Lew Parker (October 29, 1910, Brooklyn, New York – October 27, 1972, New York City, New York) was an American television, stage and musical theatre actor. He never achieved the fame of many of his contemporaries, but his most notable role was as Lou Marie, the beleaguered father of Marlo Thomas's character, Ann Marie, on the 1960s television series That Girl.
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He married actress Betty Kean (December 15, 1914 — September 29, 1986),[1] the older sister of actress Jane Kean. Lew Parker and Betty Kean remained together until Parker's death in 1972. Betty Kean died in 1986 of cancer, aged 71. Parker and Kean were survived by a daughter and two grandchildren.
Lew Parker died from cancer, two days before his 62nd birthday, in 1972 in New York City.