Ben Stiller has paid tribute to his father, actor and comedian Jerry Stiller, after his death at the age of 92. The Zoolander star remembered his father as “the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years”.
Stiller’s mother, Anne Meara, and father formed the acclaimed husband and wife comedy duo Stiller and Meara in the 1960s. Jerry later became well known for his role as George Costanza’s father Frank in Seinfeld in the 1990s.
He also played Arthur Spooner, father of Leah Remini’s Carrie Heffernan, in The King Of Queens, and Zoolander’s manager in the hit comedy directed by his son.
Stiller paid tribute to his father, saying he was a great family man. He wrote on Twitter: “I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away
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