The Odd Couple (play) him out after only a brief time together, though he quickly realizes that Felix has had a positive effect on him. The play and the film both spell Felix's name "Ungar", while the television series spells it "Unger". "The Odd Couple" premiered on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on March 10, 1965 and transferred to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where it closed on July 2, 1967 after 964 performances and two previews. Directed by Mike Nichols, the cast starred Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison and Art Carney as Felix Ungar. The production gained Tony Awards for Walter Matthau, Best Actor
Felix A. Nigro Edna H. Nelson, and they had a daughter, Kirsten, and son, Llyod. Felix was an ardent fan of the New York and later San Francisco Giants. He died, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, on September 5, 2007. He was 93 years old. Felix A. Nigro Felix A. Nigro (1914–2007) was a pioneering scholar in Public administration. He was included in the "International Who's Who" and his election to the National Academy of Public Administration. Felix Nigro did his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1935), where he graduated Phi