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- 1933-04-05
- Died
- 2005-05-17
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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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- Angels with Angles — George Burns / Shelleen2005
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Grave Danger — Frank Gorshin2005
- Love Story in Harvard — Professor John H. Keynes2004
- The Batman — Professor Hugo Strange (voice)2004
- Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt — Frank Gorshin2003
- The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park — Burdus2003
- Mail Order Bride — Russian doctor2003
- High Times Potluck — The Slim Man2003
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Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) 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.
As an actor, he played the Riddler on the live-action television series Batman and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the performance.
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