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Herbert Edelman
Highest Rated: 98% The Odd Couple (1968)
Lowest Rated: 14% I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
Birthday: Nov 5, 1933
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Standing 6'5," prematurely bald and decidedly "ethnic," Herb Edelman had a long career as a character player of stage, screen and TV. He remains best known for his extensive work in the latter medium, generally in stints as a series regular or recurring character ("Welcome Back, Kotter"; "St. Elsewhere"; "Knots Landing"), very rarely as a lead. Edelman may be best recognized as Stanley Zbornak, the ne'er-do-well ex-husband of Bea Arthur's Dorothy on the hit sitcom "The Golden Girls" (NBC, 1985-92).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Naked Truth | Rupert Hess (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Wheels on Meals | Matt (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Cracking Up | Dr. Jonas Pletchick (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shooting Stars | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strike Force | Commissioner Herb Klein (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | On the Right Track | Sam (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marathon | Saul (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charge of the Model Ts | Villa Nueva (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 50% | 46% | California Suite | Harry Michaels (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Special Kind of Love | Doug Ransom (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Company | Lester Dietz (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Special Olympics | Doug Ransom (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Goin' Coconuts | Sid (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Danny (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 90% | 41% | Hearts of the West | Polo (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 58% | 72% | The Yakuza | Wheat (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Distant Early Warning | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossfire | Bert Ganz (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 58% | 74% | The Front Page | Schwartz (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Felix (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 64% | 81% | The Way We Were | Bill Verso (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Koska and His Family | Koska (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | The War Between Men and Women | Howard Mann (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once Upon a Dead Man | Gregory Constantine (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banyon | Harry Sprague (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Feminist and the Fuzz | Wyatt Foley (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Neon Ceiling | Harry (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Name Only | Bert Clayton (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 14% | 54% | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas | Murray (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 98% | 89% | The Odd Couple | Murray (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 81% | 79% | Barefoot in the Park | Harry Pepper (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 68% | 51% | In Like Flint | Russian Premier (Character) | - | 1967 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant Varick (Guest Star) | 1984 1986 1992-1995 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | The Golden Girls | Stanley Zbornak (Guest Star) | 1985-1992 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990-1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knots Landing |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1990 |
| 40% | No Score Yet | The Bradys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| 83% | No Score Yet | thirtysomething | Murray Steadman (Guest Star) | 1989-1990 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast | Harold Levinson (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway to Heaven | Dr. Cohn (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 1981-1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strike Force | Commissioner Herb Klein (Character) | 1981-1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chico and the Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Jack Cohen (Guest Star) | 1976 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome Back, Kotter | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blansky's Beauties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big John, Little John | Big John Martin (Character) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Lt. Bill Stauss (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Alan Schuster (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Burglar (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maude | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Lew Morrison (Guest Star) | 1973-1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Joe Farintino (Character) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Partridge Family | Darby Willis (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Bewitched | Col. Bringham (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| 71% | 88% | The Good Guys | Bert Gramus (Character) | 1968-1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning World | Uncle Harry (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mothers-in-Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flying Nun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1967 |
| 10% | No Score Yet | The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Eddie Parelle (Guest Star) | 1966 |