Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herb Edelman, licensed under CC...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
2003
as Stanley Zbornak (archival footage)
A 90-minute special reuniting the main cast of the American sitcom, "The Golden Girls", where they share their favorite moments from the show, behind-...
Cops n Roberts
1995
The Naked Truth
1992
as Rupert Hess
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T...
Grass Roots
1992
as Manny Pearl
This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Sen...
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
as Mac Goodman
A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce.
Wheels on Meals
1984
as Matt
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a...
Shooting Stars
1983
Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to...
Smorgasbord
1983
as Dr. Jonas Pletchick
Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to end it all with a foolproof suicide plan, he still man...
On the Right Track
1981
as Sam
Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while...
A Cry for Love
1980
as Jack
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and t...
Marathon
1980
as Saul Feigenbaum
A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into his life, inspiring him to enter a marathon, to the ann...
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
as Michael
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
California Suite
1978
as Harry Michaels
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Goin' Coconuts
1978
as Sid
The toothsome singing duo, Donny and Marie Osmond, head for Hawaii in this comedy. The trouble begins when Marie acquires a lovely necklace without re...
The Comedy Company
1978
as Lester Dietz
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
Special Olympics
1978
as Doug Ransom
A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is intellectually challenged and enrolled in a state school for...
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
as Rabbi
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorou...
Charge of the Model T's
1977
as Villa Nueva
During WWI, the Germans try to encourages and hires a band of certain Mexican guerrillas and bandits to make trouble on the Texas border and attack th...
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
as Danny
In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on Cal...
Distant Early Warning
1975
Aliens infiltrate an Arctic research station, and perform experiments on the unsuspecting crew by mind control which makes them think they are seeing ...
Hearts of the West
1975
as Polo
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession ...
Crossfire
1975
as Bert Ganz
Vince Rossi is a cop who has been asked by the department to go undercover. Part of the process was being dismissed from the department and being bran...
The Yakuza
1974
as Wheat
When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer...
The Front Page
1974
as Schwartz
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
as Felix
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
The Way We Were
1973
as Bill Verso
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in t...
Steambath
1973
as Bieberman
Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the s...
Of Thee I Sing
1972
as Louis Lippman
CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.
The War Between Men and Women
1972
as Howard Mann
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist ...
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
as Gregory Constantine
The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.
Banyon
1971
as Harry Sprague
Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon'...
The Neon Ceiling
1971
as Harry
A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a g...
The Feminist and the Fuzz
1971
as Wyatt Foley
A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates.
In Name Only
1969
as Bert Clayton
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiat...
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968
as Murray
Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life c...
The Odd Couple
1968
as Murray
In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with...
P.J.
1968
as Charlie (as Herbert Edelman)
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbiso...
Barefoot in the Park
1967
as Harry Pepper
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwi...
In Like Flint
1967
as Russian Premier
Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds t...