# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-gelman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:25:43.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-gelman"
name: "Larry Gelman"
slug: "larry-gelman"
description: "Lawrence Sheldon Gelman was an American film and television character actor. He was known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the TV series The Bob Newhart Show and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of The Odd Couple."
tagline: "American actor (1930–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Larry_Gelman_on_RealTVfilms.jpg/330px-Larry_Gelman_on_RealTVfilms.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1930-11-03"
deathDate: "2021-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.513754666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312475/"
    handle:    "nm0312475"
sources:
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    title: "لیری گیلمین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Gelman"
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    title: "لاري جيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لارى جيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%AF%DB%8E%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لاری گێلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gelman"
    title: "Larry Gelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gelman"
    title: "Larry Gelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9E%98%EB%A6%AC_%EA%B2%94%EB%A7%A8"
    title: "래리 겔맨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400356"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104037"
    title: "Larry Gelman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump