Stuffy Singer | |
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Born | Simon Singer November 24, 1941
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Known for | United States and world champion American handball player; teenage radio and television actor |
Television | Beulah, Blondie and Dagwood, Leave it to Beaver, My Three Sons, My Little Margie, The Life of Riley, and Annie Oakley. |
Simon "Stuffy" Singer (born November 24, 1941) is an American former United States and world singles champion American handball player. [1] [2] He has been inducted into the United States Handball Association Hall of Fame. He was also a teenage radio and television actor, starring on the television show Blondie and Dagwood in the 1950s. [3] [4]
Singer was born in Los Angeles, California, is Jewish, and attended Bancroft Junior High School and Fairfax High School (class of 1957). [5] [6] He lived in Hollywood, California. [7] [6] In addition to American handball, in his youth Singer also competed in table tennis, tennis, football, and baseball. [8]
Singer was a teenage radio and television actor. [9] In radio, he appeared in a number of shows, between 1944 and 1955. [3] He played on the TV situation comedy Beulah for two seasons, starting in 1952, playing the role of Donnie Henderson. [10] He starred on the television show Blondie and Dagwood in the 1950s. [9] [10] He played Alexander Bumstead, the son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead. [10] He also acted in the television sitcoms Leave it to Beaver, My Three Sons, My Little Margie, and The Life of Riley, and the TV series Annie Oakley. [10]
Singer won his first handball national and world singles championships in 1965, and his last in 1988. [11] [12] He won 16 United States, Canadian, and world titles in singles (including the 1967 Open Singles World Championship, and the 1968 USHA four-wall men's singles championship) and doubles (including the 1978 and 1979 men's doubles championships). [13] [14] [15]
In 1971, on behalf of the United States government, Singer toured Germany and England with handballer Jimmy Jacobs, giving clinics and exhibitions to Air Force personnel. [11] When he retired from competition in 1988, Singer was ranked the #5 all-time professional tournament winner. [11]
Singer was inducted into the Southern California Handball Association Hall of Fame in 1984, and into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. [11] [16] He was also inducted into the United States Handball Association Hall of Fame in 1994. [17] [18]
Singer is a tax consultant in Southern California. [19] He and his ex-wife Sunny have two children together.