<P> Set in New York City , the series stars Gale Storm as 21 - year - old Margie Albright and former silent film star Charles Farrell as her widowed father , 50 - year - old Vern Albright . They share an apartment at the Carlton Arms Hotel . Vern Albright is the vice-president of the investment firm of Honeywell and Todd , where his bosses are George Honeywell ( Clarence Kolb ) and Mr. Todd ( George Meader ) , whose first name is never mentioned . Roberta Townsend ( Hillary Brooke ) is Vern 's girlfriend , and Margie 's boyfriend is Freddy Wilson ( Don Hayden ) . Mrs. Odetts ( played by Gertrude Hoffmann on TV , Verna Felton on radio ) is the Albrights ' next - door neighbor and Margie 's sidekick in madcap capers reminiscent of Lucy and Ethel in I Love Lucy . When Margie realizes she has blundered or gotten into trouble , she makes an odd trilling sound . Michael Richards of Seinfeld cites this as the inspiration for the occasional odd vocal utterances of his character on the program . </P>
<P> Set in New York City , the series stars Gale Storm as 21 - year - old Margie Albright and former silent film star Charles Farrell as her widowed father , 50 - year - old Vern Albright . They share an apartment at the Carlton Arms Hotel . Vern Albright is the vice-president of the investment firm of Honeywell and Todd , where his bosses are George Honeywell ( Clarence Kolb ) and Mr. Todd ( George Meader ) , whose first name is never mentioned . Roberta Townsend ( Hillary Brooke ) is Vern 's girlfriend , and Margie 's boyfriend is Freddy Wilson ( Don Hayden ) . Mrs. Odetts ( played by Gertrude Hoffmann on TV , Verna Felton on radio ) is the Albrights ' next - door neighbor and Margie 's sidekick in madcap capers reminiscent of Lucy and Ethel in I Love Lucy . When Margie realizes she has blundered or gotten into trouble , she makes an odd trilling sound . Michael Richards of Seinfeld cites this as the inspiration for the occasional odd vocal utterances of his character on the program . </P>
who played mr. honeywell on my little margie
who played mr. honeywell on my little margie
Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb