Background
Gilborn was born in New Rochelle, New New York
Gilborn was born in New Rochelle, New New York
He attended Swarthmore College, where he was awarded a bachelor"s degree in English and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in dramatic literature from Stanford University in 1969, where his dissertation provided a psychoanalytic perspective on the plays of the 19th-century French dramatist Émile Augier.
Before becoming an actor, Gilborn was a Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and faculty adviser to the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He also taught at Stanford University, Columbia University and at the University of California, Berkeley. Gilborn guest-starred in a number of notable television series including Columbo (4 episodes), Perfect Strangers, Boy Meets World, Malcolm in the Middle, Judge Advocate General, Emergency, The West Wing, Los Angeles Law, The Practice, New York City Police Department Blue and The Wonder Years.
He had recurring role in the sitcom Ellen (as "Harold Morgan", Ellen"s father).
Film credits include "Mr. Phillips" in The Brady Bunch Movie and the hotel owner in Joyride.
Gilborn died at age 72 on January 2, 2009, of cancer at his home in North Chatham, New New York