Tom Poston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1921-10-17

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Tom Poston

Biography

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.​

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Acting History

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