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Frank Gorshin
Frank John Gorshin Jr. was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on television variety and talk shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen, The Dean Martin Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
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entertainment · American actor and comedian (1933–2005) · voice actor · stage actor · film actor · television actor · actor · musician · also Frank Gorshin, Frank John Gorshin Jr., Gorshin
Born 5 April 1933 · Died 17 May 2005 · Q42671
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2026· 2 entries
BroadwayWorld: Frank Gorshin
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2022· 1 entry
Yahoo: Hollywood Flashback: In 1966, Frank Gorshin Was Batman’s Original Riddler
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2020· 1 entry
Comicbook.com: Batman Fans Remember Riddler Star Frank Gorshin on the 15th Anniversary of His Death
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2005· 6 entries
heraldscotland: Frank Gorshin Actor famed for his role as The Riddler in the early Batman TV series and movie
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Houston Chronicle: Frank Gorshin, the Riddler on Batman, dies
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Los Angeles Times: Frank Gorshin, 71; Impressionist, Actor Famously Played Riddler, George Burns
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Comic Book Movie: Frank Gorshin: TV's Riddler Dies
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Died 2005-05-17.
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At the age of 72 from lung cancer, complicated by emphysema and pneumonia
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Princess Ida”.
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2002· 2 entries
UPI: Frank Gorshin IS George Burns on Broadway
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Released album “Gilbert & Sullivan”.
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1982· 1 entry
Gorshin acted and sang the role of irascible King Gama in a TV production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Princess Ida, as part of the PBS series The Compleat Gilbert and Sullivan, and subsequently in live performance
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1979· 1 entry
Played interplanetary assassin Seton Kellogg in a two-part episode of the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century titled "Plot to Kill a City"
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1969· 1 entry
Released album “"Jimmy"”.
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1964· 1 entry
The same night the Beatles and Davy Jones made their debut
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1963· 1 entry
Gorshin had a guest-starring role in the long-running ABC military series Combat
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1962· 1 entry
Gorshin was cast as Billy Roy Fix in the episode "The Fire Dancer" of the NBC modern Western television series Empire, starring Richard Egan as the rancher Jim Redigo
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1961· 1 entry
Gorshin gave a tour de force performance as an impressionist who kills his fiancée under the influence of one of his celebrity characters in The Defenders
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1960· 1 entry
Was featured in Bells are Ringing, playing the Method Actor while doing a Marlon Brando impression
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1959· 1 entry
Was cast in three episodes as Seaman Pulaski on Jackie Cooper's CBS military sitcom/drama Hennesey
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1957· 2 entries
Gorshin married Christina Randazzo
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Was in a car crash when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car after driving from Pittsburgh for 39 hours without sleep
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1953· 1 entry
Gorshin was drafted into the United States Army and posted to Germany
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1933· 2 entries
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Catholic parents Frances, a seamstress, and Frank Gorshin Sr
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Born 1933-04-05.
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