Bart Braverman is an American former actor, best known for playing Binzer on the ABC primetime series Vega$ (1978–1981). Braverman has also guest starred on many television shows.

Early life and education Bart Braverman is the son of producer Herb Braverman and actress Kendall Carly Browne. His brother, Chuck Braverman, is a television director and producer.

Braverman was billed as Bart Bradley in many of his early roles.

After he graduated from Fairfax High School, Braverman attended the College of San Mateo, Marin College, and Sonoma State; he completed his studies at Carnegie Tech with a degree in drama. Before he became an actor, he worked at a variety of jobs, including busing dishes, delivering telephone books, parking cars, and working for Kelly Services.

Career

Braverman made his professional acting debut as a child actor in milk commercials, along with his brother. From 1955 to 1962, the child then teen Braverman appeared on single episodes of various television series, including I Love Lucy, Have Gun – Will Travel and Wagon Train. He played an Indian boy in Rawhide, S2 E8 "Incident of the Haunted Hills" which aired 11/5/1959, credited as Bart Bradley. His film roles include two credited roles, for Cell 2455 Death Row (1955) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957). His last pre-adult credit, also marking his last credit as Bart Bradley, was a 1962 episode of Bachelor Father.

Braverman did not return to acting until he was 29, appearing in a 1975 episode of Columbo. He appeared steadily on television, with occasional film roles—including Alligator (1980) and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)—for the next 42 years. Other television roles included episodes of Seinfeld, M*A*S*H, and Shameless, and a voice role on Fangface.

Braverman may be best known for his main cast role playing Dan Tanna's field assistant and legman, Bobby "Binzer" Borso, on Vega$, from 1978 to 1981. in 1979 he expressed frustration with the way the character had been developed. Braverman said that writers could have brought out many characteristics of Binzer, "But when they began to write him into subsequent episodes of the show they took only two of those facets — the fact that he is stupid and the fact that he is cowardly — and that's all they use."

He also had a co-starring role in the 1982–83 television series The New Odd Couple.

Braverman also has made frequent appearances on the game show Match Game during its run in syndication from 1979 to 1982. In 1979 and 1980, he also appeared on the game shows Password Plus with Vega$ co-star Robert Urich. In 1984, he appeared on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour.

Braverman's stage credits include the Broadway production of Godspell (1972).

Personal life Braverman was married for eight years and then divorced.

Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotes 1955 Cell 2455 Death Row Young Whit credited as Bart Bradley 1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Boy uncredited 1957 This Could Be the Night Boy in Class uncredited 1957 20 Million Miles to Earth Pepe credited as Bart Bradley 1957 The Hired Gun Pablo uncredited 1958 Voice in the Mirror Gene Devlin uncredited 1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase Freddie 1980 Alligator Kemp 1990 White Palace additional voice voice role 1999 Running Red Mercier Direct-to-video 2000 Something to Sing About Ahmeed TV movie 2015 Aguruphobia Ahmed

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1956 The Bob Hope Chevy Show Himself Episode: "Kim Novak, Pearl Bailey, Vic Damone, Ken Murray" (credited as Bart Bradley) 1956 I Love Lucy Giuseppe Episode: "Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy" (credited as Bart Bradley) 1959 Have Gun – Will Travel Pedro Season 1 Episode 39: "The Statue of San Sebastian" (credited as Bart Bradley) 1959 77 Sunset Strip Guido Orsini Season 1 Episode 29: "A Bargain in Tombs" (credited as Bart Bradley) 1960 Lawman Dennis Deaver Season 2 Episode 20: “The Kids” (credited as Bart Bradley)1961Wagon TrainEvening StarEpisode: "The Patience Miller Story" (credited as Bart Bradley)1975Columbo2nd picketerEpisode: "A Case of Immunity"1976M*A*S*HPrivate Habib Episode: "Dear Sigmund" 1976–78 Magic MongoAce 1978–81 Vega$ Bobby "Binzer" Borso Main cast 1978–80 Fangface Puggsy (voice) 32 episodes 1978-1982 Match Game Himself Appeared on 37 weeks between 1978-1982 1979-1981 Password Plus and Super Password Himself Aired: Aired: April 23-27, 1979; December 10-14, 1979; April 17; 20-23, 1981; September 07-11, 1981 1982–83 The New Odd Couple Roy Main cast 1984 Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour Himself Aired February 27-March 2, 1984 1991 Beverly Hills, 90210 Mr. Parker Episode: "It's Only a Test" 1997 Seinfeld Zubin Episode: "The Betrayal" 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Older Sahjid Miniseries, Episode: "Le voyage dans la lune" 2000 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Funeral Director Episode: "Two Sisters" 2000 The West Wing Shapiro Episode: "20 Hours in L.A." 2007 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Ambassador Episode: "Aptitude" 2011 Shameless Doorman Episode: "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father" 2012 Castle Cabbie Episode: "After Hours"

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