Gabe Kaplan
Gabe Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on March 31st, 1945 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 79, Gabe Kaplan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gabriel Weston Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, and professional poker player.
In the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, he played the titular teacher.
On GSN, he became a professional poker player and commentator for the series High Stakes Poker.
Early life
Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family.
He was a student at New Utrecht High School but did not graduate.
Acting career
Kaplan had aspirations to be a Major League Baseball player as an infant. However, he was unable to make the roster of a minor league team and decided against pursue other causes. He started working as a bellman at a hotel in Lakewood, New Jersey. Kaplan began to work as a stand-up comedian at the hotel, and he often performed at the hotel, and he began to work towards his own career as a stand-up comedian. In 1964, Gabe honed his stand-up routine in places like the Cafe Tel Aviv on West 72nd Street, New York City.
Kaplan's comedic act was very popular, and he toured the country with his act based on his childhood experiences in Brooklyn. Johnny Carson appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from May 1973 to December 1974. He also produced the comedy album Holes and Mello-Rolls, which featured long routines about his high school days and other topics. In part based on his comedy act, Welcome Back, Kotter, whose central characters he assisted Eric Cohen and Alan Sacks in creating and whose main style he helped them develop, was based on their comedies. Kaplan starred Gabe Kotter, who returned as a tutor to the dysfunctional high school where he had been a pupil. Kaplan purchased a home in Palm Springs, California, from 1975 to 1979, and his earnings paid for it."Up your nose with a rubber hose!
"Because of being sanitized from the original album line." "Up your golf with a Mello-Roll!" "I was an unexpected celebrity on the show." Elektra Records released a Kaplan comedy album titled Up Your Nose, which was so popular. The Billboard Hot 100 was co-written and co-produced by Kaplan in January 1977, with the record peaking at #93.Kaplan competed in the ABC celebrity athletic competition Battle of the Network Stars from 1976 to 1980 and then again in 1981. Kaplan was the captain of the ABC network team for the first five tournaments. In a contest much to Conrad's chagrin, Kaplan defeated Robert Conrad, who was representing the NBC team as the event's captain. Kaplan, 31, was 31 years old at the time, defeated Conrad, then 40, in a thrilling sprint to the finish line, giving ABC television network the lead by 175 points. Kaplan returned to action in 1981 as the team captain for the NBC side as he appeared in the NBC TV show Lewis & Clark.
After Welcome Back, Kotter, Kaplan continued with his stand-up act and appeared in several films, including a lead role in Fast Break in 1979, and a one-man production of comedian Groucho Marx.