Gabe Kaplan

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American actor, comedian and poker player.

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Country: United States
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City
Birth date: 31 March 1945
Nationality: American

Provided coverage on ESPN for the 2002 World Series of Poker.
Worked as a standup comic, a sitcom and film actor, and a disc jockey.
Provided commentary for the National Heads-Up Poker Challenge on CNBC in 2005.
His experiences as a student in an under-achieving class (like the Sweathogs) in the early 1960s was the basis for "Welcome Back, Kotter" .
Was a broadcaster for the only outdoor World Series of Poker along with Phil Hellmuth in 1997 on ESPN. The event took place outside of Binions in the middle of the Fremont Street Experience.
Working with the original creator of "Welcome Back, Kotter" to create a new movie musical.
Release of his book, "Kotters Back".
Finished 2nd in the 2005 WSOP $5000 Limit Hold Em Event.

I lived in Miami for a while in a section with a lot of really old people. The average age in my apartment house was dead.
In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it. .

Movies

Spy Vs. Spy
2015
Dropout
1985
"Dropout" is an hour long television news documentary inspired by the "Nation at Risk" report in 1984 regarding the disturbingly high numbers of school dropouts across the United States.
Groucho
1982
Performed on stage, this (mostly) one-man show gives us the story of Groucho Marx, told in the first person, from his early days in Vaudeville, through his many movie performances, to his later days as a star of radio and television..
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
The story of a group of misfits living in Miami, and their revenge against government bureaucracy.
Tulips
1981
Tulips is a 1981 comedy-drama movie, starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernadette Peters.
Fast Break
1979
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach.
Battle of the Network Stars IV
1978
Battle of the Network Stars II
1977
Battle of the Network Stars III
1977
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan
1977
The Love Boat
1976
The adventures of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury liner on a cruise from California to Mexico..
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Television stars are the contestants as the three major networks ABC, NBC and CBS battle each other in a variety of games including the tug-o-war and the obstacle course..

TV

High Stakes Poker
2006
A televised poker cash game in which top pros including Sam Farha, Doyle Brunson, and Johnny Chan compete.
Lewis & Clark
1981
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Gabe Kotter is a high-school teacher with a bunch of unruly students in his class.

Books

Kotter's Back
Gabe Kaplan
When fifty-eight-year-old gabe kaplan, perhaps best known for his performance in the title role of the popular seventies sitcom welcome back, kotter, got an e-mail asking him to participate in a show called celebrity boxing, he couldn't resi.
Kotter's Back
Gabe Kaplan
When fifty-eight-year-old gabe kaplan, perhaps best known for his performance in the title role of the popular seventies sitcom welcome back, kotter, got an e-mail asking him to participate in a show called celebrity boxing, he couldn't resi.

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