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Marvin Kaplan

Actor

Marvin Kaplan

Born January 24, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied August 25, 201630 films

Marvin Wilbur Kaplan (January 24, 1927 – August 25, 2016) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter who was best known as Henry Beesmeyer in Alice (1978–1985).

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The Great Race posterFirst watchThe Great Race19657.1as FrisbeeProfessional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Wild at Heart poster7.0Wild at Heart1990It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster7.0It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963Adam's Rib poster7.1Adam's Rib1949The Nutty Professor poster6.5The Nutty Professor1963Freaky Friday poster6.1Freaky Friday1976Delirious poster5.7Delirious1991Midnight Madness poster5.8Midnight Madness1980Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love poster4.6Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love1994

Filmography

30 films as actor
  1. 2012Autism and CakeMark
  2. 2009Dark and Stormy NightGunny
  3. 1995O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin CanDave D. Fly (voice)
  4. 1994Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
  5. 1993Witchboard 2Morris
  6. 1992Monster in My Pocket: The Big ScreamVampire (voice)
  7. 1991DeliriousTypewriter Repairman
  8. 1990Wild at HeartUncle Pooch
  9. 1988Top Cat and the Beverly Hills CatsChoo-Choo (voice)
  10. 1986Hollywood Vice SquadMan with Doll
  11. 1984Bad CatMouser (voice)
  12. 1984Don't Ask Me, Ask GodNeighbor
  13. 1983Deck the Halls with Wacky WallsStick'um (voice)
  14. 1980Midnight MadnessBonaventure Desk Clerk
  15. 1976Freaky FridayCarpet Cleaner
  16. 1974FangsBrother Joy
  17. 1973The Severed ArmMad Man Herman
  18. 1965The Great RaceFrisbee
  19. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldIrwin
  20. 1963A New Kind of LoveHarry
  21. 1963The Nutty ProfessorEnglish Student
  22. 1960Wake Me When It's OverHap Cosgrove
  23. 1952The Fabulous SenoritaClifford Van Kunkle
  24. 1951Angels in the OutfieldTimothy Durney
  25. 1951Behave Yourself!Max the Umbrella
  26. 1951Criminal LawyerSam Kutler
  27. 1951I Can Get It for You WholesaleArnold Fisher
  28. 1950The Reformer and the RedheadLeon
  29. 1950Key to the CityFrancis - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
  30. 1949Adam's RibCourt Stenographer (uncredited)