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Frank Gorshin was an American actor.

Biography[]

Born Frank Gorshin Jr. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he became an impressionist and studied at the Carnegie Tech School of Drama, becoming a film and television actor following the Second World War as well as making a number of appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show as a comedian and impressionist.

Gorshin soon made his film debut in Between Heaven and Hell and went on to play a number of "heavies" before being cast as the cunning Riddler in the 1960s Batman series. He also appeared in the original Star Trek series, Hawaii Five-O and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as well as such films as Twelve Monkeys.

He passed away in 2005.

Singing[]

Gorshin appeared on a number of variety shows, including a singing appearance on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall as well as releasing his own single Never Let Her Go.

Gorshin also appeared in a number of stage musicals, namely What Makes Sammy Run?, the original cast of Jimmy (playing Jimmy Walker), Promises, Promises and On the Twentieth Century as Oscar Jaffee.

Film[]

Man of the Century (1999)[]

  • Vesti la Giubba (solo)

Television[]

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960)[]

  • That's Amore (solo)

Stage[]

What Makes Sammy Run? (1966)[]

  • A New Pair of Shoes (contains solo lines)
  • You Help Me (duet)
  • Lites--Camera--Platitude (contains solo lines)
  • My Hometown (solo)
  • I See Something (duet)
  • You Can Trust Me (solo)
  • A Room Without Windows (duet)
  • Kiss Me No Kisses (duet)
  • I Feel Humble (contains solo lines)
  • You're No Good (duet)
  • My Hometown (Reprise)(solo)
  • Some Days Everything Goes Wrong (solo)

Jimmy (1969)(originated the role)[]

  • Will You Think of Me Tomorrow? (solo)
  • The Little Woman (contains solo lines)
  • The Darlin' of New York
  • The Walker Walk (Reprise)
  • What's Out There for Me? (solo)
  • The Squabble Song (duet)
  • One in a Million (duet)
  • Jimmy (contains solo lines)
  • Life Is a One Way Street (duet)

Promises, Promises (1973)[]

  • Half as Big as Life (solo)
  • Upstairs (solo)
  • You'll Think of Someone (duet)
  • Our Little Secret (duet)
  • She Likes Basketball (solo)
  • A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing (duet)
  • A Young Pretty Girl Like You (duet)
  • I'll Never Fall in Love Again (duet)
  • Promises, Promises (solo)

On the Twentieth Century (1986)[]

  • I Rise Again (contains solo lines)
  • Our Private World (duet)
  • I've Got it All (duet)
  • Five Zeros (contains solo lines)
  • Sextet/Sign Lilly Sign (contains solo lines)
  • The Legacy (solo)
  • Lily, Oscar (duet)
  • Finale

Albums[]

Never Let Her Go (1966)[]

  • Never Let Her Go (solo)

Girl Crazy (1990)[]

  • Goldfarb! That's I'm! (contains solo lines)
  • But Not for Me (Comic Reprise)(duet)
  • Finale Ultimo

Gallery[]

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