Marty Ingels, an actor, comedian and the husband of Shirley Jones, has died at the age of 79 in Tarzana, Calif. after suffering a stroke, Jones announced on Wednesday.
"He often drove me crazy, but there's not a day I won't miss him and love him to my core," said Jones, who was married to Ingels for nearly 40 years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ingels was best known for his co-starring role opposite John Astin in the 1962 ABC Comedy "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster." He also made appearances in CBS' "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Bewitched," "The Ann Sothern Show" and "Pete and Gladys."
Ingels' silver screen credits include supporting roles in "Armoured Command" (1961), "The Horizontal Lieutenant" (1962), "Wild and Wonderful" (1964), "The Busy Body" (1967), "A Guide for the Married Man" (1967), "For Singles Only" (1968), "The Picasso Summer" (1969) and "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" (1969), according to Variety.
Later in life, he started working as a voice-over artist, lending his voice to hundreds of cartoons and commercials. At the time, Ingels also launched his own talent agency, which booked the likes of John Wayne, Cary Grant and Orson Welles in TV advertisements.
Ingels continued to make cameo appearances on television shows including "The Love Boat," "Baywatch" and "Murder She Wrote" to "ER," "CSI" and a 2013 episode of "New Girl."
Ingels and Jones met in 1974 at a party at the home of "Little House on the Prairie" star Michael Landon and they tied the knot three years later. The couple also published an autobiography titled "Shirley & Marty: An Unlikely Love Story" in 1990.
In addition to Jones, Ingels is survived by stepsons Shaun, Patrick and Ryan Cassidy, niece Lauren Ingerman and 12 grandchildren.
