Cast & creator
Tom Poston
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, The Mike Douglas Show
Thomas Gordon "Tom" Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American television and film actor. He starred on television in a career that began in 1950. He appeared as a comic actor, game show panelist, comedy/variety show host, film actor, television actor, and Broadway performer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Poston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
23
film credits
82
television credits
105
1948–2005 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (105)
Showing 105 of 105 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
Capital City Goofball (voice)
1989
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
King of the Hill
Mr. Popper (voice)
1997
Diagnosis: Murder
Tom Porter
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Mickey O'Day
1977The Love Boat
Tom Poston
1977The Love Boat
Daniel Baker
1977
What's My Line?
Self
1950
ER
Earl
1994
Rugrats
Roy (voice)
1991
Will & Grace
Norman
1998
Touched by an Angel
Ed Yablonsky
1994
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Mortgage Banker
1996
That '70s Show
Burt Sigurdson
1998
The Drew Carey Show
Roscoe Harvey
1995
Home Improvement
Clerk
1991Home Improvement
Ned
1991Home Improvement
Ted
1991
Get Smart
Dr. Zharko
1965
St. Elsewhere
Jim Morrison
1982Good Day Live
Self
2001
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Mysterious "Dead Man"
1993
Coach
Dr. Art Hibke
1989Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Janitor / Lieutenant Courtney
1963
Robert Montgomery Presents
Standard Who
1950
Family Matters
Mr. Looney
1989
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Studio One
Alec Gordon
1948Studio One
Sentry
1948
Alice
1976
Hotel
Tommy Rooney
1982
Murphy Brown
Old Man Swenson
1988Murphy Brown
Phineas T. Swenson
1988
Newhart
George Utley
1982
The Larry Sanders Show
Tom Poston
1992
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Bob Newhart Show
Cliff Murdock
1972
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
8 Simple Rules
Jake
2002
Just Shoot Me!
Herb
1997
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Merle
2005
Thriller
Charlie Denham
1960
Grace Under Fire
1993Grace Under Fire
Floyd Norton
1993
Mork & Mindy
Franklin Delano Bickley
1978Mork & Mindy
Mr. Bickley
1978
Dharma & Greg
Dr. Gillespie
1997
Dream On
Sidney 'Uncle Bouncy' Barish
1990
The Phil Silvers Show
Lt. Franklin
1955
Crazy like a Fox
Fiedler
1984
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
Lights Out
1949
Harry and the Hendersons
Homeless Man
1991
CHiPs
Bill Conner
1977
Suddenly Susan
Mr. Vance
1996The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
Startime
Self
1959
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lord Palimore
2004
Good Morning, Miami
Lenny
2002
Cosby
1996
Body Language
Self
1984
Bob
Jerry Fleisher
1992
The Ellen Show
2001
Flying High
1978
Christmas with the Kranks
Father Zabriskie
2004
The Lone Gunmen
2001
George & Leo
1997Wordplay
Self - Celebrity Panelist
1986Playwrights '56
1955$weepstake$
Leeds
1979
The Good Guys
1968
Committed
Clown
2005
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tom
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Car Salesman
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Trinculo
1951
The Story of Us
Harry
1999
All's Fair
1976
Fresno
Doc Parseghian
1986On the Rocks
1975
We've Got Each Other
Damon Jerome
1977
Good Grief
1990
Beethoven's 5th
John Giles / Selig
2003
Krippendorf's Tribe
Gordon Hargrove
1998Good Time Harry
1980
The Happy Hooker
J. Arthur Conrad
1975
Cold Turkey
Mr. Stopworth
1971
Soldier in the Rain
Lieutenant Magee
1963
Carbon Copy
Reverend Hayworth
1981
The Old Dark House
Tom Penderel
1963
City That Never Sleeps
Detective (as Thomas Poston)
1953
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Don Corman
1990
A Guide for the Married Woman
Marty Gibson
1978
Up the Academy
Sgt. Skip Sisson
1980
Fame
Car Salesman
1978
Beane's of Boston
Frank Beane
1979The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa
William Bensinger
1977
Rabbit Test
Minister
1978
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Omar Krepps
1981The Christmas Tree
Tom
1958
Zotz!
Jonathan Jones
1962
The Tempest
Trinculo
1960