Steve Franken, 1932-2012, RIP Chatsworth Osborne, Jr.

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[EveningStar]

Steve Franken, best known for playing Chatsworth Osborn, Jr. on the TV series, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, died August 24, 2012 at the age of 80.

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Chatsworth Osborne, Jr.

[jessduntno]

Loved that show.

WORK!!!!

[yetidog]

I thoght I saw Al Franken a first glance and am ashamed to say what I felt.

[muir_redwoods]

“O, Rats and Mice! have another watercress sandwich”

[jessduntno]

“I thoght I saw Al Franken a first glance and am ashamed to say what I felt.”

Perfectly natural reaction...

[jessduntno]

I wonder if he ever bagged Thalia Menninger?

[newfreep]

Tuesday Weld was good on ANY day!

[jessduntno]

Tuesday Weld was good on ANY day!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...yes, yes she was!

[newfreep]

In "Pretty Poison"

[muir_redwoods]

Zelda Gilroy came out of the closet and went on to become a left wing stare rep (I believe) in California

[llevrok]

The actress who played his mother was one of the great “society dame” character actresses of all time. (as was Margret Dumont)

[markman46]

yes she did.. butt ugly to boot

[Captain Peter Blood]

Dobie Do!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Publius]

The last time I saw Franken was in a minor role in “The Missouri Breaks” decades ago.

[fieldmarshaldj]

He was fantastic in "The Party." RIP.

[Jack Hammer]

Chatsworth, our family loved you and derived endless entertainment from your characterization and your relationship with “Mumsey.”

Rest in Peace - may you have one of the many mansions in God’s house.

[Clemenza]

My second favorite comedy of all time. Cool to see Captain Steubing play a royal feminine hygiene product as well.

[SES1066]

There are still a surprising large number of survivors of this 1959-63 - 3 season TV show. Dwayne Hickman (Dobie Gillis), Warren Beatty (Milton Armitage) [Chatsworth’s predecessor in season 1], Tuesday Weld (Thalia Menninger) [Season 1] and Sheila Kuehl (Zelda Gilroy).

I remember them fondly, even though dimly, as I only saw it in reruns. Interestingly, it seems that it was the female antagonist (Thalia and successors) that kept drawing the naive Dobie into trouble. In today’s PC Hollywood, would the female lead be anything like this role?

Now if we built upon Mr Beatty’s later exploits and reputation as Hollywood’s leading roué, that would be a story.

R.I.P. Chatsworth, I’m getting old!

[goldi]

She’s a lesbian and always pushing the homosexual agenda, especially in the public schools.

[arasina]

I had the biggest crush on Steve Franken as "Chatsworth". I was very young and didn't realize how old he was in reality. RIP

Does it seem like we are losing more elderly celebs this year than usual?