Biography
Edward Platt
Acting
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 i…
Career works
100
Movies
48
Series
52
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
02/14/1916
Place of birth
Staten Island, New York, USA
Date of death
03/19/1974
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Female Instinct
1972 · 7.0
Get Smart: A Man Called Smart
1967
Johnny Shiloh
1965 · 7.5
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
Bullet for a Badman
1964 · 6.3
A Ticklish Affair
1963 · 5.9
Black Zoo
1963 · 5.7
Cape Fear
1962 · 7.5
The Explosive Generation
1961 · 5.0
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961 · 5.1
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The Fiercest Heart
1961 · 5.7
Pollyanna
1960 · 7.0
Cash McCall
1960 · 6.3
Inside the Mafia
1959 · 5.8
Series
Temperatures Rising
1972 · 7.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · 6.5
The Odd Couple
1970 · 7.8
Love, American Style
1969 · 6.2
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · 6.8
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CBS Playhouse
1966 · 7.0
Get Smart
1965 · 7.9
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · 7.8
Petticoat Junction
1963 · 5.8
Burke's Law
1963 · 6.3
Temple Houston
1963 · 6.0
The Outer Limits
1963 · 7.8
Arrest and Trial
1963 · 8.3
General Electric True
1962
The Virginian
1962 · 6.5