Seinfeld star Jerry Stiller dies aged 92, son Ben Stiller pays tribute

NEW YORK - Jerry Stiller, who played two of American television's most cantankerous fathers on the sitcoms Seinfeld and The King Of Queens , has died aged 92, his son Ben Stiller said on Twitter on Monday .

In 1993, Stiller had thought his entertainment career was nearing an end when he got a phone call from Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, about joining the cast led by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Stiller was in only 26 of the 172 Seinfeld episodes but each appearance was memorable, whether he was screaming"serenity now!" in a tense situation, trying on a bra for men or explaining the odd rituals of Festivus, the Dec 23 holiday he established as an alternative to Christmas.

Seinfeld ended its nine-year run in 1998 and that same year, Stiller moved into another sitcom dad role on The King Of Queens. As Arthur Spooner, he played another blowhard oddball - although not quite as eruptive as Frank Costanza - living in the basement of the home of his daughter and her husband through the show's nine seasons.

Stiller and Meara worked together in the Compass Players comedy troupe before forming their own team. By the 1960s, they had become a popular comedy duo on US television and appeared 36 times on The Ed Sullivan Show . Their act included skits such as an interview with the biblical Jonah after his encounter with the whale and parodies of TV commercials."Our marriage has lasted because we have the same feelings of insecurity about being an actor.

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