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Herb Edelman

Actor

Herb Edelman

Born November 5, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied July 21, 199640 films

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.

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The Odd Couple posterFirst watchThe Odd Couple19687.4as MurrayIn New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Barefoot in the Park poster7.1Barefoot in the Park1967The Way We Were poster7.0The Way We Were1973The Front Page poster7.3The Front Page1974Wheels on Meals poster6.9Wheels on Meals1984The Yakuza poster7.1The Yakuza1974California Suite poster5.9California Suite1978In Like Flint poster6.2In Like Flint1967

Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. 1995Cops n Roberts
  2. 1992The Naked TruthRupert Hess
  3. 1992Grass RootsManny Pearl
  4. 1986MaggieHarry 'Pidge' Pidgeon
  5. 1985Picking Up the PiecesMac Goodman
  6. 1984Wheels on MealsMatt
  7. 1983Shooting Stars
  8. 1983SmorgasbordDr. Jonas Pletchick
  9. 1981On the Right TrackSam
  10. 1980A Cry for LoveJack
  11. 1980MarathonSaul Feigenbaum
  12. 1979Tora-san's Dream of SpringMichael
  13. 1978Goin' CoconutsSid
  14. 1978The Comedy CompanyLester Dietz
  15. 1978California SuiteHarry Michaels
  16. 1978Special OlympicsDoug Ransom
  17. 1977Have I Got a Christmas for YouRabbi
  18. 1977Charge of the Model T'sVilla Nueva
  19. 1976The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' ParadeBig John Martin
  20. 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5Danny
  21. 1975Distant Early Warning
  22. 1975Hearts of the WestPolo
  23. 1975CrossfireBert Ganz
  24. 1974The YakuzaWheat
  25. 1974The Front PageSchwartz
  26. 1974The Strange and Deadly OccurrenceFelix
  27. 1973The Way We WereBill Verso
  28. 1973SteambathBieberman
  29. 1972Of Thee I SingLouis Lippman
  30. 1972The War Between Men and WomenHoward Mann
  31. 1971Once Upon a Dead ManGregory Constantine
  32. 1971BanyonHarry Sprague
  33. 1971The Neon CeilingHarry
  34. 1971The Feminist and the FuzzWyatt Foley
  35. 1969In Name OnlyBert Clayton
  36. 1968I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Murray
  37. 1968The Odd CoupleMurray
  38. 1968P.J.Charlie (as Herbert Edelman)
  39. 1967Barefoot in the ParkHarry Pepper
  40. 1967In Like FlintRussian Premier