# Larry Storch (F-Troop) has died at 99 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661 "2022-07-09T12:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/1 "2022-07-09T12:02:28Z")
[Corporal Agarn has ridden into the sunset](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/television/larry-storch-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Obituaries). ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/2 "2022-07-09T12:07:23Z")
When it came to hamming it up, to the extent of regularly playing a dual role as one of his cousins, I thought Larry stole the show which I adored. Good innings Corporal, well done. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/3 "2022-07-09T12:09:28Z")
Rest in peace, Larry. I recall the opening of F Troop, the scene where the cannon topples the lookout tower. I remember my dad laughing loudly at it every single week. mmm ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/4 "2022-07-09T12:10:07Z")
@penultima_thule, whoa. Aren’t you in Australia? Did F-Troop make it there? That show was a favorite of mine, when I was home sick – I only ever saw it in reruns, and it was either that or Gilligan’s Island or one of the soaps. 99 years old is a good run! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/5 "2022-07-09T12:10:59Z")
O’Rourke Enterprises is no more. 😭 RIP, Randolph! I saw him in an episode of _ **Gilligan’s Island** _ yesterday. Talk about serendipity! 😮 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/6 "2022-07-09T12:20:24Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > @penultima_thule, whoa. Aren’t you in Australia? Did F-Troop make it there? I am and it certainly did. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/7 "2022-07-09T13:01:27Z")
I’m not saying 70s Australian TV must have been terrible, but F-Troop was not our finest moment, American TV-wise. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/8 "2022-07-09T13:08:57Z")
He was the last of the regulars from F-Troop wasn’t he? Melody Patterson died a while ago at only 66. Apparently he was also pals with Don Adams, Don Rickles and Johnny Carson. He was the last of that group to. Though Rickles also lived a very long time. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/9 "2022-07-09T13:24:41Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > F-Troop was not our finest moment, American TV-wise. Well, it wasn’t The West Wing but then I have serious doubts a 10yo PT would have watched TWW. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/10 "2022-07-09T13:34:19Z")
I liked it as a kid, but it is unwatchable to me now. But not many 60 sitcoms have held up at all. Dick Van Dyke is great. Get Smart & Adams Family are still funny to me. Bewitched has its moments. Hogan’s Heroes too. Andy Griffith is still a snooze fest but not terrible. But the rest are pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/11 "2022-07-09T13:46:03Z")
_F Troop_ was before my time. I remember him from _The Ghost Busters_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/12 "2022-07-09T13:49:45Z")
He was occasionally on _ **Married … with Children** _ too. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/13 "2022-07-09T13:55:09Z")
The Ghost Busters was a 1 season Saturday morning show around 1975. It was best known for getting some money from the Ghost Busters producers years later. It did reunite Storch with Tucker from F-Troop. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/14 "2022-07-09T14:33:45Z")
Only a few days ago, apropos a discussion that was taking place on our daily team meeting, I linked to this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PSCEW9QOCis/hqdefault.jpg "F Troop - Don't Ever Speak To Me Again") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCEW9QOCis) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/15 "2022-07-09T15:40:09Z")
Have any of you seen the documentary The Secret Daughter? It looks before they married, Larry’s wife June had 3 kids she gave up for adoption, one was with a black vaudevillian (and one was with Larry, apparently). Once they were married, Larry gathered them all up and raised them. The black daughter grew up to be documentarian and made The Secret Daughter mostly about her mother. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/16 "2022-07-09T15:58:16Z")
I always appreciate a Bob Steele (Duffy) sighting. My grandmother’s dating pool was centered in Republic’s Western lot, and my dad remembers Steele as being one of the nicer ones. I’ve seen _The Secret Daughter_ twice. Larry doesn’t come off looking so good. After the cast family photo shoot, there seems to have been pressure to move her back to her Black bio-dads family to avoid awkwardness. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/17 "2022-07-09T15:58:56Z")
Jesus, Melodye Patterson was gorgeous! 🥰 She’s only 16 in that first-season clip. (She lied about her age when she auditioned for the role.) She also played mobsters’ secretaries on _ **Hawaii Five-O** _. I always look forward to seeing those episodes. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/18 "2022-07-09T16:10:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > But not many 60 sitcoms have held up at all. You should watch some of the fifth-season episodes of _ **That Girl!** _ Ann is such a ditz, I find myself wondering why Hollinger wants to marry her after four years of not having had sex even once. That was one show that really went downhill after the third season, but at least Ann is sewing her own clothes now instead of wearing a new Cardinali outfit every week. (And sometimes more than one in an episode.) I still haven’t figured out how she could afford that beautiful four-room apartment in NYC on what she earned as an aspiring actress/model/occasional salesgirl, though. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/19 "2022-07-09T16:13:14Z")
That show is pretty hard to watch now, but taken in the time it came on, sadly counted as progressive. I assumed Daddy was paying her rent and rents in NYC weren’t so terrible back then. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661/20 "2022-07-09T16:15:38Z")
Maybe, but Daddy was always nagging her to come back home and criticizing her choice of men. He spent almost as much time in her apartment as Hollinger did. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-storch-f-troop-has-died-at-99/967661.md?page=2)