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| birth_place = [[BrooklynNew York (city)|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.

| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.

| branch = [[File:Flag of the United States Army with border.pngsvg|25px]] [[United States Army]]

'''Herbert Edelman''' (November 5, 1933 &ndash; July 21, 1996) was an American [[actor]] of stage, film and television.<ref name=NYT/> He was twice nominated for an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for his television work. One of hisHis best-known rolesrole was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of [[Dorothy Zbornak]] (played by [[BeatriceBea Arthur]]) on ''[[The Golden Girls]]''.<ref name=NYT/> He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''.

[[File:The Good Guys cast 1968.jpg|left|thumb|The cast of ''The Good Guys'', 1968: From left: [[Bob Denver]], Edelman and [[Joyce Van Patten]]]]Edelman was born in [[BrooklynNew York City]], Newin Yorkthe borough of [[Brooklyn]]. Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a [[veterinarian]] at [[Cornell University]], but left during his first year. After serving in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] as an announcer for [[American Forces Network#History|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]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Services set for actor Herb Edelman |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/24/Services-set-for-actor-Herb-Edelman/2314838180800/ |access-date=26 April 2020 |agencywork=United Press International |date=July 24, 1996}}</ref> 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 [[Barefoot in the Park (film)|1967 film version]] (starring [[Robert Redford]] and [[Jane Fonda]]).<ref name="Ind_obit">{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Obituary : Herb Edelman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-herb-edelman-1331086.html |access-date=26 April 2020 |work=The Independent |date=29 July 1996}}</ref>

He remains best known for his three decades in television, usually as a co-star, recurring character, or guest star on ''[[CHiPs|CHIPS]]'', ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[That Girl]]'', ''[[Love, American Style]]'', ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'', ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'', ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' ''[[Kojak#1973 series|Kojak]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', and ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', but occasionally in a lead role. In 1976, he starred in the Saturday morning children's series ''[[Big John, Little John]]'', as well as ''[[The Good Guys (1968 TV series)|The Good Guys]]'' with [[Bob Denver]] (in what was Denver's first series after ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''), from 1968 to 1970.

Herbert Edelman died of [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|emphysema]] on July 21, 1996, in Los Angeles at the age of 62;. heHe was interred at [[Montefiore Cemetery]] in [[Springfield Gardens]], Queens.<ref name=Wilson>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland and Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4 |page=219 |edition=Third |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ |access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>

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