Edward Platt
Acting
Born February 14, 1916 · Staten Island, New York, USA
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 languages at Princeton University but left…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
The Rifleman
Bonanza
Peter Gunn
The Twilight Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Wagon Train
Love, American Style
The Virginian
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
Get Smart
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Petticoat Junction
Dr. Kildare
Burke's Law
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Bat Masterson
Gunsmoke
Thriller
The Outer Limits
Surfside 6
One Step Beyond
The Deputy
The Odd Couple
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hawaiian Eye
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
77 Sunset Strip
Trackdown
Bronco
State Trooper
Alcoa Theatre
Studio 57
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Arrest and Trial
The Wonderful World of Disney
Temperatures Rising