Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American actor, comedian and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabe Kotter in the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" but has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, particularly as host/commentator on High Stakes Poker on GSN.

Ron Palillo (born April 2, 1949) is an American television and film actor best known for his role as high school student Arnold Horshack on the ABC sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter", which aired from 1975 to 1979. He was born in Cheshire, Connecticut and graduated from the University of Connecticut where he later taught during the late 1990s.

Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (born September 4, 1953 in New York City, New York, United States) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of films and television programs, including "Cooley High" (1975), "Roots" (1977), "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975), and "The Jacksons: An American Dream" (1992). Lawrence was born in New York City, NY on September 4, 1953, the fifth child of nine to West Indian parents Hilton and Clothilda Jacobs.

Marcia Strassman (born April 28, 1948 in New York City) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Julie Kotter in the TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" and as Diane Szalinski in the 1989 feature film, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and its first sequel. Among her earliest acting credits was an appearance in an episode of "The Patty Duke Show". In 1967, she beame a recording artist for UNI Records.

Robert Hegyes (b. May 7, 1951) is an American born actor, best known for his portrayal of 'Epstein' in the 1970s television series "Welcome Back, Kotter".

John Sylvester White (October 31, 1919 - September 11, 1988) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-born American actor. He was best known for his starring role as "Keith Barron" on the television soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" from 1951 to 1952, and many years later, to a different generation as the crabby, tiny-sized principal "Mr. Woodman", on the sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter", from 1975 until 1979. He died, aged 68, from pancreatic cancer in Waikiki, Hawaii.

Diana Hyland (January 25, 1936 - March 27, 1977) was an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for her TV appearances and occasional films. Born Diana Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Hyland made her acting debut in 1955 in an episode of "Robert Montgomery Presents". Over the next decade she played numerous guest and supporting roles in various television series, including "The Twilight Zone", …

James Komack (3 August, 1924 - 24 December, 1997), was a prolific US actor, writer and producer. Komack was the guiding force behind such television hits as "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", in which he also appeared as Norman Tinker, "Chico and the Man", and "Welcome Back, Kotter". Komack is credited with discovering and launching the careers of John Travolta and Freddie Prinze.

Mark Stephen Evanier (born 2 March 1952) is an American writer. Evanier chose to be a writer after witnessing the misery his father felt from working for the Internal Revenue Service and contrasting that with the portrayal of a writer's life on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". He made his first professional sale in 1969 and almost immediately was taken on as an assistant to the legendary Jack Kirby.

Stephen Shortridge (born October 23, 1953 in Red Oak, Iowa) is an American actor. A Ted McGinley before there ever was one, Shortridge has appeared in more than 20 film and television projects throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most recognizably from his role as a southern high school student named Beau De Labarre on the television comedy Welcome Back, Kotter. He has also done over 50 commercials for such products as Mennen, Coca-Cola and Head & Shoulders.

Ellen Travolta (born October 6, 1940 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress, the eldest sibling of John Travolta. She is probably best remembered for her portrayal of Louisa Arcola Delvecchio, the mother of Chachi Arcola (Scott Baio) in the 1950s-based sitcom "Happy Days", and its unsuccessful spinoff, "Joanie Loves Chachi", although she has had guest roles on many series. Her acting debut was in the 1976 episode "You Can't Annul My Baby", …

Charles Fleischer (born August 27, 1950) is an American actor, comedian and voice artist. Fleischer was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Southampton College of Long Island University. As a child, he is reported to have spent several summers at Kamp Kewanee in La Plume, Pennsylvania.

Vernee Watson-Johnson is an American character actress, born on January 14, 1954 in North Trenton, New Jersey. She played a small role on "Sister, Sister" as Lisa's (Jackée Harry) best friend, Patrice. She also played Verna Jean Williams on "Welcome Back, Kotter"; Will Smith's mother, Viola "Vy" Smith, on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", and the mayor's secretary, Lucille Banks, on "Carter Country".

Jeff Bleckner (born August 12 1943) is an American theatre and television director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bleckner made his directorial debut off-Broadway with "The Unseen Hand/Forensic and the Navigators", an evening of one-act plays by Sam Shepard, in 1970. He also directed three off-Broadway productions of works by David Rabe: the first two plays in his Vietnam War trilogy, …

Valerie Curtin is an American actress and writer, born on March 31, 1941 in New York City. She was married to writer and producer Barry Levinson from 1975-1982. Curtin began her writing career in the 1970s working on episodes of the popular television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Curtin later wrote for movies such as "...And Justice for All" (1979). Curtin and her then husband Barry Levinson were nominated for an Oscar (for Best Writing, …

Susan Lanier is an American film and television actress. Born as Susan Jean Engledow in Dallas, Texas to Gene and Dorothy Lanier Engledow, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career in 1967 where she attended New York University. After appearing in numerous off Broadway productions, TV commercials, and indie films in which she appeared as Jean Lanier, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1974.

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Jeannie Linero is an actress best known for playing Lucy Mancini in "The Godfather" (1972) and "The Godfather: Part III" (1990). In 1975, she played Suzy Marta Rocket in the television series "Hot L Baltimore". She also guest-starred in the television series "Maude", "Chico and the Man" (as nurse Liz Garcia), "Baretta", "All in the Family", "Laverne & Shirley", "Welcome Back, Kotter", …

Hope Summers was a character actress best-known for her work on "The Andy Griffith Show". Her year of birth has also been given as 1900 and 1901. She was born in Mattoon, Illinois. A regional actress who had often performed in one-woman shows, Summers was past 50 when she came to Hollywood to begin her career as a character player. She made her television debut in 1951 on the series "Hawkin Falls, …

Bill Richmond is an American film and television comedy writer. He wrote the screenplays to numerous popular films that starred Jerry Lewis. These films included "The Nutty Professor", "The Errand Boy" and "The Ladies Man". He also made many cameo appearances in Lewis' films as well, such as playing a Stan Laurel type character in "The Bellboy" or a piano player in "The Patsy".

Carlton "King" Coleman, born in Tampa, Florida, is a prolific rhythm and blues singer and musician best known for providing vocals for the 1959 hit "(Do The) Mashed Potatoes", recorded with James Brown's band. Over the course of his singing career, Coleman released numerous singles that have been re-released on compilations as well as the 2003 retrospective "It's Dance Time" released by Norton Records.

John Travolta first gained fame as the swaggering Vinnie Barbarino on the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975). In 1977, he parlayed his teeny-bopper fame into a big-screen career with the disco blockbuster Saturday Night Fever (1977). He languished in light dramas and television movies in the 1980s, but started a comeback in 1989 with Look Who's Talking (1989). He further resuscitated his career with an Oscar nomination for his role as a heavyset sympathetic hitman in...

Has performed as a guest on harmonica with the group Blues Traveler (Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA November 22,1995) Studied acting at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. Began doing stand-up comedy at age nine at Camp Kewanee in La Plume, Pennsylvania.

Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs was born in New York City. He is one of nine children born to Hilton and Clothilda Jacobs. Larry, as his family and friends call him, attended public schools in New York City, so he has first-hand knowledge of what it is like to be a student in a big-city high school like the one pictured on "Welcome Back, Kotter." After high school, Larry worked at an odd assortment of jobs before turning to acting. First, he was a delivery boy, then a florist, then a messenger...

Financial investor Champion poker player Provided coverage on ESPN for the 2002 World Series of Poker. Worked as a standup comic, a sitcom and film actor, and a disc jockey. Provided commentary for the National Heads-Up Poker Challenge on CNBC in 2005. 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).