Frank Gorshin
Frank John Gorshin, Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American actor and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show (with host Steve Allen). His most famous acting role was as The Riddler in the Batman live action television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Gorshin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Apr 5, 1933 In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 104
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Ed Sullivan Show 1948-06-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park 2006-03-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park | Burdus | 2006-03-27 |
| Movie | Angels with Angles | George Burns / Shelleen | 2005-12-16 |
| Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
| Series | Love Story in Harvard | Professor John H. Keynes | 2004-11-22 |
| Movie | Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | Frank Gorshin | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | High Times Potluck | The Slim Man | 2003-10-17 |
| Movie | Mail Order Bride | Russian doctor | 2003-10-31 |
| Movie | Manna from Heaven | Ed | 2002-09-14 |
| Movie | Sting of the Black Scorpion | Benjamin Tickerman / Clockwise | 2002-11-06 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | The Riddler (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Castle Rock | Mack | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Beethoven's 3rd | Uncle Morrie | 2000-09-07 |
| Movie | Something Else | 2000-11-11 | |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Television: The First Fifty Years | The Riddler (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 1999-06-07 |
| Movie | Final Rinse | Chief | 1999-06-02 |
| Movie | The Rules (For Men) | 1999-08-25 | |
| Movie | Game Day | Sam Segal | 1999-09-21 |
| Movie | The Phantom Eye | Codger | 1999-10-30 |
| Movie | Pullet Surprise | Foghorn Leghorn (voice) | 1997-03-26 |
| Movie | Bloodmoon | Chief William Hutchins | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Cain Ball | 1997-09-09 |
| Movie | Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight | Cain Ball (during production of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs) | 1997-09-07 |
| Movie | From Hare to Eternity | Yosemite Sam (voice) | 1997-11-04 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Superior Duck | Daffy Duck / Foghorn Leghorn (voice) | 1996-08-23 |
| Movie | Twelve Monkeys | Dr. Fletcher | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | The Big Story | Cub Reporter / Editor / Older Reporter (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Pete Dewitt | 1994-05-11 |
| Movie | Sweet Justice | Billy Joe Rivas | 1993-04-07 |
| Movie | The Meteor Man | Byers the Mobster | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | Amore! | Asino | 1993-11-01 |
| Series | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Unknown | 1992-08-15 |
| Movie | Joker's Wild | Johnny Zero | 1992-10-20 |
| Movie | The Gnomes' Great Adventure | Holler / Carlo / Omar / Prince (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Series | Shades of L.A. | Unknown | 1990-10-10 |
| Movie | Midnight | Ron Saphier | 1989-07-01 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Doc | 1989-10-11 |
| Movie | Uphill All the Way | Pike | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | A Masterpiece of Murder | Pierre Rudin | 1986-01-27 |
| Movie | Hollywood Vice Squad | Walsh | 1986-02-28 |
| Movie | Hot Resort | Mr. Green | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Ben Gunn | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Princess Ida | King Gama | 1982-06-01 |
| Movie | The Uppercrust | Harry Werner, alias Nash | 1981-09-17 |
| Movie | Underground Aces | Fred Kruger | 1981-01-02 |
| Series | Goliath Awaits | Dan Wesker | 1981-11-11 |
| Movie | Legends of the Super Heroes | The Riddler | 1979-01-18 |
| Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Ralph Chandler | 1979-09-24 |
| Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unknown | 1979-09-20 |
| Movie | Record City | Chameleon | 1978-02-08 |
| Movie | Rudolph's Shiny New Year | Sir Ten-to-Three (voice) | 1976-12-10 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Sky Heist | Ben Hardings | 1975-05-26 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
| Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self | 1974-02-20 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
| Series | The ABC Comedy Hour | 1972-01-12 | |
| Series | The Flip Wilson Show | Unknown | 1970-09-17 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Movie | Skidoo | The Man | 1968-12-19 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Series | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
| Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
| Movie | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Tod Wisdom | 1966-01-01 |
| Series | Batman | Riddler | 1966-01-12 |
| Movie | Batman | The Riddler | 1966-07-30 |
| Series | Star Trek | Bele | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | That Darn Cat! | Iggy | 1965-12-02 |
| Series | The Munsters | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Movie | The George Raft Story | Moxie Cusack | 1961-11-22 |
| Movie | Ring of Fire | Frank Henderson | 1961-06-14 |
| Movie | Sail A Crooked Ship | George M. Wilson | 1961-12-01 |
| Movie | Bells Are Ringing | Blake Barton | 1960-06-23 |
| Movie | Studs Lonigan | Kenny Killarney | 1960-09-01 |
| Movie | The Great Impostor | Barney | 1960-12-23 |
| Movie | Where the Boys Are | Basil | 1960-12-28 |
| Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
| Movie | Warlock | Billy Gannon | 1959-05-15 |
| Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
| Movie | Tank Battalion | Pfc. 'Skids' Madigan | 1958-07-01 |
| Series | Frontier Doctor | Unknown | 1958-09-26 |
| Movie | Torpedo Run | Sub Crewman | 1958-10-24 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | Dragstrip Girl | Tommy Burns | 1957-04-24 |
| Movie | The True Story of Jesse James | Charley Ford | 1957-03-22 |
| Movie | Invasion of the Saucer-Men | Joe Gruen | 1957-06-01 |
| Movie | Portland Exposé | Joe | 1957-08-11 |
| Movie | The Delicate Delinquent | Neighborhood Street Punk | 1957-06-06 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| Movie | Runaway Daughters | Tommy Burns | 1956-01-20 |
| Movie | The Proud and Profane | Harry | 1956-06-13 |
| Movie | Hot Rod Girl | Flat Top | 1956-07-04 |
| Movie | Between Heaven and Hell | Pvt. Millard - Co. G (uncredited) | 1956-10-11 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Series | Navy Log | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |