Arnie 53 years old
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sue Ane Langdon She was 34 , now 88 years old | |
| Michael Strong He was 52 , 62 years old when he died | |
| M. Emmet Walsh He was 35 , now 89 years old | |
| Richard Stahl He was 38 , 74 years old when he died | |
| Robert Cummings He was 62 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Dick Van Patten He was 41 , 86 years old when he died | |
| Gino Conforti He was 38 , now 92 years old | |
| Herschel Bernardi He was 46 , 62 years old when he died | |
| Carol Arthur She was 35 , now 88 years old | |
| Cliff Norton He was 52 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Selma Diamond She was 50 , 64 years old when she died | |
| Walter Brooke He was 55 , 71 years old when he died | |
| Roger Bowen He was 38 , 63 years old when he died | |
| William Mims He was 43 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Don Keefer He was 54 , 98 years old when he died | |
| Melvin Belli He was 63 , 88 years old when he died | |
| Herb Voland He was 51 , 62 years old when he died | |
| Jackie Joseph She was 35 , now 89 years old | |
| Joe Higgins He was 21 , 49 years old when he died | |
| Del Russel He was 17 , 62 years old when he died | |
| Olan Soule He was 61 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Tom Pedi He was 57 , 83 years old when he died | |
| Vaughn Taylor (actor) He was 60 , 73 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Jay Sandrich Directing He was 38 , now 92 years old | Director |
| Alan Rafkin Directing He was 42 , 73 years old when he died | Director |
| Allen Baron Directing He was 43 , now 97 years old | Director |
| David Swift Directing He was 51 , 82 years old when he died | Director |
| David Swift Writing He was 51 , 82 years old when he died | Writer |
| Gary Nelson Directing He was 36 , now 90 years old | Director |
Arnie (53 years)
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- First Air Date: 1970-09-19
- Runtime: [20,30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 48
