Lew Parker

Lew Parker (born Austin Lewis Jacobs, October 29, 1907 – October 27, 1972) was an American television, stage and musical theatre actor. His most notable role was as Lew Marie, the arrogant, but doting, father of Marlo Thomas's character, Ann Marie, on the 1960s television series That Girl. and was the son of Lewis Jacobs, who performed in vaudeville.

Acting On Broadway, Parker appeared in Rainbow (1928), Spring is Here (1929), Heads Up! (1929), Girl Crazy (1930), Red, Hot and Blue (1936), Are You with It? (1945), The Front Page (1946), Ankles Aweigh (1955), Mr. Wonderful (1956), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972).

On television, Parker appeared on one episode of the television series Gidget in 1966 as Mr. Socrates, the crusty proprietor of The Shaggy Dog, a hamburger restaurant that was a hangout for teenagers. Parker appeared in the television series F Troop in 1966, "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn" as George C Bragan. Parker's character is a mayoral candidate from Corporal Agarn's hometown in New Jersey, and he travels West to get Corporal Agarn's vote since the election was tied and Agarn's absentee ballot is needed to break the tie. From 1966-1971, he appeared in 63 episodes of That Girl as Lew Marie, the father of Marlo Thomas's character, Ann Marie. Parker also appeared in episodes of The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.

Personal life/death In 1955, Parker married actress Betty Kean. Betty Kean died on September 29, 1986, also from cancer.

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