Ned Wertimer, doorman on "Jeffersons," dies at 89

BURBANK, CA - AUGUST 17: "The Jefferson's" Ned Wertimer, Marla Gibbs and Sherman Hemsley appear at the First Official TV Land Convention at the Burbank Airport Hilton on August 17, 2003 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) / Kevin Winter

Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died.

Wertimer's manager Brad Lemack said Tuesday that the 89-year-old actor died at a Los Angeles-area nursing home on Jan. 2, following a November fall at his home in Burbank.

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Sherman Hemsley: 1938-2012

A native of Buffalo, N.Y., and a Navy pilot during World War II, Wertimer had one-off roles on dozens of TV shows from the early 1960s through the late 1980s, including "Car 54 Where Are You?" and "Mary Tyler Moore."

But he was best known by far as Ralph Hart, the uniformed, mustachioed doorman at the luxury apartment building on "The Jeffersons," the "All In the Family" spinoff that ran from 1975 to 1985.

The show's star, Sherman Hemsley, died July 24.

[linfinster]

You ... and I did enough to read the article! lol I thought The Jefferson's was a great show. Seriously.

[TomJohnn]

Actually I only looked because I didn't know who the H Ned Wortimer was.

[TomJohnn]

Yawn. Is there anybody out there who really cares about this bit player? Seriously?