Editing Bill Macy (section)

== Early life ==
Bill Macy was born Wolf Martin Garber on May 18, 1922, in [[Revere, Massachusetts]], the son of Mollie (née Friedopfer; 1889–1986) and Michael Garber (1884–1974), a manufacturer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Bill-Macy.html |title=Bill Macy Biography (1922-) |website=Film Reference |access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> 

He was raised Jewish in the [[East Flatbush, Brooklyn|East Flatbush]] section of  [[New York, New York]]. After graduating from [[Samuel J. Tilden High School]] he served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946 with the [[594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment]], stationed in the Philippines, New Guinea and Japan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2019-10-18 |title=Bill Macy, a Memorable Sitcom Foil on 'Maude,' Dies at 97 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/arts/television/bill-macy-dead.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 

He worked as a cab driver for a decade before being cast as [[Walter Matthau]]'s understudy in ''Once More, with Feeling'' on Broadway in 1958. He portrayed a cab driver on the soap opera ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' in 1966.

Macy was an original cast member of the 1969–1972 [[Off-Broadway]] sensation ''[[Oh! Calcutta!]]'',<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/bill-macy-bea-arthurs-maude-co-star-dead-at-97/ |title=Bill Macy, Bea Arthur's 'Maude' co-star, dead at 97 |last=Hegedus |first=Eric |date=October 18, 2019 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |language=en |access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> performing in the show from 1969 to 1971.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bill-macy-long-suffering-husband-on-maude-dies-at-97/2019/10/18/e52e3fba-f1c9-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html |title=Bill Macy, long-suffering husband on 'Maude,' dies at 97 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en |access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> He later appeared in the 1972 movie version of the musical.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/maude-co-star-character-actor-bill-macy-dies-97-n1068846|title='Maude' co-star, character actor Bill Macy dies at 97 |work=NBC News |language=en |access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> Of appearing fully nude with the rest of the cast in the stage show, he said, "The nudity didn't bother me. I'm from Brooklyn."<ref name=":1" />

Macy performed on the [[P. D. Q. Bach]] album ''[[The Stoned Guest (album)|The Stoned Guest]]'' (1970).