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Frank John Gorshin, Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and Tonight Starring Steve Allen. His most famous acting role was as The Riddler on the live-action television series Batman.
Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Catholic parents Frances, a seamstress, and Frank Gorshin, Sr., a railroad worker. He was of Slovenian ancestry. Frank Gorshin's father, Frank Sr., was a second-generation Slovenian American whose parents emigrated to America from Slovenia. His mother, Frances or Fanny, née Prešeren, came as a young girl from Regrča Vas, near Novo Mesto, the main city of Lower Carniola, in Slovenia. Both of Frank’s parents were active in Pittsburgh’s thriving Slovenian community. They sang in the Slovenian Singing Society Prešeren, named after the great Slovenian poet France Prešeren. In an interview, Frances said that her son, Frank, being the product of a Slovenian home, spoke mostly Slovene before going to school. At the age of 15, he took a part-time job as a cinema usher at the Sheridan Square Theatre. He memorized the mannerisms of the screen stars he saw and created an impressionist act. He was still in high school when he obtained his first paid employment, which he secured as the prize in a Pittsburgh talent contest in 1951: a one-week engagement at Jackie Heller's New York nightclub, Carousel. His parents insisted that he take the engagement, even though his 15-year-old brother had been hit by a car and killed just two nights before.
Actors: Julie Newmar (actress), Julie Newmar (actress), Scott L. Schwartz (actor), Adam West (actor), Jason Marsden (actor), Lee Meriwether (actress), Cesar Romero (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Paul A. Kaufman (actor), Carl Ciarfalio (actor), Jason Marsden (actor), Frank Gorshin (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor), Paul A. Kaufman (producer), Betty White (actress),
Plot: Adam West and Burt Ward are taken on a crazy adventure when the Batmobile is stolen from a car museum and they must track down the thief and return it. After solving a puzzle, they realize that the clues to finding the fiend who stole the Batmobile are hidden in their past. During the search, they flashback to their three seasons in tights, including their many sexual escapades. Ultimately they find the Batmobile, but get caught in the villain's lair. Tied to dynamite, will Adam and Burt get out in time? Tune in next time...same bat time...same bat channel!!
Keywords: behind-the-scenes, cape-the-garment, character-name-in-title, colon-in-title, fame, historical-event, lifting-an-adult-into-the-air, lifting-male-in-air, lifting-someone-into-the-air, name-in-titleBack in the sixties and seventies, Frank Gorshin was the penultimate impressionist, appearing many times on the Ed Sullivan Show and in other venues. He became the Riddler on the Batman TV Show in the late sixties. In 1977, RCA tapped his many talents to produce this 24 minute Product Demo which was given to dealers to play on the new RCA VHS "Selectavision" home video recorder. This clip came directly from one of those VHS demo tapes, so the quality is pretty good.
9/16/1999. Adam West (Batman), Burt Ward (Robin), Yvonne Craig (Batgirl), Lee Meriwether (Catwoman), Frank Gorshin (The Riddler), Stanley Ralph Ross (writer), George Barris (Batmobile creator).
Youth on the loose, in 1950s suburbia, terrorize locals, in their supped-up hot roads. Start your engines! It's a race to the finish, to see whether a city backed racetrack will settle things down, or push the pedal to the metal. Lisa, Lori Nelson, is worried about her fiancé Jeff, John Smith, after the death of his brother street racing. Flattop, Frank Gorshin, and the other Hot rodders, who hang out at Yo-Yo's, Fred Essler, burger joint, only went to the police sponsored Dragstrip, because of Jeff urging them; but, now he doesn't want anything to do with it. It's only a matter of time, before police Detective Ben Merrill, Chuck Connors, has another accident, to clean up, when Bronc Talbot, Mark Andrews, rolls into town, and goads them into playing chicken. (from Wikipedia)
This was the final episode of the series. Note that when Fred signs off at the end, there's no indication that the show wouldn't be returning for another season. I'm not sure if this was because they didn't know yet, or just didn't want to mention it. One big treat in this episode is the section of Fred's monologue where he talks about his longtime feud-partner, Jack Benny. This is the only time in the 7 JFY shows we have available where Fred made reference to Jack. Pretty clear which celebrity impression Frank Gorshin was doing in the intro this time. . . it's just not clear to me *why*. Many thanks as always to epaddon for providing his copy of this episode. --------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://w...
Frank Gorshin was a great impressionist, but I have no idea who he's doing here. It's sure not Bart Simpson. Great moment by Fred at 5:00. These shows are a real treat for Fred Allen fans, since these programs were rerun once and only once on GSN in the late 1990s and may never be shown again due to the prominence of the cigarette sponsor, Old Gold. As far as I'm concerned, any Fred Allen video is a precious Fred Allen video, since there's so very little outside of What's My Line. But at least this handful of his shows was rerun once, so you can. . . Judge for Yourself! Many thanks to epaddon for providing his copy of this video. --------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/72847128719...
Guest Star Frank Gorshin .Comic Book Collector,' is a documentary on the history of the American comic book, hosted by Frank Gorshin (best known as The Riddler on the 1960's Batman TV series).
Two celebrities vs two celebrities in "best ball" competition. Both players on one team roll first balls. From the result they accept the best "leave"--2 pins left on one lane better than 5 left on other. The player who did NOT bowl the "best leave" then rolls for the spare. If either player rolls a strike on their first ball, that's the best the team can score in a given frame. Each episode is a modified 10-frame bowling game, with some frames bowled off-camera, as time allows.
THE DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST: "Jackie Gleason". When Dean Martin put together the celebrety panel for his roast of Jackie Gleason in 1975 he did it right.Cast memberbers from Gleason's seminal TV Series "The Honeymooners' were on hand, including Ralph Kramden's 'first' TV wife Audrey Meadows, and Art Carney, appearing in character as his best friend Ed Norton. Also on hand were Sheila MacRae, the second Mrs. Kranden in the late Sixties 'Jackie Gleason Show', and Jane Kean, the second Mrs. Norton also from that series. The only one missing that I would like to have seen was Joyce Randolph, the original Trixie Norton from 'The Honeymooners'. Starring - Man of the Hour - Jackie Gleason; With guest stars, Milton Berle, Foster Brooks, Cid Ceasar, Art Carney, Phyllis Diller, Frank Gorshin...
Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Frank Gorshin interview - thanks to ConanObsessed for sharing.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Frank Gorshin interview - thanks to ConanObsessed for sharing
Adam West & Frank Gorshin - Interview with the Vampire (MTV Movie Awards Parody) 1995
Frank Gorshin does his impression of James Cagney at the 2nd AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To James Cagney (1974). Subscribe to this channel for more exclusive videos from the AFI Archive: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AFI Follow AFI: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute https://twitter.com/AmericanFilm https://instagram.com/americanfilminstitute http://americanfilminstitute.tumblr.com http://www.afi.com
Cesar Romero at a Happy Birthday Hollywood party at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 26, 1989
FRANK GORSHIN was an ENTERTAINERS... " PEN-ULTIMATE ENTERTAINER ." He was a remarkable man, when I first met this man in Florida many years ago, and my subsequent meetings with him , at various World Locations, he also had an affinity with my Family... which was very graciously appreciated... people of this kind are rare in the present day field of Entertainers.
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Frank John Gorshin Jr. was born on April 5, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Frank John Sr., was a railroad worker and his mother, Frances, was a seamstress. While in high school, Frank worked as an usher at the Sheridan Square Theatre and began doing impressions of some of his screen idols: Al Jolson, James Cagney, Cary Grant and Edward G. Robinson. At age 17, he won a local talent contest.
Frank John Gorshin, Jr. was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and Tonight Starring Steve Allen. His most famous acting role was as The Riddler on the live-action television series Batman. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
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Fifty years ago tonight, January 12, 1966 on ABC, Batman premiered on broadcast television and a media sensation was born. This is a clip from the Vicki Lawrence syndicated talk show from June 19, 1994. Adam West (Batman), Julie Newmar (Catwoman) and Frank Gorshin (Riddler) reminisced at their days on the show, and Gorshin (RIP) does another of his wonderful Kirk Douglas impressions! This video clip is presented here at YouTube for the entertainment and informational value of the viewer, and no copyright infringement is intended. Batman forever!
You went right on dancing while he held you in his arms.
When we came to the dance,
darling, I thought you were all mine.
Then you met an old friend who asked you to dance
just for old time.
I could tell as you danced,
you were more than just friends.
Because he still held you tight
when the music came to an end.
(chorus)
You went right on dancing,
you went right on dancing.
From the look in your eyes,
I realized I was loosing you
You went right on dancing,
you went right on dancing
through the tears I could see,
you didn't want me,
our love was through.
From the way that you smile,
darling, I knew you were in his spell.
Ah, you have fallen in love, so much in love
anyone could tell.
I could feel my heart break
as you whirled on the floor
And you didn't even know
when I walked all alone out the door.
(chorus)
You went right on dancing,
you went right on dancing.
From the look in your eyes,
I realized I was loosing you.
You went right on dancing,
you went right on dancing.
Through the tears I could see,
you didn't want me.