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 | | Showalter was taught piano by his mother, and by the age of 18 the young actor was using his singing, acting and musical skills at California's Pasedena Playhouse. |
 | | Showalter spent 2 years in the Irving Berlin musical "This Is The Army" before moving into films and the long-running Broadway hit, "Hello Dolly!" in which he counted more than 3,000 performances in the role of "Horace Vandergelder" against several leading ladies, including Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers and Betty Grable. |
 | | Max Showalter had a career credit total of over 1,000 television appearances, including frequent appearances on the original "Perry Mason" show, "Kojak" with Telly Savalas, and the 1970s sit-com, "The Bob Newhart Show". |
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