Garry Shandling (1949-2016) was an actor and a comedian. He performed the voice of the male pigeon in the 1998 film Dr. Dolittle. Shandling was best known as the star of The Larry Sanders Show (with Jeffrey Tambor) and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
He made a successful stand-up performance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and became a frequent guest-host for Carson.
Among his other credits are Caroline in the City, The X-Files, Iron Man 2, and Shelley Duvall's Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (as Jack).