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Stocky, bespectacled New York comic actor with distinctive Brooklyn tones discovered by Katharine Hepburn while performing in a play at USC. After she put him into his first film Adam's Rib (1949), he went on to perform in a number of loveable, sometime dim-witted roles on TV ("Alice") and in cartoons ("Top Cat").

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in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

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Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel -- This reel contains Christopher performing in Film and Television. The clips included are from the following: "The Boundary", "The Wire", "Duplicity", "Law & Order(SVU)", "Michael Clayton", "Cost Of A Soul", "HEROES" and "Law & Order (CI)".

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Francine Locke Film Reel -- Family Law (Best Actress, Gideon), Stealing Home (Best Supporting Actress-nom.) 168 Project, True Tale Monster (Albert P. Weisman Award), The Discarded (2011 Feature Release).

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2012 Autism and Cake (short)
Mark
 
2009 Dark and Stormy Night
Gunny
 
2005 McBride: The Chameleon Murder (TV movie)
Mr. Bernard
 
1998-2004 Becker (TV series)
Mr. Gordon
– DNR (2004) … Mr. Gordon
– Trials and Defibrillations (2001) … Mr. Gordon
– Truth and Consequences (1999) … Mr. Gordon
– Man Plans, God Laughs (1998) … Mr. Gordon
 
2002 Even Stevens (TV series)
Old Guy #1
– Boy on a Rock (2002) … Old Guy #1
 
1999 ER (TV series)
Kornberg's Father
– Sticks and Stones (1999) … Kornberg's Father
 
1997 Johnny Bravo (TV series)
Woody
– Going Batty/Berry the Butler/Red Faced in the White House (1997) … Woody (voice)
 
1996 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV series)
Sculptor / Skeech
– Eye Full of Wander/Lifestyles of the Rich and Scary (1996) … Skeech/Sculptor
 
1995 The Cartoon Cartoon Show (TV series)
Dave D. Fly
– O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can (1995) … Dave D. Fly (voice)
 
1994 Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (TV movie)
Mr. Dawson
 
1993 Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway
Morris
 
1992 Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream (TV short)
Vampire (voice)
 
1992 On the Air (TV mini-series)
Dwight McGonigle
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Dwight McGonigle
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Dwight McGonigle
– The Lester Guy Show (1992) … Dwight McGonigle
– Episode #1.4 (1992) … Dwight McGonigle
– Episode #1.5 (1992) … Dwight McGonigle
See all 7 episodes »
 
1991 Garfield and Friends (TV series)
– Moo Cow Mutt/Big Bad Buddy Bird/Angel Puss (1991) (voice)
 
1991 Delirious
Typewriter Repairman
 
1991 They Came from Outer Space (TV series)
Dr. Kendall
– The Legend (1991) … Dr. Kendall
 
1990 Monsters (TV series)
Murray Van Pelt
– Murray's Monster (1990) … Murray Van Pelt
 
1990 Wake, Rattle & Roll (TV series)
Choo Choo
 
1990 Wild at Heart
Uncle Pooch
 
1989 Double Your Pleasure (TV movie)
Jeff
 
1989 My Two Dads (TV series)
Vernon
– Playing with Fire (1989) … Vernon
 
1988 1st & Ten: The Championship (TV series)
– Team Picture (1988)
 
1988 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
Jerrold Plotnik
– A Fair Shake: Part 1 (1988) … Jerrold Plotnik
 
1987 Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (TV movie)
Choo-Choo (voice)
 
1986 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Joe
– The Bigger They Are (1986) … Joe
 
1986 MacGyver (TV series)
The Chess Master
– A Prisoner of Conscience (1986) … The Chess Master
 
1986 Hollywood Vice Squad
Man with doll
 
1977-1985 Alice (TV series)
Henry
– Th-th-th-that's All Folks (1985) … Henry
– Kiss the Grill Goodbye (1985) … Henry
– Tommy's Lost Weekend (1984) … Henry
– Space Sharples (1984) … Henry
– Mel Spins His Wheels (1984) … Henry
See all 82 episodes »
 
1981-1984 ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)
Mouser / Sutcliffe
– Bad Cat (1984) … Mouser (voice)
– Arthur the Kid (1981) … Sutcliffe
 
1984 Don't Ask Me, Ask God (TV movie)
Neighbor #1
 
1983 Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls (TV movie)
Stick'um (voice)
 
1983 Saturday Supercade (TV series)
Shellshock 'Shelly' Turtle
– Episode #1.3 (1983) … Shellshock 'Shelly' Turtle (voice)
– Episode #1.2 (1983) … Shellshock 'Shelly' Turtle (voice)
– Episode #1.1 (1983) … Shellshock 'Shelly' Turtle (voice)
 
1981 Smurfs (TV series)
Additional Voices
 
1980 Midnight Madness
Bonaventure Desk Clerk
 
1979 Flying High (TV series)
Cutler
– Ladies of the Night (1979) … Cutler
 
1978 CHiPs (TV series)
Hilmer Nelson
– Disaster Squad (1978) … Hilmer Nelson
 
1977 We've Got Each Other (TV series)
Milton
– Miss Wonderful (1977) … Milton
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Zobar
– Circus of Terror (1977) … Zobar
 
1977 C B Bears (TV series)
Skids (voice)
 
1976 Freaky Friday
Carpet Cleaner
 
1975 The Lost Saucer (TV series)
Scientist #1
– Get a Dorse (1975) … Scientist #1
 
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Delgado
– Bad Medicine (1974) … Delgado
 
1974 Snakes
Brother Joy
 
1972-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Arnold (segment "Love and the Latin Lover") / The Psychiatrist (segment "Love and the Stutter")
– Love and the Games People Play/Love and High Spirits/Love and the Memento/Love and the Single Husband/Love and the Stutter (1973) … The Psychiatrist (segment "Love and the Stutter")
– Love and the Bachelor Party/Love and the Latin Lover/Love and the Old-Fashioned Father/Love and the Test of Manhood (1972) … Arnold (segment "Love and the Latin Lover")
 
1973 The Severed Arm
Mad Man Herman
 
1972 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (TV series)
Norman
– Love Story (1972) … Norman (voice)
 
1971 The Chicago Teddy Bears (TV series)
Marvin
– Billy the Kid (1971) … Marvin
– The Spy (1971) … Marvin
– The Alderman (1971) … Marvin
– Tender Loving Kindness (1971) … Marvin
 
1971 Julia (TV series)
Mr. Crocker
– Courting Time (1971) … Mr. Crocker
 
1970 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
Perkins
– One of Our Hotels Is Growing (1970) … Perkins
 
1969 Mod Squad (TV series)
Sol Albert
– In This Corner - Sol Albert (1969) … Sol Albert
– Flight Five Doesn't Answer (1969) … Sol Albert
 
1969 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Stanley
– The Other Woman (1969) … Stanley
 
1969 My World and Welcome to It (TV series)
Corp. Schultz
– Man Against the World (1969) … Corp. Schultz
 
1968 Out of the Blue (TV movie)
Ethel
 
1968 My Three Sons (TV series)
Joe
– Gossip, Incorporated (1968) … Joe
 
1968 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
Mr. Kendall
– The Carriage Waits (1968) … Mr. Kendall
 
1966 Gidget (TV series)
Jeff Tracy
– Don't Defrost the Alligator (1966) … Jeff Tracy
 
1966 Honey West (TV series)
Byron Manners
– The Fun-Fun Killer (1966) … Byron Manners
 
1965 Hank (TV series)
Dudley Cobb
– The Campus Caper (1965) … Dudley Cobb
 
1965 The Great Race
Frisbee
 
1965 McHale's Navy (TV series)
Kwazniak
– All Ahead, Empty (1965) … Kwazniak
 
1965 Valentine's Day (TV series)
– The Man Who Shot the World (1965)
 
1964 The Baileys of Balboa (TV series)
Louie
– Wanna Buy a Hot Turkey? (1964) … Louie
 
1963-1964 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Marv / Marvin
– Hooray for Hollywood (1964) … Marvin
– Maggie Brown (1963) … Marv
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Alvin
– The Game with Glass Pieces (1964) … Alvin
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Irwin
 
1963 A New Kind of Love
Harry
 
1963 Maggie Brown (TV movie)
Marvin
 
1963 The Nutty Professor
English Student
 
1961-1962 Top Cat (TV series)
Choo Choo / Choo-Choo
– Dibble's Double (1962) … Choo Choo (voice)
– Griswald (1962) … Choo Choo
– Dibble Sings Again (1962) … Choo Choo (voice)
– Dibble Breaks the Record (1962) … Choo Choo
– The Con Men (1962) … Choo Choo (voice)
See all 29 episodes »
 
1961 The Detectives (TV series)
Irwin
– Hit and Miss (1961) … Irwin
 
1961 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series)
Mr. Milfloss
– The Second Childhood of Herbert T. Gillis (1961) … Mr. Milfloss
 
1960 Tom, Dick and Harry (TV movie)
Harry Murphy
 
1960 M Squad (TV series)
Arbogast
– A Gun for Mother's Day (1960) … Arbogast
 
1960 Wake Me When It's Over
Hap Cosgrove
 
1959 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Sid
– Tom, Dick, and Harry (1959) … Sid
 
1956-1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Alfred Pinzmetal / Pvt. Alvin
– Valentine Day's Double Date (1958) … Pvt. Alvin
– Valentine's Day Double Date (Original) (1956) … Alfred Pinzmetal
 
1958 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Oscar 'Evil Eye' Schultz / Oscar Schultz
– The Honeymoon (1958) … Oscar Schultz
– Evil Eye Schultz (1958) … Oscar 'Evil Eye' Schultz
 
1952-1955 Meet Millie (TV series)
Alfred Prinzmetal
– Episode #4.27 (1955) … Alfred Prinzmetal
– Episode #4.5 (1955) … Alfred Prinzmetal
– Air Conditioning the Apartment (1955) … Alfred Prinzmetal
– Alfred Is Missing (1955) … Alfred Prinzmetal
– Alfred Meets Rosalind's Father (1955) … Alfred Prinzmetal
See all 78 episodes »
 
1954 Shower of Stars (TV series)
W. Somerset Kaplan
– Premiere Show (1954) … W. Somerset Kaplan
 
1953 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Marvin
– The Marriage Fix (1953) … Marvin
 
1953 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Marvin
– Double Exposure (1953) … Marvin
 
1952 Stars in the Eye (TV movie)
Alfred
 
1952 The Fabulous Senorita
Clifford Van Kunkle
 
1951 Behave Yourself!
Max the Umbrella
 
1951 Angels in the Outfield
Timothy Durney
 
1951 Criminal Lawyer
Sam Kutler
 
1951 The Fat Man
Pinkie (uncredited)
 
1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Arnold Fisher
 
1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
Leon
 
1950 Francis
First Medical Corps lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1950 Key to the City
Francis - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
 
1949 Adam's Rib
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
2010 Watch Out for Slick
 
1972 Maude (TV series)
– The Slumlord (1972) (story)
 
1969 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
– A Word from Our Sponsor (1969) (written by)
 
1965 The Addams Family (TV series)
– Gomez, the People's Choice (1965) (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2010 Watch Out for Slick (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2011 Troupers (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Stage 5 (TV series)
Himself
– November 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2004 Cool Cats in Interview Alley (video short)
Himself
 
1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Spencer Tracy: Triumph & Turmoil (1999) … Himself
 
1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (TV documentary)
Himself / Irwin
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1969, he starred in an unsold comedy pilot for NBC called "The Swingles". The show was set in an apartment building with the residents would meet in the stairway, backyard, basement, etc. and trade one-liners a la "Laugh-In". See more »
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Trivia:

Stocky, bespectacled New York comic actor with distinctive Brooklyn tones discovered by Katharine Hepburn while performing in a play at USC. After she put him into his first film Adam's Rib (1949), he went on to perform in a number of loveable, sometime dim-witted roles on TV ("Alice") and in cartoons ("Top Cat"). See more »

Trademark:

Thick Brooklyn accent and equally thick, black horn-rimmed glasses See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius