From season 3 of McHale's Navy:
Marvin Kaplan (ex-Top Cat) plays an electronics whiz reassigned to the base in Taratupa. Captain Binghamton (Joe Flynn), once he learns the new ensign can control a PT boat by remote control, figures he can finally be rid of McHale (Ernest Borgnine) and company. Oh, does he wish.
Marvin did a lot of guest work before landing a recurring gig on Alice more than a decade later, but don't ya think he could've had a steady gig before that?
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Believe it or not, my mom used to know Kaplan from the old neighborhood in Far Rockaway, NY!
She told me his dad owned a candy store/fountain in the neighborhood and Kaplan was pretty much the same nebbish-y persona we often saw on screen.
In other words, it wasn't just an act, but real life that lent itself to his acting career. Cool.
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