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Frank Gorshin
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American actor and comedian (1933-2005)
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Frank Gorshin was an American voice actor, stage actor, film actor, and television actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1933, he served in the United States Army. He was educated at Carnegie Mellon University and began his work period in 1955. Gorshin was associated with the record label Liberty Records and had one child.
He died in Burbank on May 17, 2005, due to lung cancer, which was a natural cause. His notable work includes Beethoven's 3rd. His artistic style has been tagged with lounge, crooner, exotica, and comic books.
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Film & TV
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Known for
- 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
- Sting of the Black Scorpion — Benjamin Tickerman / Clockwise2002
- Manna from Heaven — Ed2002
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1933
- Active to
- 2005
Discography
- "Jimmy"1969
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 783
- Total plays
- 4,314
Tags
Along with obviously being a singer, Frank Gorshin was also known for being a remarkable impressionist and an actor. In the original Batman television show, Frank Gorshin played the role of the Riddler. This also spawned his song simply titled "The Riddler." His manic portrayal of the Riddler in "Batman" (1966) on TV was directly responsible for turning the character in the comics from a minor villain into one of Batman's major recurring enemies. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Frank+Gorshi
Key facts
- Born
- Frank John Gorshin Jr. , ( 1933-04-05 ) April 5, 1933, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17) (aged 72), Burbank, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Occupations
- Actor comedian impressionist
- Years active
- 1956–2005
- Spouse
- Christina Randazzo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 )
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1953–1954
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Burbank
- Occupation
- television actor
- Notable work
- Beethoven's 3rd
- Record label
- Liberty Records
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.therealfrankgorshin.com
- Image
- LouRawlsFrankGorshin1977.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 6 more facts
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1933-04-05
- date of death
- 2005-05-17
- Commons category
- Frank Gorshin
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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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