program (including one memorable turn as a crying cab driver), The Jimmy Durante Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and The Victor Borge Show. He earned his greatest fame as a regular on The Steve Allen Show, performing with Allen, Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Pat Harrington Jr., Dayton Allen, Gabriel Dell and Bill Dana. He primarily played urbane, wealthy, and often fey bon vivants; as part of the weekly "Man on the Street" sketches, his characterization of the pretentious country-club braggart Gordon Hathaway, with his catchphrase, "Hi-ho, Steverino," plus Allen's inability to resist bursting into hysterical laughter at his ad-libs, made Nye one of the favorites on Allen's show. When production moved to Los Angeles, Nye went too and became a character actor in Hollywood. Nye was cast as a guest star on many television series, including Make Room for Daddy; Guestward, Ho!; Burke's Law; The Munsters; Love, American Style; Laverne & Shirley; Starsky and Hutch; Police Woman; Fantasy Island; St. Elsewhere; and The Cosby Show. Nye played dentist Delbert Gray on several episodes of The Ann Sothern Show from 1960 to 1961, the romantic interest of Olive Smith, played by Ann Tyrrell. Nye also played Sonny Drysdale, the spoiled rich stepson of Milburn Drysdale on The Beverly Hillbillies during the 1962 season. He did six episodes, and received more mail than from anything else he had ever done on television, but the character was dropped. It was rumored that someone in the CBS network, or a sponsor, thought Sonny was too "sissified". However, Nye revived the character briefly during the 1966 season. During this period, Nye appeared in several television commercials for various products, including Rath brand lunch meats and the Better Business Bureau. Nye appeared as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show during the late 1970s. He also recorded a few comedy LPs, doing a variety of characterizations. Unfortunately, he never had the opportunity to reach his potential in movies. Many of his character roles were little more than cameos. Nevertheless, he performed with Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Walter Matthau, Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb and Joanne Woodward, and others. Nye also appeared on the lecture circuit, in concerts and in nightclubs, and did voice work in animation, such as Inspector Gadget with Don Adams.

Born: May 1, 1913 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Died: October 9, 2005 (Age 92)

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Louis Nye  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.5
ActorHamilton Busbee1960
Movie
5.5
ActorPvt. Sam Beacham1961
Movie
6.4
ActorTechnical Adviser (Irving, House Buyer)1967
Movie
3.6
ActorDr. Zorch1960
Movie
6.4
ActorRonnie Cavendish1963
Movie
6.7
ActorStanislas1963
Movie
6.9
ActorReinhold Shiffner1964
Movie
5.6
ActorHarry Tobler1963
Movie
4.9
ActorReverend1981
Movie
5.6
ActorKirby Baker1978
Movie
5.7
ActorHugh Fundy1962
Movie
5.3
ActorFisherman #31984
Movie
4.6
ActorRadio Interviewer1976
Movie
5.6
ActorFred Smith1977
Movie
ActorSelf (archive footage)
TV Show
6.6
ActorHarry Karp
12 Episodes
1973-1974
TV Show
7.9
ActorSelf - Comedian
1 Episode
1964-1970
TV Show
6.2
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1967-1971
TV Show
7.1
Actor1 Episode1976-1983
TV Show
8.1
Actor1 Episode1963-1964
TV Show
7.7
Actor1 Episode1981-1981
TV Show
8.4
ActorThe Crying Cab Driver
1 Episode
1950-1965
TV Show
7.1
ActorJames Stock
1 Episode
1963-1966
TV Show
7.1
ActorJerry
1 Episode
1975-1979
TV Show
8
Actor1 Episode1964-1966
TV Show
8.6
ActorJeff's Dad
5 Episodes
2000-2024
TV Show
7.6
ActorSelf
2 Episodes
1970-1971
TV Show
7.2
Actor2 Episodes1963-1967
TV Show
7.8
Actor1 Episode1960-1961
TV Show
7
ActorSelf
2 Episodes
1956-1963
TV Show
7.8
Actor1 Episode1982-1988
TV Show
7.2
ActorNorman Kirby
1 Episode
1984-1992
TV Show
7.1
ActorSonny Drysdale
4 Episodes
1962-1971
TV Show
8
ActorThe Drunk
1 Episode
1958-1963
TV Show
6.5
ActorMyron Drew
1 Episode
1974-1978
TV Show
6.8
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1950-1993
TV Show
7.2
Actor1 Episode1966-1967
TV Show
8.2
ActorSelf
4 Episodes
1956-1960
TV Show
6.4
ActorGlenn Dobson
1 Episode
1977-1987
TV Show
8.1
ActorSelf - Guest
1 Episode
1968-1995
TV Show
9.1
ActorShower Guest
1 Episode
1994
TV Show
8.7
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1963-1964
TV Show
6.4
ActorBarney Briscoe
1 Episode
1977-1987
TV Show
8.3
ActorSelf
3 Episodes
1962-1992
TV Show
7.1
ActorHooper
1 Episode
1963-1966
TV Show
6.9
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1961-1982
TV Show
7.8
ActorGuest Performer (uncredited)
1 Episode
1967-1973
TV Show
7.2
ActorSelf
2 Episodes
1950
TV Show
8.1
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1957-1962
TV Show
8.4
ActorHarvey Hollis Pickering
1 Episode
1950-1965
TV Show
6.9
ActorSelf - Co-Host
2 Episodes
1961-1982
TV Show
7.6
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1954-1960
TV Show
6.4
ActorLouis Nye
1 Episode
1977-1987
Short Film
6.1
ActorSt. George1981
Movie
7.8
ActorSelf (archive footage)2005
Movie
6.6
Actor(voice)1974
Movie
6.1
Actor(voice)1983
Movie
6.9
ActorLee Fong (voice)1974
Limited Series
7.4
ActorThe Carpenter
2 Episodes
1985-1985
TV Special
7.2
ActorLaundry Customer1980
TV Special
5.8
ActorSelf1965
TV Special
7.3
ActorSelf1980
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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