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{{Infobox person
| name         = Martin Milner
| image        = Martin Milner 1960 publicity photo.jpg
| caption      = Milner in 1960
| birth_name   = Martin Sam Milner
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1931|12|28}}
| birth_place  = [[Detroit]], Michigan, U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2015|9|6|1931|12|28}}
| death_place  = [[Carlsbad, California]], U.S.
| resting_place= 
| alma mater   = [[University of Southern California]]
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1947–1998
| spouse       = {{marriage|Judith Bess "Judy" Jones|1957}}
| children     = 4
}}
'''Martin Sam Milner''' (December 28, 1931&nbsp;– September 6, 2015) was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and ''[[Adam-12]]'', which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.

==Early years==
Milner was born on December 28, 1931,{{sfn|Willis|Monush|2006|page=368}} in [[Detroit, Michigan]], the son of Mildred (née Martin), a Paramount Theater circuit dancer, and Sam Gordon Milner, who worked as a construction hand and later a film distributor.{{sfn|Willis|Monush|1998|page=283}} Sam was a Polish-Jewish immigrant.<ref name="Jewish Journal">{{cite news|last=Tugend|first=Tom|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/obituaries/177676/|title=Remembering Marty Milner|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|The Jewish Journal]]|publisher=TRIBE Media Corp.|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=September 16, 2015|access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> The family left Detroit when Milner was a young child, moved frequently, and settled in [[Seattle, Washington]] by the time he was nine. There he became involved in acting, first in school, and then in a children's theater group at the Cornish Playhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/martin-milner-dies-adam-12-route-66/|title=Adam-12, Route 66 Star Martin Milner Dies at 83|first=Adam|last=Bryant|work=[[TV Guide]]|publisher=NTVB Media {{small|(magazine)}} [[CBS Interactive]] ([[CBS Corporation]]) {{small|(digital assets)}}|location=[[New York City]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

When Milner was a teenager, he moved with his family to Los Angeles where his parents hired an acting coach and later an agent for him.<ref name="THR"/> Milner had his first screen test and began his film career with his debut in the [[Warner Bros.]] film ''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]'' (1947). Less than two weeks after that film was completed in August 1946, Milner contracted [[polio]].<ref name="LAT"/> He recovered within a year and had bit parts in two more films, then was graduated from [[North Hollywood High School]] in 1949. He immediately landed a minor role in the film ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]'' starring [[John Wayne]].<ref name="THR">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-milner-dead-adam-12-820849|title=Martin Milner, Star of 'Adam-12' and 'Route 66,' Dies at 83|first1=Mike|last1=Barnes|first2=Duane|last2=Byrge|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Milner attended the [[University of Southern California]] where he studied theater.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AbtaAAAAIBAJ&pg=3623,3264688|title=The Players of Adam-12|date=October 18, 1972|work=[[The Daily Courier (Arizona)|The Daily Courier]]|publisher=[[Western Newspapers]]|location=[[Prescott, Arizona]]|access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> He dropped out after a year in the fall of 1950 to concentrate on acting.<ref name="lewiston">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ArsgAAAAIBAJ&pg=3518,1349911|title=Milner Grew Up In the Business|date=November 10, 1960|work=Lewiston Evening Journal|publisher=Sun Media Group|location=[[Lewiston, Maine]]|pages=7–A|access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> He made his first television appearance in 1950 as a guest star in episode 28, "Pay Dirt", of ''[[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]]''. The same year, he began a recurring role as Drexel Potter on the sitcom ''[[The Stu Erwin Show]]''.

He had several more roles, both minor and major, in war films in the 1950s, including another John Wayne picture titled ''[[Operation Pacific]]'' (1951) and ''[[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]]'' (1955), with [[William Powell]] and [[Henry Fonda]], [[James Cagney]] and [[Jack Lemmon]]. On the set of ''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]'' (1950), he met and befriended actor [[Jack Webb]], and he began intermittent work on Webb's radio series ''[[Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet]]''.<ref name="Dagan">{{cite news|first=Carmel|last= Dagan|url= https://variety.com/2015/film/news/martin-milner-dead-adam-12-route-66-1201587461/|title= Martin Milner, Star of 'Adam-12,' 'Route 66,' Dies at 83|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=September 8, 2015}}</ref>

In 1952, Milner began a two-year stint in the United States Army. Assigned to [[Special Services (entertainment)|Special Services]] at [[Fort Ord]] on California's Monterey Bay Peninsula, he directed [[training film]]s<ref name="THR"/><ref name="LAT">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-martin-milner-20150908-story.html|title=Martin Milner dies at 83; 'Adam-12' and 'Route 66' star|first=Dennis|last=McLellan|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XaZMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6741,85691|title=Martin. Milner also starred in Gidget with Sally Field and Don Porter, as the 'Big Kahuna' in an early episode by the same name. Milner|date=September 20, 1970|work=[[The Daily Courier (Arizona)|The Daily Courier]]|publisher=[[Western Newspapers]]|location=[[Prescott, Arizona]]|access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> and was both an M.C. and performer in skits for a touring unit created to entertain soldiers.<ref name="lewiston" /> Milner was encouraged by fellow soldier and future actor [[David Janssen]] to pursue an acting career when his time in the Army ended. Janssen and Milner served at Fort Ord with fellow future actors [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military.com/education/gi-bill/clint-eastwood-used-gi-bill.html|title=Clint Eastwood Used the GI Bill|author=<!--Not stated-->|work=[[Military.com]]|publisher=[[Monster.com|Monster Worldwide]]|location=United States|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> While in the Army, Milner continued working for [[Jack Webb]], playing Officer Bill Lockwood (briefly the partner of Sgt. Friday) and other characters on the ''[[Dragnet (franchise)#1949 radio series|Dragnet]]'' radio series on weekends. He also appeared on six episodes of Webb's ''[[Dragnet (franchise)#1951 television series|Dragnet]]'' television series between 1952 and 1955.<ref name="LAT"/>

After his military service ended, Milner had a recurring role on ''[[The Life of Riley]]'' from 1953 to 1958. He also made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including episodes of ''[[The Bigelow Theatre]]'', ''[[The Great Gildersleeve#Television|The Great Gildersleeve]]'', ''[[TV Reader's Digest]]'', ''[[Science Fiction Theatre]]'', ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'', ''[[NBC Matinee Theater]]'', ''[[The West Point Story (TV series)|The West Point Story]]'', ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]'' (Season 3, Episode 13, "Six Feet Under"), ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (episode: "Mirror Image"), ''[[Wagon Train]]'' and ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''.

Milner was under contract at Hecht-Lancaster, [[Burt Lancaster]]'s production company.<ref name="THR"/> He also acted in films, including ''[[The Long Gray Line]]'' (1955), ''[[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]]'' (1955), ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]'' (1957), ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]'' (1957), ''[[Marjorie Morningstar (film)|Marjorie Morningstar]]'' (1958), where he was able to draw on his Jewish roots playing the role of Wally Wronkin, ''[[Compulsion (1959 film)|Compulsion]]'' (1959), and ''[[13 Ghosts]]'' (1960). He later costarred in ''[[Valley of the Dolls (film)|Valley of the Dolls]]'' (1967), based on the best-selling novel by [[Jacqueline Susann]].<ref name="LAT"/><ref name="Dagan"/>

===''Route 66''===
[[File:Martin Milner George Maharis Route 66 sign.jpg|thumb|Milner ''(left)'' and [[George Maharis]] in ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' publicity still, 1962]]
In 1960, Milner was cast as [[Tod Stiles]] on the television series ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', which ran from 1960 to 1964. Created by [[Stirling Silliphant]], ''Route 66'' is about two regular but distinctly different young men in a car touring the United States. After the sudden death of his father left him penniless, save for a new Chevrolet Corvette, Milner's character travels across the United States in the Corvette, taking a variety of odd jobs along the way and getting involved in other people's problems. His traveling partner on his escapades is his friend Buz Murdock (played by [[George Maharis]]), a former employee of his father's. During the series' third season, [[Glenn Corbett]] replaced Maharis, who claimed he was ill with hepatitis but later verified he wanted to break away to pursue other career opportunities.<ref name="THR"/><ref name="LAT"/><ref name="Dagan"/> The show never regained its audience appeal with Corbett and was cancelled after a year.

''Route 66'' was shot on location, so Milner spent nearly four years traveling the US for the series, sometimes taking his wife and children along.<ref name="LAT"/>

Milner appeared on Broadway once in the short-lived comedy ''The Ninety Day Mistress'' in 1967.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/arts/television/martin-milner-dies-at-83-actor-made-his-name-on-route-66.html|title=Martin Milner, Clean-Cut Star of 'Route 66' and 'Adam-12,' Dies at 83|first=Anita|last=Gates|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

===''Adam-12''===
By the mid-1960s, Milner and Jack Webb had a long-established working relationship. Milner had appeared in numerous episodes of both the radio and television versions of the series ''Dragnet'', and had worked with Webb in the films ''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]'' (1950) and ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite book |author1=Daniel Moyer |author2=Eugene Alvarez |title=Just the Facts, Ma'am: The Authorized Biography of Jack Webb |date=2001 |publisher=Seven Locks Press |isbn=9780929765297 |page=110}}</ref>

In 1968, Milner returned to television as seven-year [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] veteran uniform patrol Officer Pete Malloy in ''[[Adam-12]]'', a Webb-produced police drama. [[Kent McCord]] played his partner, rookie Officer Jim Reed. The series ran from 1968 to 1975. Like Webb's ''Dragnet'', it was based on real Los Angeles Police Department procedures and cases.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Ronald Wayne Rodman |title=Tuning In: American Narrative Television Music |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195340242 |page=242}}</ref>

Milner was Webb's choice for Malloy in part because of his relative youth and prior acting credits and because of his on-camera driving experience from his days on ''Route 66''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Prime-time hits: television's most popular network program| first=Susan|last=Sackett|year=1993|publisher=[[Billboard Books]]|isbn=978-0823083923}}</ref> He guest-starred in three episodes of ''[[Emergency!]]'' between 1972 and 1976, during and after ''Adam-12''{{'}}s run on NBC, the first of which, and the best known, was the pilot movie ''[[The Wedsworth-Townsend Act]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Richard Yokley |author2=Rozane Sutherland |title=Emergency! Behind the Scene |date=May 2007 |publisher=Jones and Bartlett Publishers |isbn=9780763748968 |page=46}}</ref>

===Later career===
[[File:Martin Milner 1975.JPG|thumb|Milner in ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' in 1975]]
In 1971, Milner portrayed the murder victim in the premiere episode of ''[[Columbo]]'' titled "Murder by the Book". After ''Adam-12'', Milner starred as Karl Robinson in a television series version of ''[[The Swiss Family Robinson (1975 TV series)|The Swiss Family Robinson]]'' (1975–1976), produced by [[Irwin Allen]].<ref name="NYT"/> Most of his later work was as a guest star, including ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' (as the protagonist's father); ''[[Airwolf]]''; ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''; and ''[[RoboCop: The Series]]''. In 1983, Milner hosted a morning radio wake-up show on AM 600 [[KOGO (AM)|KOGO]] in San Diego.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2015-09-07 |title=Martin Milner, Clean-Cut Star of ‘Route 66’ and ‘Adam-12,’ Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/arts/television/martin-milner-dies-at-83-actor-made-his-name-on-route-66.html |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jesswaid |date=2015-11-19 |title=Martin Milner |url=https://jesswaid.com/2015/11/19/martin-milner/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Jess Waid |language=en}}</ref>

In 1990, Milner teamed again with Kent McCord in the cable TV-movie ''Nashville Beat'' (1990), on [[The Nashville Network]]. The story was co-written by McCord, who played an LAPD detective who works with his former partner, played by Milner, in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1992, Milner guest-starred on five episodes of ABC's ''[[Life Goes On (TV series)|Life Goes On]]''.

After retiring from acting, Milner co-hosted a radio show about fishing called ''Let's Talk Hook-Up'' on San Diego-area sports station [[XEWW-AM|XETRA]] AM 690 (now XEWW).<ref name="LAT"/>

In 1998, Milner took part in a documentary film, ''Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner'', in which he drove a 1961 Corvette from Chicago to Santa Monica.<ref name="NYT"/>

==Personal life==
In May 1956, Milner met singer and actress Judith Bess Jones<ref name="Dagan"/> at a Hollywood dinner party. They were married on February 23, 1957, in Waukegan, Illinois.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marriage Announcement|date=February 24, 1957|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[tronc|Tonc, Inc.]]|location=[[Chicago]]|page=34}}</ref> They had four children together.<ref>{{cite news|title=Milner's Back!|last=Shain|first=Percy|date=June 23, 1968|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|location=[[Boston]]|pages=TV–2}}</ref>

In February 2003, Milner's eldest daughter Amy, who appeared in an episode of ''Adam 12'', was diagnosed with [[acute myeloid leukemia]].<ref name="Dagan"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nctimes.com/article_be31aaba-c571-5467-aa07-9017b708f3d5.html|title=Actor Martin Milner seeks help for ill daughter in Encinitas|date=July 11, 2004|work=[[North County Times]]|publisher=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|location=[[Escondido, California]]|access-date=December 29, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She died in December 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/obituaries/obituaries/article_01d7f325-f20e-5134-8665-7230518f9bad.html|title=Obituaries - 12/23/04|date=December 23, 2004|work=[[North County Times]]|publisher=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|location=[[Escondido, California]]|access-date=December 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101053057/http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/obituaries/obituaries/article_01d7f325-f20e-5134-8665-7230518f9bad.html|archive-date=January 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 6, 2015, Milner died of heart failure at his home in [[Carlsbad, California]], at age 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/martin-milner-route-66-adam-12-star-dies-33589296|title=Martin Milner, 'Route 66' and 'Adam-12' Star, Dies|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|location=[[New York City]]|access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> His remains were cremated.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ | title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed| isbn=9781476625997| last1=Wilson| first1=Scott| date=19 August 2016| publisher=McFarland}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]''
| John Day
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948 film)|The Wreck of the Hesperus]]''
| Nathaniel 
| 
|-
| 1949
| ''[[The Green Promise]]''
| Joe - 4H Club Member
| Uncredited
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]''
| Pvt. Mike McHugh 
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Louisa (film)|Louisa]]''
| Bob Stewart 
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Our Very Own (1950 film)|Our Very Own]]''
| Bert
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Halls of Montezuma (film)|Halls of Montezuma]]''
| Whitney 
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Operation Pacific]]''
| Ens. Caldwell 
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Fighting Coast Guard]]''
| Al Prescott 
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[I Want You (1951 film)|I Want You]]''
| George Kress Jr. 
| 
|-
| 1952
| ''[[The Captive City (1952 film)|The Captive City]]''
| Phil Harding 
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Belles on Their Toes (film)|Belles on Their Toes]]''
| Al Lynch
| Uncredited
|-
| 1952
| ''[[My Wife's Best Friend]]''
| Buddy Chamberlain 
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Springfield Rifle (film)|Springfield Rifle]]''
| Pvt. Olie Larsen 
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Battle Zone (film)|Battle Zone]]''
| Corp. Andy Sayer
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Torpedo Alley (film)|Torpedo Alley]]''
| Undetermined Role 
| Unconfirmed / Uncredited
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Last of the Comanches]]''
| Billy Creel
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Destination Gobi]]''
| Elwood Halsey
| 
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Dial M for Murder]]''
| Policeman Outside Wendice Flat 
| Uncredited
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The Long Gray Line]]''
| Jim O'Carberry 
| Uncredited
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]]''
| Shore Patrol Officer 
| 
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Francis in the Navy]]''
| W.T. 'Rick' Rickson 
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
| Joey Firestone 
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[On the Threshold of Space]]''
| Lt. Mort Glenn 
| 
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Navy Wife (1956 film)|Navy Wife]]''
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Screaming Eagles (film)|Screaming Eagles]]''
| Pvt. Corliss 
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Pillars of the Sky]]''
| Waco 
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Man Afraid]]''
| Shep Hamilton 
|
|- 
| 1957
| ''[[Desk Set]]''
| Bit Part 
| Uncredited
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]''
| [[James Earp]]
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]''
|  Steve Dallas
| Credited as Marty Milner
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Too Much, Too Soon]]''
| Lincoln Forrester 
| 
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Marjorie Morningstar (film)|Marjorie Morningstar]]''
| Wally Wronkin
|
|- 
| 1959
| ''[[Compulsion (1959 film)|Compulsion]]''
| Sid Brooks 
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (film)|The Private Lives of Adam and Eve]]''
| Ad Simms / Adam
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[13 Ghosts]]''
| Benjamen Rush 
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Sex Kittens Go to College]]''
| George Barton 
| Associate producer
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Zebra in the Kitchen]]''
| Dr. Del Hartwood 
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Ski Fever]]''
| Brian Davis 
|
|-
|1967 
| ''Sullivan's Empire''
| John Sullivan
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Valley of the Dolls (film)|Valley of the Dolls]]''
| Mel Anderson
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Three Guns for Texas]]''
| Const. Clendon MacMillan 
|
|-
| 1975
| ''The Swiss Family Robinson''
| Karl Robinson
|
|-
| 1989
| ''Nashville Beat''
| Captain Brian O'Neal
|
|-
| 1998
| ''Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner''
| Himself
| Video Documentary
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1950
| ''[[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]]''
| Dick McHenry
| Episode: "Pay Dirt"
|-
| 1950–1951
| ''[[The Stu Erwin Show]]''
| Drexel Potter
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Bigelow Theatre]]''
| T.K.O.
| Episode: "T.K.O."
|-
| 1952–1955
| ''[[Dragnet (franchise)#1951 television series|Dragnet]]''
| Stephen Banner
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1953–1957
| ''[[The Life of Riley]]''
| Bruce<br/>Don Marshall
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1954–1955
| ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The Great Gildersleeve#Television|The Great Gildersleeve]]''
| Brick
| Episode: "Water Commissioner's Water Color"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[NBC Matinee Theater]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[TV Reader's Digest]]''
| US Army Recruit
| Episode: "The Old, Old Story"
|-
| 1956
| ''The Charles Farrell Show''
|
| Episode: "Love and Kisses"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Telephone Time]]''
|
| Episode: "The Churchill Club"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Science Fiction Theatre]]''
| Britt
| Episode: "Three Minute Mile"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Crossroads (1955 TV series)|Crossroads]]''
| Charles Mitchell
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Navy Log]]''
| Monk Jacob
| "Incident at Formosa"
|-
| 1956–1957
| ''[[The West Point Story (TV series)|The West Point Story]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| Matt Trumbell
| Episode: "The Sally Potter Story"
|-
| 1958–1959
| ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1958–1959
| ''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
| Johnny Doan
| Episode: "Incident with an Executioner"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| 
| Episode: "[[Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90)|Judgment at Nuremberg]]"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Steve Canyon]]'' 
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051317/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm Sgt. Ernest Bigelow]
| Season 1/Episode 34: "Operation Firebee"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Hotel de Paree]]''
| Pat Williams 
| Episode: "Vein of Ore"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Sheriff of Cochise|U.S. Marshal]]''
| Deputy Bob Baxter
| Episode: "Trigger Happy"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Paul Grinstead
| Episode: "[[Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone)|Mirror Image]]"
|-
| 1960–1964
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
| [[Tod Stiles]]
| 116 episodes
|-
| 1965
| ''Memorandum for a Spy''
|
| Television film
|-
| 1965
| ''Starr, First Baseman''
| Joe Starr 
| Television film
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Slattery's People]]''
| State Representative Scott Fleming
| Episode: "Question: What's a Requiem for a Loser?"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]''
| Kahuna 
| Episode: "The Great Kahuna"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Laredo (TV series)|Laredo]]''
| Clendon MacMillan
| Episode: "Yahoo"
|-
| 1965–1966
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| Various roles
| 3 episodes
|- 
| 1965–1966
| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|- 
| 1966
| ''[[A Man Called Shenandoah]]''
| Neal Henderson
| Episode: "Requiem for the Second"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]''
| Maj. Dimscek
| Episode: "Six Feet Under"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Rat Patrol]]''
| Sgt. Roberts 
| Episode: "The Wild Goose Raid"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]''
| Colonel Mike Green
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Felony Squad]]''
| Thomas Glynn
| Episode: "Hit and Run, Run, Run"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
| Sherm
| Episode: "Fat Hands and a Diamond Ring"
|-
| 1968
| ''Land's End''
| Eric 
| Television film
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Dragnet (franchise)#1967–1970 revival|Dragnet]]''
| Officer Pete Malloy
| Episode: "Internal Affairs: DR-20"
|-
| 1968–1975
| ''[[Adam-12]]''
| Officer Pete Malloy
| 174 episodes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
| self
| Episode: September 28, 1970
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| Jim Ferris
| Episode: "Murder by the Book"
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The D.A. (1971 TV series)]]''
| Officer Pete Malloy
| Episode: "The People vs. Saydo"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''
| Himself
| Celebrity Guest Star
|-
| 1972–1976
| ''[[Emergency!]]''
| Officer Pete Malloy
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Runaway! (1973 film)|Runaway!]]''
| John Shedd 
| Television film
|-
| 1974
| ''Hurricane''
| Maj. Hymie Stoddard 
| Television film
|-
| 1975–1976
| ''[[The Swiss Family Robinson (1975 TV series)|The Swiss Family Robinson]]''
| Karl Robinson 
| 20 episodes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Flood!]]''
| Paul Burke 
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[SST: Death Flight]]''
| Lyle Kingman 
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]''
| Grady Dolin
| Episode: "Stigma"
|-
| 1978
| ''Black Beauty''
| Tom Gray 
| Miniseries
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Little Mo (1978 film)|Little Mo]]''
| Wilbur Folsom 
| Television film
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Crisis in Mid-Air]]''
| Dr. Denvers 
| Television film
|-
| 1979
| ''The Last Convertible''
| Sergeant Dabric 
| Miniseries
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Password Plus]]''
| Himself
| Game Show Contestant / Celebrity Guest Star
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Seekers (miniseries)|The Seekers]]''
| Philip Kent 
| Television film
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Littlest Hobo]]''
| Don Porter
| Episode: "Sailing Away"
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''The Ordeal of Bill Carney''
| Peter Belton 
| Television movie
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Masquerade (TV series)|Masquerade]]''
|  Charlie Miller
| Episode: "Winnings"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Airwolf]]''
|  Arthur Barnes 
| Episode: "Severance Pay"
|-
| 1985–1996
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Various roles
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1988
| ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
| Coach Turk Donner
| Episode: "Thin Ice"
|-
| 1989
| ''Nashville Beat''
| Captain Brian O'Neal 
| Television movie
|-
| 1990
| ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
| James MacGyver
| Episode: "Passages"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Life Goes On (TV series)|Life Goes On]]''
| Harris Cassidy
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[RoboCop: The Series]]''
| Russell Murphy 
| 2 Episodes: "The Human Factor" / "Corporate Raiders"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''
| Detective Frank Halloran
| Episode: "Murder Blues", (final appearance)
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''
| self
| Episode: February 25, 2004
|}

==References==
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===Sources===
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* {{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|title=Screen World: 2005 Film Annual|year=2006|volume =56|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation#Imprints|Applause Theatre and Cinema Books]]|location=[[Milwaukee]]|edition=Cloth|isbn=978-1557836670|page=368}}
* {{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|title=Screen World 1997|volume=48|year=1998|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation#Imprints|Applause Theatre and Cinema Books]]|location=[[Milwaukee]]|page=283|isbn=1557833206}}
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