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Home/People/Gabe Kaplan
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Born
Mar 31, 1945
Age 80
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

11
Movies
14
TV Shows
Also Known As
Gabriel Kaplan
IMDb Profile

Gabe Kaplan

Acting

Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the "No-Limit Texas Hold-'Em" type, particularly as co-host and joint commentator, with A.J. Benza, on previous seasons of High Stakes Poker on GSN. Gabe was replaced by fellow comedian and celebrity poker player Norm Macdonald for the show's seventh season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabe Kaplan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Grand poster

The Grand

as Seth Schwartzman
2007
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

as Self
2003
Jack the Dog poster

Jack the Dog

as Richie
2001
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency poster

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

as Anthony DePalma
1984
Groucho poster

Groucho

as Groucho Marx
1982
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Tulips

as Leland Irving
1981
Nobody's Perfekt poster

Nobody's Perfekt

as Dibley
1981
Fast Break poster

Fast Break

as David Greene
1979
US Against the World poster

US Against the World

as Self
1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

as Stan Nichol
1976
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Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special

as Self
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