
Edward Platt
Oyuncu · 1916 – 1974 · 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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1957 · 140 votes
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1957 · 31 votes
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1969 · 21 votes
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1962 · 35 votes
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1963 · 42 votes
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1952 · 11 votes
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1959 · 50 votes
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1956 · 10 votes
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1959 · 15 votes
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Bat Masterson
1958 · 16 votes
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77 Sunset Strip
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1959 · 10 votes
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1958 · 19 votes
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1958 · 61 votes
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1964 · 23 votes
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Cult of the Cobra
1955 · 38 votes
Film5.1MaceraFantastikBinlerce yıldır insanlığı meşgul eden yanıtlanmamış bir soru var: Kayıp Atlantis kıtası gerçekten var mıydı ve eğer öyleyse, neden hiçbir iz bırakmadan yok oldu? Bu film, göz kamaştırıcı ve gizemli bir dünyaya cesurca adım atarak bu sorulara cevap vermeye çalışıyor. Aksiyon dolu bu destan, genç bir Yunan balıkçı olan Demetrios'un, açık denizde sürüklenen bir saldan güzel Antillia'yı kurtarmasıyla başlar. Atlantis prensesi olan Antillia, aşık olduğu Demetrios'u kendisini ihtişamlı ama bir o kadar da tuhaf krallığına geri götürmesi için ikna eder. Ancak Atlantis, büyüleyici harikalarının yanı sıra sayısız kötülüğe de ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Bunlardan en korkuncu ise, dünyayı fethedecek veya yok edebilecek kadar güçlü bir kıyamet makinesidir. Ölüm ışınının korkunç gücüne karşı koyabilecek tek şey, yeryüzünün ateşli öfkesi olabilir.
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1957 · 12 votes
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1956 · 38 votes
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1960 · 219 votes
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1959 · 38 votes
- Film5.7Macera
Two British soldiers in 1830s South Africa flee military discipline and join a group of Boers heading north on "the Great Trek." In between fighting off Zulu attacks, one of these soldiers falls in love with the trek-leader's granddaughter who has been promised to another man.
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1961 · 3 votes
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1949 · 151 votes
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Designing Woman
1957 · 84 votes
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1958 · 7 votes
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · 5 votes
Film6.5WesternBabası bir Apaçi pususunda öldürülen Jim, saldırıdan kurtulup bir yığın altınla kaçabilecek bir adamı aramaya koyulur.
Film6.6KomediMiddle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.
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1958 · 5 votes
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A Ticklish Affair
1963 · 7 votes
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The Tattered Dress
1957 · 22 votes