In 1965, however, a plum comedy role came Matthau's way when Neil Simon cast him in the hit play The Odd Couple playing the slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison opposite Art Carney as Felix Unger.

Duos of equal importance on TV such as Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell ( Kate & Allie ), Oscar Madison and Felix Unger ( The Odd Couple ), Bret Maverick and Bart Maverick ( Maverick ), Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue ( Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ), or Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney ( Laverne & Shirley ), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although the usual sense of the term denotes inequality.

His subsequent Broadway appearances included his portrayal in 1965 – 67 of Felix Unger in The Odd Couple ( opposite Walter Matthau and then Jack Klugman as Oscar ).

Leif also played the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Felix Unger ( Tony Randall ), on the ABC series The Odd Couple, a part that previously was played by Willie Aames.

He also appeared as Felix Unger in a stage version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple with Art Carney as Oscar Madison.

In 1971, he originated the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Felix Unger ( Tony Randall ), on the ABC-TV series The Odd Couple, a part that was later played by Leif Garrett.

Wilson later starred as divorcé Raymond Ellis in the short-lived CBS-TV comedy series Baby, I'm Back and as Oscar Madison, opposite actor Ron Glass ( who co-starred as Felix Unger ) in the ABC TV sitcom The New Odd Couple, a revamped black version of the original 1970-75 series on the same network which starred Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.

After a long hiatus from the medium, he returned in 1970 as fussbudget Felix Unger in The Odd Couple, opposite Jack Klugman, a role he would keep for five years.

In September 1993, Randall and Jack Klugman reunited once again in the CBS-TV movie The Odd Couple: Together Again reprising their roles as Felix Unger and Oscar Madison.

He would often chide Johnny Carson for his chain-smoking, and was generally fastidious and fussy, much like his Felix Unger characterization.

Felix Unger ( or Ungar ) was one of the principal characters in Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple.

* Janis Hansen, actress who played Gloria, wife of Felix Unger, on The Odd Couple.

* Ron Glass … Felix Unger

* Felix Unger

It's been 17 years since Oscar Madison and Felix Unger have seen one another.

* Jack Lemmon as Felix Unger

He played Felix Unger in three performances on July 24 – 26.

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts was created in 1990 in Salzburg, Austria by heart surgeon Felix Unger of Salzburg ; the cardinal archbishop of Vienna, Franz König ; and the political scientist and philosopher Nikolaus Lobkowicz.

* Felis sapiens ( also Felix sapiens ), a fictional, sentient, humanoid species from the Red Dwarf television series

" Early in the book it is learned that Felix Hoenikker ( a fictional co-inventor of the atom bomb ) was playing cat's cradle when the bomb was dropped, and the game is later referenced by his son, Newton Hoenikker.

Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series.

Felis sapiens ( designated Felix sapiens by Kryten's replacement Hudzen-10 in the episode The Last Day, and also by the survey party in Holoship ) is a fictional, sentient, humanoid species from the Red Dwarf television series.

Felix Kersten is heavily parodied in the Woody Allen book Getting Even, in the chapter entitled " The Schmeed Memoirs ", in which a fictional barber in wartime Germany describes his time as a hair stylist for Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officers.

* Felix Jaeger, a fictional character in the Gotrek and Felix series

Felix Faust is a fictional character and supervillain who appears in stories published by DC Comics.

Sir James Winterwood is a fictional English traveller, adventurer and writer in the second half of the 19th century and a recurring character of the Brazilian writer Rita Maria Felix da Silva.

As fictional family, the Whitehills are featured in the short stories of Brazilian writer Rita Maria Felix da Silva.

And later ten films by the Pat Sullivan Studio from 1918 – 1919, which would later use the ' Charlie / Charley ' gestures to create Felix the Cat, the character made one later appearance in one of Felix's 1923 cartoons " Felix in Hollywood ".

Felix Holt, the Radical and The Legend of Jubal were overtly political, and political crisis is at the heart of Middlemarch, in which she presents the stories of a number of denizens of a small English town on the eve of the Reform Bill of 1832 ; the novel is notable for its deep psychological insight and sophisticated character portraits.

Mickey soon eclipsed Felix the Cat as the world's most popular cartoon character and by 1930, despite their having sound, cartoons featuring Felix had faded from the screen after failing to gain attention.

* November 9 – Felix the Cat appears in Feline Follies, marking the first cartoon character to become popular.

As an organizer of a shoemaker's strike, Dzerzhinsky was arrested for " criminal agitation among the Kovno workers " and the police files from this time state that: " Felix Dzerzhinsky, considering his views, convictions and personal character, will be very dangerous in the future, capable of any crime.

Just one character, Greenberg ( played by Felix Bressart ), an actor in the theatrical company, is made obviously Jewish.

The alleged libel was not that the character based on Felix had committed murder, but that the character based on Irina, called " Princess Natasha " in the film, was portrayed as having been seduced by the lecherous Rasputin.

Felix the Cat is a funny animal cartoon character created in the silent film era.

Felix was the first character from animation to attain a level of popularity sufficient to draw movie audiences.

Australian cartoonist / film entrepreneur Pat Sullivan, owner of the Felix character, claimed during his lifetime to be its creator.

What is certain is that Felix emerged from Sullivan's studio, and cartoons featuring the character enjoyed success and popularity in 1920s popular culture.

Otto Messmer gave two different versions of how Felix got his name, the one on his official site ” Rejoining Sullivan with a great idea for a new character named Felix the Cat, and the second that ” Mr. ( John ) King of Paramount Magazine suggested the name " Felix ", after the Latin words felis ( cat ) and felix ( lucky ), which was used for the third film, The Adventures of Felix ( released on 14 December 1919 ).

Felix's new looks, coupled with Messmer's character animation, brought Felix to fame.

Sullivan stated in numerous newspaper interviews that he created Felix and did the key drawings for the character.

The three-sided neon sign of Felix Chevrolet, with its giant, smiling images of the character, is today one of LA's best-known landmarks, standing watch over both Figueroa Street and the Harbor Freeway.

In 1970, Oriolo gained complete control of the Felix character, and continued to promote the character up until his death in 1985.

* Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004, Rewind " Felix the Cat " ( Concerns the dispute over who created the character.

Costume design for The Doctor by Talia Felix. Il Dottore or the Doctor ( usually called Dottore Balanzone, Dottore Baloardo, or Dottore Graziano ) is a commedia dell ' arte stock character, one of the vecchi or old men whose function in a scenario is to be an obstacle to the young lovers.