Marvin Kaplan was a character actor best known for his role as Henry the telephone repairman on the long-running CBS sitcom Alice. He also voiced the character Choo Choo in the Hanna-Barbera animated series Top Cat.

Kaplan notably made his onscreen debut in the 1949 comedy Adam’s Rib, in an uncredited role as a stenographer. Katherine Hepburn, who starred in the film with Spencer Tracy, discovered Kaplan while seeing him in a play by Molière.

Kaplan went on to appear in the films Angels in the Outfield, The Nutty Professor, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Freaky Friday, The Great Race and Wild at Heart.

He also had roles on the series McHale’s Navy, Gidget, My Three Sons, Petticoat Junction, Mod Squad, I Dream of Jeannie, Charlie’s Angels, CHiPs, MacGyver, Cagney & Lacey, My Two Dads, ER and Becker.

Additionally, Kaplan had writing credits on episodes of The Addams Family, The Bill Cosby Show, Mod Squad and Maude.

Kaplan died August 25, 2016, in Burbank, California. He was 89.