Jerry Stiller Passed Away!

Jerry Stiller passed away.

Legendary actor and comedian Jerry Stiller died today. He passed away of natural causes at the age of 92 years old. His son, actor Ben Stiller confirmed the news on social media.

I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes. He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad. pic.twitter.com/KyoNsJIBz5

— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) May 11, 2020

Gerald Issac Stiller was a famed entertainer, comedian and author.

Stiller was best known for playing George Costanzas' father Frank on NBC's Seinfeld and later going on to play Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy The King of Queens.

He starred in a number of films with his son Ben including Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid and Zoolander 2.

After a short stint performing at nightclubs, he made it to The Ed Sullivan Show.

He was married to his longtime wife Anne Meera before her passing in 2015. He leaves behind his son Ben and daughter Amy Stiller. He has many grandchildren.

Ben Stiller said his father was a one of a kind act that sorely gonna be missed.

Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Stiller made his acting debut at the age of 15 amid an upbringing as one of four siblings in an impoverished Polish-Jewish neighborhood.

Jerry was a classically-trained actor, using the G.I. Bill to enter a stint in the army during World War II to graduate from Syracuse University with a bachelors in speech and drama. He also studied drama at the HB studio in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.

He made his screen debut in the 1956 segment of Studio One in Hollywood. It was that time he would meet the love of his life Anne and the two would soon fall in love. He once told that Anne was upset over an altercation with an agent. So to calm her down he took her to coffee.

Jerry and Anne were a comedy duo soon after. They joined the Chicago Compass Players and performed a spoof of their marriage.

He made a mark on Seinfeld as the father of George Costanzas. Jason Alexander said on social media  "Yeah I adore this man!"

Yeah. I adored this man. pic.twitter.com/4YiaTLJh4C

— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) May 11, 2020

Stiller said during an Archive of American Television interview in 2011 that he initially didn't find the lines he was given very funny and had been given direction to play it meek opposite Estelle Harris who played his wife.

But during rehearsal he decided his character should be as loud as Harris's character and that's when things took off.

"Jason (Alexander, who played his son George Costanza) comes over and says 'Don't be afraid to hit me,'" Stiller recalled. "So he says 'Dad can I have the keys to the car.' Bang I gave him a real smack and (the room) absolutely fell apart. At that point Estelle Harris said to Larry (David, the show's creator) 'Can I hit him too?'"

"Seinfeld" provided a springboard to the role as Arthur Spooner, Carrie Heffernan's father on "King of Queens," which Stiller starred in from 1998 until 2007.

Star Kevin James had to lure Stiller out of retirement to take the part.

"He literally begged me to be in this show. He kissed me. He hugged me. He said, 'I can't do it without you,"' Stiller said during the show's final season. "I'm susceptible to praise."