Charlie Sanford Brill (born January 13, 1938) is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.
Career Brill's first motion picture was The Beast of Budapest. He appeared in Blackbeard's Ghost and The Amazing Dobermans. He played Klingon spy Arne Darvin in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) and reprised the role nearly 30 years later in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). He and his wife Mitzi McCall played Capt. Harry Lipschitz and Mrs. Frannie Lipschitz on the long-running series Silk Stalkings.
Brill and McCall performed sketch comedy on The Ed Sullivan Show on the same episode as The Beatles' first appearance on February 9, 1964. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of PRI radio program This American Life regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon.
In 1968 and 1969, Brill and McCall appeared on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, but only as the violently bickering couple in "The Fun Couple" sketches. Brill was a frequent panelist, along with McCall, on the 1970’s celebrity-couples game show Tattletales. Brill portrayed Robert, the hairdresser on the short-lived 1979 NBC series, Supertrain.
Brill has been working as a voice actor in animation. On television, he supplied the voice of the main character Grimmy in the animated series of Mother Goose and Grimm (which starred Mitzi McCall as Mother Goose) and in several movies, including voices in the two Flintstones features Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby and I Yabba-Dabba Do!. He also voiced King Poppin' Lockin' and a tired artist in an episode of the hit Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil. He has voiced several other characters in three other shows by Hanna-Barbera, including Tom & Jerry Kids; Droopy, Master Detective; and Yo Yogi!.
Personal life Brill was married to actress and comedienne Mitzi McCall from 1960 until her death in 2024. They have one daughter.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1958The Beast of BudapestJosef1968Blackbeard's GhostEdward1976The Amazing DobermansProfessor1978MatildaBarker1980Midnight MadnessTenant #11980Pray TVDr. Ramirez1980Seems Like Old TimesCourt clerkUncredited1981LongshotMoe1982Young Doctors in LoveDoctor Quick1983Off the WallDoctor Quick1983The Man Who Wasn't ThereRastafani1986The Malibu Bikini ShopSol Felderman1988BloodstoneInspector Ramesh1989W.B., Blue and the BeanAlan1989Deep BloodBen's Father1990Wishful ThinkingMarty Anderson1990Dead Men Don't DieDirector2000Boys Life 3Winkler2010Limbo LoungeDevil
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1958Broken ArrowPinaEpisode: "The Duel"1958Man with a CameraShivvy BrewsterEpisode: "Closeup on Violence"1964The Ed Sullivan Show Mr. Brill (The Office of McCall and Brill sketch)Episode: February 9, 1964 (Beatles 1st American Appearance)1966My Mother the CarBaxterEpisode: "Over the Hill to the Junkyard"1967Good Morning WorldMilton PervisEpisode: "Knits to You, Sir"1967Star Trek: The Original SeriesArne DarvinEpisode: 'The Trouble with Tribbles"1968–1969Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InRegular Performer10 episodes1975Police WomanDi MarcoEpisode: "Pattern for Evil"1977One Day at a TimeDr. Harold GrangerEpisode: "Ann's Crisis"1978CHiPsTow-Truck DriverEpisode: "Neighborhood Watch"1979Wonder WomanMr. SmithEpisode: "Going, Going, Gone"1979SupertrainRobert5 episodes1979Archie Bunker's PlaceLevyEpisode: "Bosom Partners"1979Young Love, First LoveMr. QuinlanTelevision film1980One Day at a TimeArtie MorganEpisode: "No Laughing Matter"1981The Incredible HulkSolly DiamondEpisode: "King of the Beach"19829 to 5FricanoEpisode: "Herassment"1982Hart to HartMarty WillisEpisode: "Harts and Fraud"1984Simon & SimonMr. ValenteEpisode: "Double Play"1984FameJenningsEpisode: "Stages"1985E/RCharlie / Pete the Bartender2 episodes1985Diff'rent StrokesJoeEpisode: "Love on the Run"1985, 19871st & TenRon / Director2 episodes1986Scarecrow and Mrs. KingJango HartEpisode: "Wrong Number"1986Sledge Hammer!SuspectEpisode: "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?"1987Hill Street BluesRobert DiNapoliEpisode: "It Ain't Over Till It's Over"1987New MonkeesHarvey Porkbladder B.D.D.Episode: "Test Tube Tube"1987Murder, She WroteRudyEpisode: "Witness for the Defense"1988The Munsters TodayDouglas Carswell CEOEpisode: "Corporate Munsters"1989Charles in ChargeJamalEpisode: "Chargin' Charles"1989Jake and the FatmanHenry CasanoEpisode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"1990Without Her ConsentCourt ClerkTelevision film1990DragnetBartenderEpisode: "Housewife Hunter"1990Married... with ChildrenEugene BundyEpisode: "And Baby Makes Money"1991They Came from Outer SpaceArt DeckoEpisode: "Animal Magnetism"1991Yo Yogi!Voice9 episodes1991–1992Mother Goose and GrimmGrimmy10 episodes1992Flying BlindSaulEpisode: "The Secret of My Great Dress"1993I Yabba-Dabba Do!Additional voicesTelevision film1993FBI: The Untold StoriesAgent MoranEpisode: "Mary"1993–1999Silk StalkingsCapt. Harry Lipschitz / Myron129 episodes1996EllenDel ShapiroEpisode: "Too Hip for the Room"1996Star Trek: Deep Space NineBarry WaddleEpisode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"1998SlidersBarry LipschitzEpisode: "Lipschitz Live!"1998–1999Suddenly SusanLeon3 episodes2001For Your LoveBriggsEpisode: "The Replacements"2001Port CharlesTom Murphy3 episodes20027th HeavenMr. Tallridges2 episodes2006The Grim Adventures of Billy & MandyIrwin's Grandpa / Tired Artist2007The Suite Life of Zack & CodyJohnEpisode: "Club Twin"
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