Don Diamond
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.
107 acting credits
Acting · 107
Columbo
1971
MacGyver
1985
Hill Street Blues
1981
Love, American Style
1969
Lassie
1954
Dynasty
1981
Adam-12
1968
L.A. Law
1986
The Rockford Files
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Get Smart
1965
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Untouchables
1959
The Big Valley
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Odd Couple
1970
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Burke's Law
1963
Rawhide
1959
Route 66
1960
Run for Your Life
1965
Cannon
1971
Zorro
1957
Newhart
1982
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Lou Grant
1977
That Girl
1966
Here's Lucy
1968
The Lone Ranger
1949
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The High Chaparral
1967
Peter Gunn
1958
Vega$
1978
One Day at a Time
1975
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Flying Nun
1967
My Favorite Martian
1963
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
Studio 57
1954
Police Story
1973
Trackdown
1957
F Troop
1965
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Ellery Queen
1975
It Takes a Thief
1968
The White Shadow
1978
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
26 Men
1957
1st & Ten
1984
Frontier
1955
The Immortal
1970
Paris
1979
Masquerade
1983
Hawkins
1973
The Gale Storm Show
1956
Good Morning World
1967
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
Life with Lucy
1986
Redigo
1963
Zorro and Son
1983
The Old Man and the Sea
1958
Breezy
1973
The New Adventures of Zorro
1981
The Story of Ruth
1960
Viva Max!
1969
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
Thicker than Water
1973
The Toolbox Murders
1978
The Rear Guard
1976
Borderline
1950
Zorro, the Avenger
1959
Hit Man
1972
The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982
Holiday for Lovers
1959
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
Shell Game
1975
Raiders of Old California
1957
This Year's Blonde
1980
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
Swingin' Along
1961
Two Jumps and a Chump
1971
A Pair of Greenbacks
1969
The Froggy Froggy Duo
1970
Flight to the Finish
1972
How to Steal an Airplane
1971
The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!
1971
Never on Thirsty
1970
Mud Squad
1971
Croakus Pocus
1971
A Leap in the Deep
1971
Tijuana Toads
1969
Snake in the Gracias
1971
Serape Happy
1971
Go for Croak
1969
Fastest Tongue in the West
1971
A Dopey Hacienda
1970
Frog Jog
1972
Hop and Chop
1970
Le Secret de Zorro
1958