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Frank John Gorshin Jr. was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and Tonight Starring Steve Allen. His most famous acting role was as the Riddler on the live-action television series Batman, a performance for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Born
Wednesday, 05 April 1933
Died
Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Woman in Motion | Bele | 2021 |
| Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles | Self | 2010 |
| The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park | Burdus | 2006 |
| Angels with Angles | George Burns / Shelleen | 2005 |
| How William Shatner Changed the World | Bele | 2005 |
| Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time | Self | 2005 |
| Love Story in Harvard | Professor John H. Keynes | 2004 |
| Dr. Vegas | Edgar Rhodes | 2004 |
| The Batman | Professor Hugo Strange | 2004 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Self - Impersonates Marlin Brando for Gibbons | 2004 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Woman in Motion | Bele | 2021 |
| Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles | Self | 2010 |
| The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park | Burdus | 2006 |
| Angels with Angles | George Burns / Shelleen | 2005 |
| How William Shatner Changed the World | Bele | 2005 |
| Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time | Self | 2005 |
| Love Story in Harvard | Professor John H. Keynes | 2004 |
| Dr. Vegas | Edgar Rhodes | 2004 |
| The Batman | Professor Hugo Strange | 2004 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Self - Impersonates Marlin Brando for Gibbons | 2004 |
| Mail Order Bride | Russian Doctor | 2003 |
| High Times Potluck | The Slim Man | 2003 |
| Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | Frank Gorshin | 2003 |
| Sting of the Black Scorpion | Clockwise / Benjamin Tickerman | 2002 |
| Manna from Heaven | Ed | 2002 |
| De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | The Riddler (archive footage) / The Riddler | 2001 |
| The Test | Self - Panelist | 2001 |
| Black Scorpion | Benjamin Tickerman / Clockwise | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Frank Gorshin | 2000 |
| Beethoven's 3rd | Uncle Morrie | 2000 |
| Luck of the Draw | Sterling Johnson | 2000 |
| Castle Rock | Mack | 2000 |
| Man of the Century | Roman Navarro | 1999 |
| Game Day | Sam Segal | 1999 |
| The Rules (for Men) | 1999 | |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | Self | 1999 |
| Final Rinse | Chief | 1999 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | The Riddler | 1999 |
| Donny & Marie | Self | 1998 |
| Sin City Spectacular | Self | 1998 |
| From Hare to Eternity | Yosemite Sam / Yosemite Sam (voice) | 1997 |
| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Cain Ball | 1997 |
| Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight | Cain Ball (during production of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs) | 1997 |
| Johnny Bravo | Barney Stone / Clovy | 1997 |
| Bloodmoon | Chief William Hutchins | 1997 |
| Pullet Surprise | Foghorn Leghorn (voice) / Foghorn Leghorn | 1997 |
| After the Game | Benny Walsh | 1997 |
| Superior Duck | Daffy Duck / Foghorn Leghorn | 1996 |
| 12 Monkeys | Dr. Fletcher | 1995 |
| Hail Caesar | Pete Dewitt | 1994 |
| The Big Story | Cub Reporter / Editor / Older Reporter (voice) / Older Reporter | 1994 |
| Amore! | Asino | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Sharpie Lawyer | 1993 |
| The Meteor Man | Byers the Mobster / Byers | 1993 |
| Sweet Justice | Billy Joe Rivas | 1993 |
| Body Trouble | Johnny Zero | 1992 |
| The Dennis Miller Show | Self - Guest star | 1992 |
| The Hollywood Beach Murders | Zoran | 1992 |
| The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 | Self | 1991 |
| The Ren & Stimpy Show | The Reverend Jack Cheese | 1991 |
| Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Brother Septimus | 1990 |
| Shades of LA | Spina | 1990 |
| The Gnomes' Great Adventure | Holler / Carlo / Omar / Prince | 1990 |
| Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Doc | 1989 |
| Midnight | Ron Saphier | 1989 |
| Monsters | Ward Ellers | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood Vice Squad | Walsh | 1986 |
| Uphill All the Way | Pike | 1986 |
| Hot Resort | Mr. Green | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Arnold Goldman | 1984 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| Treasure Island | Ben Gunn | 1982 |
| Goliath Awaits | Dan Wesker | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | Frakes | 1981 |
| The Uppercrust | Harry Werner, alias Nash | 1981 |
| Underground Aces | Fred Kruger | 1981 |
| Death Car on the Freeway | Ralph Chandler | 1979 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Seton Kellogg | 1979 |
| Legends of the Superheroes | The Riddler | 1979 |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Ocran | 1978 |
| Record City | Chameleon | 1977 |
| Sha Na Na | Self | 1977 |
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year | Sir 1023 / Sir Ten-to-Three (voice) | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Harry Dana | 1976 |
| Wonder Woman | Orlich Hoffman | 1975 |
| The Rich Little Show | Self | 1975 |
| Rhyme and Reason | Self / Himself | 1975 |
| Sky Heist | Ben Hardings | 1975 |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr. | Self | 1975 |
| Sammy and Company | Self | 1975 |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason | Self | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Johnny Rizi | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Police Woman | David Griffin | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Tucker J. Paulsen | 1974 |
| Celebrity Sweepstakes | Self | 1974 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | Himself / Self | 1974 |
| Get Christie Love! | 1974 | |
| Get Christie Love! | Maxwell Case | 1974 |
| The Vin Scully Show | Self | 1973 |
| The Fabulous Fordies | Self | 1972 |
| The ABC Comedy Hour | Self / Self - Various Characters | 1972 |
| The Ice Palace | Self | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Little Willie | 1971 |
| Stand Up and Cheer | Self | 1971 |
| Celebrity Bowling | Self | 1971 |
| The Interns | Joe Calico | 1970 |
| Flip | Self | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Skidoo | The Man | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Billy Howell | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Stash | 1968 |
| ...and Debbie Makes Six | Self | 1968 |
| Ironside | Dorian | 1967 |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Stinky Flanagan | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Destin | 1967 |
| The Woody Woodbury Show | Self | 1967 |
| Spotlight | Self | 1967 |
| The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Pat Boone Show | Self | 1966 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Himself | 1966 |
| The Roger Miller Show | Self | 1966 |
| Star Trek | Bele | 1966 |
| Batman: The Movie | The Riddler | 1966 |
| The John Gary Show | Self | 1966 |
| Batman | Riddler / The Riddler | 1966 |
| The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show | Self | 1966 |
| Ride Beyond Vengeance | Tod Wisdom | 1966 |
| That Darn Cat! | Iggy | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Otto | 1965 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
| What's This Song? | Self | 1964 |
| The Lloyd Thaxton Show | Self | 1964 |
| The Munsters | Fair Deal Dan | 1964 |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| Combat! | Wharton / Pvt. Gavin | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| Empire | Billy Roy Fix | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Lew Rydell | 1962 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Dutch Miley | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Impressionist / Self - Comedian / Self - Actor | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Co-Host / Self - Co-Host / Himself - Actor / Himself / Himself - Impressionist / Self - Impressionist | 1961 |
| Sail a Crooked Ship | George M. Wilson | 1961 |
| The George Raft Story | Moxie Cusack | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Jeremy Rabbitt | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Harry Simms | 1961 |
| Ring of Fire | Frank Henderson | 1961 |
| Where the Boys Are | Basil | 1960 |
| The Great Impostor | Barney | 1960 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Johnny Clover | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Studs Lonigan | Kenny Killarney | 1960 |
| Bells Are Ringing | Blake Barton | 1960 |
| Mr. Lucky | Jerry Musco | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Billy McGirth | 1959 |
| Hennesey | Seaman Pulaski | 1959 |
| Warlock | Billy Gannon | 1959 |
| Night of the Quarter Moon | Racist Punk | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Herbie Catcher | 1959 |
| Torpedo Run | Sub Crewman | 1958 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| Naked City | Alan Starkie | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Hank Butts | 1958 |
| The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams | Self | 1958 |
| Tank Battalion | Pfc. 'Skids' Madigan | 1958 |
| The Restless Gun | Cowboy with Singer | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Marty | 1957 |
| Portland Exposé | Joe | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Self / Himself | 1957 |
| Invasion of the Saucer Men | Joe Gruen | 1957 |
| The Delicate Delinquent | Wise Guy on Street / Neighborhood Street Punk | 1957 |
| Dragstrip Girl | Tommy Burns | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Torpedoman Larkin | 1957 |
| The True Story of Jesse James | Charley Ford | 1957 |
| Between Heaven and Hell | Pvt. Millard - Co. G | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | George | 1956 |
| Hot Rod Girl | Flat Top | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Impressionist / Self / Self - Comedian | 1956 |
| The Proud and Profane | Harry | 1956 |
| The Edge of Night | Smiley Wilson | 1956 |
| Runaway Daughters | Tommy Burns | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Page | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Captain Ray Duncan | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Hal | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Iggy the Bank Robber | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Dick | 1953 |
| American Bandstand | Himself | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Himself - as Nasty McMean | 1951 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself / Self | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Impressionist / Impressionist / Self - Comedian / Self / Jimmy Walker - scene from 'Jimmy' / Comedian | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1966 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy | Nominated |
