John Randolph

John Randolph

Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

1971 • as Colonel Mayehoff

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

1989 • as Frank Costanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959 • as Donavan

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959 • as Doctor Belden

Married... with Children

Married... with Children

1987 • as Colonel Van Pelt

ER

ER

1994 • as Mr. Franks

Filmography

2002

The Dogwalker
The Dogwalker
as Ike
Movie - Released: 9/13/2002

2000

Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip
as Mr. Niederhaus
Movie - Released: 8/18/2000
Ed
Ed
as Shack Owner
TV - Released: 10/8/2000
Madigan Men
Madigan Men
TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1998

You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail
as Schulyer Fox
Movie - Released: 12/18/1998
A Price Above Rubies
A Price Above Rubies
as Rebbe Moshe
Movie - Released: 3/26/1998

1994

ER
ER
as Mr. Franks
TV - Released: 9/19/1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
as Horace Widdenberg
TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1993

A Foreign Field
A Foreign Field
as Waldo
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
The American Clock
The American Clock
as Older Lee Baumler
Movie - Released: 1/2/1993

1992

Lady Boss
Lady Boss
as Abe Panther
TV - Released: 10/11/1992

1991

Iron Maze
Iron Maze
as Mayor Peluso
Movie - Released: 11/1/1991

1990

Sibling Rivalry
Sibling Rivalry
as Charles Turner, Sr.
Movie - Released: 10/26/1990
Grand
Grand
as Harris Weldon
TV - Released: 1/18/1990

1989

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Clark, Sr.
Movie - Released: 11/30/1989
Screen One
Screen One
as Waldo
TV - Released: 9/10/1989
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
as Frank Costanza
TV - Released: 7/5/1989

1988

The Wizard of Loneliness
The Wizard of Loneliness
as Doc
Movie - Released: 9/2/1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Morton Simon, Dry Cleaner
Movie - Released: 2/29/1988
Roseanne
Roseanne
TV - Released: 10/18/1988
TV
Annie McGuire
TV - Released: 10/26/1988

1987

Means and Ends
Means and Ends
as Bill Henderson
Movie - Released: 3/5/1987
Married... with Children
Married... with Children
as Colonel Van Pelt
TV - Released: 4/5/1987

1986

Movie
Vital Signs
Movie - Released: 2/11/1986
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/25/1986
As Summers Die
As Summers Die
as Augustus Tompkins
Movie - Released: 5/18/1986
The Right of the People
The Right of the People
as Hollander
Movie - Released: 1/13/1986
Matlock
Matlock
TV - Released: 3/3/1986

1985

The Execution
The Execution
as Judge
Movie - Released: 1/14/1985
Prizzi's Honor
Prizzi's Honor
as Angelo 'Pop' Partanna
Movie - Released: 6/14/1985
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
as Jack Rattigan
TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Who's the Boss?
Who's the Boss?
TV - Released: 9/20/1984

1983

Kentucky Woman
Kentucky Woman
Movie - Released: 1/11/1983
A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily
as Mr. Grierson
Movie - Released: 10/1/1983
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
as Producer
Movie - Released: 7/28/1983

1982

Frances
Frances
as Kindly Judge
Movie - Released: 12/3/1982
The Adventures of Pollyanna
The Adventures of Pollyanna
as Mr. Muller
Movie - Released: 4/10/1982
Family Ties
Family Ties
as Jake Keaton
TV - Released: 9/22/1982
Voyagers!
Voyagers!
TV - Released: 10/3/1982

1981

The Adventures of Nellie Bly
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
as Joseph Pulitzer
Movie - Released: 6/11/1981
Lovely But Deadly
Lovely But Deadly
as Franklin Van Dyke
Movie - Released: 6/19/1981
Killing at Hell's Gate
Killing at Hell's Gate
as Attorney General
Movie - Released: 10/31/1981
The New Deal for Artists
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/6/1981
Dynasty
Dynasty
TV - Released: 1/12/1981
Bret Maverick
Bret Maverick
TV - Released: 12/1/1981
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
TV - Released: 12/24/1981

1980

TV
Hagen
TV - Released: 3/15/1980

1979

Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
as Lon Cohen
Movie - Released: 12/19/1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D.
TV - Released: 9/23/1979
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
TV - Released: 8/24/1979
Angie
Angie
TV - Released: 2/8/1979
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition
as John Mitchell
TV - Released: 5/20/1979
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House
as Mr. Johnson
TV - Released: 1/29/1979

1978

Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Can Wait
as Former Owner
Movie - Released: 6/28/1978
Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run
as Marian's Father
Movie - Released: 1/16/1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Alexander Graham Bell
Movie - Released: 12/17/1978
Doctors' Private Lives
Doctors' Private Lives
as Irv
Movie - Released: 3/20/1978
Kaz
Kaz
TV - Released: 9/10/1978
Vega$
Vega$
TV - Released: 9/20/1978
Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
as Mr. Brockelman
TV - Released: 3/17/1978

1977

Tail Gunner Joe
Tail Gunner Joe
as Gen. Lampkin
Movie - Released: 2/6/1977
The Gathering
The Gathering
as Dr. Hodges
Movie - Released: 12/4/1977
Kill Me If You Can
Kill Me If You Can
as Judge Lewis Goodman
Movie - Released: 9/25/1977
Lucan
Lucan
as Dr. Don Hoagland
Movie - Released: 5/22/1977
Secrets
Secrets
as Ed Warner
Movie - Released: 2/20/1977
Lou Grant
Lou Grant
TV - Released: 9/20/1977
Lucan
Lucan
as Don Hoagland
TV - Released: 9/12/1977

1976

King Kong
King Kong
as Captain Ross
Movie - Released: 9/8/1976
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Charlie Ross
Movie - Released: 1/4/1976
Everybody Rides the Carousel
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Stage 7 (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/10/1976
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
as John Mitchell (voice) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/9/1976
Independence
Independence
as Samuel Adams
Movie - Released: 7/4/1976
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
TV - Released: 10/3/1976
Spencer's Pilots
Spencer's Pilots
TV - Released: 9/17/1976
TV
Sirota's Court
TV - Released: 12/1/1976

1975

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Rupert Wahler
Movie - Released: 12/17/1975
Adventures of the Queen
Adventures of the Queen
as John Howe
Movie - Released: 2/14/1975
Beyond the Horizon
Beyond the Horizon
as James Mayo
Movie - Released: 7/17/1975
The Runaways
The Runaways
as George Collingwood
Movie - Released: 4/1/1975
Doctors' Hospital
Doctors' Hospital
TV - Released: 9/10/1975
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
as General Phil Blankenship
TV - Released: 11/7/1975

1974

Earthquake
Earthquake
as Los Angeles Mayor
Movie - Released: 11/15/1974
Movie
Tell Me Where It Hurts
as Lou
Movie - Released: 3/12/1974
Nourish the Beast
Nourish the Beast
as Mario
Movie - Released: 6/5/1974
Lucas Tanner
Lucas Tanner
as John Hamilton
TV - Released: 9/11/1974
Lincoln
Lincoln
as Simon Cameron
TV - Released: 9/6/1974

1973

Serpico
Serpico
as Sidney Green
Movie - Released: 12/18/1973
Pueblo
Pueblo
as Lt. Gen. S.J. McKee
Movie - Released: 3/29/1973
Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime
as Judge Charles Leland
Movie - Released: 3/24/1973
Kojak
Kojak
as Judge Philip Templeton Mackie, Sr.
TV - Released: 10/24/1973
Police Story
Police Story
TV - Released: 3/20/1973

1972

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Commission Chairman
Movie - Released: 6/29/1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler
The Judge and Jake Wyler
as James Rockmore
Movie - Released: 12/2/1972
The Family Rico
The Family Rico
as Mike Lamont
Movie - Released: 9/12/1972
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H
TV - Released: 9/17/1972
The Rookies
The Rookies
TV - Released: 9/11/1972
The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show
TV - Released: 9/16/1972

1971

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Committee Chairman
Movie - Released: 5/20/1971
Little Murders
Little Murders
as Mr. Chamberlain
Movie - Released: 2/9/1971
Crosscurrent
Crosscurrent
as Frederick Cooper
Movie - Released: 11/19/1971
A Step Out of Line
A Step Out of Line
as Detective Riddle
Movie - Released: 2/26/1971
A Death of Innocence
A Death of Innocence
as Charles Camaron
Movie - Released: 11/26/1971
All in the Family
All in the Family
as Joe Peterson
TV - Released: 1/12/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as James Mayo
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Columbo
Columbo
as Colonel Mayehoff
TV - Released: 9/15/1971

1970

There Was a Crooked Man...
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Cyrus McNutt
Movie - Released: 9/18/1970
Night Gallery
Night Gallery
as H.E. Pritkin (segment "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar")
TV - Released: 12/16/1970

1969

Number One
Number One
as Coach James Southerd
Movie - Released: 8/21/1969
Smith!
Smith!
as Mr. Edwards
Movie - Released: 3/21/1969
Gaily, Gaily
Gaily, Gaily
as Father
Movie - Released: 12/16/1969
Medical Center
Medical Center
TV - Released: 9/24/1969

1968

Pretty Poison
Pretty Poison
as Morton Azenauer
Movie - Released: 7/18/1968
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Movie - Released: 1/31/1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as Marty Sloane
TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1967

Sweet Love, Bitter
Sweet Love, Bitter
Movie - Released: 1/30/1967
The Borgia Stick
The Borgia Stick
as Smith
Movie - Released: 2/25/1967
Mannix
Mannix
as Clint Houston
TV - Released: 9/16/1967
Judd for the Defense
Judd for the Defense
TV - Released: 9/8/1967
The Invaders
The Invaders
as Police Sgt. Ernie Goldhaver
TV - Released: 1/10/1967

1966

Seconds
Seconds
as Arthur Hamilton
Movie - Released: 10/5/1966
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
as Alex Morley
TV - Released: 9/17/1966

1965

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
as Rev. Brown
Movie - Released: 11/18/1965

1964

Hamlet
Hamlet
as Gravedigger
Movie - Released: 6/17/1964

1963

The Patty Duke Show
The Patty Duke Show
TV - Released: 9/18/1963

1959

Bonanza
Bonanza
as Donavan
TV - Released: 9/12/1959
Bonanza
Bonanza
as Doctor Belden
TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1951

Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
as Fireman (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/1/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Reverend Brown
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1948

The Naked City
The Naked City
as Ed Garzah (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/4/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Hotstuff
TV - Released: 10/3/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Neil Dalton
TV - Released: 10/3/1948