
Don Diamond
Department: Acting
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 Spanish corporal in the Disney TV series Zorro (1957). In addition to his TV and film work, he did much voice-over work in both cartoons and commercials.
Known For

The Story of Ruth
1960

The Old Man and the Sea
1958

Hit Man
1972

Borderline
1950

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971

The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979

The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982

How to Steal an Airplane
1971

Holiday for Lovers
1959

Tijuana Toads
1969

Go for Croak
1969

A Pair of Greenbacks
1969

The Froggy Froggy Duo
1970

Snake in the Gracias
1971

Hop and Chop
1970

Two Jumps and a Chump
1971

Never on Thirsty
1970

Mud Squad
1971

Fastest Tongue in the West
1971

A Leap in the Deep
1971

Croakus Pocus
1971

Frog Jog
1972

The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!
1971

Serape Happy
1971

A Dopey Hacienda
1970

Flight to the Finish
1972

The Toolbox Murders
1978

Raiders of Old California
1957

Herbie Goes Bananas
1980

Shell Game
1975

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971

Swingin' Along
1961

Viva Max!
1969

Zorro, the Avenger
1959

This Year's Blonde
1980

Breezy
1973

Le Secret de Zorro
1958

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Burke's Law
1963

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978

Trackdown
1957

Here's Lucy
1968

F Troop
1965

L.A. Law
1986

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The Odd Couple
1970

The Flying Nun
1967

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961

That Girl
1966

Route 66
1960

One Day at a Time
1975

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Hawkins
1973

Dynasty
1981

Hill Street Blues
1981

My Favorite Martian
1963

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Newhart
1982

The Lone Ranger
1949

Lassie
1954

Cannon
1971

Zorro and Son
1983

Zorro
1957

Redigo
1963

The Immortal
1970

Rawhide
1959

Run for Your Life
1965

The White Shadow
1978

Police Story
1973

The High Chaparral
1967

Peter Gunn
1958

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

The Patty Duke Show
1963

The Big Valley
1965

Adventures of Superman
1952

Pete and Gladys
1960

The Gale Storm Show
1956

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

The New Adventures of Zorro
1981

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Frontier
1955

The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951

26 Men
1957

Trackdown
1957

The Wild Wild West
1965

Zorro
1957

The Rockford Files
1974

Rawhide
1959

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley
1965

Adam-12
1968

Adam-12
1968

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Run for Your Life
1965

My Favorite Martian
1963

Zorro
1957

The Rear Guard
1976

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

The Rockford Files
1974

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

The Untouchables
1959

Rawhide
1959

The Gale Storm Show
1956

MacGyver
1985

The Flying Nun
1967

Ellery Queen
1975

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

The Untouchables
1959

Columbo
1971

Life with Lucy
1986

Columbo
1971

Zorro
1957

Good Morning World
1967

Love, American Style
1969

1st & Ten
1984

Lou Grant
1977

Paris
1979

The Flying Nun
1967

Studio 57
1954

Zorro
1957

The Gale Storm Show
1956

Quincy, M.E.
1976

77 Sunset Strip
1958

It Takes a Thief
1968

Masquerade
1983

Get Smart
1965

Vega$
1978