Jeff Marle, who plays a sidekick role in other Carr novels, is visiting a friend at the Quayle mansion in western Pennsylvania.

Composer-pianist Hoagy Carmichael, playing the sidekick role, added realism to the film and gave Douglas insight into the role, being a friend of the real Beiderbecke.

One of the earliest recorded sidekicks may be Enkidu, who adopted a sidekick role to Gilgamesh after they became allies in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Randall's sidekick role was filled by Mike Bohan, former weatherman for WSMV-TV.

And here's Mark Ruffalo, moping through another romantic sidekick role, just like in "Just Like Heaven."

In mid-December 2009, Richter also began joining Conan on the couch during the celebrity interviews, much like he did in his former sidekick role on Late Night.

His former vaudeville act included juggling, bird calls and barnyard animal impressions, talents also incorporated into his sidekick roles.

By this time, Tex Ritter had become a star, and Worden played sidekick roles in a number of Ritter's Westerns.

A native of Hollywood, California, Farrell was a popular actor and comedian better known for his sidekick roles in the Hollywood Golden Age.

February 10: Berting Labra, 76, film actor often in comic sidekick roles (born 1932)