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Don Diamond is a Actor American born on 4 june 1921 at New York City (USA)

Don Diamond

Don Diamond
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Birth name Donald Alan DiamondPR
Nationality USA
Birth 4 june 1921 at New York City (USA)
Death 19 june 2011 (at 90 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Donald Alan "Don" Diamond (June 4, 1921 – June 19, 2011) was an American radio, film, and television actor who portrayed "Crazy Cat", the sidekick and heir apparent to Chief Wild Eagle on the popular 1960s television sitcom, F Troop (1965–1967).

Biography

Son père est né en Russie et a servi dans l'armée américaine pendant la Première Guerre mondiale ; sa mère est née dans le New Jersey. Il a appris l'espagnol lorsqu'il était dans l'armée américaine dans le Sud-Ouest du pays. Il a figuré dans plus de 25 films et plus de cent séries télévisées.
Il est notamment connu pour avoir joué dans la série de Walt Disney Zorro. Il figure tout d'abord dans le 8e épisode de la saison 1 Evènement tragique dans une apparition non créditée du lancier Ibarra. La production à la recherche d'un faire-valoir au sergent Garcia, lui fait passer un essai, et Don Diamond obtient le rôle récurrent du caporal Reyes qui forme avec Henry Calvin, qui incarne le sergent Garcia, un tandem comique comparable au duo Laurel et Hardy. Apparaissant à partir du 14e épisode de la saison 1 L'ombre du doute, il interprète le caporal dans cinquante épisodes.

Il parlait couramment l'espagnol et connaissait plus de 20 dialectes de tous les coins du monde. Il a été très demandé pour fournir sa voix pour des personnages de dessins animés et peut être appelé « l'homme aux mille voix ». De sa famille, il a dit lui-même que « [son] épouse Louisa est un professeur d'espagnol. Elle est du Mexique. » Ils étaient mariés depuis plus de trente ans et ont eu une fille, Roxanne, née en 1966.

Best films

The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
(1958)
(Actor)

Usually with

Paul Baxley
Paul Baxley
(2 films)
Billy Beck
Billy Beck
(3 films)
Michael D. Moore
Michael D. Moore
(2 films)
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
(1 films)
Leslie H. Martinson
Leslie H. Martinson
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Don Diamond (20 films)

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Actor

The Kid with the Broken Halo
The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982)
, 1h40
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, June Allyson, Ray Walston, Mason Adams, John Pleshette
Roles Giuseppe
Rating56% 2.8100752.8100752.8100752.8100752.810075
Le téléfilm raconte l'histoire d'un apprenti ange gardien, envoyé sur Terre pour gagner ses ailes en aidant les autres.
Herbie Goes Bananas
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
, 1h30
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Jack Perkins, Charles Martin Smith, Stephen W. Burns, John Vernon
Roles Local #2
Rating49% 2.4568052.4568052.4568052.4568052.456805
Loosely picking up where Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo left off, protagonist Pete Stancheck (Stephen W. Burns) has inherited Herbie from Jim Douglas, and travels to Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) with his friend Davy "D.J." Johns (Charles Martin Smith) to retrieve the car. There, they befriend Paco (Joaquin Garay, III), a comically mischievous, orphaned pickpocket.
The Toolbox Murders
The Toolbox Murders (1978)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Serial killer films, Rape and revenge films
Actors Wesley Eure, Aneta Louise Corsaut, Pamelyn Ferdin, Cameron Mitchell, Evelyn Guerrero, Don Diamond
Roles Sgt. Cameron
Rating52% 2.604122.604122.604122.604122.60412
A man dressed in black drives through Los Angeles, and flashes back to a girl dying in a car accident. The man arrives at an apartment complex, and kills a female tenant (who recognizes him) with a drill. Afterward, the man dons a ski mask, and murders two other women, the first with a hammer, and the second with a screwdriver. The police are called, and they interview the people who found the bodies, as well as Vance Kingsley, the owner of the building. The next night, the killer strikes again, breaking into the apartment of a woman who is masturbating in her bathtub, and shooting her in the stomach and head with a nail gun. The murderer then abducts Laurie Ballard, a fifteen-year-old who lives in the above apartment with her family.
Breezy
Breezy (1974)
, 1h48
Directed by Clint Eastwood, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Holden, Kay Lenz, Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay, Shelley Morrison, Joan Hotchkis
Roles Maitre 'D
Rating69% 3.4975353.4975353.4975353.4975353.497535
Edith Alice "Breezy" Breezerman (Kay Lenz), a free-spirited teenage runaway, wakes up from a one-night stand, gets dressed, and then walks out the door with her guitar. She catches a ride to the valley with a stranger who seems harmless at first, then when he starts to drive in the wrong direction and talks about "giving his last hitchhiker something to yell about", she jumps out of his car, runs-away and ends up on Frank Harmon's (William Holden) front lawn. Frank is a middle aged divorced man, who lives a solitary life at his post modern home in the hills. As he gets into his car to drive to work, Breezy jumps into his car asking for a ride to the valley. Breezy tells Frank about her the trouble she had this morning with the stranger and the two bond. Eventually Breezy sees a dog lying in the road and makes Frank pull over. Angered by Frank's lack of empathy for the poor animal Breezy becomes angry and then runs off crying. Realizing that the dog is still alive Frank carries the dog back to his car, when he opens the door the back seat Frank sees that Breezy left her guitar in his back seat and becomes angry because of all the trouble she has caused him.
Hit Man
Hit Man (1972)
, 1h30
Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Roger E. Mosley, Don Diamond, Timothy Brown, Marilyn Joi
Roles Nano Zito
Rating57% 2.851052.851052.851052.851052.85105
Oakland hitman Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) comes home to southern California for the funeral of his brother Cornell. Cornell left behind his wild daughter Rochelle (Candy All), who rejects Tyrone's offer to live with him. Tyrone befriends his late brother’s business partner, Sherwood Epps (Sam Laws), and stays in town to investigate his brother's death. He is threatened by gangsters who tell him to leave town, but they've threatened the wrong man.
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971)
, 1h50
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould, John Beck, Albert Paulsen
Roles DeGamez
Rating56% 2.8077352.8077352.8077352.8077352.807735
Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks and acts completely unlike a spy), she's assigned to simple courier duty to pick up a book in Mexico City. She finds this easier said then done. The film's tagline summizes the person of Pollifax: 'Before she joined the CIA, Mrs. Pollifax thought Red China was a set of dishes'.
Viva Max!
Viva Max! (1969)
, 1h36
Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, Jonathan Winters, John Astin, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn
Roles Hernandez
Rating59% 2.9997952.9997952.9997952.9997952.999795
Riding a white horse, Brigadier General Maximilian Rodrigues de Santos of the army of Mexico arrives at a United States border crossing with a small company of soldiers on foot. He claims to be leading his men to Laredo, Texas to march in a parade on George Washington's birthday.
The Carpetbaggers
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
, 2h30
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker, Vaughn Taylor, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer
Rating64% 3.2449853.2449853.2449853.2449853.244985
Jonas Cord becomes one of America's richest men, inheriting an explosives company from his late father. Cord resents his father bitterly and is psychologically scarred by the death of a twin brother. Believing his family has insanity in its blood, he does not want children of his own.
Irma la Douce
Irma la Douce (1963)
, 2h27
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Grace Lee Whitney, Joan Shawlee
Rating73% 3.6503453.6503453.6503453.6503453.650345
Irma la Douce ["Irma the Sweet"] tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest cop, who after being transferred from the park Bois de Boulogne to a more urban neighborhood in Paris, finds a street full of prostitutes working at the Hotel Casanova and proceeds to raid the place. The police inspector, who is Nestor's superior, and the other policemen, have been aware of the prostitution, but tolerate it in exchange for bribes. The inspector, a client of the prostitutes himself, fires Nestor, who is accidentally framed for bribery.
Fun in Acapulco
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
, 1h37
Directed by Richard Thorpe, Michael D. Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Paul Lukas, Elsa Cárdenas, Teri Garr, Darlene Tompkins
Rating58% 2.9015352.9015352.9015352.9015352.901535
Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, Mexico. When Janie Harkins, the bratty daughter of the boat owner, gets him fired, Mike must find new work. A Mexican boy named Raoul helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into a rival lifeguard, who is the champion diver of Mexico. He is angry at Mike for taking some of his hours, and for stealing his woman.
Swingin' Along
Swingin' Along (1961)

Directed by Charles Barton
Genres Comedy
Actors Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall, Barbara Eden, Ted Knight, Connie Gilchrist, Carol Christensen
Roles Tony
Rating48% 2.4343652.4343652.4343652.4343652.434365
Freddy Merkle never finishes anything. He has a half-done painting, half a sculpture and a sonata he's been composing for quite a while. His girlfriend Ginny encourages him to finish something he starts, but Freddy, a delivery boy, never quite gets around to it.
The Story of Ruth
The Story of Ruth (1960)
, 2h12
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood, Viveca Lindfors, Jeff Morrow, Elana Eden
Roles Yomar
Rating67% 3.3532353.3532353.3532353.3532353.353235
The first part of the film revolves around Ruth, visualized as a pagan idolatress in her youth who serves as the spiritual teacher of a young Moabitess girl, Tebah, who is being prepared to be sacrificed to Chemosh, a Moabite deity. High-priestess Eleilat, along with Ruth, instruct Mahlon, a Judean artisan, to polish Tebah's ritual crown. Mahlon delivers the crown to Ruth at the temple, and he begins to question her about the existence of Chemosh. Ruth becomes doubtful of her religion and ultimately falls in love with Mahlon, sharing an interest in monotheism.