Edward Platt

About

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...

Known for

Perry MasonSeries • 1957BonanzaSeries • 1959Love, American StyleSeries • 1969Wagon TrainSeries • 1957Get SmartSeries • 1965The VirginianSeries • 1962The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963Dr. KildareSeries • 1961The RiflemanSeries • 1958Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries • 1961North by NorthwestMovie • 1959RawhideSeries • 1959One Step BeyondSeries • 1959Burke's LawSeries • 1963The Odd CoupleSeries • 1970Peter GunnSeries • 1958Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955The Outer LimitsSeries • 1963GunsmokeSeries • 195577 Sunset StripSeries • 1958