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Obit: Ron Carey, 71; known for roles in 'Barney Miller,' & Mel Brooks films

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CrankyYankee

Ron Carey, the short and puckish comedic actor who played Officer Carl Levitt on the hit situation comedy "Barney Miller" and was a member of Mel Brooks' comedy troupe in films such as "High Anxiety" and "Silent Movie," has died. He was 71.

Carey died of a stroke Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center...

He had small roles in the TV sit-coms "The Montefuscos" (1975) and "The Corner Bar" (1972-73).

He made his first national TV appearance ...on "The Merv Griffin Show." Appearances on "The Tonight Show" and the "Ed Sullivan Show" followed.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituar...ry?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true
 
My Mom always used to tell me how she went to school with Ron at Barringer High School in Newark, NJ and how he was a class clown who'd make the kids laugh on the way home from school even way back then.

71 is too young. Sorry to hear the news.
 
I wonder if, when he arrived in Character Actor Heaven, he did that same little "spin" through the Pearly Gates as he did going in and out of the squad room on "Barney Miller?" ;)
 
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