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Biography

Frank Gorshin (born April 5, 1933) was an American comedian and actor, who memorably played "The Riddler" on the Batman TV series starring Adam…more

Born

4/5/1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , USA

Died

5/17/2005

Birth Name

Frank Gorshin, Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- The Kopykats
  Himself/Various Characters (1972
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Kopykats # 7
    4/5/72
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Kopykats # 6
    3/22/72
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Kopykats # 5
    3/8/72
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Kopykats # 4
    2/23/72
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Kopykats # 3
    2/9/72
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Edge of Night
  Smiley Wilson (1981-1982)
  - S 14: Ep 2 Wednesday, April 2, 1969
    4/2/69
  - S 14: Ep 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1969
    4/1/69
  - S 2: Ep 2 Friday, March 28, 1958
    3/28/58
  - S 3: Ep 2 JANUARY 2, 1958
    1/2/58
  - S 2: Ep 1 Monday, April 1, 1957
    4/1/57
  - + 5 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 7 November 9, 1969: The Association, Nancy Wilson, Scoey Mitchell, Jack Jones
    11/9/69
  - S 18: Ep 14 December 27, 1964: The Supremes, Leslie Uggams, The Serendipity Singers, Frank Gorshin, Rip Taylor
    12/27/64
  - S 17: Ep 19 Feburary 9, 1964: The Beatles (1st appearance), Davy Jones, Georgia Brown
    2/9/64
  - S 15: Ep 40 Dave Brubeck / Frank Gorshin / Gloria Lynne
    6/17/62
  - S 15: Ep 20 January 28, 1962: Sid Caesar, Connie Francis, Frank Gorshin, Franco Corelli, Dick Ruedebusch
    1/28/62
  - + 1 More Credits
- Batman
  The Riddler
  - S 3: Ep 2 Ring Around the Riddler
    9/21/67
  - — Batman (1966)
    7/30/66
  - S 1: Ep 35 Batman - The Movie
    7/30/66
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Riddler's False Notion
    4/28/66
  - S 1: Ep 31 Death in Slow Motion
    4/27/66
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (94)

Role
- The Batman
  Dr. Hugo Strange
  - S 3: Ep 4 A Fistful of Felt
    10/8/05
- The Batman
  Professor Hugo Strange
  - S 2: Ep 12 Strange Minds
    9/3/05
  - S 2: Ep 7 Meltdown
    6/25/05
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Frank
  - S 5: Ep 24 Grave Danger (1)
    5/19/05
- Steve Smith Playhouse
  Flat Top
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hot Rod Girl
    9/19/04
- Batman
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
    3/9/03
- Black Scorpion
  Clockwise
  - S 1: Ep 8 Crime Time
    2/23/01
- Hollywood Off Ramp
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 23 Unfunny Girl
    11/10/00
- General Hospital
  Reverend Love
  - S 36: Ep 131 Ep. #9287
    7/5/99
- Sin City Spectacular
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Show No. 112
    11/8/98
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
  The Reverend Jack Cheese
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Last Temptation / Reverend Jack Cheese
    11/7/96
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  The Obnoxious Lawyer
  - S 2: Ep 21 Whine, Whine, Whine
    5/14/95
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?
  Brother Septimus
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Tale of the Carved Stone
    2/26/94
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance(on tape)
  - S 7: Ep 1 Laugh-In's 25th Anniversary
    2/7/93
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 114 July 8, 1992
    7/8/92
- Shades of L.A.
  Carl Spina
  - S 1: Ep 4 Concrete Evidence
    10/31/90
- Monsters
  Ward Ellers
  - S 1: Ep 14 Parents from Space
    2/11/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Arnold Goldman
  - S 4: Ep 15 Mourning Among the Wisterias
    2/14/88
- The Fall Guy
  Frakes
  - S 4: Ep 1 Losers Weepers (1)
    9/19/84
- Buck Rogers
  Kellogg
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Plot to Kill a City (2)
    10/18/79
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Plot to Kill a City (1)
    10/11/79
- Wonder Woman
  Hoffman
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Deadly Toys
    12/30/77
- Charlie's Angels
  Harry Dana
  - S 1: Ep 21 Angels at Sea
    3/23/77
- Legends of the Super-Heroes
  The Riddler
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Challenge
    2/3/77
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 138 April 8, 1976
    4/8/76
- Police Woman (1978)
  David Griffin
  - S 2: Ep 10 Glitter With A Bullet
    11/18/75
- American Bandstand
  Guest
  - S 19: Ep 10 ABBA / David Ruffin / Frank Gorshin
    11/15/75
- S.W.A.T.
  Johnny Rizi
  - S 2: Ep 9 Ordeal
    11/8/75
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 Sammy Davis Jr.
    4/24/75
  - S 2: Ep 4 Jackie Gleason
    2/27/75
- Get Christie Love
  Maxwell Case
  - S 1: Ep 19 From Paris with Love
    3/5/75
- Hawaii Five-O
  Stash
  - S 7: Ep 11 Welcome to Our Branch Office
    12/3/74
- Ironside
  Richard Dorian
  - S 8: Ep 3 What's New with Mark?
    9/26/74
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 1 September 4-8, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    9/4/72
  - S 6: Ep 41 February 21-25, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    2/21/72
  - S 6: Ep 36 January 31-February 6, 1972 (1)
    1/31/72
  - S 6: Ep 21 December 6-12, 1971 (1)
    12/6/71
  - S 6: Ep 11 November 1-7, 1971 (The 1st Syndicated Nighttime Show-1 Night A Week)
    11/1/71
  - + 3 More Credits
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Little Willie
  - S 1: Ep 4 Operation: Bribery
    10/8/71
- This is Tom Jones
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 18 Tom Jones and Such Special Friends
    5/15/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 140 April 9, 1971
    4/9/71
  - S 4: Ep 170 August 31, 1970
    8/31/70
- Celebrity Bowling
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 January 23, 1971
    1/23/71
- The Virginian
  Dutch
  - S 9: Ep 11 Follow the Leader
    12/2/70
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 27 July 16, 1970
    7/16/70
- The Name of the Game
  Billy Howell
  - S 2: Ep 24 Jenny Wilde Is Drowning
    3/27/70
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 15 January 4, 1970: Oliver, Phyllis Diller, Rodney Dangerfield, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
    1/4/70
- Dr. Simon Locke
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 50 Borrowed Trouble
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 62 November 25, 1969
    11/25/69
  - S 8: Ep 15 September 19, 1969
    9/19/69
  - S 6: Ep 216 Week of July 1, 1968
    7/1/68
  - S 4: Ep 104 January 27, 1966
    1/27/66
  - S 4: Ep 84 December 30, 1965
    12/30/65
  - + 8 More Credits
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 60 November 21, 1969
    11/21/69
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 64 November 14, 1969
    11/14/69
  - S 3: Ep 81 December 27, 1965
    12/27/65
  - S 10: Ep 98 February 13, 1973
    2/13/73
  - S 10: Ep 37 November 7, 1972
    11/7/72
  - S 9: Ep 6 September 13, 1971
    9/13/71
  - + 3 More Credits
- Kraft Music Hall
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 29 Sandler & Young / Frank Gorshin / Judy Carne
    6/18/69
  - S 13: Ep 8 The Kopy Kats
    11/11/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Hmself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 145 March 28, 1969
    3/28/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 144 March 27, 1969
    3/27/69
  - S 7: Ep 143 March 26, 1969
    3/26/69
  - S 7: Ep 142 March 25, 1969
    3/25/69
  - S 7: Ep 141 Week of March 24, 1969
    3/24/69
  - S 14: Ep 30 October 10, 1975
    10/10/75
  - + 4 More Credits
- The High Chaparral
  Patrick "Stinky" Flanagan
  - S 2: Ep 21 Stinky Flanagan
    2/21/69
- That's Life (1968)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 18 Our First Fight
    2/4/69
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 2: Ep 17 Episode #31
    1/27/69
  - S 5: Ep 5 Episode #97
    10/11/71
- Star Trek
  Bele
  - S 3: Ep 15 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
    1/10/69
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 December 26, 1968
    12/26/68
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 240 August 23, 1968
    8/23/68
  - S 2: Ep 163 May 7, 1968
    5/7/68
  - S 2: Ep 104 February 13, 1968
    2/13/68
  - S 1: Ep 4 April 20, 1967
    4/20/67
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 16 with Lana Turner, Frank Gorshin
    1/8/68
- The Jerry Lewis Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 December 5, 1967
    12/5/67
- Garrison's Gorillas
  Destin
  - S 1: Ep 10 Thieves' Holiday
    11/7/67
- The Pat Boone Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 111 March 22, 1967
    3/22/67
  - S 1: Ep 110 March 21, 1967
    3/21/67
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 21 Frank Gorshin / Rose Marie / Jane Morgan / The Kim Sisters
    2/9/67
  - S 2: Ep 3 Duke Ellington / The Andrews Sisters / Frank Gorshin
    9/29/66
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 11 November 30, 1966
    11/30/66
- Password
  Frank Gorshin
  - S 6: Ep 172 Angie Dickinson & Frank Gorshin
    11/25/66
  - S 6: Ep 166 Angie Dickinson & Frank Gorshin
    11/22/66
  - S 6: Ep 164 Angie Dickinson & Frank Gorshin
    11/21/66
  - S 6: Ep 168 Angie Dickinson & Frank Gorshin
    11/14/66
- The Red Skelton Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 8 Frank Gorshin / The Baja Marimba Band
    11/1/66
- The Lloyd Thaxton Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 8 Lloyd Thaxton Show - 06/00/1966
    6/1/66
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Otto
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Clown
    4/18/66
- The Munsters
  Fair Deal Dan
  - S 2: Ep 28 Herman, the Tire-Kicker
    3/31/66
- The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 March 25, 1966
    3/25/66
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 17 March 7, 1966
    3/7/66
- I've Got a Secret (1952)
  special guest star
  - S 14: Ep 2 January 24, 1966
    1/24/66
- Combat!
  Pvt. Gavin
  - S 3: Ep 28 The Hell Machine
    3/30/65
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Killer
    1/10/65
- The Nurses (1962)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 15 The Last Rites of a Rag Doll
    1/5/65
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 11 640720
    7/20/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Lew Rydell
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Second Verdict
    5/29/64
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Jeremy Rabbitt
  - S 3: Ep 12 Jeremy Rabbitt -- The Secret Avenger
    4/5/64
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 17: Ep 18 February 2, 1964: Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Rip Taylor, Mr. Pastry
    2/2/64
  - S 14: Ep 20 scheduled: Spike Jones; Henny Youngman; Frank Gorshin; Shari Lewis
    2/26/61
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Jane Powell / Frank Gorshin / Jack E. Leonard
    12/14/63
- Stump the Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 33 May 6, 1963
    5/6/63
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 15 February 27, 1963
    2/27/63
  - S 13: Ep 8 November 23, 1960
    11/23/60
- Naked City
  Alan Starkie
  - S 4: Ep 19 Beyond This Place There Be Dragons
    1/30/63
- Combat!
  Wharton
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Medal
    1/8/63
- Empire
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Fire Dancer
    11/13/62
- The Lively Ones
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Show E
    8/16/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Harry Simms
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
    10/28/61
- The Law and Mr. Jones
  Johnny Clover
  - S 1: Ep 19 One for the Money
    2/24/61
- Mr. Lucky
  Jerry Musco
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Last Laugh
    2/13/60
- The Millionaire
  Hal
  - S 6: Ep 5 Millionaire Doctor Joseph Frye
    10/21/59
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Billy McGirth
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Streger Affair
    10/16/59
- The Untouchables
  Herbie Catcher
- Hennesey
  Shore Patrolman
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hennesey
    9/28/59
- The Chevy Showroom starring Andy Williams
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 July 14, 1959
    7/14/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Marty
  - S 2: Ep 33 The Sons of Aaron Murdock
    5/9/59
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 27 Sammy Davis Jr.; Frank Gorshin; Joanne Gilbert; Carlos Montoys; Sessue Hayakawa
    3/22/59
- General Electric Theater
  Dick
  - S 7: Ep 17 Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?
    1/25/59
- Frontier Doctor
  Hank Butts
  - S 1: Ep 15 Shadow Of Belle Starr
    1/3/59
- Navy Log
  Captain Ray Duncan
  - S 2: Ep 18 Operation Lend Lease
    2/13/57
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 37 Decoy
    6/10/56
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Movin' On
  Tucker J. Paulsen
  - S 1: Ep 10 Good for Laughs
    11/28/74
- The Untouchables
  Herbie Catcher
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Pea
    10/23/62
Additional Music (1)

Role
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Additional Music
  - S 3: Ep 31 Adam West: Batman Unmasked

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- Gorshin: When something a star does suddenly sparks my imagination, I find myself doing an impression of him--first for my amusement, later for my repertoire.
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- Reportedly, Gorshin's favorite impression was Kirk Douglas.
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- In the early 80's, Gorshin did a stint on the daytime drama Edge of Night playing a gangster. He later appeared on an episode of Bold and the Beautiful.
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