![]() ![]() During the war, he had met a radio operator in the Marshall Islands named Bernie Schwartz who had told him, “I’m going to be a movie star.” Storch, already a seasoned comic on the resort circuit, had tried to talk him out of it, warning him that the business could be tough. ![]() Indeed, it was his Navy service that had greatly boosted his career. “All I knew about horses was that they give milk and can bite from both ends,” he quipped. Storch said in a 1998 interview that he was surprised to be considered for an Army comedy such as “F Troop,” with it being well known that he served in the Navy during World War II. His many theater appearances ranged from a brutal detective in a 1983 Broadway revival of “Porgy and Bess” to Chief Sitting Bull in the 2000 revival of “Annie Get Your Gun” with Reba McEntire. Storch’s credits included “Funny Valentine,” “Sweet 16,” “Sex and the Single Girl,” “S.O.B.,” “Airport,” “Treasure Island” and “Oliver Twist.” On TV, he guest-starred on such shows as “Married… With Children,” “Archie Bunker’s Place,” “Trapper John, M.D.,” “Fantasy Island,” CHiPS,” “The Love Boat,” “Get Smart,” “Love American Style,” “Gilligan’s Island” and “Car 54 Where Are You?” Storch was the “kindest, sweetest person,” who always had time for autograph-seekers and was generous to people in need, he said. He loved being Agarn” and relished working with his co-stars, said Beckoff. He never regretted being best known for the series, his manager said. He also enjoyed a long career in theater and as a comic at resorts in New York State’s Catskill Mountains area. While “F Troop” brought him lasting fame, Storch appeared in scores of films and TV shows both before and after the show. Parmenter was Fort Courage’s clueless commander. O’Rourke, who often schemed with Frank DeKova’s Chief Wild Eagle to fleece unsuspecting visitors. Its devoted fans could recite almost all of the adventures of the incredibly incompetent soldiers of Fort Courage and the members of the nearby Native American tribe who only pretended to be at war with them.Īs Agarn, Storch was the wild-eyed partner and protege of Forrest Tucker’s wily Sgt. Storch died of natural causes early Friday in his New York City apartment, according to his manager, Matt Beckoff.Īlthough “F Troop” lasted only two seasons on ABC, from 1965 to 1967, it became a cult favorite in reruns. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier TV shows, died Friday. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Larry Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany Cpl.
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