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Edward Platt
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Edward Platt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-02-14,Staten Island, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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 / [email protected]

Filmography

North by Northwest

7.964

North by Northwest
1959-08-06

Rebel Without a Cause

7.498

Rebel Without a Cause
1955-10-27

7.467

Cape Fear
1962-04-12

6.967

Pollyanna
1960-05-19

5.7

Black Zoo
1963-05-15

Designing Woman

6.665

Designing Woman
1957-05-16

The Female Instinct

7

The Female Instinct
1972-12-18

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

5.133

Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961-05-03

Cult of the Cobra

5.986

Cult of the Cobra
1955-03-30

6.7

Gunman's Walk
1958-07-15

6.52

Backlash
1956-03-14

6.9

Storm Center
1956-07-31

House of Numbers

5.7

House of Numbers
1957-09-12

6.415

Illegal
1955-10-09

Written on the Wind

6.956

Written on the Wind
1956-10-04

The Steel Jungle

5.625

The Steel Jungle
1956-03-10

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

0

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965-09-26

The Unguarded Moment

6.462

The Unguarded Moment
1956-12-27

The Tattered Dress

5.5

The Tattered Dress
1957-03-14

Inside the Mafia

5.833

Inside the Mafia
1959-09-01

8

Damn Citizen
1958-03-01

3.267

The Rebel Set
1959-06-28

The Helen Morgan Story

5.333

The Helen Morgan Story
1957-10-02

Bullet for a Badman

6.326

Bullet for a Badman
1964-09-01

The Last of the Fast Guns

5.526

The Last of the Fast Guns
1958-07-01

6.875

Reprisal!
1956-11-02

The High Cost of Loving

6.75

The High Cost of Loving
1958-05-16

Rock, Pretty Baby

6

Rock, Pretty Baby
1956-12-01

5.5

Summer Love
1958-03-10

5.75

Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23

8

The Shrike
1955-06-16

5

The Great Man
1956-12-01

Who Killed Julie Greer?

0

Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961-09-26

A Ticklish Affair

5.857

A Ticklish Affair
1963-08-18

Destination Space

4.667

Destination Space
1959-01-01

6.333

Cash McCall
1960-01-20

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

0

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart
1967-04-08

I Was a Male War Bride

6.944

I Was a Male War Bride
1949-08-26

They Came to Cordura

6.569

They Came to Cordura
1959-06-01

5.591

Serenade
1956-03-23

4.857

Oregon Passage
1957-12-29

The Explosive Generation

5.227

The Explosive Generation
1961-10-19

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

5.8

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956-01-11

7.5

Johnny Shiloh
1965-12-21

The Gift of Love

7.286

The Gift of Love
1958-02-11

The Fiercest Heart

5.667

The Fiercest Heart
1961-04-30

6.527

The Proud Ones
1956-05-15

Sincerely Yours

5.938

Sincerely Yours
1955-11-05

77 Sunset Strip

7.1

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

6.875

Trackdown
1957-10-04

7.821

The Odd Couple
1970-09-24

Petticoat Junction

5.813

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

6.333

Surfside 6
1960-10-06

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Saints and Sinners

7

Saints and Sinners
1962-09-17

7.9

Get Smart
1965-09-18

The Twilight Zone

8.5

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

The Lawless Years

7

The Lawless Years
1959-04-16

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

6.333

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

Temperatures Rising

7.5

Temperatures Rising
1972-09-12

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.314

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.714

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968-01-22

6.514

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.675

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.56

Peter Gunn
1958-09-22

7.5

West Point
1956-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

One Step Beyond

5.667

One Step Beyond
1959-01-20

6

Bronco
1958-09-23

7.1

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

6.133

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

9

Wire Service
1956-10-04

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

7

Alcoa Theatre
1957-09-30

General Electric True

0

General Electric True
1962-09-30

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

Letter to Loretta

6.571

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

Arrest and Trial

8.25

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

Arrest and Trial

8.25

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

Arrest and Trial

8.25

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

Letter to Loretta

6.571

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

6

Temple Houston
1963-09-19

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

The Dick Van Dyke Show

7.6

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961-10-03

Arrest and Trial

8.25

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

7.521

Bonanza
1959-09-12

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

6.5

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971-09-16

7.521

Bonanza
1959-09-12

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.737

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964-09-14

77 Sunset Strip

7.1

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6.5

The Deputy
1959-09-12

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Love, American Style

6.105

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

8

Studio 57
1954-09-21

5.714

State Trooper
1956-09-25

5.714

State Trooper
1956-09-25

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

6.875

Trackdown
1957-10-04

6.875

Trackdown
1957-10-04

7.521

Bonanza
1959-09-12

5.6

Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07

6.667

Mr. Lucky
1959-10-24

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

7

CBS Playhouse
1966-12-08