Charlie Sanford Brill (born January 13, 1938,

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) is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.

Acting

Brill's first motion picture was ''The Beast of Budapest''. He appeared in ''

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'' and '' The Amazing Dobermans''. He played

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spy Arne Darvin in the ''

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'' episode " The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) and reprised the role nearly 30 years later in the ''

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'' episode " Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). He and his wife Mitzi McCall played Capt. Harry Lipschitz and Mrs. Lipschitz on the long-running series ''

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''. Brill and McCall performed sketch comedy on ''

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'' on the same episode as

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' first appearance on February 9, 1964. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of

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radio program ''

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'' regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with

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. In 1968–1969, Brill and McCall appeared on ''

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'', but only as the violently bickering couple in "The Fun Couple" sketches. Brill was a frequent panelist on the 1970s revival of ''

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'' and, along with McCall, the celebrity-couples game show ''

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''.

Voice acting

Brill has been working as a voice actor in animation. On television, he supplied the voice of the main character Grimmy in the

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of '' Mother Goose and Grimm'' (which starred Mitzi McCall as Mother Goose) and in several movies, including voices in the two Flintstones features '' Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' and '' I Yabba-Dabba Do!'' He voiced King Poppin' Lockin' and a tired artist in an episode of the hit Cartoon Network series ''

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''. He has voiced several other characters in three other shows by

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, including '' Tom & Jerry Kids''; '' Droopy, Master Detective''; and ''

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Family

Brill met his wife, actress Mitzi McCall, when they both appeared at the Jerry Lewis Comedy Workshop at Paramount Studios in 1959. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Brill.

References

External links

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