Cast & creator
Marvin Kaplan
Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, ER, MacGyver
Marvin Wilbur Kaplan (January 24, 1927 – August 25, 2016) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter who was best known as Henry Beesmeyer in Alice (1978–1985).
32
film credits
62
television credits
91
1949–2012 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
ER
Kornberg's Father
1994
MacGyver
The Chess Master
1985
Charlie's Angels
Zobar
1976
Love, American Style
Arnold
1969Love, American Style
The Psychiatrist
1969
The Red Skelton Show
Alfred Pinzmetal
1951The Red Skelton Show
Marvin Kaplan
1951
My Three Sons
Joe
1960Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Alvin
1963
Alice
1976Alice
Henry
1976Alice
Henry Beesmeyer
1976
I Dream of Jeannie
Perkins
1965
Petticoat Junction
Stanley
1963
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Mr. Kendall
1964
The Fall Guy
1981
Becker
Mr. Gordon
1998
The Addams Family
Story
1964
The Detectives
Irwin
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Mr. Monty W. Milfloss
1959
The Ford Television Theatre
Marvin
1952
The Mod Squad
Sol Alpert
1968The Mod Squad
Story
1968
Monsters
Murray Van Pelt
1988
McHale's Navy
Kwazniak
1962
Even Stevens
Old Guy #1
2000
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Delgado
1974
What a Cartoon!
Dave D. Fly (voice)
1995
CHiPs
Hilmer Nelson
1977
Honey West
'Byron Manners'
1965
Alcoa Theatre
Harry Cooper
1957
1st & Ten
Irv
1984
Top Cat
Choo Choo (voice)
1961
The Bill Cosby Show
Writer
1969
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1990
Flying High
1978
DuPont Show of the Month
The Messenger Boy
1957Vacation Playhouse
Marvin
1963
Gidget
1965
My Two Dads
1987
Saturday Supercade
Shelly Turtle (voice)
1983Saturday Supercade
Sidney Squirrel (voice)
1983
On the Air
Dwight McGonigle
1992
Wild at Heart
Uncle Pooch
1990
Valentine's Day
1964
My World and Welcome to It
1969
Shades of L.A.
1990
Hank
1965
Fender Bender 500
Choo Choo (voice)
1990
They Came from Outer Space
Dr. Kendall
1990
The Great Race
Frisbee
1965
The Baileys of Balboa
1964The Lux Show
Self
1957
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Irwin
1963
The Nutty Professor
English Student
1963
General Electric Theater
Marvin
1953
We've Got Each Other
1977
Freaky Friday
Carpet Cleaner
1976The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
Murphy's Law
1988
Angels in the Outfield
Timothy Durney
1951
Chopper One
Harry
1974
Heyyy, It's the King!
Skids (voice)
1977
Adam's Rib
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
1949
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994
The Lost Saucer
1975
Frogger
Shellshock "Shelly" Turtle
1983
Kangaroo
Sidney Squirrel
1984
Witchboard 2
Morris
1993
Delirious
Typewriter Repairman
1991
Midnight Madness
Bonaventure Desk Clerk
1980
Key to the City
Francis - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
1950
A New Kind of Love
Harry
1963
Bad Cat
Mouser (voice)
1984
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Choo-Choo (voice)
1988
Wake Me When It's Over
Hap Cosgrove
1960
Dark and Stormy Night
Gunny
2009
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
Stick'um (voice)
1983
Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream
Vampire (voice)
1992
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
1991Troupers
2011
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Neighbor
1984
The Reformer and the Redhead
Leon
1950
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Arnold Fisher
1951
Hollywood Vice Squad
Man with Doll
1986
O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can
Dave D. Fly (voice)
1995
Fangs
Brother Joy
1974
Behave Yourself!
Max the Umbrella
1951
The Severed Arm
Mad Man Herman
1973
Criminal Lawyer
Sam Kutler
1951
Autism and Cake
Mark
2012
The Fabulous Senorita
Clifford Van Kunkle
1952