Don Diamond

Known for ActingBorn 1921-06-04Died 2011-06-19Brooklyn, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Leap in the Deep

Tijuana Toads

Go for Croak

Zorro, the Avenger

Two Jumps and a Chump

Hop and Chop

The Froggy Froggy Duo

A Dopey Hacienda

Life with Lucy

Columbo

The Rear Guard

Frog Jog

How to Steal an Airplane

Fastest Tongue in the West

Croakus Pocus

The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!

Mud Squad

Serape Happy

MacGyver

Get Smart

Studio 57

Hawkins

The Odd Couple

The Untouchables

Hill Street Blues

WKRP in Cincinnati

The Rockford Files

Masquerade

Quincy, M.E.

The Wild Wild West

Ellery Queen

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Immortal

Lou Grant

Zorro

Frontier

L.A. Law

The Story of Ruth

The White Shadow

Newhart

It Takes a Thief

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Rawhide

Run for Your Life

Adam-12

Vega$

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Streets of San Francisco