Flatmates Felix Unger and Oscar Madison are the central characters in which play, film and TV series?
"Morris (""Saved by the Bell""), Major Roger Healey to Major Anthony ""Tony"" Nelson (""I Dream of Jeannie""), or even a group of people such as the Sweathogs to Mr. Kotter (""Welcome Back, Kotter""). Duos of equal importance on TV such as Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell (""Kate & Allie""), Oscar Madison and Felix Unger (""The Odd Couple""), Bret Maverick and Bart Maverick (""Maverick""), or Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney (""Laverne & Shirley""), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although the usual sense of the term denotes inequality. Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as"
"the basis for the ABC television sitcom of the same name, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman as Felix and Oscar. Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) checks into a fleabag hotel near Times Square and attempts to kill himself by jumping out of the window, but he fails to open it and pulls a muscle in his back. Limping back on the street he tries to get drunk at a dance bar (The Metropole) and ends up hurting his neck when he throws down a shot. He stands on a bridge, contemplating jumping into the river. Meanwhile, in the frowzy Upper"
"neither actor played a leading role, both in 2000. It has been 17 years since Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar have seen one another. Oscar is still hosting a regular poker game and is still an untidy slob, now living in Sarasota, Florida, but still a sportswriter. One day, he is called by his son Brucey with an invitation to California for his wedding the following Sunday. A second shock for Oscar—the woman his son is marrying is Felix's daughter, Hannah. On the flight from New York to Los Angeles, it becomes clear that Felix has not changed his ways—he"
"mini-career in clubs in the early 1960s."" Reid's Broadway credits include ""Julius Caesar"" (1937-1938), ""The Shoemaker's Holiday"" (1938), ""Macbeth"" (1948), ""Two Blind Mice"" (1949), ""The Live Wire"" (1950), ""Two on the Aisle"" (1951-1952), and ""From A to Z"" (1960). He co-starred as Felix Unger in a road production of ""The Odd Couple"" with Dan Dailey as Oscar Madison during the late 1960s. He also appeared as an art collector in the 1992 ""Seinfeld"" episode ""The Letter"". Reid died from heart failure on June 21, 2013, at the age of 93. He had resided in an assisted living facility in Studio"
"The Odd Couple II The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968's ""The Odd Couple"". Written by Neil Simon (who also produced), the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The film was the actors' last together, and Simon's final screenplay. It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a sequel in which all leads return. Each actor made only one more theatrical film after this: ""The Legend of Bagger Vance"" for Lemmon and ""Hanging Up"" for Matthau, in which"
"to Live"". He guest starred on a number of television series including """", ""30 Rock"", ""Damages"", """" and ""The Sopranos"". He earned credentials in theatrical productions such as Shakespeare plays and ""The Rise Of Dorothy Hale"". He played Oscar Madison in the 2013 revival production of ""The Odd Couple"", with co-star Jeff Talbott as Felix Unger. LaMura was married to Elizabeth Maclellan, an actress, and they had one daughter. He was the cousin of former ""Survivor"" castaway Terry Dietz. Mark LaMura Mark LaMura (October 18, 1948 – September 11, 2017) was an American actor. His name was occasionally spelled as"
"at that time. He was cast in a number of stark dramas, such as ""Fail Safe"" (1964), in which he portrayed Pentagon adviser Dr. Groeteschele, who urges an all-out nuclear attack on the Soviet Union in response to an accidental transmission of an attack signal to U.S. Air Force bombers. Neil Simon cast him in the play ""The Odd Couple"" in 1965, with Matthau playing slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison, opposite Art Carney as Felix Ungar. Matthau later reprised the role in the film version, with Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar. He played detective Ted Casselle in the Hitchcockian thriller ""Mirage"""
"Felix was portrayed by Jack Lemmon, who had never played the character before. At one point, Frank Sinatra (as Felix) and Jackie Gleason (as Oscar) were reportedly considered for the film version. Dick Van Dyke and Tony Randall were also among those considered for the role of Felix (the latter portrayed him in the TV series). Similarly, Jack Klugman (who aside from the TV series had replaced Matthau on Broadway) and Mickey Rooney were also to play Oscar. Most of the script from the play has been retained, although the setting is expanded: instead of taking place entirely in Oscar's"
"October 1962 to May 1963. From 1960 to 1963, Klugman appeared in two episodes of ""The Untouchables"" series: ""Loophole"" (1961), and ""An Eye for an Eye"" (1963). In 1965, Klugman replaced Walter Matthau in the lead role of Oscar Madison in the original Broadway production of ""The Odd Couple."" He reprised the role when the play was adapted as a television series, which was broadcast on ABC from 1970 to 1975. Over the course of the show's five-year, 114-episode run, Klugman won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the series. In 1973, during the run of the series,"
"the two were in the Army together, with Felix being Oscar's superior, at the time Oscar and wife Blanche (Brett Somers) married. There was a flashback episode where Blanche and Oscar lived in the apartment Oscar now shares with Felix. Such inconsistencies in continuity were common for the show) Also, ""sometime earlier"" was changed to ""several years earlier"" followed by Madison's wife throwing him out, requesting that he never return. The opening credit sequence consisted of Felix and Oscar in various humorous situations around New York City such as cavorting around a Maypole. In later seasons, the opening sequence featured"
"by a square-jawed look and a rough, gravelly voice that made him ideal as a ""tough guy"" character, usually as a cowboy or a cop or a drill sergeant type. He had been an NYPD police officer for 12 years (1948–1960) and started his acting career in police academy training films, and in community theater in the Bronx. Slattery appeared in the first season of ""The Odd Couple"", episode #2 ""The Fight of the Felix"". After Oscar gets into a fight with a hockey player played by Slattery, Felix tries to stand up for his roommate, but ends up in"
"songs very quickly. His favorite genres are rock and jazz. He has had over nine years of lessons in piano and the drums. He was also a part of a band, called ""Bruner 17"", where he played the drums. He has played tennis competitively in USTA tournaments since he was 12 years old. He also boxes and lifts weights. Parker Mack Parker Mack Klebenow, known professionally as Parker Mack, is an American actor, writer, musician, and director, who is best known for his role as Finn Madill in the ""Freeform"" drama ""Chasing Life,"" and as Felix Turner in the MTV"
"Thomas Lennon Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director. As an actor he is best known for his work as a cast member on MTV's ""The State"", for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series ""Reno 911!"" and as Felix Unger on the CBS series ""The Odd Couple."" Lennon is also an accomplished screenwriter of several major studio comedies with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. Their films include comedies such as the ""Night at the Museum"" films, ""The Pacifier"", ""Balls of Fury"", and ""Baywatch"". Lennon was born"
"Tony Randall Tony Randall (born Aryeh (Arthur) Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920May 17, 2004) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play ""The Odd Couple"" by Neil Simon. In a career spanning about six decades, Randall received six Golden Globe Award nominations and six Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning one). On the May 9, 1990 episode of ""The Tonight Show"", he added, ""This is my 95th time on this show."" Randall was born to a Jewish family, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Julia (née Finston)"
"""Felix Remarries"", Felix finally wins Gloria back and they remarry as Oscar regains the freedom of living alone again. The final scene unfolds in this way, as the two say their goodbyes: The 114 episodes went on to syndication and home video. There were some minor changes made in the development of the series. In both TV series and play, Felix's last name was spelled Unger but in the film it is spelled Ungar. In the stage play, Felix is a news writer for CBS (in the film he writes the news for ""television""), while in the TV series he"
"The Apartment The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy film, produced and directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. The supporting cast are Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, David White, Hope Holiday, and Edie Adams. The story follows C. C. “Bud” Baxter (Lemmon), an insurance clerk who in the hope of gaining promotion, permits four more senior men to occupy his Upper West Side apartment to conduct extramarital affairs. Bud is attracted to the elevator operator, Fran Kubelik (MacLaine) who in"
"Billy Unger William Brent Unger (born October 15, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for playing Chase on the Disney XD series ""Lab Rats"" and """". Credited as Billy Unger before 2016, starting with ""Lab Rats: Elite Force"" he is credited as William Brent. Unger was born in Palm Beach County, Florida. He moved to Hollywood with his family in 2006. Since moving to LA, Unger has guest starred on Disney XD's ""Kickin' It"", Disney Channel's ""Sonny with a Chance"" and ""A.N.T. Farm"", and on ""No Ordinary Family"", ""Ghost Whisperer"", ""Hawthorne"", """", ""Mental"", ""Medium"", ""Desperate Housewives"", ""Cold Case"","
"and 2007 he appeared in Ricky Gervais's comedy series ""Extras"" as Ian ""Bunny"" Bunton. From 2007 to 2010 he appeared regularly as Father Henderson, a camp ""Doctor Who""-loving priest, in the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy ""Fags, Mags and Bags"". In 2011, after Kelly's death, reference was made in the series to Father Henderson's move to another parish and to the fact that the new priest can never replace him. In 1994 Kelly played Felix Ungar in a Scottish touring production of ""The Odd Couple"", relocated to modern-day Glasgow, alongside Craig Ferguson as Oscar Madison. Kelly reprised the role at"
"numerous Off-Broadway productions, including ""Dust Off"" with Dan Lauria, and a stint on ""Another World"", Willey joined the cast of ""All My Children"". Willey branched out into stand-up comedy in 1989, entertaining across the country. He headlined at famous comedy clubs such as Caroline's in Manhattan and the Comedy Store in California. In 2009, Willey starred in a live theater performance of ""The Odd Couple"" with fellow ""All My Children"" star Jill Larson at Ottawa Township High School in Ottawa, Illinois. He played Felix Unger in three performances on July 24–26. Walt will play Oscar in the upcoming production of"
"2½ weeks after their 18th wedding anniversary. They had a son, David, and two daughters, Martha and Sarah. He proposed to twice-divorced Betty White, whom he had met on ""Password"", at least twice before she accepted. Their romance blossomed when they played summer stock together, in the play ""Critic's Choice"" in 1962. They also appeared together in the romantic comedy ""Janus"" in 1963. They were married on June 14, 1963, and remained together until Ludden's death; White has never remarried. They appeared together in an episode of ""The Odd Couple"" in which Felix and Oscar appeared on ""Password"". Ludden also"
"was the writer and director, with a cast that included Barbara Barrie as Felix's wife, Penny Marshall as Myrna and Dick Van Patten. Jack Klugman's real-life throat-cancer surgery was written into the script, when Felix (Tony Randall) stays with Oscar and helps with his rehabilitation. In the fall of 1975, ABC aired a cartoon version of the play entitled ""The Oddball Couple"", produced by Paramount and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The roles were played by a neat cat named Spiffy and a sloppy dog named Fleabag. Unlike every live-action incarnation of Neil Simons works duo jobs were reversed. The neat Cat was"
"by Neil Simon. The success of the film was the basis for the 1970–75 ABC television sitcom, starring Tony Randall as Felix and Jack Klugman as Oscar. Klugman was familiar with the role as he had replaced Walter Matthau in the original Broadway run. Neil Simon originally disapproved of this adaptation, but by the series' final season, he reassessed the show positively to the point of appearing in a cameo role. Randall and Klugman also reunited in 1993 for a made-for-TV reunion film based upon the series. The movie was initially broadcast on CBS on September 24, 1993. Robert Klane"
"show also featured their ex-wives. Janis Hansen played Felix's ex, Gloria (named Frances in the play and film) and Jack Klugman's real life wife Brett Somers as Blanche, Oscar's ex. (The couple separated in real life during the run of the show.) There were many episodes in which Felix felt he had made a mistake by not fighting harder for Gloria, and took comically drastic measures to try to win her back. In contrast, Oscar was happy to be divorced from Blanche and she from him as the two constantly traded sarcastic barbs. The only major drawback from Oscar's point"
"Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor and comedian, best known for his film roles, including as Oscar Madison in ""The Odd Couple,"" based on the play of the same title by playwright Neil Simon, in which he also appeared on broadway theatre, and notably, opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade. He also appeared in the less successful Odd Couple film sequel some 30 years later, ""The Odd Couple II."" Matthau was known for his frequent collaborations with ""Odd Couple"" co-star Jack Lemmon, particularly in the 1990s with"
"gross. It holds a total of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes. Stephen Holden of ""The New York Times"" called it ""a dispiriting, flavorless travesty, the equivalent of moldy tofu mystery meat"". The Odd Couple II The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968's ""The Odd Couple"". Written by Neil Simon (who also produced), the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The film was the actors' last together, and Simon's final screenplay. It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a"
"returned to Broadway in ""Catch Me If You Can"" (1965). In the late 1960s, Dailey toured as Oscar Madison in a road production of ""The Odd Couple"", co-starring Elliott Reid as Felix Unger and also featuring Peter Boyle as Murray the cop. He did a stint on Broadway in ""Plaza Suite"". From 1969-71, Dailey was the Governor opposite Julie Sommars's J.J. in the sitcom ""The Governor & J.J."" which revolved around the relationship between his character, the conservative governor of an unnamed state and his liberal daughter Jennifer Jo. His performance won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in"
"the real-time strategy games """" and """". Larry Gelman Larry Gelman (born November 3, 1930) is an American film and television character actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the US TV series ""The Bob Newhart Show"" and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of ""The Odd Couple"". He also made numerous appearances as Dr. Hubie Binder in the US TV series ""Maude"" and as officer Bernstein on ""Eight Is Enough"". He played Max as a regular member of the cast of the sitcom ""Needles and Pins"","
"Jack Klugman Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in 1950, and started television and film work with roles in ""12 Angry Men"" (1957) and ""Cry Terror!"" (1958). During the 1960s, he guest-starred on numerous television series. Klugman won his first Primetime Emmy Award for his guest-starring role on ""The Defenders"", in 1964. He also made a total of four appearances on ""The Twilight Zone"" from 1960 to 1963. In 1970, Klugman reprised his Broadway role of Oscar Madison in the television adaptation of ""The Odd"
"live with the tribute band ""Sweet and Tender Hooligans"" as a guest guitarist. Lennon is close friends with Weird Al Yankovic. Thomas Lennon Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director. As an actor he is best known for his work as a cast member on MTV's ""The State"", for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series ""Reno 911!"" and as Felix Unger on the CBS series ""The Odd Couple."" Lennon is also an accomplished screenwriter of several major studio comedies with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. Their"
"shows such as ""The Bill Cosby Show"" and ""Here's Lucy"". In 1970, appeared as a Barney Fife-like police officer in the pilot of ""The New Andy Griffith Show"". In 1972, Knotts voiced an animated version of himself in two episodes of ""The New Scooby Doo Movies"": ""The Spooky Fog of Juneberry"", in which he played a lawman resembling Barney Fife, and ""Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner"". He also appeared as Felix Unger in a stage version of Neil Simon's ""The Odd Couple"", with Art Carney as Oscar Madison. Beginning in 1975, Knotts was teamed with Tim Conway in a"
"Parker Mack Parker Mack Klebenow, known professionally as Parker Mack, is an American actor, writer, musician, and director, who is best known for his role as Finn Madill in the ""Freeform"" drama ""Chasing Life,"" and as Felix Turner in the MTV romantic comedy series, ""Faking It."" Mack was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Kristen and Lindsay Klebenow. As a child, Mack worked as a model for companies such as Kohls and Shopko. He began acting when he was six years old, when he booked his first job as a boy in a ""Bounce Around"" commercial. In 2013,"
"Fabray. They were wed in 1947 and divorced in 1951. Tebet was said to be the inspiration for Felix Unger, the fastidious divorcé in Neil Simon’s ""The Odd Couple"". Slovenly, Oscar Madison was reportedly based on Tebet’s onetime roommate, songwriter Sammy Cahn. Tebet was also writer Paddy Chayefsky’s model for Max Schumacher, the level-headed television executive played by William Holden in the movie ""Network"". For his contributions to television, Tebet was granted the medallion for distinguished service by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He was also a lifetime member of the Board of Governors of the New"
"1951), attempts to sustain normality in an often unpredictable family. Oliver's father Jerry spends his days drilling teeth as a dentist, while his mother attempts to play the traditional homemaker. Oliver's brother, Ted is a sports nut and a womanizer. Oliver's life is often made more bearable with friends Michael, Joyce and his crush Bonnie, who appears at his most embarrassing moments. Both brothers have a crush on a Swedish girl in their apartment building, Elke. The series first aired on March 9, 2003, as a Fox program to replace the animated series ""Futurama"". The first season was relatively successful,"