Marty Ingels

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Marty Ingels (born Martin Ingerman on March 9, 1936 [2] in Brooklyn, New York) is an actor best known as the voice of many cartoon characters and commercials, including Paul Masson wines, with his uniquely raspy voice. His latest role was in Pac-Man (1982) as the title character. He previously acted in motion pictures and short-lived television series, such as the sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962-1963) with John Astin, which lasted one season of 31 episodes.

Ingels' acting career dates back to the early '60s and programs such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, on which he had a recurring role as an Army buddy of Rob Petrie, and has continued as recently as a 2006 episode of ER.

But in recent decades, Ingels has worked less as an actor than as an agent, specializing in representing actors in celebrity endorsement ads. A unique deal for his contract to read for voice of Pac-Man in the cartoon was to be granted a Pac-Man arcade cabinet, which was delivered by truck to his home.

He has been married since 1977 to the actress and singer Shirley Jones.

[edit] Legal troubles

n 1982, Ingels sued editor Iain Calder and the National Enquirer for an October 9, 1979 article. In the late 1980s, Ingels was part of a real estate investment partnerships with then attorney Alan David Harris. Harris later was sentenced to a 71 month prison sentence for defrauding Ingels and other investors. Harris challenge to Ingels's March 1993 civil lawsuit ended with a decision against Harris on June 28, 1996. When the Harris suit was decided in Ingels' favor, he celebrated by buying Shirley Jones a car with the license plate "BBDO", standing for "Big Bad Deposition Over".

Hugh Duff Robertson sued Ingles in August 1993. For different reasons, Ingles sued Hillside Prod. Inc. in December 1993 and KXTV in May 1994.

In the 2000s, Ingles sued Marisol Hedge (February 2000) and then sued Shirley Jones for divorce in March 2002. In 2003, Ingles called the talk show of radio personality Tom Leykis under an assumed name, Paul Russo. Asserting that Leykis' actions of disparaging Ingles' age violated California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (which prohibits individuals discrimination in business), Ingles sued Westwood One and Tom Leykis in July 2003 for age discrimination. In June 2005, Ingels' lawsuit against Westwood One and Leykis was thrown out in a California court and Ingles was ordered to pay Leykis' $25,000 in legal fees.

In November 2007, Ingles sued Ventura county attorney Scott B. Whitenack^[1] on behalf of Fawn Park, a park created by Ingles and Shirley Jones in downtown Fawnskin, California to prevent development. In May 2008, Ingles appeared on Judge Joe Brown as a plaintiff. He won $2500.