Stephen Strimpell
Appearance
Stephen Strimpell | |
---|---|
Born | Mister Terrific | January 17, 1934
Stephen Strimpell (January 17, 1934 - April 10, 2006) was the star of the
Mister Terrific.[1]
Personal life
Strimpell was born on January 17, 1934. He was a junior
off Broadway plays as To Be Young Gifted and Black and The Exhaustion of Our Son’s Love.[1]
At the American Shakespeare Festival he appeared in plays with Katharine Hepburn, among others, including Antony and Cleopatra, All's Well That Ends Well, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.[2] He also had featured parts in over a dozen films, including Fitzwilly, Death Play, Jenny, The Angel Levine, Act One, and Hester Street. He directed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and appeared there in Douglas Campbell's 1968 production of The Miser with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.[1]
Film acting
When Stephen Strimpell moved to Los Angeles, his most famous film role may have been in the 1967
Universal Studios, in which he played Stanley Beamish, an innocent gas station attendant, who morphed into the title character, a superhero with an ability to fly. Although the series lasted only one season, it had a second life as a cult favorite. Strimpell's personal account of his experiences doing Mr. Terrific appears in a long article, "The amazing Mr. Terrific: How TV actor Stephen Strimpell Survived the ‘Flying Harness’ and Other Inane Hollywood Inventions".[3]
Death
On March 13, 2006, Stephen Strimpell suffered heart failure and cardiac arrest. He died on April 10, 2006.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1967 | Fitzwilly | Byron Casey | |
1970 | Jenny |
Peter | |
1970 | The Angel Levine | Drugstore clerk | |
1975 | Hester Street | Joe Peltner | |
1976 | Death Play | Jerry | |
1979 | All That Jazz | Alvin Rackmil | |
1982 | A Stranger Is Watching | Detective Marlowe | |
1985 | Almost You | Lecturer | |
1985 | Hot Resort | Cruse | |
1986 | Seize the Day | Stockbroker | (final film role) |
References
- ^ a b c "Obituaries: 1954". Columbia College Today. July–August 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Stephen Strimpell (1937-2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 July 2010
- ^ Phillips, Mark (2001). "Excerpt from: 'The Amazing Mr. Terrific!' interview". Outré. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via The Unclassified Get Smart Site.