Herb Edelman

Herb Edelman
Edelman as Bert on The Good Guys, 1969.
Born	Herbert Edelman (1933-11-05)November 5, 1933 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	July 21, 1996(1996-07-21) (aged 62) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	emphysema
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963-1995
Spouse(s)	Louise Sorel (m.1964-1970; divorced) Merrilyn Crosgrove (m. 1971-1984; divorced)
Children	Briana Edelman Jacy Edelman

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.

Edelman was born in Brooklyn, New York. Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a veterinarian at Cornell University, but left during his first year. After serving in the US Army as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio, he enrolled in Brooklyn College as a Theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a taxicab driver. One of his fares was director Mike Nichols, who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. Edelman reprised his role in the 1967 film version (starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda).

He appeared in the movie versions of Simon's The Odd Couple (1968) and California Suite (1978). He also appeared in an installment of the Japanese movie series Otoko wa Tsurai yo in 1979.