Jerry Stiller, <br />Actor and Comedian, Dead at 92 His son, actor and director Ben Stiller, <br />announced his father's death via Twitter. Ben Stiller, Twitter Jerry Stiller became widely known <br />with a recurring role on 'Seinfeld' as <br />Frank Costanza, George's hot-headed father. After 'Seinfeld,' Stiller starred on <br />'King of Queens' from 1998 until 2007. His show business career <br />spanned nearly seven decades. By the 1960s, the comedy duo he <br />created with his wife, Anne Meara, was making <br />regular appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' Stiller continued to work <br />in television and on Broadway <br />throughout the 1970s. He was nominated for an <br />Emmy Award for his work on 'Seinfeld.'
