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Don Diamond

04 Jun, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Brooklyn-born Don Diamond's most famous role is probably that of the scheming and ambitious, but inept and somewhat cowardly, underling Crazy Cat to Frank DeKova's Chief Wild Eagle in the cult western comedy series F Troop (1965). By the time he got that role he had been an actor for... quite some time, starting out in radio in the early 1940s, where he discovered that he had a knack for picking up dialects, especially Spanish. He became so proficient in it that many believed he was actually Spanish or Mexican, when in reality his family came from Russia. His facility in that dialect got him the role as the Mexican sidekick of Kit Carson in the early TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951). He also landed a recurring part as a Spanish corporal in the Disney TV series Zorro (1957). In addition to his TV and film work, he did much voice-over work in both cartoons and commercials.

Also Known As:

Donald Alan Diamond

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Hit Man
49% (1972)
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Frog Jog
0% (1972)
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Viva Max!
55% (1969)
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Breezy
69% (1973)
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Burke's Law
60% (1963)
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Here's Lucy
69% (1968)
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F Troop
61% (1965)
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That Girl
61% (1966)
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Route 66
64% (1960)
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Hawkins
72% (1973)
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Dynasty
65% (1981)
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Newhart
72% (1982)
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Redigo
50% (1963)
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The Immortal
75% (1970)
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Rawhide
70% (1959)
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Vega$
70% (1978)
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Peter Gunn
65% (1958)
Frontier
50% (1955)
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26 Men
42% (1957)
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Rawhide
70% (1959)
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Adam-12
71% (1968)
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Adam-12
71% (1968)
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Rawhide
70% (1959)
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Columbo
81% (1971)
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Columbo
81% (1971)