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Edward Platt was born February 4, 1916 in Staten Island, New York. Platt began his performing career as an opera and big band singer before hosting a children's show on television. Platt turned towards the movies when his friend Jose Ferrer offered him a role in The Shrike in 1955. Platt then began a successful career as a character actor in both movies and television. His first and only regular role came when cast as the Chief in 1965. He died of a heart attack in 1973.
- MOVIE ROLES
- Man from Button Willow, 1965
- Bullet for a Badman, 1964
- Ticlish Affair, 1963
- Black Zoo, 1963
- Explosive Generation, 1961
- Cape Fear, 1961
- Fiercest Heart, 1961
- Atlantis, the Lost Contient, 1961
- Pollyanna, 1960
- North by Northwest, 1959
- Rebel Set, 1959
- Inside the Mafia, 1959
- Helen Morgan Story, 1959
- They Came to Cordura, 1959
- Cash McCall, 1959
- Summer Love, 1958
- High Cost of Loving, 1958
- Oregon Passage, 1958
- Gift of Love, 1958
- Last of the Fast Guns, 1958
- Damn Citizen, 1958
- Gunman1s Walk, 1958
- House of Numbers, 1957
- Tattered Dress, 1957
- Great Man, 1957
- Designing Women, 1957
- The Life, Loves, and Adventures of Omar Khayyam, 1957
- Reprisal, 1956
- Rock, Pretty Baby, 1956
- Written on the Wind, 1956
- Proud Ones, 1956
- Serenade, 1956
- The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, 1956
- Backlash, 1956
- Unguarded Moment, 1956
- Steel Jungle, 1956
- Storm Center, 1956
- Sincerely Yours, 1956
- Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
- McConnell Story, 1955
- The Private War of Major Benson, 1955
- Illegal, 1955
- Shrike, 1955
- The Painted Stallion, 1937
- TV SHOW ROLES
- Get Smart, 1965-70