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Edward Cuthbert Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of "The Chief" in the 1965-70 NBC/CBS television series ''Get Smart''. With his deep voice and mature countenance, he played an eclectic mix of characters over the span of his career. ==Stage, film, and television career== Platt was born in Staten Island, New York and studied at the Juilliard School. He attended Princeton University but left after his freshman year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Page )〕 A powerful bass-baritone, he debuted on Broadway in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Allegro''. He landed his first film owing to help from José Ferrer, who performed with him in the Broadway play ''The Shrike''. Ferrer and Platt played the same parts in the film version in 1955. Also in 1955, he appeared in ''Rebel Without a Cause'' starring James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. Platt returned to Broadway in 1958 with the musical ''Oh, Captain!'' playing a romantic role. In 1959, he played Cary Grant's attorney in ''North by Northwest''. In 1959, Platt starred in the movie ''The Rebel Set'', which was "riffed" by the television show ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Platt also appeared in episodes of the original ''Perry Mason'', ''State Trooper'' (in the episode "Who Killed Doc Robbins"), ''Men into Space'' (in the episode "From Another World"), ''Bonanza, "The Rifleman", Rawhide'', ''Whispering Smith'', ''The Outer Limits'' (in the first season episode " The Man with the Power"), ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (in "A Nice Friendly Game Of Cards"), and ''The Twilight Zone''. His most famous role was the regular role of "Chief" in the espionage parody television series ''Get Smart'' (1965–1970). After the series ended he played a recurring role in situation comedy series ''The Governor & J.J.'' in 1970. He had guest roles in several other television series of the era, mostly comedies. These included ''Temperatures Rising'', ''Bewitched'', ''Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'', ''Love, American Style'', ''The Odd Couple'' as Oscar Madison's boss in episode ''Oscar's New Life''. Platt appeared as Sotto Voce in the 1969 KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play ''The Plot to Overthrow Christmas''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Platt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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