Years before Marshall made the 1950s the coolest decade of the 1970s with Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, he made his sitcom debut with a TV adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple.

Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, the mismatched roommates from Neil Simon’s play-turned-1968-box-office-smash, were too funny to leave on the silver screen. Within two years, the comedy duo was on ...

Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison and Tony Randall as Felix Unger in what is easily the most popular version of The Odd Couple, the 1970 to 1975 television series that aired on ABC. ©Paramount ...

This led to the TV show, which ran for five seasons from 1970 to 1975 on CBS. Lemmon and Matthau revived their roles for a 1998 sequel, The Odd Couple II, but thanks to the success of the TV show ...

When it was on the air in the 1970s, ABC’s sitcom The Odd Couple (technically entitled Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple) was one of the most popular TV shows of its time. Over the course of its ...

Klugman is best known for his performances on the TV series 'The Odd Couple' (1970-1975), and 'Quincy, M.E.' (1976-1983) and in the film '12 Angry Men' (1957). By Scott Feinberg The legendary ...

“The Odd Couple,” premiering Thursday on CBS ... popular Jack Klugman and Tony Randall series (which ran on ABC from 1970-1975, after a 1968 film starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon ...

starring opposite grumpy Jack Klugman in ABC’s “The Odd Couple,” which ran for five seasons (1970-75). “The New Odd Couple’s” Ron Glass (left) and Demond WilsonABC/Everett Collection ...

Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple television series, 1970 to 1975 Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison and Tony ...