{"id":6620,"date":"2019-10-18T20:41:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T01:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2019-10-18T20:41:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T01:41:07","slug":"bill-macy-who-played-bea-arthurs-husband-in-maude-dead-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/18\/bill-macy-who-played-bea-arthurs-husband-in-maude-dead-at-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Macy, who played Bea Arthur&#8217;s husband in &#8216;Maude,&#8217; dead at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6619\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6619\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-10-18-2019-05195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-10-18-2019-05195.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-10-18-2019-05195-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-10-18-2019-05195-560x332.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-10-18-2019-05195-260x154.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-10-18-2019-05195-160x95.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Macy in &#8220;<em>Maude<\/em>&#8221; episode, &#8220;Love and Marriage&#8221; airdate: October 24, 1972 on CBS. Tandem Productions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bill Macy, the actor known for his role as the fourth husband, Walter Findlay, to Bea Arthur&#8217;s unyielding feminist on the daring 1970s sitcom &#8220;<em>Maude<\/em>,&#8221; has died. He was 97.<\/p>\n<p>Macy died at 7:13PM last night in Los Angeles, Macy&#8217;s friend Matt Beckoff confirmed in a Facebook post. &#8220;He is survived by his wife Samantha Harper Macy,&#8221; Beckoff called Macy &#8220;a spitfire right up to the end.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-258482041\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;My buddy. Gonna miss you Bill,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GMMaSbUAaSg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bill Macy was born Wolf Martin Garber on May 18, 1922 in Revere, Massachusetts to Mollie (n\u00e9e Friedopfer) (1889-1986) and Michael Garber (1884-1974), a manufacturer. He was raised Jewish in Brooklyn, New York, and worked as a cab driver before pursuing an acting career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6618 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude-560x490.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude-260x227.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude-160x140.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bill-macy-maude.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Macy played Walter Findlay, the long-suffering husband of the title character in the 1970s television situation comedy <em>Maude<\/em>, starring Beatrice Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>Macy made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He appeared as the Jury foreman in <em>The Producers<\/em> in 1967. Other memorable roles include the co-inventor of the &#8216;Opti-grab&#8217; in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy <em>The Jerk<\/em>, and as the head television writer in <em>My Favorite Year<\/em> (1982).<\/p><div id=\"morty-3989858398\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maude-10-18-2019-05191.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6616 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maude-10-18-2019-05191-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maude-10-18-2019-05191-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maude-10-18-2019-05191-260x201.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maude-10-18-2019-05191-160x124.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maude-10-18-2019-05191.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>His other film credits include roles in <em>Death at Love House<\/em> (1976), <em>The Late Show <\/em>(1977), <em>Serial<\/em> (1980), <em>Movers &amp; Shakers<\/em> (1985), <em>Bad Medicine <\/em>(1985), <em>Tales from the Darkside<\/em> (1986), <em>Sibling Rivalry<\/em> (1990), <em>The Doctor<\/em> (1991), <em>Me, Myself and I<\/em> (1992), <em>Analyze This<\/em> (1999), <em>Surviving Christmas<\/em> (2004), <em>The Holiday<\/em> (2006), and <em>Mr. Woodcock<\/em> (2007).<\/p>\n<p>In 1986, Macy was a guest on the fourth episode of <em>L.A. Law<\/em>, playing an older man whose young wife wants a music career. Macy appeared in the popular television movie <em>Perry Mason and The Case Of The Murdered Madame<\/em> (1987) as banker Richard Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared occasionally on <em>Seinfeld<\/em> as one of the residents of the Florida retirement community where Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s parents lived. Macy portrayed a demon in a guest appearance on Millennium. Macy made a guest appearance as a patient on <em>Chicago Hope<\/em>, and as an aging gambler on the series <em>Las Vegas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Macy was an original cast member of the long-running theatrical revue <em>Oh! Calcutta!,<\/em> a production famous for the cast appearing nude in the finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Macy, the actor known for his role as the fourth husband, Walter Findlay, to Bea Arthur&#8217;s unyielding feminist on the daring 1970s sitcom &#8220;Maude,&#8221; has died. He was 97. 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