Ed Galbraith

The man who makes people disappear.

Ed Galbraith (played by Robert Forster) is the "disappearer," who helps people vanish and start new lives. He is portrayed by Robert Forster, who died in October 2019. The episode "Magic Man" was dedicated to Forster. Forster reprised his role from Breaking Bad in this episode, as well as in the film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

Showrunner Peter Gould had wanted to bring Forster's character into Better Call Saul for some time but could not figure out a way to do so until the fifth-season premiere. Originally, Forster's role was a vocal cameo only, given the cost of rebuilding the vacuum shop. However, with El Camino's production, producer Melissa Bernstein recognized they would be shooting the vacuum shop and that Forster would be available, and thus arranged for Vince Gilligan to film the Better Call Saul scene concurrently, months before any other Better Call Saul fifth season scenes were to be filmed.