Al Lewis

 Al Lewis, born Albert Meister (April 30, 1923 – February 3, 2006)

He was best known for his role as Count Dracula lookalike "Grandpa", opposite Fred Gwynne's and Yvonne DeCarlo's characters on the CBS television series The Munsters from 1964 to 1966 and its subsequent film versions. Later in life, he was also a restaurant owner, political candidate, and radio broadcaster. Lewis' first well-known television role was as Officer Leo Schnauser on the NBC sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? from 1961–63, also starring Fred Gwynne. Lewis reprised the role in the 1994 movie of the same name).[12] In the series, Lewis first played Al Spencer the Auto Body Man in two early first season episodes before landing the more familiar role of Officer Schnauser. In 1967, Lewis played the part of Zalto the wizard in the Lost in Space episode, Rocket to Earth. His first role in a movie was as Machine Gun Manny in Pretty Boy Floyd (1960). He had small roles in The World of Henry Orient (1964), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), They Might Be Giants (1971). He appeared as Hanging Judge Harrison in Used Cars (1980). His last film role was in Night Terror (2002). In his final years, he resided on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

In 2003, he was hospitalized for an angioplasty, and complications from the surgery led to an emergency bypass and the amputation of his right leg below the knee and all the toes on his left foot. He died on February 3, 2006, of natural causes in a hospital.