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HOWARD PLATT is a show business veteran of more than 40 years. As an actor he has appeared in at least 100 plays assuming the roles of everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Santa Claus to Frank McCourt and brother, Malachy. He has made numerous comedic and dramatic appearances on television. He is best known for his roles as Hoppy the Cop on Sandford and Son, Dr. Phil Newman on The Bob Newhart Show, Marvin on Alice and Judge Jonathan Stockfish on Evening Shade with Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning and Marilu Henner,  Rev. Weber in What About Joan?,  Major Ted Spector on M*A*S*H to name a few.

As a series regular he played Captain Doug March on Flying High with Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous and Katherine Witt, Roger Martinson, Esq. on Empire with Patrick McNee, Dennis Dugan, Edward Winter and Michael McGuire and Raymond Peterson on Me, On The Radio? with Sally Struthers. His many movie roles include The Rock, Nixon, The Cat from Outer Space and Norma Jean & Marilyn.  

Mr. Platt has directed a dozen shows including A Couple Of Blaguards, Don't Dress For Dinner, Pump Boys And Dinettes, Love Letters and Steel Magnolias. Among 20 shows Platt was involved in producing in Chicago with Cullen, Henaghan and Platt, his association with Robert Whitehead during the first Broadway Alliance production, Steve Tesich's Speed Of Darkness, was a theatrical high point.