Gabe Kaplan Add to My Celebs Age 67 Birthday Mar. 31st, 1945 Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA Height 5' 11 1/2

Gabe Kaplan's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) World Poker Tour Gabe Kaplan Welcome Back, Kotter Gabe Kotter High Stakes Poker Gabe Kaplan Lewis & Clark Stewart Lewis The Captain and Tennille Gabe Kaplan Intercontinental Poker Championship Gabe Kaplan… National Heads-Up Poker Championship Gabe Kaplan…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - The Grand

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Gabe Kaplan is best known for portraying teacher Gabe Kotter in the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter", which ran for four years on ABC. More recently, he can be seen on television as a professional poker player and commentator. He made many appearances doing stand up comedy on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.


TRIVIA:

• Provided commentary for the National Heads-Up Poker Challenge on CNBC in 2005.
• Financial investor
• His experiences as a student in an under-achieving class (like the Sweathogs) in the early 1960s was the basis for _"Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975)_ (qv).
• Worked as a standup comic, a sitcom and film actor, and a disc jockey.
• Champion poker player
• Provided coverage on ESPN for the 2002 World Series of Poker.

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