Edan Gross (born Edan-Shalom Gross, October 10, 1978) is an American businessman and former child actor. His first name is pronounced "EE-don", and is Hebrew for "Eden", or "paradise" or "place of pleasure".
Career Edan's first role was on the spin-off MASH series Trapper John, M.D., as Joshua Gordon in episode S06E16 Bad Breaks (aired Feb 24, 1985).
He appeared in many guest spots on television programs in the 1980s and 1990s including Cheers, Murphy Brown, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Newhart, Highway to Heaven, Married... with Children, Northern Exposure, and Herman's Head. He was also featured as a regular on the short-lived sitcoms Sweet Surrender (NBC, 1987), Free Spirit (ABC, 1989–1990) and Walter & Emily (NBC, 1991–1992). Additionally, Gross was the voice of the Good Guy dolls in Child's Play, the "Corky doll" from the Cricket doll series, the title character of the animated series Little Dracula, Flounder in the animated series The Little Mermaid and Waif in the computer game Return to Zork.
He also voiced Tyrone Turtle in Tiny Toon Adventures, Christopher Robin in the Christmas special Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, Merton in the ABC Weekend Special Runaway Ralph, Bitsy in the Yogi Bear special Yogi's Great Escape and voiced various characters in The Ren & Stimpy Show, TaleSpin, Pound Puppies, ProStars, Timeless Tales from Hallmark, Superman and Wally on the television special The Halloween Tree. Additionally, he was an uncredited actor in the horror-thriller movie, Mikey (film) as "Rest of cast listed alphabetically; Classroom Kid (uncredited)"
He was the president of 3TAC Distribution, Inc. from December 17, 2013, until its dissolution on April 1, 2016.
Since 2017, Edan has built a successful, long-term career as a commercial real estate broker based in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Live-action ABC Weekend Specials - Merton Cheers - Child #2 Daddy - Matty Burnette Murphy Brown - Joey Acceptable Risks - Jake Snyder The Golden Girls - The Boy Empty Nest - Jeffrey Millstein Newhart - Little Boy Highway to Heaven - Kid #2 Married... with Children - Young Al Bundy, Carl Northern Exposure - Brad Young, "Survival of the Species" (4-11, January 4, 1993) Best of the Best - Walter Grady Best of the Best II - Walter Grady Herman's Head - Little Herman Trapper John, M.D. - Joshua Gordon Superboy - Young Clark Walter & Emily - Hartley Child's Play - Friendly Chucky / Kid in Animated Commercial / Oscar Doll Child's Play 2 - Tommy Doll Child's Play 3 - Good Guy Doll / Larry Doll / Pauly Doll Webster - Sherman Berman Sweet Surrender - Bart Holden The Tracey Ullman Show - David Havershim The Twilight Zone - Boy Mikey - Classroom Kid And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird - Max Carson Lisa - Ralph Renegade - Kenny We'll Take Manhattan - Rocky Free Spirit - Gene Harper
Animation Tiny Toon Adventures - Tyrone Turtle Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too - Christopher Robin The Little Mermaid - Flounder The Ren & Stimpy Show - Additional voices TaleSpin - Bobbo Little Dracula - Little Dracula ProStars - Additional voices Pound Puppies - Jerry Foofur - Additional voices Superman - Scout Kid The Legend of Prince Valiant - Brother Paul, Young Arthur, Boy The Karate Kid - Additional voices Timeless Tales from Hallmark - Additional voices The Halloween Tree - Tom Skelton Yogi's Great Escape - Bitsy
Video games Return to Zork - Waif
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