Danny Goldman

Danny Goldman was an American actor, voice artist, and casting director. Among his many notable credits include a small role in Young Frankenstein, the voice of Brainy Smurf and Ozzie the Answer in the 1980s detective drama Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. He was also in an episode of the long-running police drama Hawaii Five-O.

He appeared as a panelist on the What's My Line? TV program during its syndicated run, and reprised his role on the live stage version in Hollywood several years later.

Danny was a well-known casting director of television commercials in Hollywood. He returned to the voice of Brainy Smurf for the TV show Robot Chicken in a segment that parodied the movie Se7en. The show's creators remarked that of all the casting coups on their show, of which there are many, their greatest was getting Danny Goldman to voice Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs.

Goldman had reprised the role several more times on Robot Chicken whenever Brainy Smurf appears in a sketch.

Death
Goldman died in his home in Los Angeles on 12 April 2020, from complications of two strokes.