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