Avery Lawrence Schreiber

 Avery Lawrence Schreiber (April 9, 1935 – January 7, 2002)

He was a veteran of stage, television, and film, who came to prominence in the 1960's in a comedy duo with Jack Burns. He then went on to an array of acting roles mostly on television sitcoms, and a series of advertisements for Doritos tortilla chip. He started his career in Chicago at the Goodman Theatre. He joined The Second City and later teamed with Jack Burns to form the comedy team of Burns and Schreiber. They recorded several comedy albums and appeared on numerous television shows. In 1965, Schreiber played the role of Captain Manzini on My Mother the Car. In the summer of 1973 he co-hosted the ABC comedy The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour. He was a regular guest star on the situation comedy Chico and the Man, and was also a frequent guest panelist on the game show Match Game, and a guest in a first-season episode of The Muppet Show. His film appearances include The Monitors (the first film production of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe, 1969), Don't Drink the Water (1969), Deadhead Miles (1972), Swashbuckler (1976), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), The Concorde ... Airport '79, Silent Scream (1979), Scavenger Hunt (1979), Caveman (1981), Jimmy the Kid (1983) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). Avery continued to work in film, television and theater, as well as teaching improvisational theater technique up until the time of his death. In 1994, Schreiber suffered a heart attack resulting from complications of diabetes. Though he survived triple bypass surgery, he never fully recovered. He died of another heart attack on January 7, 2002 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, age 66.