Ned-Wertimer-Obituary

Ned Wertimer

Obituary

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS comedy "The Jeffersons," has died.

Wertimer's manager Brad Lemack said Tuesday that the 89-year-old actor died at a Los Angeles-area nursing home on Jan. 2, following a November fall at his home in Burbank.

A native of Buffalo, New York, and a Navy pilot during World War II, Wertimer had one-off roles on dozens of TV shows from the early 1960s through the late 1980s, including "Car 54 Where Are You?" and "Mary Tyler Moore."

But he was best known by far as Ralph Hart, the uniformed, mustachioed doorman at the luxury apartment building on "The Jeffersons," the "All In the Family" spinoff that ran from 1975 to 1985.

The show's star, Sherman Hemsley, died July 24.


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RIP Ralph

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Ralph will always be here to make us happy with laughter thanks to you!

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I'm so sorry to hear about this tragedy but he will be deeply missed by me and my family and may GOD give his family and close friends the strength to carry on we loved him a lot

To all of family my condolences go you.I really enjoyed him on the. Jeffersons he played the doorman well he made me laugh.

My condolences to the Wertimer family. May the family find peace thru Gods inspired word in the days and weeks to come as you deal w this tragic loss. Mr. Wertimer's life will be remembered for what he willingly offered to those watching him on tv mainly professionalism but mostly laughter. 1 Corinthians 1: 3, 4

Please accept my deepest sympathy. May the God of all comfort bind your broken hearts.