Trivia

Worked with his son, Ben Stiller, on 11 movies.

In the sitcom episode, Shrink Wrap (2002), his character's father was played by his real-life son, Ben Stiller.

He and wife Anne Meara appeared on Toast of the Town (1948) as Stiller and Meara every two months for a total of 36 times.

Is one of the four actors who appeared in both Hairspray (1988) and Hairspray (2007).

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Although wife Anne Meara converted to Judaism upon their marriage, the main source of Stiller and Meara's material was the differences in their ethnic backgrounds, epitomized by their famous "Hershey Horowitz/Mary Elizabeth Doyle" routines.

The two sitcoms he regularly appeared on, Seinfeld (1989) and Un gars du Queens (1998), both aired their series finales on May 14 (1998 and 2007 respectively).

Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival (2000). His wife, Anne Meara, was named "Queen of Brooklyn" at the same festival.

Awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. (October 1999)

Jerry Stiller passed away on May 11, 2020, only one month away from his 93rd birthday on June 8.

Attended and graduated from Seward Park High School in Manhattan, New York City. Attended and graduated from Syracuse University with his Bachelor's degree in Speech and Drama (1950). He was a brother in the Tau Delta Phi Fraternity.

Half of the mixed marriage (Jewish/Irish) comedy team of Stiller and Meara active during the 1960s and 1970s, with his wife Anne Meara. He and Meara had two children Ben Stiller and Amy Stiller and two grandchildren, Ella Olivia Stiller and Quinlin Dempsey Stiller, by their son's marriage to actress Christine Taylor.

On the day he passed away, the episode he guest-starred on within In the Heat of the Night (1988) was played on WGN America.

He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.

He was cremated at Manhattan Jewish Funeral Home followed by an urn burial at Nantucket Jewish Cemetery in Nantucket, Massachusetts.