Herb Edelman

Acting

Born November 5, 1933, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Herbert "Herb" Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. One of his best remembered roles was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Beatrice Arthur) on the long-running situation comedy, The Golden Girls. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere.

Filmography

• 2003The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments — Stanley Zbornak (archival footage)
• 1995Cops n Roberts
• Burke's Law — George Muldoon
• The Second Half — Ben
• Batman: The Animated Series — Stern (voice)
• 1992Grass Roots — Manny Pearl
• The Golden Palace — Stan Zbornak
• 1992The Naked Truth — Rupert Hess
• The Bradys
• Beauty and the Beast — Harold Levinson
• thirtysomething
• L.A. Law — Al Jones
• 1986Maggie — Harry 'Pidge' Pidgeon
• Matlock — Arthur Rydell
• MacGyver — Tubbs, Gorman, Bart Riggins
• 1985Picking Up the Pieces — Mac Goodman
• The Golden Girls — Stanley Zbornak
• Crazy like a Fox — Inspector Rouletti
• Highway to Heaven
• Murder, She Wrote — Lieutenant Varick, Max Hellinger, Artie Gelber, George
• 1984Wheels on Meals — Matt
• 1983Shooting Stars
• 1983Smorgasbord — Dr. Jonas Pletchick
• 9 to 5
• Cagney & Lacey — Joel Steiger
• Hotel — Everett Gillan
• Matt Houston
• St. Elsewhere — Richard Clarendon
• 1981On the Right Track — Sam
• Strike Force — Commissioner Herb Klein
• 1980A Cry for Love — Jack
• Ladies' Man — Reggie
• 1980Marathon — Saul Feigenbaum
• Knots Landing — Sergeant Levine
• 1979Tora-san's Dream of Spring — Michael
• Trapper John, M.D.
• 1978California Suite — Harry Michaels
• Fantasy Island — Arthur Gantman
• 1978Goin' Coconuts — Sid
• 1978Special Olympics — Doug Ransom
• 1978The Comedy Company — Lester Dietz
• CHiPs — Sanders
• 1977Charge of the Model T's — Villa Nueva
• 1977Have I Got a Christmas for You — Rabbi
• Rafferty
• The Love Boat — Robert Savage, Howard von Buren
• The San Pedro Beach Bums
• Big John, Little John — Big John Martin
• Charlie's Angels — Joey January
• 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5 — Danny
• 1976The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' Parade — Big John Martin
• Barney Miller — Alan Schuster
• 1975Crossfire — Bert Ganz
• 1975Distant Early Warning
• Ellery Queen — Taxi Driver, Max Sheldon
• 1975Hearts of the West — Polo
• Happy Days
• 1974The Front Page — Schwartz
• 1974The Strange and Deadly Occurrence — Felix
• 1974The Yakuza — Wheat
• Hawkins — Lt. Joe Horowitz
• Kojak — Toza Stefanovic, Jack Cohen
• Police Story — Mr. Morrell
• 1973Steambath — Bieberman
• 1973The Way We Were — Bill Verso
• Banacek — Joe Taddenhurst
• 1972Of Thee I Sing — Louis Lippman
• Temperatures Rising — Dr. Patterson
• The Streets of San Francisco — Sam
• 1972The War Between Men and Women — Howard Mann
• 1971Banyon — Harry Sprague
• Cannon
• 1971Once Upon a Dead Man — Gregory Constantine
• 1971The Feminist and the Fuzz — Wyatt Foley
• 1971The Neon Ceiling — Harry
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show — George Benson
• The Partridge Family — Darby Willis
• 1969In Name Only — Bert Clayton
• Love, American Style — Bob Curtis, Marion Feinstein, Phil
• Medical Center
• The Bill Cosby Show — Mr. Maher
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Howard Feinstein
• 1968I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! — Murray
• 1968P.J. — Charlie (as Herbert Edelman)
• The Good Guys — Bert Gramus
• 1968The Odd Couple — Murray
• Accidental Family
• 1967Barefoot in the Park — Harry Pepper
• Good Morning World — Uncle Harry
• 1967In Like Flint — Russian Premier
• Ironside
• The Flying Nun — Albion 'Al' Caine
• The Mothers-in-Law — Police Sergeant Crump
• It's About Time — Tony Nugent
• Mission: Impossible
• Occasional Wife
• That Girl
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. — Mr. Asterick
• Honey West — Moody
• Bewitched
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Seth Swine
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Rabbi David Miller