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humorous rants. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of films and television shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in plays. In his later years, he helped many philanthropic causes. </p><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Alan King</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_king_1966.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Alan_king_1966.JPG/220px-Alan_king_1966.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Alan_king_1966.JPG/330px-Alan_king_1966.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Alan_king_1966.JPG/440px-Alan_king_1966.JPG 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="686"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">King in 1966</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Irwin Alan Kniberg</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-12-26</span>)</span>December 26, 1927<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 9, 2004<span style="display:none">(2004-05-09)</span> (aged 76)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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class="hlist"><ul><li>Comedian</li><li>actor</li><li>satirist</li><li>producer</li><li>screenwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1942–2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Jeanette Sprung</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1947)<wbr></wbr></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Personal_life"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Death"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Death</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Work"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Work</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Film"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Film</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Television"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Television</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Stage"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Stage</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>King was born in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Minnie (née Solomon) and Bernard Kniberg, a handbag cutter.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had one older sister, Anita Kniberg. He spent his first years on the <a href="/wiki/Lower_East_Side" title="Lower East Side">Lower East Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. Later, King's family moved to <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>. King used humor to survive the tough neighborhoods, and performed impersonations on street corners for pennies. </p><p>When he was 14, King performed "<a href="/wiki/Brother,_Can_You_Spare_a_Dime%3F" title="Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?">Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?</a>" on the radio program <i><a href="/wiki/Major_Bowes_Amateur_Hour" title="Major Bowes Amateur Hour">Major Bowes Amateur Hour</a></i>. He lost first prize, but was invited to join a nationwide tour. At 15, King dropped out of high school to perform comedy at the Hotel Gradus<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Catskill_Mountains" title="Catskill Mountains">Catskill Mountains</a>. After one joke that made fun of the hotel's owner, he was fired, but he spent the remainder of that summer and the one that followed as emcee at Forman's New Prospect Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Mountaindale,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountaindale, New York">Mountaindale, New York</a>. He later worked in Canada in a <a href="/wiki/American_burlesque" title="American burlesque">burlesque</a> house while also fighting as a professional <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxer</a>; he won 20 straight bouts <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (January 2022)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Alan_King#Boxing" title="Talk:Alan King">discuss</a></i>]</sup> . Nursing a broken nose, King decided to quit boxing and focus on comedy. He worked as a doorman at the popular <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclub</a> Leon and Eddie's, while performing comedy under the last name of the boxer who beat him, King. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alan_King" title="Special:EditPage/Alan King">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Alan+King%22">"Alan King"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Alan+King%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Alan+King%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Alan+King%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Alan+King%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Alan+King%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>King began his comedy career with one-liner routines and other material concerning mothers-in-law and Jews. His style of comedy changed when he saw <a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas</a> in the early 1950s. King realized that Thomas was speaking to his audience, not at them, and was getting a better response. King changed his own style from one-liners to a more conversational style that used everyday life for humor. </p><p>His wife had persuaded the New Yorker to forsake Manhattan for suburban Forest Hills, Queens. In the 1950s, his family and he lived in <a href="/wiki/Rockville_Centre,_New_York" title="Rockville Centre, New York">Rockville Centre, New York</a>, and later in <a href="/wiki/Kings_Point,_New_York" title="Kings Point, New York">Kings Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>, where he lived for the rest of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-Alan_King's_Love-Hate_Relationship_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alan_King's_Love-Hate_Relationship-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There, he developed comedy revolving around life in suburbia. With many Americans moving to the suburbs, King's humor took hold. Like many other Jewish comics, King worked the <a href="/wiki/Catskill_Mountains" title="Catskill Mountains">Catskill</a> circuit known as the <a href="/wiki/Borscht_Belt" title="Borscht Belt">Borscht Belt</a>. </p><p>He was soon opening for <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patti_Page" title="Patti Page">Patti Page</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Martin_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Martin (entertainer)">Tony Martin</a>. When Martin was cast in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Hit_the_Deck_(1955_film)" title="Hit the Deck (1955 film)">Hit the Deck</a></i>, he got King his first movie role. He played small roles in movies in the 1950s, but disliked stereotypical roles that he described as "always the sergeant from Brooklyn named Kowalski."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typical of this was his role as Sgt Buzzer in the WW2 film <a href="/wiki/On_the_Fiddle" title="On the Fiddle">On the Fiddle</a> (1961). </p><p>His career took off after appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Perry_Como_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Perry Como Show">The Perry Como Show</a>,</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Garry_Moore_Show" title="The Garry Moore Show">The Garry Moore Show</a></i>. </p><p>He emceed President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>'s inauguration in 1961. </p><p>Living just outside New York City, King was frequently available when <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sullivan" title="Ed Sullivan">Ed Sullivan</a> needed a short-notice fill-in. He became a regular guest host for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG/220px-Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="886"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 269px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG/220px-Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="269" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG/330px-Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG/440px-Dick_Cavett_Alan_King_Johnny_Carson_Friars_Club_Carson_roast_1968.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>With <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cavett" title="Dick Cavett">Dick Cavett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> in 1968</figcaption></figure> <p>He hosted the Oscars in 1972. </p><p>He headlined two unsold television pilots on CBS, both titled <i>The Alan King Show</i>. The first aired on September 8, 1961; the second aired on July 12, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King eventually expanded his range and made a name for himself in a wide variety of films. He frequently worked for director <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lumet" title="Sidney Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a>, beginning with <i><a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Braverman" title="Bye Bye Braverman">Bye Bye Braverman</a></i> (1968) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes" title="The Anderson Tapes">The Anderson Tapes</a></i> (1971). Lumet later cast him in a starring role in <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Tell_Me_What_You_Want" title="Just Tell Me What You Want">Just Tell Me What You Want</a></i> (1980), a provocative comedy about a ruthless business mogul and his TV-producer mistress (<a href="/wiki/Ali_MacGraw" title="Ali MacGraw">Ali MacGraw</a>). He also played in an uncredited cameo in Lumet's <i><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_the_City_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of the City (film)">Prince of the City</a></i> (1981). </p><p>He often portrayed gangsters, as in <i><a href="/wiki/I,_the_Jury" title="I, the Jury">I, the Jury</a></i> (1982) and <i><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_(1985_film)" title="Cat's Eye (1985 film)">Cat's Eye</a></i> (1985). He had another major role in <i><a href="/wiki/Memories_of_Me" title="Memories of Me">Memories of Me</a></i> (1988) as the so-called "king of the Hollywood extras", portraying <a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a>'s terminally ill father. King played the role of corrupt union official Andy Stone in <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>'s 1995 film <i>Casino</i>. He appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Night_and_the_City_(1992_film)" title="Night and the City (1992 film)">Night and the City</a></i> (1992), also starring <a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a>. </p><p>King was the long-standing host of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Friars_Club" title="New York Friars Club">New York Friars Club</a> celebrity roasts and served as the club's historian. </p><p>King was the first recipient (1988) of the award for American Jewish humor from the <a href="/wiki/National_Foundation_for_Jewish_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="National Foundation for Jewish Culture">National Foundation for Jewish Culture</a>. The award was ultimately named in his honor. He inspired other comedians, including <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Seinfeld" title="Jerry Seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_David" title="Larry David">Larry David</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Klein" title="Robert Klein">Robert Klein</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>King married Jeanette Sprung in 1947. They had three children: Andrew, Robert, and Elainie Ray. His wife persuaded him to move to <a href="/wiki/Forest_Hills,_Queens" title="Forest Hills, Queens">Forest Hills, Queens</a>, for their children's sake..<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1950s, his family and he lived in <a href="/wiki/Rockville_Centre,_New_York" title="Rockville Centre, New York">Rockville Centre, New York</a>, and later in <a href="/wiki/Kings_Point,_New_York" title="Kings Point, New York">Kings Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>, where he lived for the rest of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-Alan_King's_Love-Hate_Relationship_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alan_King's_Love-Hate_Relationship-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alan_King" title="Special:EditPage/Alan King">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Throughout his life, King was deeply involved in <a href="/wiki/Charity_(virtue)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charity (virtue)">charity</a> work. He founded the Alan King Medical Center in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, raised funds for the Nassau Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children (near his home in <a href="/wiki/Kings_Point,_New_York" title="Kings Point, New York">Kings Point, New York</a>), and established a chair in <a href="/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">dramatic arts</a> at <a href="/wiki/Brandeis_University" title="Brandeis University">Brandeis University</a>. He also created the Laugh Well program, which sends comedians to hospitals to perform for patients. In the 1970s, King turned his passion for tennis into a professional tournament at <a href="/wiki/Caesars_Palace" title="Caesars Palace">Caesars Palace</a> Las Vegas called the <a href="/wiki/Alan_King_Tennis_Classic" title="Alan King Tennis Classic">Alan King Tennis Classic</a>, which was aired nationally on the TVS Television Network. He also created the <a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a> Comedy Festival. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>King, who smoked cigars heavily (a fact that came up in his routines from time to time), died at <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Sloan-Kettering_Cancer_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center">Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center</a> in Manhattan on May 9, 2004, from lung cancer. He was buried in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hebron_Cemetery_(New_York_City)" title="Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)">Mount Hebron Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flushing,_Queens" title="Flushing, Queens">Flushing, Queens</a>. The film <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_the_Kranks" title="Christmas with the Kranks">Christmas with the Kranks</a></i> was dedicated to his memory.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-obit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also recognized in the end credits of <i><a href="/wiki/Rush_Hour_3" title="Rush Hour 3">Rush Hour 3</a></i>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Work" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Film" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li>1955 <i><a href="/wiki/Hit_the_Deck_(1955_film)" title="Hit the Deck (1955 film)">Hit the Deck</a></i> as Shore Patrol (debut film role)</li> <li>1956 <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_in_the_Rain_(film)" title="Miracle in the Rain (film)">Miracle in the Rain</a></i> as Sergeant Gilbert 'Gil' Parker</li> <li>1956 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_He_Left_Behind" title="The Girl He Left Behind">The Girl He Left Behind</a></i> as Maguire</li> <li>1957 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Helen_Morgan_Story" title="The Helen Morgan Story">The Helen Morgan Story</a></i> as Benny Weaver</li> <li>1961 <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Fiddle" title="On the Fiddle">On the Fiddle</a></i> as T. / Sergeant Buzzer</li> <li>1968 <i><a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Braverman" title="Bye Bye Braverman">Bye Bye Braverman</a></i> as The Rabbi</li> <li>1971 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes" title="The Anderson Tapes">The Anderson Tapes</a></i> as Angelo</li> <li>1977 <i><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Avenue_(miniseries)" title="Seventh Avenue (miniseries)">Seventh Avenue</a></i> (TV miniseries) as Harry Lee</li> <li>1978 <i><a href="/wiki/How_To_Pick_Up_Girls" class="mw-redirect" title="How To Pick Up Girls">How To Pick Up Girls</a></i> as Manny Shiller</li> <li>1980 <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Tell_Me_What_You_Want" title="Just Tell Me What You Want">Just Tell Me What You Want</a></i> as Max Herschel</li> <li>1981 <i><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_the_City_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of the City (film)">Prince of the City</a></i> as himself (cameo, uncredited)</li> <li>1982 <i><a href="/wiki/I,_the_Jury_(1982_film)" title="I, the Jury (1982 film)">I, the Jury</a></i> as Charles Kalecki</li> <li>1982 <i><a href="/wiki/Author!_Author!_(film)" title="Author! Author! (film)">Author! Author!</a></i> as Kreplich</li> <li>1983 <i><a href="/wiki/Lovesick_(1983_film)" title="Lovesick (1983 film)">Lovesick</a></i> as Dr. Lionel Gross, M.D.</li> <li>1985 <i><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_(1985_film)" title="Cat's Eye (1985 film)">Cat's Eye</a></i> as Dr. Vinny Donatti</li> <li>1987 <i><a href="/wiki/You_Talkin%27_to_Me%3F_(film)" title="You Talkin' to Me? (film)">You Talkin' to Me?</a></i> as himself</li> <li>1988 <i><a href="/wiki/Memories_of_Me" title="Memories of Me">Memories of Me</a></i> as Abe</li> <li>1989 <i>Funny</i> (documentary)</li> <li>1989 <i><a href="/wiki/Enemies,_a_Love_Story_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enemies, a Love Story (film)">Enemies, A Love Story</a></i> as Rabbi Lembeck</li> <li>1990 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bonfire_of_the_Vanities_(film)" title="The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)">The Bonfire of the Vanities</a></i> as Arthur Ruskin</li> <li>1991 <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon_and_Slippers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dragon and Slippers (page does not exist)">Dragon and Slippers</a></i> as narrator (voice)</li> <li>1992 <i><a href="/wiki/Night_and_the_City_(1992_film)" title="Night and the City (1992 film)">Night and the City</a></i> as Ira 'Boom Boom' Grossman</li> <li>1995 <i><a href="/wiki/Casino_(1995_film)" title="Casino (1995 film)">Casino</a></i> as Andy Stone</li> <li>1998 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_Goes_to_Mars" title="The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars">The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars</a></i> as Supreme Commander (voice)</li> <li>2001 <i><a href="/wiki/Rush_Hour_2" title="Rush Hour 2">Rush Hour 2</a></i> as Steven Reign</li> <li>2002 <i><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_State_(film)" title="Sunshine State (film)">Sunshine State</a></i> as Murray Silver</li> <li>2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Mind_the_Gap_(2004_film)" title="Mind the Gap (2004 film)">Mind the Gap</a></i> as Herb Schweitzer (final film role)</li></ul> <p><br> </p> </td> <td class="col-break"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li>1974–1984 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Celebrity_Roast" title="The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast">The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast</a></i> as himself</li> <li>1980 <i><a href="/wiki/Pinocchio%27s_Christmas" title="Pinocchio's Christmas">Pinocchio's Christmas</a></i> as Maestro Fire-Eater (voice)</li> <li>1990 <i><a href="/wiki/Thirtysomething" title="Thirtysomething">Thirtysomething</a></i> episode "Prelude to a Bris" as Dr. Ben Teitelman</li> <li>1990 <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King:_Inside_the_Comedy_Mind&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (page does not exist)">Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind</a></i> Host and (producer)</li> <li>1990 <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Performances" title="Great Performances">Great Performances - The World of Jewish Humor</a></i> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1991 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Girls" title="The Golden Girls">The Golden Girls</a></i> (1991); episode "Melodrama" (guest), as Mel Bushman, Blanche's On-Off Beau</li> <li>1992 <i><a href="/wiki/Blossom" title="Blossom">Blossom</a></i> episode "Losing Your … Religion", as Rabbi Hyman Greenblatt</li> <li>1993 <i><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order" title="Law & Order">Law & Order</a></i> episode "Securitate" (guest) as Jonathan Shapiro</li> <li>1995 <i><a href="/wiki/The_State_(1993_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The State (1993 TV series)">The State (TV Series)</a></i> The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as himself</li> <li>1998 <i><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Brown" title="Murphy Brown">Murphy Brown</a></i> episode "Now You Can Say Goodbye" (guest) as God</li> <li>1999 <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Hope" title="Chicago Hope">Chicago Hope</a></i> episode "Big Hand for the Little Lady" (guest) as Larry Lensky</li> <li>1999 <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Law_(American_TV_series)" title="Family Law (American TV series)">Family Law</a></i> episode "The Nanny" (guest) as Hy Adlin</li> <li>2000 <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i> episode "There's Something About Paulie" as The Don (voice)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage">Stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stage" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guys_and_Dolls_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guys and Dolls (musical)">Guys and Dolls</a></i> (actor, Nathan Detroit), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/guys-and-dolls-13519#People">15 performances</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Impossible_Years" title="The Impossible Years">The Impossible Years</a></i> (actor)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_in_Winter" title="The Lion in Winter">The Lion in Winter</a></i> (producer)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Different_(play)" title="Something Different (play)">Something Different</a></i> (producer)</li> <li><i>Mr. Goldwyn</i> (actor)</li> <li><i>Festival</i> (writer)</li></ul> <p> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><i>Anybody Who Owns His Own Home Deserves It</i>, with Kathryn Ryan (1962)</li> <li><i>Help! I'm a Prisoner in a Chinese Bakery</i> (1964)</li> <li><i>Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex? Memoirs of a Happy Eater</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Name Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King</i> (1996) with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chase" title="Chris Chase">Chris Chase</a></li> <li><i>Alan King's Great Jewish Joke Book</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Matzoh Balls for Breakfast and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish</i> (2005)</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_King&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <style 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data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82_(%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86)" title="آلن کینق (کومدین) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آلن کینق (کومدین)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_(%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86)" title="آلن کینگ (کمدین) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلن کینگ (کمدین)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%9E%9C_%ED%82%B9" title="알랜 킹 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알랜 킹" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King_(attore)" title="Alan King (attore) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alan King (attore)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92" title="אלן קינג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלן קינג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_(%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)" title="الان كينج (كوميديان من امريكا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الان كينج (كوميديان من امريكا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" title="アラン・キング – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アラン・キング" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Alan King" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; 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