Edward Platt
Born in Staten Island, New York, USA — Feb 14 1916• Died Mar 19 1974
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Biography
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 Valentine's Day, 1916, he inherited an appreciation of music on his mother's 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 lan…
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Edward Platt's Credits
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Perry Mason
Cmdr. Driscoll
Bonanza
Harvey Buford
Wagon Train
Spinoza de Costa
Get Smart
Thaddeus
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Doctor
Love, American Style
The Virginian
Stuart Brynmar
Petticoat Junction
General Patterson
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Tom Paulson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Galt
The Rifleman
Hawaiian Eye
Dr. Wallace Oliver
Burke's Law
Capt. Frank Metcalfe
The Outer Limits
Dean Radcliffe
Rawhide
Four Star Playhouse
Freddie
The Odd Couple
Bill Donnelly
77 Sunset Strip
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Morgan
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Lou Gregory
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Henshaw
Bat Masterson
Roy Evens
One Step Beyond
Will Denning
Trackdown
Peter Gunn
Thriller
James Weeks
Gunsmoke
Mr. Burgess
Surfside 6
Bronco
Alcoa Theatre
Lieutenant
Studio 57
State Trooper
Stanley Andrews
Cavalcade of America
Dr. Banner
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Deputy
Noah Harper
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
Judge Kenneth W. Browne
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Caldwell
Temperatures Rising
Senator Bradley
Mr. Lucky
Henry Praiswater
The Lawless Years
Wire Service
Palmer
West Point
Letter to Loretta
Henry
The Wonderful World of Disney
Judge (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Victor Larrabee
Saints and Sinners
Dr. Gates
General Electric True
Temple Houston
Cape Fear
Judge
Rebel Without a Cause
Ray Fremick
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sparks
General Electric Theater
The Last of the Fast Guns
Sam Grypton
The Helen Morgan Story
Johnny Haggerty
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Azor the High Priest
Illegal
Ralph Ford
Serenade
Everett Carter
Cult of the Cobra
Lamian Threatening Death (uncredited)
The Great Man
Dr. O'Conner (as Edward C. Platt)
Gunman's Walk
Purcell Avery
Bullet for a Badman
Tucker
The Tattered Dress
Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
Pollyanna
Ben Tarbell
Designing Woman
Martin J. Daylor
A Ticklish Affair
Captain Haven Hitchcock
The Female Instinct
Julius Nero
Written on the Wind
Dr. Paul Cochrane
Backlash
Sheriff J.C. Marson
I Was a Male War Bride
Lieutenant in Gates' Office (uncredited)
The Rebel Set
Mr. Tucker / Mr. T
The High Cost of Loving
Eli Cave
The Proud Ones
Dr. Barlow
The Steel Jungle
Judge Wahller
The Fiercest Heart
Madrigo
Sincerely Yours
Dr. Eubank (uncredited)
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
The Judge
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Joe Nolan
The Unguarded Moment
Attorney Briggs (as Edward C. Platt)
Cash McCall
Harrison Glenn
The Explosive Generation
Mr. Morton
Reprisal!
Neil Shipley
Destination Space
Dr. Easton (as Edward C. Platt)
Black Zoo
Chief Rivers
Oregon Passage
Roland Dane
The Shrike
Harry Downs (as Edward C. Platt)
They Came to Cordura
Col. DeRose
Omar Khayyam
Jayhan
Johnny Shiloh
Gen. Thomas
Summer Love
Dr. Thomas Daley
The Gift of Love
Dr. Jim Miller
Rock, Pretty Baby
Thomas Daley Sr.
House of Numbers
The Warden
Storm Center
Rev. Wilson
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Major Dunning - Psychiatrist
Inside the Mafia
Dan Regent
Damn Citizen
Joseph Kosta (as Edward C. Platt)
Get Smart: A Man Called Smart
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