George S. Irving, Heat Miser

George S. Irving voiced the Heat Miser in the animated holiday classic "The Year Without a Santa Claus."

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Tony Award-winning actor George S. Irving died on Monday, according to Vulture. He was 94.

Irving appeared in the chorus of "Oklahoma!" when it debuted on Broadway, as well as stage productions of "Call Me Mister" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." He won a Tony for starring in "Irene" opposite Debbie Reynolds and her then-15-year-old daughter Carrie Fisher, who also died this week.

On TV, Irving had small roles in well-known shows like "All in the Family, "Car 54, Where Are You?" and "The Patty Duke Show."

The gruff-voiced actor also notably voiced the Heat Miser in the '70s stop-motion holiday movies "The Year Without a Santa Claus" (and the 2008 sequel "A Miser Brothers' Christmas"), along with narrating the animated series "Underdog."

The Daily Mail reports Irving received the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre in 2008, the same year he performed a solo cabaret show.

He is survived by two children and three grandchildren. His wife Maria Karnilova, who originated the role of Golde in "Fiddler on the Roof," died in 2001.