Larry Storch, who memorably played Corporal Randolph Agarn on the mid-1960s ABC sitcom F Troop, died on July 8, six months short of his 100th birthday.
The actor’s death was announced on his official Facebook page.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that our beloved Larry passed away in his sleep overnight,” the message said. “We are shocked and speechless at the moment. Please remember that he loved each and every one of you and didn’t want you to cry over his death. He is reunited with his wife Norma and his beloved F Troop cast and so many friends and family.”
Airing for two seasons (from September 1965 to April 1967), F Troop followed Ken Berry’s Captain Wilton “Wil” Parmenter who, after accidentally becoming a “hero”, took charge of Fort Courage, a US Army outpost in the Wild West. Storch’s Corporal Randolph Agarn was the dumb sidekick of Forrest Tucker’s enterprising Sergeant O’Rourke.
Storch also played similar relatives of Agarn’s on and off, including Russian, French-Canadian, and Mexican cousins.
Prior to his call-up to F Troop, Storch returned to Car 54, Where Are You? and voiced for shows like Out of the Inkwell and Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales. Meanwhile, his countless TV guest spots include (but are by no means limited to!) I Dream of Jeannie, Get Smart, Gomer Pyle: USMC, the cruise ship sitcom The Queen and I, The Love Boat, and Love, American Style.
Storch also made appearances in the early ’70s animated series The Brady Kids and in the 1975 live-action series The Ghost Busters, where he reunited with Tucker of F Troop.
Storch’s recent TV appearances included playing himself on a 1995 episode of Married…With Children and guest starring on a 1996 episode of Days of Our Lives.