Biography
Lawrence Sheldon Gelman (November 3, 1930 – June 7, 2021) was an American film and television character actor. He was known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the TV series The Bob Newhart Show and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of The Odd Couple.: 779 Gelman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 3, 1930.On television, Gelman portrayed Leo Gold in Free Country,: 365 Irv Schlosser in Grand Slam,: 411 Dr. Hubie Binder in Maude: 668 officer Bernstein on Eight Is Enough, Al Clemens on Mork & Mindy.: 715 and Max on Needles and Pins.: 748 Gelman appeared in other American television series, including The Monkees (3 episodes), Batman, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, My Three Sons, The Doris Day Show (3 episodes), The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Rhoda, Kojak (2 episodes), Quincy M.E., CHiPS, The Love Boat, Laverne & Shirley, One Day at a Time (2 episodes), Barney Miller (4 episodes), The Facts of Life, Simon & Simon, Hill Street Blues, Remington Steele, Cagney & Lacey (3 episodes), Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Mr. Belvedere (2 episodes), In the Heat of the Night (2 episodes), Night Court (3 episodes), Doogie Howser, M.D., The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Touched by an Angel and ER. He appeared in Tales from the Darkside Love Hungry (series 4, episode 11, 1988) as Elmo. He also was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series, for his guest-starring appearance on the episode "Goodbye, Mr. Fish: Part 2" of the American sitcom television series Barney Miller.In film, Gelman appeared (credited as Larry Spelman) in the X-rated 1976 film Alice in Wonderland with Kristine DeBell, and the adult comedy Chatterbox (1977) starring Candice Rialson. He also had roles in Disney's Superdad (1973), The Strongest Man in the World (1975), Tunnel Vision (1976), Raid on Entebbe (1977), The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979), The Frisco Kid (1979), O'Hara's Wife (1982), Dreamscape (1984), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), The Naked Cage (1986) and Mr. Saturday Night (1992).
On Broadway, Gelman portrayed Tambi Rothman in The Roast (1980). His other stage activities included touring in a production of The Odd Couple and playing Albert Einstein in Einstein: A Stage Portrait.Gelman also played Einstein in the real-time strategy games Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge.
He died from injuries suffered in a fall in June 2021, at the age of 90.
Filmography
all 78
TV Shows 48
Movies 30
Director 1
Sonny with a Chance (2009)
Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis! (2009)
Wasabi Tuna (2003)
Oliver Beene (2003)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1998)
Fox Hunt (1996)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)
Weird Science (1994)
Deadly Exposure (1993)
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
The Last Fling (1987)
The Check Is in the Mail... (1986)
The Naked Cage (1986)
Amazing Stories (1985)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Mr. Belvedere (1985)
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
Dreamscape (1984)
The Duck Factory (1984)
Night Court (1984)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
It Takes Two (1982)
Remington Steele (1982)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
O'Hara's Wife (1982)
Simon & Simon (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Wholly Moses (1980)
Topper (1979)
Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
The Facts of Life (1979)
The Frisco Kid (1979)
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)
Free Country (1978)
Rabbit Test (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
CHiPs (1977)
Eight Is Enough (1977)
Chatterbox! (1977)
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Slumber Party '57 (1976)
Tunnel Vision (1976)
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
One of Our Own (1975)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Barney Miller (1975)
Harry O (1974)
Rhoda (1974)
Superdad (1973)
Kojak (1973)
Needles and Pins (1973)
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Maude (1972)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
Nichols (1971)
Ruben's Revenge (1971)
The Odd Couple (1970)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
The Doris Day Show (1968)
Funny Girl (1968)
The Flying Nun (1967)
The Busy Body (1967)
Occasional Wife (1966)
The Monkees (1966)
Batman (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Get Smart (1965)
Run for Your Life (1965)
My Three Sons (1960)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1930-11-03
Deathday2021-06-07 (90 years old)
Birth NameLawrence Sheldon Gelman
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJerry Spelman
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