Artie (character)

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Artie
First appearance	"The Garden Weasel"
Last appearance	"Flip"
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Producer for The Larry Sanders Show
Family	at least 3 sons (named Eddie, Steve, and Cully), grandfather (Jacob), mother (Adel)
Relationships	four ex-wives, fifth and current wife is named Elaine
Portrayed by	Rip Torn
Created by	Garry Shandling & Dennis Klein

Arthur "Artie" is a fictional character played by Rip Torn on the American television series The Larry Sanders Show. His last name is never mentioned during the run of the show, but his full first name is Arthur.

1 Personal history
2 Personality
3 Relationships

[edit] Personal history

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Artie served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. His first job in show business was as a bouncer. Artie's first job as a producer was on The Jackie Gleason Show, under producer Bob Sterling. He had replaced Sterling as producer after working on the show for six months.

[edit] Personality

Artie is very tough and also very loyal to Larry.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Hank Kingsley

Like most of the employees on the show, Artie has no respect for Hank and thinks that Hank is a fool.

[edit] Francine Sanders

Along with Hank, Artie strongly dislikes Larry's ex-wife Francine and is very unhappy when she gets back together with him.

[edit] Stevie Grant

Artie dislikes Larry's obnoxious agent and he is very proud of Larry after Larry fires him in "The Beginning of the End."

[edit] Melanie Parrish

Artie, like Larry, dislikes most network executives; but unlike Larry, he is able to deal with them. Larry depends on Artie to deal with Melanie for him. Artie mentions that he thinks that he killed a man like Melanie in Korea.

The Larry Sanders Show

Episodes • The Show • Awards • Category

Primary Characters

Larry Sanders • Artie • Hank Kingsley

Secondary Characters