Edward Platt

Acting •1916-02-14 •Staten Island, New York, USA

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 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 Eddie's 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 Dean's 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

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代表作

阴阳魔界

1959 · Doctor

西北偏北

1959 · Victor Larrabee

1963 · Dean Radcliffe

迷离档案

1963 · Mr. Terrence

迷离档案

1963 · David Hunt (as Edward C. Platt)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Judge (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Lease Harris

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · General Thomas

希区柯克剧场

1955 · Mr. Henshaw

梅森探案集

1957 · Cmdr. Driscoll

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全部作品

The Female Instinct

1972 •Julius Nero

Temperatures Rising

1972 •Senator Bradley

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 •Caldwell

新扭记冤家

1970 •Bill Donnelly

Love, American Style

1969

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968 •Self (uncredited)

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

1967 •Chief

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

1965 •The Judge

Johnny Shiloh

1965 •Gen. Thomas

糊涂侦探

1965 •Thaddeus

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百战神鎗侠

1964 •Tucker

航向深海

1964 •Morgan

兽国魔王

1963 •Chief Rivers

A Ticklish Affair

1963 •Captain Haven Hitchcock

Burke's Law

1963 •Capt. Frank Metcalfe

Petticoat Junction

1963 •General Patterson

迷离档案

1963 •Dean Radcliffe

Arrest and Trial

1963 •Judge Kenneth W. Browne

Arrest and Trial

1963 •Judge Phillips

Arrest and Trial

1963 •Judge

迷离档案

1963 •Mr. Terrence

迷离档案

1963 •David Hunt (as Edward C. Platt)

Temple Houston

1963

Arrest and Trial

1963 •Superior Court Judge

恐怖角

1962 •Judge

Saints and Sinners

1962 •Dr. Gates

维吉尼亚人

1962 •Stuart Brynmar

General Electric True

1962

失落的大陆

1961 •Azor the High Priest

Who Killed Julie Greer?

1961 •Joe Nolan

The Explosive Generation

1961 •Mr. Morton

The Fiercest Heart

1961 •Madrigo

乔迪医生

1961 •Dr. Tom Paulson

迪克·范·戴克秀

1961 •Lou Gregory

波莉安娜

1960 •Ben Tarbell

我不负卿

1960 •Harrison Glenn

Surfside 6

1960

Thriller

1960 •James Weeks

西北偏北

1959 •Victor Larrabee

Inside the Mafia

1959 •Dan Regent

The Rebel Set

1959 •Mr. Tucker / Mr. T

Destination Space

1959 •Dr. Easton (as Edward C. Platt)

威震群雄

1959 •Col. DeRose

阴阳魔界

1959 •Doctor

The Lawless Years

1959

Rawhide

1959

One Step Beyond

1959 •Will Denning

伯南扎的牛仔

1959 •Harvey Buford

伯南扎的牛仔

1959 •Wade Colly

The Deputy

1959 •Noah Harper

Rawhide

1959 •Jason Clark

伯南扎的牛仔

1959 •Will Flanders

Hawaiian Eye

1959 •Dr. Wallace Oliver

Mr. Lucky

1959 •Henry Praiswater

同行枪手

1958 •Purcell Avery

Damn Citizen

1958 •Joseph Kosta (as Edward C. Platt)

黑侠神枪

1958 •Sam Grypton

The High Cost of Loving

1958 •Eli Cave

Summer Love

1958 •Dr. Thomas Daley

爱的礼物

1958 •Dr. Jim Miller

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

Peter Gunn

1958

Bronco

1958

The Rifleman

1958

Bat Masterson

1958 •Roy Evens

77 Sunset Strip

1958 •Mr. Jacobin

风流记者

1957 •Martin J. Daylor

House of Numbers

1957 •The Warden

The Tattered Dress

1957 •Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)

海伦·摩根的故事

1957 •Johnny Haggerty

盖世奇侠

1957 •Jayhan

Oregon Passage

1957 •Roland Dane

Trackdown

1957

梅森探案集

1957 •Cmdr. Driscoll

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Alcoa Theatre

1957 •Lieutenant

Wagon Train

1957 •Spinoza de Costa

梅森探案集

1957 •Tom Stratton

Wagon Train

1957 •Cyrus Bolton

Trackdown

1957 •Adam Madson

Trackdown

1957 •George Mason

荒城歼霸

1956 •Sheriff J.C. Marson

暴风眼

1956 •Rev. Wilson

苦雨恋春风

1956 •Dr. Paul Cochrane

The Steel Jungle

1956 •Judge Wahller

不可大意

1956 •Attorney Briggs (as Edward C. Platt)

Reprisal!

1956 •Neil Shipley

Rock, Pretty Baby

1956 •Thomas Daley Sr.

The Great Man

1956 •Dr. O'Conner (as Edward C. Platt)

Serenade

1956 •Everett Carter

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956 •Major Dunning - Psychiatrist

平岗双雄

1956 •Dr. Barlow

West Point

1956

Wire Service

1956 •Palmer

迪克·鲍威尔的赞恩·格雷剧院

1956 •Sheriff Galt

迪克·鲍威尔的赞恩·格雷剧院

1956 •Marshall Mays

State Trooper

1956 •Stanley Andrews

State Trooper

1956 •John Wilbur Mason

无因的反叛

1955 •Ray Fremick

眼镜蛇邪教

1955 •Lamian Threatening Death (uncredited)

法网枭雄

1955 •Ralph Ford

The Shrike

1955 •Harry Downs (as Edward C. Platt)

琴韵心声

1955 •Dr. Eubank (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

1955 •Mr. Burgess

希区柯克剧场

1955 •Mr. Henshaw

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 •Judge (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 •Lease Harris

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 •General Thomas

Studio 57

1954

Letter to Loretta

1953 •Henry

Letter to Loretta

1953 •Sutter

General Electric Theater

1953

Cavalcade of America

1952 •Dr. Banner

Cavalcade of America

1952

Four Star Playhouse

1952 •Freddie

Four Star Playhouse

1952 •Chief of Police

Four Star Playhouse

1952 •Dr. Fain

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 •Sparks

战地新娘

1949 •Lieutenant in Gates' Office (uncredited)