death_date death_place years_active birth_place article_title name birth_date known_for employer birth_name
12 october 1981 hemet , california 1941 -- 1942 , 1945 -- 1952 rochester , new york art passarella
 art passarella 23 december 1909 umpiring , acting american league arthur matthew passarella
art passarella

arthur matthew `` art '' passarella -lrb- december 23 , 1909 -- october 12 , 1981 -rrb- was an american professional baseball umpire and actor .
he worked in the american league from 1941 to 1942 , and again from 1945 to 1953 .
he missed two years due to military service in world war ii .
passarella umpired 1,668 major league games in his career .
he umpired in three world series -lrb- 1945 , 1949 and 1952 -rrb- and two all-star games -lrb- 1947 and 1951 -rrb- .
he appeared in several television shows , including `` the streets of san francisco '' , `` home run derby '' , `` ironside '' , and `` sea hunt '' , and in the movie `` that touch of mink '' .
