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Shelley Berman

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2/3/1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Sheldon Berman

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Shelley Berman

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Shelley's show business story began shortly after he was honorably discharged from the Navy. He then enrolled as a drama student at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, where he met Sarah Herman, another aspiring thespian. They fell in love, and were married in 1947. After graduating from the Goodman Theatre,…more

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Star (7)

Role
- Looking for Lenny
  Star
  2011
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan
  Zohan's Father
  2007
- What's Alan Watching?
  Mel Krasoen
- Forever Fernwood
  Mel Beach
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 008
    10/12/77
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 007
    10/11/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 006
    10/10/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 005
    10/7/77
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 004
    10/6/77
  - + 3 More Credits
- That's Life (1968)
  Mr. Quigley
  - S 1: Ep 32 What's He Got That I Haven't Got?
    5/20/69
  - S 1: Ep 31 Sex and the Married Man
    5/13/69
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Ninth Month
    4/29/69
  - S 1: Ep 29 Buying The House
    4/22/69
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Honeymoon
    4/15/69
  - + 27 More Credits
- The Best Man
  Star
  1964
- The Twilight Zone
  Archibald Beechcroft
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Mind and the Matter
    5/12/61
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Nat David
  - S 7: Ep 7 The Black Swan
    11/1/09
  - S 6: Ep 6 The Rat Dog
    10/14/07
  - S 5: Ep 10 The End
    12/4/05
  - S 5: Ep 7 The Seder
    11/13/05
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Smoking Jacket
    11/6/05
  - + 8 More Credits
- Boston Legal
  Judge Robert Sanders
  - S 4: Ep 18 Indecent Proposals
    4/30/08
  - S 4: Ep 1 Beauty and the Beast
    9/25/07
  - S 3: Ep 21 Tea and Sympathy
    5/1/07
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Good Lawyer
    2/20/07
  - S 3: Ep 14 Selling Sickness
    2/6/07
  - + 4 More Credits
- L.A. Law
  Ben Flicker
  - S 7: Ep 11 Bare Witness
    1/21/93
  - S 7: Ep 10 Spanky and the Art Gang
    1/14/93
  - S 7: Ep 9 Odor in the Court
    1/7/93
  - S 7: Ep 8 Christmas Stalking
    12/17/92
  - S 7: Ep 7 Helter Shelter
    12/10/92
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 26 Host: Bing Crosby / The Four Tops
    4/5/69
  - S 4: Ep 6 Host: Herb Alpert / The Supremes
    10/29/66
  - S 3: Ep 33 Host: Bing Crosby / Leslie Uggams / Johnny Mercer
    5/21/66
  - S 2: Ep 22 Hosts: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans / Jan and Dean
    2/27/65
  - S 2: Ep 9 Host: Arthur Godfrey
    11/21/64
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 10 November 12, 1967: The Turtles, Johnny Mathis, Joan Rivers, Shelley Berman
    11/12/67
  - S 18: Ep 32 April 24, 1966: Dave Clark Five, Allan Sherman, Roberta Peters, Shelley Berman
    4/24/66
  - S 18: Ep 13 December 5, 1965: Martha and the Vandellas, Tom Jones, Shelley Berman
    12/5/65
  - S 17: Ep 30 April 25, 1965: Freddie & the Dreamers, Sean Connery (on film), Eydie Gormé
    4/25/65
  - S 14: Ep 22 February 11, 1962: Carl Sandburg, Shelley Berman, Paul Anka, The McGuire Sisters
    2/11/62
  - + 6 More Credits
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
Guest Star (106)

Role
- Hawaii Five-0
  Morty Sapperstein
  - S 3: Ep 7 Ohuna
    11/19/12
- Raising the Bar
  Danny Rose
  - S 2: Ep 2 Rules of Engagement
    6/15/09
- The Unusuals
  Tom Speigelman
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Tape Delay
    5/27/09
- CSI: NY
  George Savar
  - S 5: Ep 22 Yahrzeit
    4/29/09
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody
    1/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 5 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys
    1/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 4 When I'm Bad, I'm Better: The Groundbreakers
    1/21/09
- Pushing Daisies
  Gustav Hoffer
  - S 2: Ep 7 Robbing Hood
    11/26/08
- Hannah Montana
  Dr. Froman
  - S 3: Ep 3 Don't Go Breaking My Tooth
    11/16/08
- History Alive
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 History of the Joke
    2/18/08
- Boston Legal
  Judge Robert Sanders
  - S 3: Ep 23 Duck and Cover
    5/15/07
  - S 3: Ep 19 Brotherly Love
    4/10/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 97 Show #3041
    11/17/05
- Grey's Anatomy
  Jed Sorrento
  - S 2: Ep 8 Let It Be
    11/13/05
- The Bernie Mac Show
  Shelley
  - S 4: Ep 8 Stone Nuts
    1/28/05
- Dead Like Me
  Theo Heller
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Shallow End
    8/15/04
- The King of Queens
  Skitch Spooner
  - S 5: Ep 22 Queens'bro Bridge
    4/28/03
- Lizzie McGuire
  Nobby
  - S 2: Ep 20 Xtreme Xmas
    12/6/02
- Even Stevens
  Jackie
  - S 3: Ep 14 Dirty Work
    9/6/02
- The Bernie Mac Show
  Mel
- That's My Bush!
  Principal
  - S 1: Ep 8 Fare Thee Welfare
    5/23/01
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Ira Goldberg
  - S 9: Ep 6 Lazarus (2)
    11/11/00
- Providence
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 22 Syd in Wonderland
    5/12/00
- L. A. Doctors
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 13 Been There, Done That
    1/11/99
- Living in Captivity
  Rabbi Pivnick
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Unkindest Cut
    9/25/98
- Chicago Sons
  McGlashan
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Things We Do for Love
    2/5/97
- Friends
  Mr. Kaplan Jr.
  - S 3: Ep 11 The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister
    1/9/97
  - S 3: Ep 10 The One Where Rachel Quits
    12/12/96
- Living Single
  Hyman
  - S 3: Ep 9 Baby I'm Back... Again
    11/2/95
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Guest Star
- Walter and Emily
  Albert
  - S 1: Ep 8 Exposed
    1/11/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 Take This Job...
    11/23/91
  - S 1: Ep 1 Big Trouble
    11/16/91
- MacGyver
  Abe Sherman
  - S 7: Ep 1 Honest Abe
    9/16/91
- Monsters
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 20 Werewolf of Hollywood
    2/10/91
- Night Court
  Al
  - S 5: Ep 14 I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
    1/21/88
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Harold
  - S 16: Ep 2 The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
    9/23/87
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  Harry Saks
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Last Laugh
    3/18/87
- St. Elsewhere
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 15 Getting Ahead
    1/28/87
- Knight Rider
  Josh Bevin
  - S 4: Ep 11 Knight Song
    12/13/85
- Hotel
  Barney
  - S 2: Ep 24 Obsessions
    6/26/85
- Brothers (1984)
  Marcus Beechcroft
  - S 1: Ep 11 Liza
    10/18/84
- Brothers (1984)
  Marcus
  - S 1: Ep 4 He Ain't Witty, He's My Brother
    9/20/84
- Mister Roberts (1984)
  Guest Star
- Matt Houston
  Richard "Dicky" Bevac
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Yacht Club Murders
    1/16/83
- CHiPs (1983)
  Strum
  - S 5: Ep 10 Fast Money
    12/5/81
- Over Easy
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 78 January 16, 1980
    1/16/80
  - S 1: Ep 42 January 9, 1978
    1/9/78
- Eischied
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Angels of Terror
    10/19/79
- Vegas
  Mickey
  - S 1: Ep 7 Milliken's Stash
    11/8/78
- CHiPs (1983)
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 5 Neighborhood Watch
    10/14/78
- Police Woman (1978)
  Eddie Bender
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Company
    2/21/75
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 79 February 20, 1975
    2/20/75
- Emergency!
  Art Frommich
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Screenwriter
    9/14/74
- Love, American Style
  Window Washer
  - S 3: Ep 15 Love and the Ledge
    10/8/71
- Adam-12
  Phil Duke
  - S 3: Ep 19 Log 165: Once A Cop
    2/11/71
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Dr. Walter Udall
  - S 1: Ep 4 Divorce Isn't Everything
    10/10/70
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 48 August 18, 1970
    8/18/70
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 196 June 1, 1970
    6/1/70
  - S 2: Ep 165 April 17, 1970
    4/17/70
  - S 2: Ep 145 March 20, 1970
    3/20/70
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 37 700525
    5/25/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 55 March 13, 1970
    3/13/70
- The Barbara McNair Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 15 January 25, 1970
    1/25/70
- Love, American Style
  George
  - S 1: Ep 49 Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant
    1/23/70
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 88 December 18, 1969
    12/18/69
  - S 7: Ep 60 November 10, 1969
    11/10/69
  - S 6: Ep 139 March 13, 1969
    3/13/69
  - S 6: Ep 104 January 23, 1969
    1/23/69
  - S 6: Ep 68 December 4, 1968
    12/4/68
  - + 27 More Credits
- Della!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 131 December 8, 1969
    12/8/69
  - S 1: Ep 18 July 2, 1969
    7/2/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 67 December 2, 1969
    12/2/69
  - S 6: Ep 164 April 20, 1967
    4/20/67
  - S 4: Ep 15 September 25, 1964
    9/25/64
  - S 4: Ep 14 September 24, 1964
    9/24/64
  - S 11: Ep 202 June 6, 1972
    6/6/72
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 9: Ep 55 November 14, 1969
    11/14/69
  - S 9: Ep 53 November 12, 1969
    11/12/69
  - S 9: Ep 52 November 11, 1969
    11/11/69
  - S 9: Ep 51 Week of November 10, 1969
    11/10/69
  - S 7: Ep 85 December 29, 1967
    12/29/67
  - + 4 More Credits
- This is Tom Jones
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 October 23, 1969
    10/23/69
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 1 September 22, 1969
    9/22/69
- What's It All About, World?
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Barbara Feldon & Shelley Berman
    4/17/69
- That's Life (1968)
  Mr. Quigley
  - S 1: Ep 24 Happy Anniversary
    3/18/69
  - S 1: Ep 17 Our First Vacation
    1/28/69
  - S 1: Ep 3 Our Wedding
    10/8/68
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 18 March 6, 1969
    3/6/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 127 February 28, 1969
    2/28/69
  - S 3: Ep 125 February 26, 1969
    2/26/69
  - S 3: Ep 87 January 3, 1969
    1/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 69 December 9, 1968
    12/9/68
  - S 3: Ep 45 November 4, 1968
    11/4/68
  - + 4 More Credits
- Playboy After Dark
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Lou Rawls; Pat Morita; Frankie Randall
    12/11/68
  - S 1: Ep 19 Lou Rawls; Shelley Berman; David Steinberg; Buddy Miles Express
    12/10/68
- Kraft Music Hall
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 7 Comedy 2001 - Give Or Take A Few Weeks
    11/13/68
- Kraft Music Hall
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 37 Ed McMahon / Spanky & Our Gang / Bobby Vinton
    7/31/68
  - S 10: Ep 21 Vaudeville '68
    3/13/68
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 49 April 29-May 3, 1968
    4/29/68
  - S 2: Ep 40 March 25-29, 1968
    3/25/68
  - S 2: Ep 38 March 18-22, 1968
    3/18/68
  - S 2: Ep 10 November 6-10, 1967
    11/6/67
  - S 1: Ep 8 December 5-9, 1966
    12/5/66
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 17 Phil Silvers / Henny Youngman / Morgana King / Helen Grayco
    1/4/68
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 15 Carol Lawrence & Shelley Berman
    12/11/67
  - S 2: Ep 12 Betty White & Shelley Berman
    11/18/63
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
  Dr. Vladimir Toulouse
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Moulin Ruse Affair
    1/17/67
- The Pat Boone Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 37 December 7, 1966
    12/7/66
- The Hero
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Truth Never Hurts—Much
    12/1/66
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Sheldon Veblen
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Super-Colossal Affair
    10/7/66
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 18 March 14, 1966
    3/14/66
  - S 1: Ep 25 March 21, 1963
    3/21/63
- The Dean Martin Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 24 Ella Fitzgerald / Johnny Mathis / Shelley Berman / The Young Americans
    3/10/66
- The Jack Paar Program
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 24 March 26, 1965
    3/26/65
  - S 2: Ep 4 October 11, 1963
    10/11/63
  - S 1: Ep 21 February 22, 1963
    2/22/63
- Bewitched (1972)
  Brinkman
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Witches Are Out
    10/29/64
- Burke's Law
  King Dmitri
  - S 2: Ep 3 Who Killed Cassandra Cass?
    9/30/64
- Password
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 31 EPISODE
    11/20/63
- Breaking Point
  Roy Chase
  - S 1: Ep 10 Whatsoever Things I Hear
    11/18/63
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 14: Ep 35 EPISODE #661
    4/28/63
  - S 14: Ep 24 EPISODE #651
    2/10/63
  - S 12: Ep 31 EPISODE #558
    4/2/61
  - S 12: Ep 22 EPISODE #549
    1/29/61
  - S 12: Ep 18 EPISODE #545
    1/1/61
  - + 1 More Credits
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Comedian Backstage
    3/10/63
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Guest
- Rawhide
  Mendel J. Sorkin
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Peddler
    1/19/62
- General Electric Theater
  Stanley
  - S 10: Ep 5 The $200 Parlay
    10/15/61
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Himself (on film)
  - S 1: Ep 1 Laughter USA
    9/17/61
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Guest Star
- The Jack Paar Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 184 August 8, 1961
    8/8/61
  - S 4: Ep 155 June 19, 1961
    6/19/61
  - S 4: Ep 136 May 16, 1961
    5/16/61
  - S 4: Ep 135 May 15, 1961
    5/15/61
  - S 4: Ep 99 March 13, 1961
    3/13/61
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 17 January 25, 1961
    1/25/61
  - S 13: Ep 1 October 5, 1960
    10/5/60
- The Jack Paar Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 4: Ep 59 January 2, 1961
    1/2/61
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 8 November 17, 1960
    11/17/60
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 11: Ep 45 EPISODE #521
    7/10/60
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 24 March 13, 1960
    3/13/60
  - S 2: Ep 36 July 6, 1958
    7/6/58
- Peter Gunn
  Danny Holland
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Comic
    10/12/59
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 4 Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden
    10/11/59
  - S 11: Ep 24 The Platters / scheduled: Abbe Lane; Xavier Cugat; Carol Lawrence
    3/1/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Archibald Beechcroft
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 11: Ep 46 The Platters / Roberta Peters / Shelley Berman / Helen Wood
    8/2/59
- The George Gobel Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 3 November 4, 1958
    11/4/58
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 19 Henry Fonda; Shelley Berman; Jennie Smith; The Treniers
    2/2/58
  - S 3: Ep 12 Sal Mineo; Rosemary Clooney; Dale Robertson; Peter Lawford; Guy Lombardo Orchestra
    12/8/57
  - S 3: Ep 6 Jerry Vale; William Bendix; Judy Canova; Shelley Berman; Janice Harper
    10/27/57
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Manager
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Catered Affair
    5/22/55
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  (as Sheldon Berman)
  - S 7: Ep 4 Time of Delivery
    10/31/54
- The George Gobel Show
  Guest
Cameo (1)

Role
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 1: Ep 14 Episode #14
    4/29/68
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode #13
    4/22/68
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode #12
    4/15/68
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Entourage
  Uncle Shelley
  - S 3: Ep 17 Return of the King
    5/6/07

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- In 2008, Shelley was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for his role on Curb Your Enthusiasm. All four of his fellow nominees guest starred on 30 Rock.
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- Shelly played Norman in the 2006 film "The Holiday".
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