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This man was an impressionist bar none in his time. Before Rich Little ,before Fred Travelena.And he had a rubber face decades before Jim Carrey.There may have been a few guys that did 'voices'...but Frank Gorshin was the most talented I ever saw on TV .And his role as THE RIDDLER is a classic.
As far as age goes, lets just say B.C.....before cable .
R.I.P.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gorshin - GORSHIN BIO'

bcddjjsc690,

I met him. He semed like a nice guy. He couldn't go 10 minutes without smoking, so it comes as a huge surprise that he had lung cancer and emphysema...

JTF,
I remember a joke I saw him do on the Tonite show with Johnny Carson.
"I almost got hit by a bus today,"he said," and Kirk Douglas' life flashed before my eyes."
Funny guy.

billyb0y,
I liked him alot...sad.

That Old Hippie Chick,

This guy will always be the Riddler to me. He literally made the old Batman show.

bcddjjsc690,
yeah I liked Gorshwin a lot.....Little sometimes sounds like the impressions he does sound alike....maybe you get tonedeaf after a while....I dont know

in the UK we only really knew FG as The Riddler - but he was always my fave Batman baddie!

I liked him in Twelve Monkeys, there's a bit where he puts a ciggie in his mouth in a really smooth move that made me laugh....you have to see it to see what I mean.

Thanks for the riddles, Frank!

clairus99,

2 years ago this wasn't possible , posting a recorded performance , Frank Gorshin doing , Anthony Quinn ,Marlon Brando , Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglass, Dean Martin, Broderick Crawford , Cagney , Hitchcock , Karloff.

- gorshin'

bcddjjsc690,
Wow time flies!!!!!