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Biography

Actor and comedian Jack Gilford, known for his "rubbery" face, began his career in the nightclubs of New York, moving on to Broadway, films…more

Born

7/25/1908, New York City,New York USA

Birth Name

Jacob Gellman

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- The Duck Factory
  Brooks Carmichael
  - S 1: Ep 13 Call Me Responsible
    7/11/84
  - S 1: Ep 12 You Always Love the One You Hurt
    7/4/84
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Children's Half Hour
    6/27/84
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Duck Stops Here
    6/20/84
  - S 1: Ep 9 It Didn't Happen One Night
    6/13/84
  - + 8 More Credits
- Apple Pie
  Grandpa Hollyhock
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ginger Nell Goes Hollywood
    9/30/78
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fast Eddie Slows Down
    9/23/78
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 7 They Walk Among Us
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Man from Ginger Nell's Past
  - + 3 More Credits
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
  Ben Dreyfuss
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Groupie
    12/14/74
  - S 1: Ep 12 All's Well That Ends
    11/30/74
  - S 1: Ep 11 Maid in the Snow
    11/23/74
  - S 1: Ep 10 Smart Move
    11/16/74
  - S 1: Ep 9 Dreyfuss & Dreyfuss, Associates
    11/9/74
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Soap
  Saul
  - S 3: Ep 7 Episode 54
    11/8/79
  - S 3: Ep 5 Episode 52
    10/11/79
  - S 3: Ep 4 Episode 51
    10/4/79
  - S 3: Ep 3 Episode 50
    9/27/79
  - S 3: Ep 2 Episode 49
    9/20/79
Guest Star (49)

Role
- B.L. Stryker
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 4 Auntie Sue
    4/17/89
- Head of the Class
  Wesley Winthrop
  - S 3: Ep 12 Scuttlebutt
    2/8/89
- thirtysomething
  Old Man/Rabbi/Santa
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Mike Van Dyke Show
    12/20/88
- The Golden Girls
  Max Weinstock
  - S 4: Ep 7 Sophia's Wedding (2)
    11/26/88
  - S 4: Ep 6 Sophia's Wedding (1)
    11/19/88
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 6: Ep 5 The Purple Coat
    8/19/88
- Hooperman
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 I, Witness
    12/9/87
- The Ellen Burstyn Show
  Mr. Quigley
  - S 1: Ep 5 Crime and Punishment
    10/25/86
- Joe Bash
  Abe Feinbaum
  - S 1: Ep 2 Feinbaum
    4/4/86
- Night Court
  Marty Ratner
  - S 2: Ep 15 An Old Flame
    1/24/85
- Mama's Family
  Alvin Thompson
  - S 2: Ep 8 Gert Rides Again
    12/1/83
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Oscar Brady
  - S 4: Ep 10 Getting to Know You
    12/12/82
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 4 Same Wavelength, The/Winning Isn't Everything/A Honeymoon for Horace
    10/23/82
- Hotel
  Max
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hotel
    8/21/82
- Alice (1985)
  Jake
  - S 6: Ep 9 Mel's Christmas Carol
    12/20/81
- Taxi
  Joe Reiger
  - S 4: Ep 6 Like Father, Like Son
    11/12/81
  - S 2: Ep 2 Honor Thy Father
    9/18/79
- The Littlest Hobo
  Dan Mooney
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Pied Piper
    4/10/80
- The Associates (1979)
  Julius Barnes
  - S 1: Ep 2 Is Romance Dead?
    9/30/79
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Ziegler
  - S 1: Ep 1 Trapper John, M.D.
    9/23/79
- Lou Grant
  Fred Horton
  - S 2: Ep 19 Home
    2/26/79
- Over Easy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 126 May 8, 1978
    5/8/78
- Police Woman (1978)
  Michael Eglash
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Trick Book (2)
    9/28/76
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Trick Book (1)
    9/28/76
- Doc (1975)
  Kramer
  - S 1: Ep 21 Oldies but Goodies
    2/7/76
- All In The Family
  Bernard Bernstein
  - S 6: Ep 18 Archie Finds a Friend
    1/26/76
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 91 January 26, 1976
    1/26/76
  - S 1: Ep 78 February 19, 1975
    2/19/75
- Rhoda
  Billy Glass
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Return of Billy Glass
    1/26/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Howard Liebowitz
  - S 5: Ep 1 Deadly Inheritance
    9/28/75
- Kate McShane
  Joe Ackerman
  - S 1: Ep 3 World vs. Ackerman
    9/24/75
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
  Ben
  - S 1: Ep 10 Smart Move
    11/16/74
- The Carol Burnett Show
  himself
  - S 6: Ep 16 with Ruth Buzzi, Jack Gilford
    1/20/73
  - S 6: Ep 5 with Eydie Gorme, Jack Gilford
    10/11/72
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 202 June 28, 1972
    6/28/72
  - S 4: Ep 63 December 15, 1971
    12/15/71
  - S 4: Ep 57 December 7, 1971
    12/7/71
  - S 3: Ep 109 March 2, 1971
    3/2/71
  - S 3: Ep 92 February 5, 1971
    2/5/71
- The Big Blue Marble
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 PROGRAM #002
- Get Smart
  Simon the Likeable
  - S 5: Ep 8 And Baby Makes Four (2)
    11/14/69
  - S 5: Ep 7 And Baby Makes Four (1)
    11/7/69
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 8 Bing Crosby / Eva Gabor / Dom DeLuise / Jack Gilford
    11/6/69
  - S 5: Ep 5 George Burns / The Mills Brothers / Joey Heatherton / Orson Bean / Jack Gilford
    10/16/69
  - S 4: Ep 2 Orson Welles / Edgar Bergen / Patricia Crowley
    9/26/68
  - S 3: Ep 5 Stanley Holloway / Jack Gilford / Gail Martin
    10/12/67
- The Governor & J.J.
  Broken Bow
  - S 1: Ep 4 One Little Indian
    10/14/69
- Here's Lucy
  Driving Test Examiner
  - S 1: Ep 24 Lucy Helps Craig Get a Driver's License
    3/17/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 60 November 29, 1968
    11/29/68
  - S 4: Ep 98 January 19, 1966
    1/19/66
  - S 16: Ep 203 Week of July 31, 1978
    7/31/78
  - S 12: Ep 81 Week of December 24, 1973
    12/24/73
  - S 11: Ep 128 March 1, 1973
    3/1/73
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 31 October 16, 1968
    10/16/68
  - S 1: Ep 40 April 26, 1968
    4/26/68
  - S 1: Ep 26 April 8, 1968
    4/8/68
  - S 5: Ep 189 June 18, 1971
    6/18/71
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 23 February 12, 1967: The Young Rascals, Joan Rivers, Lola Falana
    2/12/67
- T.H.E. Cat
  Drummer
  - S 1: Ep 5 Little Arnie From Long Ago
    10/15/66
- The Defenders (1961)
  Willie Drucker
  - S 4: Ep 21 No-Knock
    2/25/65
- Mr. Broadway
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Try To Find A Spy
    10/10/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  David Marcus
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (2)
    10/1/64
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (1)
    9/24/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Louis Brandt
  - S 3: Ep 23 Moment of Truth
    3/21/64
- Car 54, Where are You?
  Officer Luther Snitkin
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Curse of the Snitkins
    4/14/63
- The Play of the Week
  Bontsche Schweig
  - S 1: Ep 10 The World of Sholom Aleichem
    12/14/59
- Four Star Revue
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 35 May 30, 1951
    5/30/51
- Musical Comedy Time
  Battling Smith
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hit the Deck
    12/11/50
- Texaco Star Theater
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 26 3/14/1950
    3/14/50
- Actors Studio
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 31 Here Comes Spring
    4/28/49

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