Actor Allan Melvin died Thursday January 17, 2008 of cancer. As well as appearing on Broadway, Melvin is best known for his numerous supporting characters and as a cartoon voice actor. Ftang! readers will know him as Magilla Gorilla, if Ftang! readers are old enough and lucky enough to have encountered Magilla. A vast majority will no doubt recognize him as the Brady Bunch's Alice's main meat man, Sam. He also appeared on many sit-coms, including The The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffin Show, Gomer Pyle, USMC, and The Joey Bishop Show. Then there was his recurring role on All In The Family as Barney Hefner, moving onto Archie's Place. Through the 80's & early 90's Melvin did a lot of cartoon voice acting.
See. You knew who he was, even if you didn't know who he was.
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