Elliott Reid mini-career in clubs in the early 1960s." Reid's Broadway credits include "Julius Caesar" (1937-1938), "The Shoemaker's Holiday" (1938), "Macbeth" (1948), "Two Blind Mice" (1949), "The Live Wire" (1950), "Two on the Aisle" (1951-1952), and "From A to Z" (1960). He co-starred as Felix Unger in a road production of "The Odd Couple" with Dan Dailey as Oscar Madison during the late 1960s. He also appeared as an art collector in the 1992 "Seinfeld" episode "The Letter". Reid died from heart failure on June 21, 2013, at the age of 93. He had resided in an assisted living facility in Studio
The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) Rooney and Martin Balsam were also considered for the part of Oscar and Dean Martin and Art Carney for Felix (Carney had originated the role on Broadway). Eventually Tony Randall (as Felix) and Jack Klugman (as Oscar) were hired. Both had starred in different productions of the play. Randall, who was hired first, had still wanted Mickey Rooney to play Oscar. The show's co-executive producer, Garry Marshall, had to lobby hard to get Klugman successfully hired. Once the casting was in place, the show's writers (Marshall, Jerry Belson, Jerry Paris, Bob Brunner, Mark Rothman and Lowell Ganz, among others) came