Marty Ingels | Actor and comedian, 79
Marty Ingels, 79, a comedian, actor, and talent agent who was married to actress Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday at his home in in Los Angeles following complications from a stroke, according to a statement issued on behalf of Jones by her manager, Milt Suchin.
Marty Ingels, 79, a comedian, actor, and talent agent who was married to actress Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday at his home in in Los Angeles following complications from a stroke, according to a statement issued on behalf of Jones by her manager, Milt Suchin.
"He often drove me crazy, but there's not a day I won't miss him and love him to my core," the actress said in the statement.
Mr. Ingels was born Martin Ingerman in Brooklyn and later moved to Los Angeles. Beginning in the 1960s, he appeared in movies and a number of television shows, including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Phyllis Diller Show, and Bewitched.
He costarred with John Astin in the 1962-63 TV comedy I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.
Mr. Ingels also did voice work for hundreds of cartoons, commercials, and video games. He voiced Pac-Man in the 1982 animated series. He ran a talent agency that booked movie stars such as John Wayne and Cary Grant for TV commercials.
In 1974, Mr. Ingels met Jones, a star of the 1970s TV hit The Partridge Family, at a party at the actor Michael Landon's home. They married in 1977. Their book, Shirley & Marty: An Unlikely Love Story, was published in 1990. - AP