Henry Rush

Henry Rush is a fictional cartoonist featured on the sitcom series Too Close for Comfort, which aired on ABC from 1980-1986. Played by actor Ted Knight, he was introduced in the pilot episode of the show and made 129 appearances on the series in total.

Overview
Henry Rush is a middle-aged cartoonist who lives in San Francisco, California. He owns a red two-story home where he lives with his wife Muriel, and his two grown daughters, Jackie and Sara, who live in the lower-half of the duplex. Henry is a comic strip cartoonist employed by Wainwright Publishing, though he maintains his studio at home. Henry's creation is the comic strip Cosmic Cow. He even has a Cosmic Cow puppet, which he uses as a pencil holder whenever he is drawing the strip. Occasionally, he will speak in Cosmic Cow's voice while working to amuse himself. Although he loves his family very much, Henry is easily frustrated, and becomes irritated whenever something challenges his conservative values. As such, Sara's effeminate friend, Monroe Ficus, exists as a perpetual thorn in Henry's side, despite the fact that the well-meaning young man always tries to get on Henry's good side.

Notes & Trivia



 * A recurring sight gag used on the series was Henry's reluctance to visit Jackie and Sara's apartment. Of particular challenge to him was there large, modern sofa, which was so plush that Henry always fell off of it when trying to sit down.


 * Actor Ted Knight is known for many memorable film and television roles such as playing Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore show as well as the voice of the narrator on the Super Friends animated series.


 * Playing the role of Henry Rush was Ted Knight's final work as an actor. Knight passed away on August 26th, 1986 at the age of sixty-two.


 * Ted Knight and Nancy Dussault (who plays Muriel Rush) are the only actors to appear in all 129 episodes of the series.