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{{Infobox person
| name = Herb Edelman
| name = Herb Edelman
| image = Stanzbornak0.jpg
| image = Herb Edelman The Good Guys 1969.JPG
| caption = Edelman as Bert on ''[[The Good Guys (1968 TV series)|The Good Guys]]'', 1969
| imagesize =
| caption = Herb Edelman as Stan Zbornak on ''The Golden Girls'' (1992).
| birth_name = Herbert Edelman
| birthname = Herbert Edelman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|05}}
| birth_place = [[New York (city)|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| birthdate = {{birth date|1933|11|5|mf=y}}
| birthplace = {{city-state|Brooklyn|New York}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|07|21|1933|11|05}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| deathdate = {{death date and age|1996|7|21|1933|11|5|mf=y}}
| resting_place = Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York, U.S.
| deathplace = {{city-state|Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|California}}
| education = Brooklyn College
| alma mater = Cornell University
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1963-1995
| years_active = 1963–1995
| television = ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' <br> ''[[The Good Guys (1968 TV series)|The Good Guys]]''<br>''[[Big John, Little John]]''
| spouse = [[Louise Sorel]] (1964 - 1970)
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Louise Sorel]]|1964|1970|end=div}}
|partner = [[Christina Pickles]] (1984–96)<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 27, 1996|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/27/nyregion/herb-edelman-62-a-character-actor.html|title=Herb Edelman, 62, A Character Actor}}</ref>
| children = 2
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| allegiance = {{USA}}
| branch = [[File:Flag of the United States Army.svg|25px]] [[United States Army]]
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| rank =
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'''Herbert "Herb" Edelman''' (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an [[United States|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]]''.
'''Herbert Edelman''' (November 5, 1933 &ndash; July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television.<ref name=NYT/> He was twice nominated for an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for his television work. His best-known role was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of [[Dorothy Zbornak]] (played by [[Bea Arthur]]) on ''[[The Golden Girls]]''.<ref name=NYT/> He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''.


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==
Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a [[veterinarian]] at [[Cornell University]], but left during his first year. After serving in the [[US Army]] as an announcer for [[Armed Forces Radio]], he enrolled in [[Brooklyn College]] as a Theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a [[taxicab]] driver. One of his fares was director [[Mike Nichols]], who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]''.
Edelman was born in [[New York City]] in the borough of [[Brooklyn]]. Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a [[veterinarian]] at [[Cornell University]] but left during his first year. After serving in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] as an announcer for [[American Forces Network#History|Armed Forces Radio]], he enrolled in [[Brooklyn College]] as a theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a [[taxicab]] driver. One of his fares was director [[Mike Nichols]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Services set for actor Herb Edelman |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/24/Services-set-for-actor-Herb-Edelman/2314838180800/ |access-date=26 April 2020 |work=United Press International |date=July 24, 1996}}</ref> who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]''. Edelman reprised his role in the [[Barefoot in the Park (film)|1967 film version]] (starring [[Robert Redford]] and [[Jane Fonda]]).<ref name="Ind_obit">{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Obituary : Herb Edelman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-herb-edelman-1331086.html |access-date=26 April 2020 |work=The Independent |date=29 July 1996}}</ref>


Edelman reprised his role in the [[Barefoot in the Park (film)|1967 film version]] (starring [[Robert Redford]] and [[Jane Fonda]]), and appeared in the movie versions of Simon's ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1968) and ''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' (1978). He also appeared in an installment of the [[Japanese movie]] series ''[[Otoko wa Tsurai yo]]'' in 1979.
He appeared as Murray the Cop in the movie version of Simon's ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1968) and later appeared in Simon's ''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' (1978). He also had a role in ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (1973)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Howard |first1=Alan R. |title='The Way We Were': THR's 1973 Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/way-we-were-review-1973-movie-1147992 |access-date=26 April 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 October 2018}}</ref> and in an installment of the [[Japanese movie]] series ''[[Otoko wa Tsurai yo]]'' in 1979.


He remains best known for his three decades in television, usually as a co-star, recurring character, or guest star (''[[That Girl]]'', ''[[Love, American Style]]'', ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'', ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'', ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'', ''[[Kojak#1973 series|Kojak]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', ''[[MacGyver]]'', and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''), but occasionally in a lead role. He starred in the 1976 children's series ''[[Big John, Little John]]'', as well as ''[[The Good Guys (TV series)|The Good Guys]]'' with [[Bob Denver]] (Denver's first series after ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''), in 1969. He also appeared with [[Bill Bixby]] and [[Valerie Perrine]] in [[Bruce Jay Friedman]]'s ''Steambath'', a controversial PBS [[dramedy]], during 1973. From 1984 to 1988, he had a recurring role on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''. His last role was on an episode of ''[[Burke's Law#The revival show|Burke's Law]]''
He remains best known for his three decades in television, usually as a co-star, recurring character, or guest star on ''[[CHiPs|CHIPS]]'', ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[That Girl]]'', ''[[Love, American Style]]'', ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'', ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'', ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' ''[[Kojak#1973 series|Kojak]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', and ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', but occasionally in a lead role. In 1976, he starred in the Saturday morning children's series ''[[Big John, Little John]]'', as well as ''[[The Good Guys (1968 TV series)|The Good Guys]]'' with [[Bob Denver]] (in what was Denver's first series after ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''), from 1968 to 1970.
He also appeared with [[Bill Bixby]] and [[Valerie Perrine]] in [[Bruce Jay Friedman]]'s ''Steambath'', a controversial PBS [[dramedy]], during 1973. From 1984 to 1988, he had a recurring role on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''. Edelman also appeared in ten episodes of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' between 1984 and 1995,<ref name="NYT" /> most frequently appearing as [[New York Police Department]] [[Lieutenant]] Artie Gelber. His last role was in an episode of ''[[Burke's Law (1994 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''.<ref name="Ind_obit" />


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
Edelman was married to [[soap opera]] actress [[Louise Sorel]] from 1964 to 1970. He was romantically linked with actress [[Christina Pickles]] (his co-star on ''St. Elsewhere''), from the mid-1980s until the time of his death.
Edelman was married to soap opera actress [[Louise Sorel]] from 1964 to 1970; he had two children, Briana Edelman and Jacy Edelman.<ref name="NYT" /> He was romantically linked with actress [[Christina Pickles]] from the mid-1980s until his death.


Herbert Edelman died of [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|emphysema]] on July 21, 1996, in Los Angeles at the age of 62; he was interred at [[Montefiore Cemetery]] in [[Springfield Gardens]], Queens.<ref name=Wilson>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland and Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4 |page=219 |edition=Third |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ |access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
Edelman succumbed to [[emphysema]] in 1996, at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/27/nyregion/herb-edelman-62-a-character-actor.html|title=Herb Edelman, 62, A Character Actor|date=1996-7-27|publisher=''The New York Times''|accessdate=2009-05-10}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===Film===
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year
! Year
! Film
! Title
! Role
! Role
! Notes
! Notes
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| ''[[In Like Flint]]''
| ''[[In Like Flint]]''
| Russian Premier
| Russian Premier
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]''
| Harry Pepper
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[P.J. (film)|P.J.]]''
| Charlie
|Alternative title: ''New Face in Hell''
|-
|-
| 1968
| 1968
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| Murray
| Murray
| Alternative title: ''Kiss My Butterfly''
| Alternative title: ''Kiss My Butterfly''
|-
| 1968
| ''{{sortname|The|Odd Couple|dab=film}}''
| Murray
|
|-
|-
| 1972
| 1972
| ''[[The War Between Men and Women]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|War Between Men and Women}}''
| Howard Mann
| Howard Mann
|
|-
|-
| 1973
| 1973
| ''[[The Way We Were]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Way We Were}}''
| Bill Verso
| Bill Verso
|
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1974
| 1974
| ''[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Front Page|dab=1974 film}}''
| Schwartz
| Schwartz
| Credited as Herbert Edelman
| Credited as Herbert Edelman
|-
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Yakuza]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Yakuza}}''
| Wheat
| Wheat
| Alternative title: ''Brotherhood of the Yakuza''
| Alternative title: ''Brotherhood of the Yakuza''
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Hearts of the West (1975 film)|Hearts of the West]]''
| Polo
| Alternative title: ''Hollywood Cowboy''
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Smash-Up on Interstate 5]]''
| Danny
| TV movie
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Charge of the Model T's]]''
| Villa Nueva
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Goin' Coconuts]]''
| Sid
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]''
| Harry Michaels
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Tora-san's Dream of Spring]]''
| Michael Jordan
| 24th entry in the Japanese ''[[Otoko wa Tsurai yo]]'' series
|-
| 1981
| ''[[On the Right Track]]''
| Sam
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Cracking Up (1983 film)|Cracking Up]]''
| Dr. Jonas Pletchick
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Wheels on Meals]]''
| Matt Henry
|
|-
|-
| 1992
| 1992
| ''[[The Naked Truth (1992 film)|The Naked Truth]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Naked Truth|dab=1992 film}}''
| Rupert Hess
| Rupert Hess
| Credited as Herbert Edelman
| Credited as Herbert Edelman
|-
|-
| 1995
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
| ''Cops n Roberts''
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
|
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
| (final film role)
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
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|-
|-
| 1964
| 1964
| ''[[The Reporter (TV series)|The Reporter]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Reporter|dab=TV series}}''
| Benny
| Benny
| Episode: "How Much for a Prince?"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1965
| 1965
| ''[[The Nurses (Primetime CBS drama)|The Nurses]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Nurses|dab=Primetime CBS drama}}''
| Marco
| Marco
| Episode: "The Witnesses"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Honey West (TV series)|Honey West]]''
| ''[[Honey West (TV series)|Honey West]]''
| Moody
| Moody
| Episode: "Live a Little... Kill a Little"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1966
| 1966
| ''[[Hey, Landlord]]''
| ''[[Hey, Landlord]]''
| Garvin
| Garvin
| Episode: "The Long Hot Bus"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Occasional Wife]]''
| ''[[Occasional Wife]]''
| Uncle Harry
| Uncle Harry
| Episode: "Marriage Counselor"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1966
| rowspan=4|1967
| ''[[The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
| ''[[That Girl]]''
| Eddie
| Episode: "Time for Arrest"
|-
| 1967
| ''{{sortname|The|Girl from U.N.C.L.E.}}''
| Mr. Asterick
| Mr. Asterick
| Episode: "The Furnace Flats Affair"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| Seth Swine
| Seth Swine
| Episode: "The Reason Nobody Hardly Ever Seen a Fat Outlaw in the Old West Is as Follows"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Accidental Family]]''
| ''[[Accidental Family]]''
| Howard
| Howard
| Episode: "If You Knew Martha"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Flying Nun]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Flying Nun}}''
| Albion "Al" Caine
| Albion "Al" Caine
| Episode: "Ah Love, Could You and I Conspire?"
| 1 episode
|-
| 1968–70
| ''{{sortname|The|Good Guys|dab=1968 TV series}}''
| Bert Gramus
| 42 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|1971
| 1971
| ''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Bill Cosby Show}}''
| Mr. Maher
| Mr. Maher
| Episode: "Tobacco Road"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Bewitched]]''
| ''[[Bewitched]]''
| Col. Bringham
| Col. Bringham
| Episode: "This Little Piggie"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1971
| ''[[McMillan and Wife]]''
| ''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
| Gregory Constantine
| Gregory Constantine
| Episode: "Once Upon a Dead Man"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''
| ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''
| Frank Mason
| Frank Mason
| Episode: "Run for the Money"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|1972
| 1972
| ''[[Banacek]]''
| ''[[Banacek]]''
| Joe Taddenhurst
| Joe Taddenhurst
| Episode: "Project Phoenix"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]''
| ''[[Banyon]]''
| Harry Sprague
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| 1972
| ''{{sortname|The|Bold Ones: The New Doctors}}''
| Howard Feinstein
| Howard Feinstein
| Episode: "A Quality of Fear"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Temperatures Rising]]''
| ''[[Temperatures Rising]]''
| Dr. Patterson
| Dr. Patterson
| Episode: "RX: Christmas"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|1973
| 1973
| ''[[Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]''
| ''[[Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]''
| David Wollens
| David Wollens
| Episode: "Murder by One"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|New Dick Van Dyke Show}}''
| George Benson
| George Benson
| Episode: "One of the Boys"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Partridge Family]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Partridge Family}}''
| Darby Willis
| Darby Willis
| Episode: "The Strike-Out King"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1974
| 1974
| ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins]]''
| ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins]]''
| Lt. Horowitz
| Lt. Horowitz
| Episode: "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor"
| 1 episode
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''
| Woody
| Episode: "Maude the Boss"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|1975
| 1975
| ''[[Happy Days]]''
| ''[[Happy Days]]''
| Burglar
| Burglar
| Episode: "The Cunningham Caper"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Barney Miller]]''
| ''[[Barney Miller]]''
| Alan Schuster
| Alan Schuster
| Episode: "The Guest"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
| Brannigan
| Brannigan
| Episode: "Gift from a Killer"
| 1 episode
|-
| 1976
| ''[[John P. St. John (detective)#Fame|Jigsaw John]]''
| Lieutenant Hill
| Episode: "Sand Trap"
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Big John Little John]]''
| Big John Martin
| 13 episodes
|-
|-
| 1977
| 1977
| ''[[Blansky's Beauties]]''
| ''[[Blansky's Beauties]]''
| Sindu
| Sindu
| 1 episode
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| Don Lucas
| Episode: "You're Not Alone"
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The San Pedro Beach Bums]]''
| Schwann
| Episode: "The Angels and the Bums"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|1978
| 1978
| ''[[CHiPs]]''
| ''[[CHiPs]]''
| Sanders
| Sanders
| Episode: "Rainy Day"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Chico and the Man]]''
| ''[[Chico and the Man]]''
| Doctor
| Doctor
| Episode: "The Hot Rock"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
| ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
| Joey January
| Joey January
| Episode: "Angels in Vegas"
| 1 episode
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove]]''
| Big Jim
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1980–81
|''[[Ladies' Man (1980 TV series)|Ladies' Man]]''
| Reggie
| 16 episodes
|-
|-
| 1981–82
| 1981-1982
| ''[[Strike Force (TV series)|Strike Force]]''
| ''[[Strike Force (TV series)|Strike Force]]''
| Commissioner Herb Klein
| Commissioner Herb Klein
| 19 episodes
| 20 episodes
|-
|-
| 1982–83
| 1982-1983
| ''[[Nine to Five (TV series)|Nine to Five]]''
| ''[[Nine to Five (TV series)|Nine to Five]]''
| Harry Nussbaum
| Harry Nussbaum
| 7 episodes
| 8 episodes
|-
|-
| 1984
| 1984
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
| Dr. Haller
| Dr. Haller
| Episode: "A Little Knife Music"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1984-88
| rowspan=4|1985
| ''[[The Fall Guy]]''
| ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''
| Richard Clarendon
| Vargas
| 1 episode
| 17 episodes
|-
|-
| 1984–95
| ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]''
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Lieutenant Artie Gelber, and others
| 10 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''{{sortname|The|Fall Guy}}''
| Hal Vargas movie producer
| Episode: "Reel Trouble"
|-
| 1985
| ''{{sortname|The|Paper Chase|dab=TV series}}''
| Dr. Arnie Samuels
| Dr. Arnie Samuels
| Episode: "The Big D"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Highway to Heaven]]''
| ''[[Highway to Heaven]]''
| Dr. Cohn
| Dr. Cohn
| 1 episode
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Hardcastle and McCormick]]''
| ''[[Hardcastle and McCormick]]''
| Harry Baxter
| Harry Baxter
| Episode: "Games People Play"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1985–92
| 1986
|''{{sortname|The|Golden Girls}}''
| ''[[You Again?]]''
| Stan Zbornak
| Max
| 1 episode
| 26 episodes
|-
|-
| 1987
| 1987
| ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''
| ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''
| Arthur Rydell
| Arthur Rydell
| Episode: "The Rat Pack"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| Harold Levinson
| Harold Levinson
| Episode: "Temptation"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
| 1989
| ''[[The Famous Teddy Z]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Famous Teddy Z}}''
| Lassister Fogel
| Lassister Fogel
| Episode: "The Dark Closet"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Out of This World (TV series)|Out of This World]]''
| ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]''
| Stanley Mansfield
| Stanley Mansfield
| Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1989–90
| 1989-1990
| ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]''
| ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]''
| Murray Steadman
| Murray Steadman
| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1990
| 1990
| ''[[The Bradys]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Bradys}}''
| Gene Dickinson
| Gene Dickinson
| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Knots Landing]]''
| ''[[Knots Landing]]''
| Sergeant Levine
| Sergeant Levine
| 3 episodes
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
| Gorman
| Episode: "Faith, Hope and Charity"
|-
|-
| 1992
| 1992
| ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''
| ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''
| Stern (Voice)
| Stern
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1992–93
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| Judge Al Jones
| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 1993
| 1993
| ''[[The Golden Palace]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Golden Palace}}''
| Stanley Zbornak
| Stanley Zbornak
| Episode: "One Angry Stan"
| 1 episode
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| ''[[The Mommies (TV series)|The Mommies]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Mommies|dab=TV series}}''
| Therapist
| Therapist
| Episode: "The Exercist"
| 1 episode
|-
|}
|}


==Award nominations==
==Award nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Year
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Award
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Result
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Category
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Film or series
|-
|-
! Year
|1987
! Association
|rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]
! Category
|rowspan=2|'''Nominated'''
! Nominated work
|rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series]]
! Result
|''The Golden Girls''<br><small>(For episode: "[[List of The Golden Girls episodes#Season Two|The Stan Who Came To Dinner]]")</small>
|-
| 1987
| rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
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Herb Edelman
Edelman as Bert on The Good Guys, 1969
Born
Herbert Edelman

(1933-11-05)November 5, 1933
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 21, 1996(1996-07-21) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeMontefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York, U.S.
EducationBrooklyn College
Alma materCornell University
OccupationActor
Years active1963–1995
TelevisionThe Golden Girls
The Good Guys
Big John, Little John
Spouse
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(m. 1964; div. 1970)​
PartnerChristina Pickles (1984–96)[1]
Children2
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
Unit Armed Forces Radio Service
Battles/warsKorean War

Herbert Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television.[1] He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. His best-known role was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Bea Arthur) on The Golden Girls.[1] He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere.

Early life and career

Edelman was born in New York City in the borough of Brooklyn. Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a veterinarian at Cornell University but left during his first year. After serving in the U.S. Army as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio, he enrolled in Brooklyn College as a theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a taxicab driver. One of his fares was director Mike Nichols,[2] who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. Edelman reprised his role in the 1967 film version (starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda).[3]

He appeared as Murray the Cop in the movie version of Simon's The Odd Couple (1968) and later appeared in Simon's California Suite (1978). He also had a role in The Way We Were (1973)[4] and in an installment of the Japanese movie series Otoko wa Tsurai yo in 1979.

He remains best known for his three decades in television, usually as a co-star, recurring character, or guest star on CHIPS, The Golden Girls, That Girl, Love, American Style, The Streets of San Francisco, Maude, Cannon, Happy Days, Welcome Back, Kotter, Highway to Heaven Kojak, Fantasy Island, Cagney & Lacey, and MacGyver, but occasionally in a lead role. In 1976, he starred in the Saturday morning children's series Big John, Little John, as well as The Good Guys with Bob Denver (in what was Denver's first series after Gilligan's Island), from 1968 to 1970.

He also appeared with Bill Bixby and Valerie Perrine in Bruce Jay Friedman's Steambath, a controversial PBS dramedy, during 1973. From 1984 to 1988, he had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere. Edelman also appeared in ten episodes of Murder, She Wrote between 1984 and 1995,[1] most frequently appearing as New York Police Department Lieutenant Artie Gelber. His last role was in an episode of Burke's Law.[3]

Personal life and death

Edelman was married to soap opera actress Louise Sorel from 1964 to 1970; he had two children, Briana Edelman and Jacy Edelman.[1] He was romantically linked with actress Christina Pickles from the mid-1980s until his death.

Herbert Edelman died of emphysema on July 21, 1996, in Los Angeles at the age of 62; he was interred at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1967 In Like Flint Russian Premier
1967 Barefoot in the Park Harry Pepper
1968 P.J. Charlie Alternative title: New Face in Hell
1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas Murray Alternative title: Kiss My Butterfly
1968 The Odd Couple Murray
1972 The War Between Men and Women Howard Mann
1973 The Way We Were Bill Verso
1974 The Front Page Schwartz Credited as Herbert Edelman
1974 The Yakuza Wheat Alternative title: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
1975 Hearts of the West Polo Alternative title: Hollywood Cowboy
1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 Danny TV movie
1977 Charge of the Model T's Villa Nueva
1978 Goin' Coconuts Sid
1978 California Suite Harry Michaels
1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring Michael Jordan 24th entry in the Japanese Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
1981 On the Right Track Sam
1983 Cracking Up Dr. Jonas Pletchick
1984 Wheels on Meals Matt Henry
1992 The Naked Truth Rupert Hess Credited as Herbert Edelman
1995 Cops n Roberts (final film role)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1964 The Reporter Benny Episode: "How Much for a Prince?"
1965 The Nurses Marco Episode: "The Witnesses"
1965 Honey West Moody Episode: "Live a Little... Kill a Little"
1966 Hey, Landlord Garvin Episode: "The Long Hot Bus"
1966 Occasional Wife Uncle Harry Episode: "Marriage Counselor"
1966 That Girl Eddie Episode: "Time for Arrest"
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Mr. Asterick Episode: "The Furnace Flats Affair"
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Seth Swine Episode: "The Reason Nobody Hardly Ever Seen a Fat Outlaw in the Old West Is as Follows"
1967 Accidental Family Howard Episode: "If You Knew Martha"
1967 The Flying Nun Albion "Al" Caine Episode: "Ah Love, Could You and I Conspire?"
1968–70 The Good Guys Bert Gramus 42 episodes
1971 The Bill Cosby Show Mr. Maher Episode: "Tobacco Road"
1971 Bewitched Col. Bringham Episode: "This Little Piggie"
1971 McMillan & Wife Gregory Constantine Episode: "Once Upon a Dead Man"
1971 Mission: Impossible Frank Mason Episode: "Run for the Money"
1972 Banacek Joe Taddenhurst Episode: "Project Phoenix"
1972 Banyon Harry Sprague Episode: "Pilot"
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Howard Feinstein Episode: "A Quality of Fear"
1972 Temperatures Rising Dr. Patterson Episode: "RX: Christmas"
1973 Ironside David Wollens Episode: "Murder by One"
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show George Benson Episode: "One of the Boys"
1973 The Partridge Family Darby Willis Episode: "The Strike-Out King"
1974 Hawkins Lt. Horowitz Episode: "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor"
1974 Maude Woody Episode: "Maude the Boss"
1975 Happy Days Burglar Episode: "The Cunningham Caper"
1975 Barney Miller Alan Schuster Episode: "The Guest"
1975 Medical Center Brannigan Episode: "Gift from a Killer"
1976 Jigsaw John Lieutenant Hill Episode: "Sand Trap"
1976 Big John Little John Big John Martin 13 episodes
1977 Blansky's Beauties Sindu 2 episodes
1977 Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected Don Lucas Episode: "You're Not Alone"
1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums Schwann Episode: "The Angels and the Bums"
1978 CHiPs Sanders Episode: "Rainy Day"
1978 Chico and the Man Doctor Episode: "The Hot Rock"
1978 Charlie's Angels Joey January Episode: "Angels in Vegas"
1979 The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove Big Jim 2 episodes
1980–81 Ladies' Man Reggie 16 episodes
1981–82 Strike Force Commissioner Herb Klein 20 episodes
1982–83 Nine to Five Harry Nussbaum 8 episodes
1984 Trapper John, M.D. Dr. Haller Episode: "A Little Knife Music"
1984-88 St. Elsewhere Richard Clarendon 17 episodes
1984–95 Murder, She Wrote Lieutenant Artie Gelber, and others 10 episodes
1985 The Fall Guy Hal Vargas movie producer Episode: "Reel Trouble"
1985 The Paper Chase Dr. Arnie Samuels Episode: "The Big D"
1985 Highway to Heaven Dr. Cohn 2 episodes
1985 Hardcastle and McCormick Harry Baxter Episode: "Games People Play"
1985–92 The Golden Girls Stan Zbornak 26 episodes
1987 Matlock Arthur Rydell Episode: "The Rat Pack"
1988 Beauty and the Beast Harold Levinson Episode: "Temptation"
1989 The Famous Teddy Z Lassister Fogel Episode: "The Dark Closet"
1989 Out of This World Stanley Mansfield Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
1989–90 thirtysomething Murray Steadman 2 episodes
1990 The Bradys Gene Dickinson 2 episodes
1990 Knots Landing Sergeant Levine 5 episodes
1991 MacGyver Gorman Episode: "Faith, Hope and Charity"
1992 Batman: The Animated Series Stern 2 episodes
1992–93 L.A. Law Judge Al Jones 2 episodes
1993 The Golden Palace Stanley Zbornak Episode: "One Angry Stan"
1994 The Mommies Therapist Episode: "The Exercist"

Award nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1987 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Golden Girls Nominated
1988 Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Herb Edelman, 62, A Character Actor". The New York Times. July 27, 1996.
  2. ^ "Services set for actor Herb Edelman". United Press International. July 24, 1996. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Hayward, Anthony (29 July 1996). "Obituary : Herb Edelman". The Independent. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ Howard, Alan R. (16 October 2018). "'The Way We Were': THR's 1973 Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (Third ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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