'Jack Gilford (born Jacob Aaron Gelman on July 25, 1907 - died on June 4, 1990) appeared in a guest role on Night Court, as Marty Ratner, an old beau of Selma Hacker in the Season 3 episode "An Old Flame". Surviving in the entertainment industry on the stage through the 1950s tidal wave of paranoia known as "McCarthyism", which was spearheaded by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, which suspected subversion against the U.S. government that swept the American society, and which suspected many important people, including those in the world of the arts and entertainment, Jack enjoyed a lengthy acting career in films, TV and the stage which lasted over 5 decades.