Herb Edelman as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio, he enrolled in Brooklyn College as a theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a taxicab driver. One of his fares was director Mike Nichols, who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park". Edelman reprised his role in the 1967 film version (starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda). He appeared in the movie versions of Simon's "The Odd Couple" (1968) and "California Suite" (1978). He also appeared in an installment of
Robert Redford winning four Oscars including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. In 1980, he starred in "Brubaker" (1980). He starred in "Out of Africa" (1985), which was an enormous critical and box office success, and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. He released his third film as a director, "A River Runs Through It", in 1992. Redford retired after completing the film "The Old Man & the Gun", which was released in October 2018. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for "Quiz Show". He received a second Academy Award—for