Larry Gelman


Larry Gelman is an American film and television character actor. He is known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the TV series The Bob Newhart Show and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of The Odd Couple.
Gelman was born in Brooklyn, New York.
On television, Gelman portrayed Leo Gold in Free Country, Irv Schlosser in Grand Slam, Dr. Hubie Binder in Maude officer Bernstein on Eight Is Enough, Al Clemens on Mork & Mindy. and Max on Needles and Pins.
Gelman has appeared in other American television series, including The Monkees, Batman, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, My Three Sons, The Doris Day Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Rhoda, Kojak, Quincy M.E., CHiPS, The Love Boat, Laverne & Shirley, One Day at a Time, Barney Miller, The Facts of Life, Simon & Simon, Hill Street Blues, Remington Steele, Cagney & Lacey, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Mr. Belvedere, In the Heat of the Night, Night Court, Doogie Howser, M.D., Touched by an Angel and ER.
In film, Gelman appeared in the X-rated 1976 film Alice in Wonderland with Kristine DeBell, and the adult comedy Chatterbox starring Candice Rialson. He also had roles in Disney's Superdad, The Strongest Man in the World, Tunnel Vision, Raid on Entebbe, The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal, The Frisco Kid, O'Hara's Wife, Dreamscape, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, The Naked Cage and Mr. Saturday Night.
On Broadway, Gelman portrayed Tambi Rothman in The Roast. His other stage activities included touring in a production of The Odd Couple and playing Albert Einstein in Einstein: A Stage Portrait.
Gelman also played Einstein in the real-time strategy games ' and '.