Education
Born in Detroit, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New New York
Born in Detroit, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New New York
Some of Stahl"s best known film credits include Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Student Nurses (1970), Beware! The Blob (1972), Dirty Little Billy (1972), High Anxiety (1977), 9 to 5 (1980), Tin Manitoba (1983), The Flamingo Kid (1984), The American President (1995) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). He also appeared in many television situation comedies such as All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple (nine episodes, never playing the same role twice), Married With Children, Empty Nest, Newhart, The Facts of Life, Columbo. Love American Style, Barney Miller, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Golden Girls, Soap and Night Court.
In the 1980s he was also a regular on the sitcom lieutenant"s a Living, and starred in his own short-lived comedy series Turnabout (1979).
Stahl died aged 74 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Health Center in Los Angeles, after a 10 year struggle against Parkinson"s disease. Stahl"s wife, actress Kathryn Ish, died of cancer in Santa Barbara, California, on December 31, 2007.
In the 1960s, he relocated to San Francisco and became a member of an improvisational comedy group, The Committee.