Arnold

Here as Sparrow in Preminger’s 1955 The Man With The Golden Arm, with Mr. Frank SInatra and Mr. Robert Strauss. What oth­er Arnold is there, in cinema? Just that oth­er one, the former body­build­er and cur­rent politi­cian, whom Mr. Stang gave an assist to in Hercules In New York circa 1970. Funny how that sort of thing works. 

Fare thee well, Top Cat, who left us at age 91. Those who hail you as hav­ing spe­cial­ized in “nerdy roles” or what­not should know bet­ter. But we here will hon­or you as one of the last of a breed, a stal­wart char­ac­ter act­or who blanched at noth­ing, not even Skidoo. God bless you and your fam­ily, and rest well, noble servant.