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Marvin Kaplan

 
Actor: Marvin Kaplan
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  • Born: 1924 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'80s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: The Fabulous Senorita
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Fabulous Senorita (1952)

Biography

Owl-eyed, adenoidal character actor Marvin Kaplan became an English teacher after studying at New York University and Brooklyn College. Following World War II service, Kaplan attended playwrighting classes at USC, which led to his participation in community theatre. It was Katharine Hepburn who selected Kaplan for the small but telling role of the hapless court stenographer in Adam's Rib (1949). He continued accepting movie and TV supporting parts in the 1950s, usually playing bookish, bespectacled milquetoasts. He is best known to TV sitcom fans as Henry Beesemeyer on the weekly yockfest Alice (1976-1985). Two generations of cartoon fans remember Marvin Kaplan as the voice of Choo Choo on the Hanna-Barbera series Top Cat, a role he has continued to reprise on such animated series as Yogi's Treasure Hunt and Wake, Rattle and Roll into the 1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Marvin Kaplan

Kaplan from the trailer for the film A New Kind of Love, 1963
Born January 24, 1927 (1927-01-24) (age 82)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.[1]
Occupation Actor/Voice artist
Years active 1949–present

Marvin Kaplan (born January 24, 1927) is an American character actor and voice artist. Kaplan is probably best known for his recurring role on the 1970s sitcom Alice where he portrayed a phone company employee named Henry who frequented Mel's diner. In addition, Kaplan was the voice of Choo Choo on the 1960s cartoon series Top Cat and had a bit role in the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World playing a gas station attendant opposite Jonathan Winters; in both roles he was featured alongside actor Arnold Stang, with whom he shared a somewhat similar physical appearance.

Kaplan also made a brief appearance as a carpet cleaner in the 1976 film Freaky Friday. His earlier roles include the court reporter in Adam's Rib with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, where in his trademark deadpan style he asks Tracy how to spell "Pinky", a private pet name for Hepburn's character that Tracy had accidentally used while in court.

Kaplan also had a recurring role as Mr. Gordon on the sitcom Becker.

References

  1. ^ Marvin Kaplan at the Internet Movie Database

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