The basic idea for Welcome Back Kotter was inspired by Gabe Kaplan's days as a student at Brooklyn, New York's New Ultrecht High School. Unbeknowst to him at the time, the hours he spent in ...

Gabe Kaplan was the only celebrity at poker tournaments in the 1970s Ladies and gentlemen, let me reintroduce you to Las Vegas’ first celebrity poker player — Gabe Kaplan. You know him better ...

Gabe Kaplan was born in Brooklyn in the shadows of Ebbets Field. He quit high school at sixteen to seek a career in pro baseball but became a stand-up comedian instead. In 1975, he co-created and ...

Gabe Kaplan was born on March 31, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabe Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but can now be seen as the host of GSN's High ...

WELCOME BACK, KOTTER, Debralee Scott, Gabe Kaplan, 1975 - 1979. Courtesy the Everett Collection Background: Debralee Scott was born on April 2, 1953, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza will return to the booth, reuniting the commentary team that hosted the first five seasons together. Kaplan is a 75-year-old comedian and actor who has been around the ...

Gabe Kaplan once held aspirations of becoming a Major League Baseball player. "People are always surprised by that. I don't look like an athlete. I look like a guy who should hang around a ...

The name Gabe Kaplan has been missing from the comedy rolls for about 12 years. The star of ABC’s 1975-79 comedy “Welcome Back, Kotter” was a hot commodity on the club circuit before he ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. What is Gabe Kaplan doing, appearing in the Palm Beach International Film Festival's opening night movie and starring in a Groucho Marx show in Coral Springs? You could call it a ...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- The actress who played Gabe Kaplan's wife, Julie, on the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died at age 66. Marcia Strassman died at her Sherman Oaks, California, home on ...