Edward Platt actor
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- Total known movies 48
Forever and fondly remembered as Don Adams foil on the popular Mel Brooks/Buck Henry spy series Get Smart (1965), character actor Ed Platt (also billed as Edward C. Platt) had been around for two decades prior to copping that rare comedy role. Born in Staten Island, New York, on Valentines Day, 1916, he inherited an appreciation of music on his mothers side. He spent a part of his childhood in Kentucky and in upstate New York where he attended Northwood, a private school in Lake Placid, and was a member of the ski jump team. He majored in romantic languages at Princeton University but left a year later to study at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati after his thoughts turned to a possible operatic career. He later was accepted into Juilliard.Instead of opera, however, Ed first became a band vocalist with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra. He then sang bass as part of the Mozart Opera Company in New York. With the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company in 1942, he appeared in the operettas The Mikado, The Gondoliers and The Pirates of Penzance.WWII interrupted his early career. Ed served as a radio operator with the army and would find himself on radio again in the post-war years where his deep, resonant voice proved ideal. A number of musical comedy roles also came his way again. In 1947, he made it to Broadway with the musical Allegro. Star José Ferrer took an interest in Ed while they both were appearing in The Shrike on Broadway in 1952.Around 1953, Edward moved to Texas to be near his brother and began anchoring the local news and kiddie birthday party show called Uncle Eddies Kiddie Party. Ferrer remembered Platt and invited him to Hollywood where Ferrer was starring in the film version of The Shrike (1955). Ed recreated his stage role. He also earned fine notices as James Deans understanding juvenile officer in the classic film Rebel Without a Cause (1955).This led to a plethora of film and TV support offers where the balding actor made fine use of his dark, rich voice, stern intensity and pragmatic air, portraying a slew of professional and shady types in crime yarns, soap dramas and war pictures -- everything from principals and prosecutors to mobsters and murderers.After years of playing it serious, which included stints on the daytime drama General Hospital (1963), Ed finally was able to focus on comedy as The Chief to Don Adams klutzy secret agent on Get Smart (1965), a show that inevitably found a cult audience. Picking up a few occasional guest spots in its aftermath, he later tried producing.Twice married and the father of four, Platt died on March 19, 1974. Death was attributed to a massive heart attack at the time. Years later his son revealed that his father, suffering from acute depression and undergoing severe financial pressures, committed suicide at his Santa Monica, California apartment.- IMDb Mini Biography By Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.ne
Chief Rivers
电影 1963
Julius Nero
电影 1972
Azor the High Priest
电影 1961
Lamian Threatening Death (uncredited)
电影 1955
Purcell Avery
电影 1958
Sheriff J.C. Marson
电影 1956
Rev. Wilson
电影 1956
The Warden
电影 1957
Judge Wahller
电影 1956
The Judge
电影 1965
Attorney Briggs (as Edward C. Platt)
电影 1956
Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
电影 1957
Dan Regent
电影 1959
Joseph Kosta (as Edward C. Platt)
电影 1958
Mr. Tucker / Mr. T
电影 1959
Johnny Haggerty
电影 1957
Neil Shipley
电影 1956
Eli Cave
电影 1958
Thomas Daley Sr.
电影 1956
Dr. Thomas Daley
电影 1958
Jayhan
电影 1957
Harry Downs (as Edward C. Platt)
电影 1955
Dr. O'Conner (as Edward C. Platt)
电影 1956
Joe Nolan
电影 1961
Captain Haven Hitchcock
电影 1963
Dr. Easton (as Edward C. Platt)
电影 1959
Harrison Glenn
电影 1960
Chief
电影 1967
Lieutenant in Gates' Office (uncredited)
电影 1949
Col. DeRose
电影 1959
Everett Carter
电影 1956
Roland Dane
电影 1957
Mr. Morton
电影 1961
Major Dunning - Psychiatrist
电影 1956
Gen. Thomas
电影 1963
Dr. Jim Miller
电影 1958
Dr. Eubank (uncredited)
电影 1955
Madrigo
电影 1961
Tv 1958
Capt. Frank Metcalfe
Tv 1963
Tv 1957
Bill Donnelly
Tv 1970
Tv 1959
General Patterson
Tv 1963
Tv 1960
Cmdr. Driscoll
Tv 1957
Tv 1959
Tv 1958
Tv 1959
Tv 1959
Senator Bradley
Tv 1972
Tv 1957
Self
Tv 1967
Stuart Brynmar
Tv 1962
James Weeks
Tv 1960
Tv 1958
Tv 1956
Will Denning
Tv 1959
Tv 1958
Tv 1958
Roy Evens
Tv 1958
Dr. Banner
Tv 1952
Sheriff Galt
Tv 1956
Tv 1962
Dr. Tom Paulson
Tv 1961
Tv 1956
Dean Radcliffe
Tv 1963
Spinoza de Costa
Tv 1957
Judge (uncredited)
Tv 1954
Lease Harris
Tv 1954
Mr. Terrence
Tv 1963
David Hunt (as Edward C. Platt)
Tv 1963
Tv 1963
Tv 1952
Lou Gregory
Tv 1961
Marshall Mays
Tv 1956
Freddie
Tv 1952
Chief of Police
Tv 1952
Dr. Fain
Tv 1952
Tom Stratton
Tv 1957
General Thomas
Tv 1954
Harvey Buford
Tv 1959
Wade Colly
Tv 1959
Mr. Jacobin
Tv 1958
Noah Harper
Tv 1959
Jason Clark
Tv 1959
Julius Nero
Tv 1973
Tv 1953
Tv 1969
