Edward Mier "Eddie" Mayehoff (July 7, 1909 – November 12, 1992) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Harold Lampson, the henpecked husband and incompetent lawyer in How to Murder Your Wife (1965). Mayehoff could also be seen in TV commercials during the '50s (E.G. for "Falstaff" beer).

Biography

A 1932 graduate of Yale University's School of Music, by 1940, Mayehoff had a weekly radio show on the Mutual Radio Network, called Eddie Mayehoff on the Town, in which he caricatured New Yorkers. In 1952, he starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Doc Corkle, which was broadcast for only three weeks. In the 1954-55 television season, Mayehoff appeared as a construction contractor and former football player trying to impel his son to success on the American football gridiron in That's My Boy, based on the 1951 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film of the same name, in which Mayehoff played the same part.

In 1957, Mayehoff was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his role in the Gore Vidal play Visit to a Small Planet.

Mayehoff died in Ventura, California, aged 83. His only known immediate survivor was a niece.