Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gabe Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American actor, best known for his role as Gabe Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. Kaplan is also a champion poker player, and provided commentary for cable network ESPN during the 2002 World Series of Poker. Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.