Frank Gorshin Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I am a man of few words, but many riddles.

Remember, it is better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness.

The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!

With money, who needs friends?

A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.

Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.

Globalization is a fact of economic life.

Isolation is a self-defeating dream.

Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.

Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue.

Taking a child to the toy store is the nearest thing to a death wish parents can have.

Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.

The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities.

Trivia

In the early 80's, Gorshin did a stint on the daytime drama Edge of Night playing a gangster. He later appeared on an episode of Bold and the Beautiful.

Gorshin had a grandson named Brandon.

Gorshin and his wife had one son named Mitchell.

Gorshin left the role of The Riddler after one season and was replaced by John Astin but returned to the role for one episode in the show's third and final season.

Gorshin guest starred as a stool pigeon on an episode of The Untouchables entitled The Pea. Ironically, one of the Untouchables, Nick Georgiade, would later play one of Gorshin's henchmen in an episode of Batman entitled Ring Around the Riddler.

Gorshin was nominated for an Emmy for his guest shot in the Star Trek episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield."

A Los Angeles newspaper erroneously reported that Gorshin had died after his 1957 car accident.

From 1953-55, Gorshin served with the U.S. Army in Korea.

Gorshin first got interested in show biz after taking a job as an usher at a Pittsburgh movie theatre.

Gorshin's father, Frank, Sr., worked for a railroad. His mother, Frances, was a seamstress.

Frank Gorshin appeared in a one-man stage show entitled Say Goodnight,Gracie based on the life of George Burns.