Charlie Brill

Charlie Sanford Brill (born January 13, 1938)^[1] is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.

Charlie Brill
Born	Charlie Sanford Brill (1938-01-13) January 13, 1938 (age 86) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupations	Actor comedian voice artist
Years active	1958–2010
Spouse	Mitzi McCall ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2024)​
Children	1

Career

Brill's first motion picture was The Beast of Budapest. He appeared in Blackbeard's Ghost and The Amazing Dobermans. He played Klingon spy Arne Darvin in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) and reprised the role nearly 30 years later in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996).^[2] He and his wife Mitzi McCall played Capt. Harry Lipschitz and Mrs. Frannie Lipschitz on the long-running series Silk Stalkings.

Brill and McCall performed sketch comedy on The Ed Sullivan Show on the same episode as The Beatles' first appearance on February 9, 1964. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of PRI radio program This American Life regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon.^[3]

In 1968 and 1969, Brill and McCall appeared on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, but only as the violently bickering couple in "The Fun Couple" sketches. Brill was a frequent panelist on the 1970s revival of Match Game and, along with McCall, the celebrity-couples game show Tattletales.^{[citation needed]} Brill portrayed Robert, the hairdresser on the short-lived 1979 NBC series, Supertrain.

Brill has been working as a voice actor in animation. On television, he supplied the voice of the main character Grimmy in the animated series 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 also voiced King Poppin' Lockin' and a tired artist in an episode of the hit Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil. He has voiced several other characters in three other shows by Hanna-Barbera, including Tom & Jerry Kids; Droopy, Master Detective; and Yo Yogi!.

Personal life

Brill was married to actress and comedienne Mitzi McCall from 1960 until her death in 2024. They have 1 daughter.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	The Beast of Budapest	Josef
1968	Blackbeard's Ghost	Edward
1976	The Amazing Dobermans	Professor
1978	Matilda	Barker
1980	Midnight Madness	Tenant #1
1980	Pray TV	Dr. Ramirez
1980	Seems Like Old Times	Court clerk	Uncredited
1981	Longshot	Moe
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Doctor Quick
1983	Off the Wall	Doctor Quick
1983	The Man Who Wasn't There	Rastafani
1986	The Malibu Bikini Shop	Sol Felderman
1988	Bloodstone	Inspector Ramesh
1989	W.B., Blue and the Bean	Alan
1989	Deep Blood	Ben's Father
1990	Wishful Thinking	Marty Anderson
1990	Dead Men Don't Die	Director
2000	Boys Life 3	Winkler
2010	Limbo Lounge	Devil

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Broken Arrow	Pina	Episode: "The Duel"
1958	Man with a Camera	Shivvy Brewster	Episode: "Closeup on Violence"
1966	My Mother the Car	Baxter	Episode: "Over the Hill to the Junkyard"
1967	Good Morning World	Milton Pervis	Episode: "Knits to You, Sir"
1967	Star Trek: The Original Series	Arne Darvin	Episode: 'The Trouble with Tribbles"
1968–1969	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Regular Performer	10 episodes
1975	Police Woman	Di Marco	Episode: "Pattern for Evil"
1977, 1980	One Day at a Time		2 episodes
1978	CHiPs	Tow-Truck Driver	Episode: "Neighborhood Watch"
1979	Wonder Woman	Mr. Smith	Episode: "Going, Going, Gone"
1979	Supertrain	Robert	5 episodes
1979	Archie Bunker's Place	Levy	Episode: "Bosom Partners"
1979	Young Love, First Love	Mr. Quinlan	Television film
1981	The Incredible Hulk	Solly Diamond	Episode: "King of the Beach"
1982	9 to 5	Fricano	Episode: "Herassment"
1982	Hart to Hart	Marty Willis	Episode: "Harts and Fraud"
1984	Simon & Simon	Mr. Valente	Episode: "Double Play"
1984	Fame	Jennings	Episode: "Stages"
1985	E/R	Charlie / Pete the Bartender	2 episodes
1985	Diff'rent Strokes	Joe	Episode: "Love on the Run"
1985, 1987	1st & Ten	Ron / Director	2 episodes
1986	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Jango Hart	Episode: "Wrong Number"
1986	Sledge Hammer!	Suspect	Episode: "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?"
1987	Hill Street Blues	Robert DiNapoli	Episode: "It Ain't Over Till It's Over"
1987	New Monkees	Harvey Porkbladder B.D.D.	Episode: "Test Tube Tube"
1987	Murder, She Wrote	Rudy	Episode: "Witness for the Defense"
1988	The Munsters Today	Douglas Carswell CEO	Episode: "Corporate Munsters"
1989	Charles in Charge	Jamal	Episode: "Chargin' Charles"
1989	Jake and the Fatman	Henry Casano	Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
1990	Without Her Consent	Court Clerk	Television film
1990	Dragnet	Bartender	Episode: "Housewife Hunter"
1990	Married... with Children	Eugene Bundy	Episode: "And Baby Makes Money"
1991	They Came from Outer Space	Art Decko	Episode: "Animal Magnetism"
1991	Yo Yogi!	Voice	9 episodes
1991–1992	Mother Goose and Grimm	Grimmy	10 episodes
1992	Flying Blind	Saul	Episode: "The Secret of My Great Dress"
1993	I Yabba-Dabba Do!	Additional voices	Television film
1993	FBI: The Untold Stories	Agent Moran	Episode: "Mary"
1993–1999	Silk Stalkings	Capt. Harry Lipschitz / Myron	129 episodes
1996	Ellen	Del Shapiro	Episode: "Too Hip for the Room"
1996	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Arne Darvin	Episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"
1998	Sliders	Barry Lipschitz	Episode: "Lipschitz Live!"
1998–1999	Suddenly Susan	Leon	3 episodes
2001	For Your Love	Briggs	Episode: "The Replacements"
2001	Port Charles	Tom Murphy	3 episodes
2002	7th Heaven	Mr. Tallridges	2 episodes
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Irwin's Grandpa / Tired Artist
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	John	Episode: "Club Twin"

References

1. Rose, Mike (January 13, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 13, 2023 includes celebrities Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Trace Adkins". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 13, 2023. Actor Charlie Brill is 85
2. LAURIE ULSTER (March 11, 2021). "13 Original Series Actors Who Couldn't Get Enough Trek". StarTrek.com.
3. "Human Spectacle 2015". 2 October 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
4. "Mitzi McCall, Comic Game Show Cut-Up Who Followed the Beatles on TV, Dies at 93".

External links

• Charlie Brill at IMDb