Don Diamond's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) F Troop Crazy Cat Zorro (1957) Cpl. Reyes The Flying Nun Chief Galindo The New Adventures of Zorro Sgt. Gonzalez Redigo Arturo Empire (1962) Arturo The Adventures of Kit Carson El Toro

Main Movie Roles 1980 - Herbie Goes Bananas 1978 - The Toolbox Murders 1973 - Breezy 1964 - The Carpetbaggers 1963 - Fun in Acapulco 1963 - Irma la Douce 1960 - The Story of Ruth 1958 - The Old Man and the Sea 1950 - Borderline

BIOGRAPHY:

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 Mexican corporal in the Disney TV series "Zorro" (1957). In addition to his TV and film work, he has done much voice-over work in both cartoons and commercials.


TRIVIA:

• Has a daughter, Roxanne