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Morty Gunty
American actor (1929-1984)
Morty Gunty (February 1, 1929 – July 15, 1984) was an American actor and comedian, a well-known New York City nightclub comic in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Gunty attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He was born and died in the Parkville section of Brooklyn.[2] He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 23, 1964, following the Beatles after their third and final appearance on the program.
In addition to being a nightclub comic, in the mid-1960s, he hosted a 90-minute weekday afternoon children's television series on WOR-TV New York called The Funny Company. Gunty also appeared on Broadway in 1967.[3][unreliable source?][4] He played Buddy Sorrell in the original pilot for The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was entitled Head of the Family and starred writer/creator Carl Reiner in the lead role with an entirely different cast. He also played Ann Marie's agent, a former comedian, in several episodes of That Girl. He played himself in the Woody Allen film Broadway Danny Rose.[3]