Larry Gelman (November 3, 1930) is an American film and television character actor with more than 100 credits to his name. He appeared as Mindy and Mr. Bickley's hyper picky Landlord Al Klevins in Season 3's Mindy, Mindy, Mindy.
Biography[]
Gelman was born in Brooklyn, New York. on November 3, 1930 as Lawrence Sheldon Gelman.
He is married to Barbara Gelman.
Career[]
Gelman has had recurring roles on some of the biggest sitcoms and shows on TV including
- Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the TV series The Bob Newhart Show,
- Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of The Odd Couple.
- Dr. Hubie Binder in Maude
- Officer Bernstein on Eight Is Enough
Gelman has appeared in other American television series, including The Monkees (3 episodes), Batman, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, My Three Sons, The Doris Day Show (3 episodes), The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Rhoda, Kojak (2 episodes), Quincy M.E., CHiPS, The Love Boat, Laverne & Shirley, One Day at a Time (2 episodes), Barney Miller (4 episodes), The Facts of Life, Simon & Simon, Hill Street Blues, Remington Steele, Cagney & Lacey (3 episodes), Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Mr. Belvedere (2 episodes), In the Heat of the Night (2 episodes), Night Court (3 episodes), Doogie Howser, M.D., Touched by an Angel and ER.
In film, Gelman appeared (credited as Larry Spelman) in the X-rated 1976 film Alice in Wonderland with Kristine DeBell, and the adult comedy Chatterbox (1977) starring Candice Rialson. He also had roles in Disney's Superdad (1973), The Strongest Man in the World (1975), Tunnel Vision (1976), Raid on Entebbe (1977), The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979), The Frisco Kid (1979), O'Hara's Wife (1982), Dreamscape (1984), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), The Naked Cage (1986) and Mr. Saturday Night (1992).
On Broadway, Gelman portrayed Tambi Rothman in The Roast (1980). His other stage activities included touring in a production of The Odd Couple and playing Albert Einstein in Einstein: A Stage Portrait.
Mork & Mindy[]
Larry Gelman appeared in Mindy, Mindy, Mindy as Al Klevins, a Bronx born, mean spirited owner of 1619 Pine Street and Mindy and Franklin Bickley's landlord. Bickley warning Mork that Klevins is coming to put in new smoke alarms in the apartments, and that he doesn't take kindly to the apartments being out of place.
Given that the place is a wreck as Mork is in meltdown with Mindy while she's away, it's already on a knife edge when Klevins catches sight of Mork trying to stuff a deactivated Mindy clone into the Armoire. Immediately on to the police, Mork is only saved by the return of the real Mindy who backs up his crazy story that what Mork had in the armoire was a mop dressed up to look like her. Freaked out, Klevins beats a hasty retreat.