"I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up." Marty Feldman was of Ukrainian Jewish heritage. His childhood was in London’s East End. He left school at 15, hoping for a career as a jazz trumpeter; his appearance in a Variety show earned him the title ‘the worst trumpeter in the world’. His comedy career began as a writer for BBC radio programs and TV shows in the late 1950s. He married Lauretta Sullivan in 1959, the couple remaining together until his death in 1982. If your face is your fortune; Marty had received a double-whammy. His nose was mangled in a boxing match; his walleyed orbs were the result of a hyperactive thyroid and a botched operation after a car accident. He appeared in a number of films, his most-remembered role being that of Igor (pronounced Eye-Gor) in Young Frankenstein (1974). Besides acting, he made his directorial debut in The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977). He died in Mexico City at age 48, while filming Yellowbeard.