Bartley Louis Braverman (born February 1, 1946) is an American former actor, best known for playing Binzer on the ABC primetime series ''
Vega$'' (1978–1981).
Braverman has also
guest starred on many television shows.
Early years
Bart Braverman is the son of producer Herb Braverman and actress
Kendall Carly Browne.
His brother,
Chuck Braverman, is a television director and producer.
[
Braverman was billed as Bart Bradley in many of his early roles.
]
Career
Braverman made his professional acting debut as a child actor in milk commercials, along with his brother. From 1955 to 1962, the child then teen Braverman appeared on single episodes of various television series, including ''I Love Lucy
''I Love Lucy'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons. The series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian ...
'',Have Gun – Will Travel
''Have Gun – Will Travel'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Ri ...
'' and ''Wagon Train
''Wagon Train'' is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on the NBC television network (1957–1962) and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and reached the top of the ...
''. He played an Indian boy in ''Rawhide'', S2 E8 "Incident of the Haunted Hills" which aired 11/5/1959, credited as Bart Bradley. His film roles include two credited roles, for '' Cell 2455 Death Row'' (1955) and '' 20 Million Miles to Earth'' (1957). His last pre-adult credit, also marking his last credit as Bart Bradley, was a 1962 episode of '' Bachelor Father''.
Braverman did not return to acting until he was 29, appearing in a 1975 episode of ''Columbo
''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originall ...
''. He appeared steadily on television, with occasional film roles—including ''Alligator
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'' (1980) and '' 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (1997)—for the next 42 years. Other television roles included episodes of ''Seinfeld
''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...
'', '' M*A*S*H'', and '' Shameless'', and a voice role on '' Fangface''.
Braverman may be best known for his main cast role playing Dan Tanna's field assistant and legman, Bobby "Binzer" Borso, on '' Vega$'', from 1978 to 1981, or his co-starring role in the 1982–83 television series '' The New Odd Couple''.
Braverman also has made frequent appearances on the game show ''Match Game
''Match Game'' is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity paneli ...
'' during its run in syndication from 1979 to 1982. In 1979 and 1980, he also appeared on the game shows '' Password Plus'' with ''Vega$ ''co-star Robert Urich. In 1984, he appeared on '' Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour''.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from Los Angeles