Edward Platt

Edward Platt

Forever and fondly remembered as Don Adams' foil on the popular Mel Brooks/Buck Henry spy series Get Smart (1965), character actor Ed Platt (also billed as Edward C. Platt) had been around for two decades prior to copping that rare comedy role. Born in Staten Island, New York, on Valentine's Day, 1916, he inherited an appreciation of music on his mother's side. He spent a part of his childhood in...

Known For

North by Northwest

as Victor Larrabee

Rebel Without a Cause

as Ray Fremick

Cape Fear

as Judge

Cast Credits

The Female Instinct

as Julius Nero

Johnny Shiloh

as Gen. Thomas

A Ticklish Affair

as Captain Haven Hitchcock

Black Zoo

as Chief Rivers

Cape Fear

as Judge

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as Azor the High Priest

Pollyanna

as Ben Tarbell

Cash McCall

as Harrison Glenn

Inside the Mafia

as Dan Regent

North by Northwest

as Victor Larrabee

The Rebel Set

as Mr. Tucker / Mr. T

They Came to Cordura

as Col. DeRose

Destination Space

as Dr. Easton (as Edward C. Platt)

Gunman's Walk

as Purcell Avery

Summer Love

as Dr. Thomas Daley

Damn Citizen

as Joseph Kosta (as Edward C. Platt)

The Gift of Love

as Dr. Jim Miller

Oregon Passage

as Roland Dane

The Helen Morgan Story

as Johnny Haggerty

House of Numbers

as The Warden

Omar Khayyam

as Jayhan

Designing Woman

as Martin J. Daylor