Born Arthur William Matthew Carney in Mount Vernon, NY; brother of actor-director Fred Carney; father of actors Barbara Carney and Brian Carney. He started as a funnyman with a dance band and developed his comic skills as second banana to such funnymen as Fred Allen, Edgar Bergen and Bert Lahr. During WW II he was hit by shrapnel at Normandy's Omaha Beach landing, and the injury left him with a slight limp. He returned to acting and gradually built a reputation as a solid dramatic and comic actor on Broadway (The Rope Dancers, The Odd Couple, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, et al.) and on TV, gaining wide popularity as Ed Norton, the sewer worker, in Jackie Gleason's classic comedy series "The Honeymooners." A brooder and habitual worrier, as well as a recovering alcoholic, he had to leave the successful Broadway run of The Odd Couple in 1960 to enter a psychiatric hospital but was soon back working on the stage and TV and in occasional films. He won the best actor Academy Award for his perfomance as a 72-year-old in Paul Mazursky's films HARRY AND TONTO (1974) as well as six Emmys ® for his TV work. His other notable film appearances include THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE (1964), A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN (1967), W.W. AND THE DIXIE DANCEKINGS (1975), WON TON TON, THE DOG WHO SAVED HOLLYWOOD (1976), THE LATE SHOW (1977), HOUSE CALLS and MOVIE MOVIE (both 1978), STEEL (1980), TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT (1981), FIRESTARTER and THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (both 1984), and his last picture, LAST ACTION HERO (1993). He made many made-for-TV movies and guest appearances on television series. Carney was married to Jean Myers from 1940 until their divorce in 1965; they had three children. In 1966, Carney married Barbara Isaac; they divorced in 1977. Carney then remarried Myers in 1980, and they remained together until his death in 2003.  Actor 1974: HARRY AND TONTO 1 nomination, 1 Award