Edson Stroll, who co-starred with the Three Stooges and ice skater Carol Heiss in the 1961 film "Snow White and the Three Stooges", died of cancer in Marina del Rey, California, on July 18, 2011. He was 82. Stroll was born in Chicago on January 6, 1929. He served in the U.S. Navy in the late 1940s, before training as an actor and singer. He performed frequently on stage with national touring companies and appeared on Broadway and with the New York Shakespeare Festival. He made his television debut in the late 1950s, appearing in episodes of “How To Marry a Millionaire”, “Tombstone Territory”, “Sea Hunt”, and “Men Into Space”. He guest starred in the "Twilight Zone" episodes "The Trade-Ins" and "Eye of the Beholder" in the early 1960s. He co-starred with the Three Stooges in “Snow White and the Three Stooges” (1961) and “The Three Stooges in Orbit” (1962). He was perhaps best known for his role as Virgil Edwards on the television series “McHale’s Navy” from 1962 to 1966, and in the film spin-offs “McHale’s Navy” (1964) and “McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force” (1965). He continued to make occasional appearences on television with roles in “It’s About Time”, “The Lost Saucer”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Simon & Simon”, and “Dallas”. Stroll also worked as a marine surveyor from the late 1960s.
Edson Stroll, who co-starred with the Three Stooges and ice skater Carol Heiss in the 1961 film "Snow White and the Three Stooges", died of cancer in Marina del Rey, California, on July 18, 2011. He was 82. Stroll was born in Chicago on January 6, 1929. He served in the U.S. Navy in the late 1940s, before training as an actor and singer. He performed frequently on stage with national touring companies and appeared on Broadway and with the New York Shakespeare Festival. He made his television debut in the late 1950s, appearing in episodes of “How To Marry a Millionaire”, “Tombstone Territory”, “Sea Hunt”, and “Men Into Space”. He guest starred in the "Twilight Zone" episodes "The Trade-Ins" and "Eye of the Beholder" in the early 1960s. He co-starred with the Three Stooges in “Snow White and the Three Stooges” (1961) and “The Three Stooges in Orbit” (1962). He was perhaps best known for his role as Virgil Edwards on the television series “McHale’s Navy” from 1962 to 1966, and in the film spin-offs “McHale’s Navy” (1964) and “McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force” (1965). He continued to make occasional appearences on television with roles in “It’s About Time”, “The Lost Saucer”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Simon & Simon”, and “Dallas”. Stroll also worked as a marine surveyor from the late 1960s.
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