Stubby Kaye

Bernard Shalom Kotzin November 11 1918 December 14 1997 known professionally as Stubby Kaye was an American actor comedian vaudevillian and singer known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals Kaye originated the roles of NicelyNicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin Sam in Lil Abner introducing two showstopping numbers of the era Sit Down Youre Rockin the Boat and Jubilation T Cornpone He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the shows His other wellknown roles include Herman in Bob Fosses Sweet Charity Sam the Shade in Cat Ballou and Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit Description above from the Wikipedia article Stubby Kaye licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia