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Early career. Leaving school at 15, Feldman worked at the Dreamland funfair in Margate, [8] but had dreams of a career as a jazz trumpeter, and performed in the first group in which tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes was a member. [11] Feldman joked that he was "the world's worst trumpet player." [11]
Dec 1, 2022 · He found some gigs during a yearlong sojourn in Paris, but those were due more to his chutzpah than any discernible talent. Marty Feldman with his wife Lauretta Sullivan, 1970. Photo by...
Mar 7, 2023 · Feldman dropped out of school before his 15th birthday and decided to try something new in life. He had found an early love for jazz and even moved to Paris, where he landed some gigs. At an early stage, though, the soon-to-be comedian and actor realized that music wasn’t really his thing.
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Jan 21, 2016 · Marty Feldman: The best there ever was. As a new play based on Marty Feldman’s life opens, its Monty Python director reveals how the late comedian was such an inspiration
Dec 7, 2022 · After seeing the latter at the London Palladium, young Feldman made his first attempt at standup comedy, telling jokes at a bar mitzvah for pocket money. His act, taken wholesale from Kaye’s performance, along with jokes “nicked” from Max Miller, Jack Carson and Mickey Rooney, wasn’t well-received by the audience.
Marty Feldman. Actor: Young Frankenstein. "I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up," Marty Feldman told a reporter -- a week before he died. This beloved comedian, who poked fun at himself, as well as others, was born Martin Alan Feldman on July 8, 1934, in London, England.
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Was deported from Paris for vagrancy as a teenager when he pretended to be an innocent youth, impressed with the work of an American sculptor pretending to be French. Feldman, working on commission for the sculptor, lured gullible tourists as customers.
