Artie (character)

Arthur "Artie" is a fictional character played by Rip Torn on the American television series The Larry Sanders Show. His last name is never mentioned during the run of the show, but his full first name is Arthur.

Personal history
Artie served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. His first job in show business was as a bouncer. Artie's first job as a producer was on The Jackie Gleason Show, under producer Bob Sterling. He had replaced Sterling as producer after working on the show for six months.

Personality
Artie is very tough and also very loyal to Larry.

Hank Kingsley
Like most of the employees on the show, Artie has no respect for Hank and thinks that Hank is a fool.

Francine Sanders
Along with Hank, Artie strongly dislikes Larry's ex-wife Francine and is very unhappy when she gets back together with him.

Stevie Grant
Artie dislikes Larry's obnoxious agent and he is very proud of Larry after Larry fires him in "The Beginning of the End."

Melanie Parrish
Artie, like Larry, dislikes most network executives; but unlike Larry, he is able to deal with them. Larry depends on Artie to deal with Melanie for him. Artie mentions that he thinks that he killed a man like Melanie in Korea.