Herb Edelman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-11-05 (63 years old)

Deathday

1996-07-21

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Herb Edelman

Biography

Herbert "Herb" Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. One of his best remembered roles was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Beatrice Arthur) on the long-running situation comedy, The Golden Girls. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herb Edelman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting

1974

The Front Page

as Schwartz

1973

The Way We Were

as Bill Verso

1968

1967

In Like Flint

as Russian Premier

1978

California Suite

as Harry Michaels

1974

The Yakuza

as Wheat

1975

Crossfire

as Bert Ganz

1967

Barefoot in the Park

as Harry Pepper

1973

Steambath

as Bieberman

1992

The Naked Truth

as Rupert Hess

1969

In Name Only

as Bert Clayton

1971

2003

The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments

as Stanley Zbornak (archival footage)

1983

Smorgasbord

as Dr. Jonas Pletchick

1984

1978

The Comedy Company

as Lester Dietz

1968

P.J.

as Charlie (as Herbert Edelman)

1971

1992

Grass Roots

as Manny Pearl

1977

1985

Picking Up the Pieces

as Mac Goodman

1978

Special Olympics

as Doug Ransom

1980

1980

Marathon

as Saul Feigenbaum

1971

Banyon

as Harry Sprague

1978

1972

Of Thee I Sing

as Louis Lippman

1971

Once Upon a Dead Man

as Gregory Constantine

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