← Back to explore

Tom Poston

Acting

Born October 17, 1921 · Columbus, Ohio, USA

Died April 30, 2007

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.​

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1959

Filmography46 titles

The Simpsons

1989as Capital City Goofball (voice)

That '70s Show

1998as Burt Sigurdson

Get Smart

1965as Dr. Zharko

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as Mortgage Banker

ER

1994as Earl

Malcolm & Eddie

1996

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Tom Poston

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

2005as Merle

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Mysterious "Dead Man"

The Bob Newhart Show

1972as Cliff Murdock

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

King of the Hill

1997as Mr. Popper (voice)

Home Improvement

1991as Ted

Touched by an Angel

1994as Ed Yablonsky

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Tom Porter

Mork & Mindy

1978as Franklin Delano Bickley

Alice

1976

Dream On

1990as Sidney 'Uncle Bouncy' Barish

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Will & Grace

1998as Norman

CHiPs

1977as Bill Conner

8 Simple Rules

2002as Jake

Family Matters

1989as Mr. Looney

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

2004as Lord Palimore

Coach

1989as Dr. Art Hibke

Thriller

1960as Charlie Denham

Just Shoot Me!

1997as Herb

The Drew Carey Show

1995as Roscoe Harvey

Murphy Brown

1988as Phineas T. Swenson

The Love Boat

1977as Daniel Baker

Cold Turkey

1971as Mr. Stopworth

Christmas with the Kranks

2004as Father Zabriskie

The Story of Us

1999as Harry

The Ellen Show

City That Never Sleeps

1953as Detective (as Thomas Poston)

Lights Out

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

1997

Suddenly Susan

1996as Mr. Vance

Carbon Copy

1981as Reverend Hayworth

Harry and the Hendersons

as Homeless Man

St. Elsewhere

1982as Jim Morrison

Grace Under Fire

1993as Floyd Norton

Beethoven's 5th

2003as John Giles / Selig

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998as Gordon Hargrove

The Happy Hooker

1975as J. Arthur Conrad