MAURICE GOSFIELD: From Private Doberman to Benny The Ball

MAURICE GOSFIELD: 

From Private Doberman to Benny The Ball

This piece was originally published June 7th, 2011.

There are few character actors in the history of television that can equal Maurice Gosfield.

He had a screen presence that is still unmatched and a voice so distinctive as to lend itself to that of a timelessly beloved cartoon character.

With his 5'4", 200 lb. stature, and devil may care good looks, Maurice Gosfield took over Hollywood and became a man that women swooned over, children called their hero and men dreamed of emulating.

Hey Arnold Stang!

Hey Arnold Stang!

This piece was originally published January 25th, 2010

If ever there was a legend worthy of writing about here at The Mystery Box, then Arnold Stang is one of those legends.

On December 22nd Forces Of Geek ran an obit on this great man which you can find here.

I grew up with such admiration for Stang that I felt the indebted to include him as one of my Great Comedians Of The Past.


Arnold Stang migrated from his 1918 birthplace of Chelsea, MA to Brooklyn and grew up as as a young kid chasing showbiz, stardom and everything else that a lifestyle in the big city could offer him. He was savvy from the get go, winning an audition for a children's radio show at the age of nine.

Unlike say, the naive child actors who would become the Brady Bunch kids, Stang had drive, focus and adult ambition.