Background
Strimpell was born on January 17, 1934.
Strimpell was born on January 17, 1934.
Columbia Law School.
When Stephen Strimpell moved to Los Angeles, California, his most famous film role may have been in the 1967 Columbia Broadcasting System comedy series owned by Universal Television, Mister Terrific, filmed in Universal City, California, at Universal Studios, in which he played Stanley Beamish, an innocent gas station attendant, who morphed into the title character, a superhero with an ability to fly. Although the series lasted only one season, it had a second life as a cult favorite. Strimpell"s personal account of his experiences doing Mr.
Terrific appears in a long article, "The amazing Mr.
Terrific: How television actor Stephen Strimpell Survived the ‘Flying Harness’ and Other Inane Hollywood Inventions". On March 13, 2006, Stephen Strimpell suffered heart failure and cardiac arrest.
He died on April 10, 2006.
Well known for many years as a popular New York acting teacher at HB Studio and in his private classes, Strimpell was also an accomplished actor, having played the title role in The Disintegration of James Cherry at Lincoln Center and appearing in such off Broadway plays as To Be Young Gifted and Black and The Exhaustion of Our Son’s Love.
