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Edward Platt‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1916-02-14

Popularity

star5.6

Edward Platt

Staten Island, New York, USA

Edward Platt

Staten Island, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1916-02-14

Popularity

star5.6

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 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

Movie Credits

North by Northwest

North by Northwest‌
star8.0
calendar 1959

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause‌
star7.5
calendar 1955

Cape Fear

Cape Fear‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

Pollyanna

Pollyanna‌
star7.0
calendar 1960

Black Zoo

Black Zoo‌
star5.6
calendar 1963

Designing Woman

Designing Woman‌
star6.5
calendar 1957

The Snoop Sisters

The Snoop Sisters‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent‌
star5.2
calendar 1961

Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Gunman's Walk

Gunman's Walk‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Backlash

Backlash‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

Storm Center

Storm Center‌
star6.4
calendar 1956

House of Numbers

House of Numbers‌
star5.3
calendar 1957

Illegal

Illegal‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

The Steel Jungle

The Steel Jungle‌
star5.3
calendar 1956

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

The Further Adventures of Gallegher‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

The Unguarded Moment

The Unguarded Moment‌
star6.2
calendar 1956

The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress‌
star5.6
calendar 1957

Inside the Mafia

Inside the Mafia‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Damn Citizen

Damn Citizen‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Rebel Set

The Rebel Set‌
star2.8
calendar 1959

The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story‌
star5.3
calendar 1957

Bullet for a Badman

Bullet for a Badman‌
star6.1
calendar 1964

The Last of the Fast Guns

The Last of the Fast Guns‌
star5.2
calendar 1958

Reprisal!

Reprisal!‌
star7.2
calendar 1956

The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving‌
star5.7
calendar 1958

Rock, Pretty Baby

Rock, Pretty Baby‌
star3.0
calendar 1956

Summer Love

Summer Love‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

The Shrike

The Shrike‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The Great Man

The Great Man‌
star4.8
calendar 1956

Who Killed Julie Greer?

Who Killed Julie Greer?‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

A Ticklish Affair

A Ticklish Affair‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Destination Space

Destination Space‌
star4.2
calendar 1959

Cash McCall

Cash McCall‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride‌
star6.9
calendar 1949

They Came to Cordura

They Came to Cordura‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Serenade

Serenade‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Oregon Passage

Oregon Passage‌
star4.6
calendar 1957

The Explosive Generation

The Explosive Generation‌
star5.3
calendar 1961

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Johnny Shiloh

Johnny Shiloh‌
star7.5
calendar 1963

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love‌
star7.2
calendar 1958

Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

The Fiercest Heart

The Fiercest Heart‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones‌
star6.4
calendar 1956

Tv Credits

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Trackdown

Trackdown‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Surfside 6

Surfside 6‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye‌
star5.2
calendar 1959

Saints and Sinners

Saints and Sinners‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Get Smart

Get Smart‌
star7.9
calendar 1965

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In‌
star6.4
calendar 1967

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

West Point

West Point‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Bronco

Bronco‌
star4.8
calendar 1958

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Wire Service

Wire Service‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

General Electric True

General Electric True‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

State Trooper

State Trooper‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

Temple Houston

Temple Houston‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1961

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea‌
star7.7
calendar 1964

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

The Deputy

The Deputy‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Snoop Sisters

The Snoop Sisters‌
star7.2
calendar 1973

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953