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Edward Platt is a Actor American born on 14 february 1916 at Staten Island (USA)
Edward Cuthbert Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of "The Chief" in the 1965-70 NBC/CBS television series Get Smart. With his deep voice and mature countenance, he played an eclectic mix of characters over the span of his career.
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Edward Platt
Birth name Edward Cuthbert Platt
Nationality USA
Birth 14 february 1916 at Staten Island (USA)
Death 19 march 1974 (at 58 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 14 february 1916 at Staten Island (USA)
Death 19 march 1974 (at 58 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
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The Man from Button Willow (1965)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Animation, Western
Actors Dale Robertson, Edgar Buchanan, Howard Keel, Barbara Jean Wong, Herschel Bernardi, Pinto Colvig
Roles The Man In The Black Cape
Rating54%
En 1869, Justin Eagle vit dans son ranch appelé «The Eagle’s Nest», près de la ville de Button Willow, en Californie. En plus d'être éleveur, Justin est un agent secret du gouvernement américain. Il agit pour contrecarrer les voyous qui commencent à pulluler dans l'Ouest. Il est envoyé à San Francisco pour retrouver le sénateur Freeman, qui a disparu alors qu'il combattait Montgomery Blaine et ses hommes de main. Ceux-ci forcent les colons à leur vendre leurs terres à bas prix, en sachant que ces terres sont de grande valeur, car elles doivent être traversées par des chemins de fer...
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
, 1h20Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee, Beverley Owen, Skip Homeier, George Tobias
Roles Tucker
Rating63%
Logan Keliher, a retired Ranger, meets up with an old friend, Sam Ward, who has turned outlaw and is angry at Keliher for marrying his former wife. Ward and his gang rob a bank and Keliher goes to track him down.
Black Zoo (1963)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Michael Gough, Jeanne Cooper, Rod Lauren, Virginia Grey, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Chief Rivers
Rating56%
Michael Conrad is a private zookeeper who owns Conrad's Animal Kingdom. He leads a cult group who literally worship the animals he tends — especially the big cats: a lion, a lioness, a pair of cheetahs, a tiger, and a black panther; as well as a gorilla. Conrad plays organ music to the animals in his living room, and uses them to kill anyone who gets in his way. Conrad is married to Edna and forces his mute son Carl to assist him.
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
, 1h28Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Edward Platt, Carolyn Jones, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Captain Haven Hitchcock
Rating58%
Commander Key Weedon (Gig Young), a pilot with the U.S. Navy, is sent to investigate when an S.O.S. emergency signal is spotted in the San Diego region. He discovers it is the doing of a six-year-old boy, Grover Martin, whose uncle Simon (Red Buttons), an airline pilot, gave the boy a blinker light as a gift.
Johnny Shiloh (1963)
, 2hDirected by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Kevin Corcoran, Brian Keith, Darryl Hickman, Skip Homeier, Edward Platt, Regis Toomey
Roles Gen. Thomas
Rating73%
When the Blue Raiders are called into Union service at the start of the American Civil War, their mascot drummer boy, John Clem defies his father’s wishes and smuggles himself on the train carrying the troops to camp. In spite of efforts by the troops to force him to give up and go home, Johnny refuses and tries to tough it out. He gets photographed by Matthew Brady. His father comes to get him, but Johnny runs away and returns to the regiment. He finally wears down Capt. McPherson, who agrees to let him join the regiment officially. At the Battle of Shiloh, Johnny and General George Henry Thomas rally the retreating Federal forces, but his friend Jeremiah Sullivan is killed. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Johnny wounds a Confederate Colonel who was attacking his friend Gabe Trotter. After the battle, General Ulysses S. Grant promotes Gabe to a lieutenant and Johnny is promoted to sergeant. Johnny and Gabe deliver an important message to General James B. Steedman, but on the way back to Thomas’s headquarters, Gabe is wounded and Johnny is captured. Even though questioned by General Joseph Wheeler he refuses to talk. He makes a daring escape and returns to the union lines.
Cape Fear (1962)
, 1h41Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Psychologie
Actors Robert De Niro, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Nick Nolte, Martin Balsam, Juliette Lewis
Roles Judge
Rating76%
After spending eight years in prison for rape, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released. He promptly tracks down Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), a Georgia lawyer whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because Sam interrupted his attack and testified against him. Cady begins to stalk and subtly threaten Bowden's family. He kills the Bowden family dog, though Sam cannot prove Cady did it. A friend of Bowden's, police chief Mark Dutton (Martin Balsam), attempts to intervene on Bowden's behalf; but he cannot prove Cady guilty of any crime.
The Explosive Generation (1961)
, 1h29Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors William Shatner, Beau Bridges, Patty McCormack, Phillip Terry, Virginia Field, Billy Gray
Roles Mr. Morton
Rating62%
The story is about Peter Gifford, a teacher who wants to teach high school students to think for themselves and express themselves. A female student pushes to have open classroom discussion about the physical and emotional issues associated with teenage relationships and sex. This issue gets blown out of proportion by parents who don't have the facts and jump to ill-informed conclusions, demanding sanctions against the mostly innocent teacher, who keeps still on the matter to protect the involved students. The entire student body rallies in a Gandhiesque silent protest that helps everyone learn to appreciate the truth of the matter.
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
, 1h31Directed by George Pal
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films set in Atlantis
Actors John Dall, Frank DeKova, Edward Platt, Berry Kroeger, William Smith, Edgar Stehli
Roles Azor the High Priest
Rating55%
A Greek fisherman named Demetrios (Sal Ponti, under the screen name of Anthony Hall) and his father rescue Princess Antillia (Joyce Taylor) from a shipwreck without knowing that she is from the technologically advanced civilization of Atlantis. After rescuing the Atlantean princess, Demetrios must travel beyond the Pillars of Hercules to take her home. Upon returning her to her civilization, Demetrios, expecting to receive a reward, is instead enslaved and forced to work in the crater of the volcano which dominates the island.
The Fiercest Heart (1961)
, 1h20Directed by George Sherman
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Stuart Whitman, Juliet Prowse, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Michael David, Eduard Franz
Roles Madrigo
Rating66%
Three men escape from a prison garrison in South Africa, 1837. As the encounter a tribe of Boers led by Willem Prinsboo who are trekking into the country's interior, one of the fugitives, Steve Bates, a British soldier, immediately develops a romantic interest in Willem's beautiful granddaughter, Francina.
Pollyanna (1960)
, 2h14Directed by David Swift
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Richard Egan, Adolphe Menjou, Agnes Moorehead
Roles Ben Tarbell
Rating73%
Pollyanna, fille orpheline de missionnaires, arrive dans la petite ville de Harrington pour vivre avec sa riche tante, Polly Harrington. Pollyanna est jeune et gaie, se concentre sur la bonté de vie et, ainsi se fait de nombreux amis dans la communauté dont l'hypocondriaque M Snow et l'acide ermite M. Pendergast.
Cash McCall (1960)
, 1h42Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger, E. G. Marshall, Henry Jones
Roles Harrison Glenn
Rating62%
Grant Austen (Dean Jagger), the head of Austen Plastics, yearns for retirement. So when Scofield Industries, by far his largest customer, threatens to take its business elsewhere, Austen considers selling his company. He hires a consulting firm, which finds an interested potential buyer, the notorious Cash McCall (James Garner).
They Came to Cordura (1959)
, 2h3Directed by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Dick York, Tab Hunter, Richard Conte
Roles Col. DeRose
Rating63%
In 1916, as U.S. soldiers chase after Pancho Villa, Army Major Thomas Thorn (Gary Cooper) is assigned to be a battlefield observer and reward heroism. He has been suggested for this duty by a Colonel Rogers (Robert Keith), who is 63 years old and impatiently yearning to be promoted to general before mandatory retirement a few months hence.
North by Northwest (1959)
, 2h16Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Films about marriage
Actors Cary Grant, Sol Gorss, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Victor Larrabee
Rating82%
Advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan and kidnapped by Valerian (Adam Williams) and Licht (Robert Ellenstein), who take him to the Long Island estate of Lester Townsend. He is interrogated by a man he assumes to be Townsend, but who is actually spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Vandamm's "associate" Leonard (Martin Landau) intends to get rid of Thornhill once they finish questioning him.
The Rebel Set (1959)
, 1h12Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, Heist films
Actors Gregg Palmer, Kathleen Crowley, Edward Platt, John Rollin Lupton, Ned Glass, I. Stanford Jolley
Roles Mr. Tucker / Mr. T
Rating31%
Mr. Tucker (Platt), proprietor of a Los Angeles coffee house, hires three down-on-their-luck patrons - out-of-work actor John Mapes (Palmer); struggling writer Ray Miller (Lupton); and George Leland (Sullivan), the wayward son of a movie star - to participate in an armored car robbery to take place during a four-hour stopover in Chicago during the trio's train trip from Los Angeles to New York. Tucker and his henchman Sidney (Glass) fly ahead to set up the robbery, which goes off without a hitch. However, once back on the train, Leland's greed gets the better of him, but Tucker double crosses the trio, eliminating Leland and Miller, leaving Mapes as the only one left to stop Tucker from getting away with murder - along with the entire haul.
Inside the Mafia (1959)
, 1h12Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Cameron Mitchell, Robert Strauss, Ted de Corsia, Grant Richards, James Brown, James Brown
Roles Dan Regent
Rating54%