Michael Ansara
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Michael George Ansara (Template:Langx; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. A Syrian-American, he was often cast in Arabic and American Indian roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction.
He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow 1956-1958, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ansara was married three times, each time to an actress. He was first married to Jean Byron, who played Patty Duke's mother on The Patty Duke Show. They divorced in 1956. While starring in the Broken Arrow series, he met and married Barbara Eden. They appeared in the 1961 film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea together, and Ansara appeared in several episodes of Eden's series, I Dream of Jeannie. They had one son together before divorcing in 1974. His final marriage was to Beverly Kushida in 1977, and they remained together until his death in 2013.
Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Early life
Michael George Ansara was born in a small village in the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, and his family emigrated to the United States when he was two years old.Template:Sfnm Ansara's family lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, before moving to California when he was ten. He originally wanted to be a physician, but developed a passion for becoming a performer after he began taking acting classes at Pasadena Playhouse to overcome his shyness. He was educated at Los Angeles City College, from which Ansara earned Associate of Arts degree.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara served as a medic in the army during World War II.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Career
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Everything I have done, even the bad guys, I try to give the character a sense of honor and believability.
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Ansara's early roles were primarily bit parts.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Being Syrian-American, he was often cast as an Arabic character, including his screen debut in the role of Hamid in the 1944 RKO Radio Pictures film Action in Arabia,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Desert Hawk (1950), and Soldiers Three (1951).Template:Sfnm This all changed when he performed in a Pasadena Playhouse production of Monserrat. A talent scout from Warner Brothers saw the performance and Ansara was signed for the role of "Tuscos" in Only the Valiant (1951).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". After that he was often typecast as an American Indian.Template:Sfnm
Epic films
Ansara appeared in several biblical epics includingThe Robe (1953) as Judas Iscariot,Template:Sfnm The Ten Commandments (1956) as a taskmaster,Template:Sfnm and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Herod's commander.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara credits The Robe (1953) as the role that established him as a serious actor.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1953, he was cast in Serpent of the Nile along with his first wife, actress Jean Byron.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". That same year he appeared as Pindarus in Joseph Mankiewicz's big screen adaptation of Julius Caesar, with Marlon Brando, James Mason and John Gielgud.Template:Sfnm
Ansara also appeared in other films of biblical tales including Queen Esther (1948) and Slaves of Babylon (1953), the biblical story of Daniel.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Westerns
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Following his role in Only the Valiant, Ansara appeared in several Western films, including Brave Warrior (1952),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Lawless Breed (1953),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Three Young Texans (1954),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Lone Ranger (1956),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Pillars of the Sky (1956).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The popularity of the Western film Broken Arrow starring James Stewart led to the creation of a television series of the same name in 1956.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán was cast in the lead role of Cochise for the pilot. However, Montalbán did not want to commit to a series, and after a screen test with 20th Century-Fox, Ansara was cast in the role.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During a period of Hollywood filmmaking that displayed the American Indian as an adversary and savage,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara was one of the first actors to give dignity to the Native American role with his portrayal of Cochise, something that Ansara publicly stated as a reason he enjoyed the role.Template:Sfnm The role also gave Ansara wide public exposure.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Although Ansara received top billing, it was his portrayal of Cochise that he blamed for his later typecasting in Native American roles.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ansara starred in the ABC-TV series, Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960), with Gina Gillespie and Robert Harland. He performed as an Apache Indian named Sam Buckhart, who had been appointed as a U.S. Marshal. The series began as an episode of The Rifleman.Template:Sfnm This was the first American network series to feature an American Indian as a full-fledged lawman.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ansara guest starred on several other television Westerns, including The Rebel,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wagon Train,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rawhide,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Virginian,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Branded,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Daniel Boone,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Gunsmoke.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He also starred in several more Western films, including The Comancheros,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Texas Across the River,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Guns of the Magnificent Seven.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1978, Ansara starred as Lame Beaver in the acclaimed miniseries Centennial, based on the novel by James A. Michener.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
His final Western was Border Shootout (1990) starring Glenn Ford. This was also Ford's final Western.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Science fiction and fantasy
Not limited to a single genre, Ansara appeared in several science fiction and fantasy genre films and television series.
He appeared with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He appeared in all of the Irwin Allen television series. This included two episodes of the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea after having starred in the film of the same name, The Outer Limits, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He played the recurring role of Killer Kane in the 1979–1980 season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.Template:Sfnm The role had originally been played by Henry Silva in the 1979 pilot movie.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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I loved the part of Kang. I loved doing it, even though you never know how good a role is going to turn out until you see the final product.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".In the science fiction genre, he is noted for appearing as the Klingon commander Kang. His first appearance as Kang was in the original Star Trek series ("Day of the Dove"), followed by appearances of the same character in two other Star Trek television series, Deep Space Nine ("Blood Oath") and Voyager ("Flashback").Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He is one of seven actors to play the same character on three Star Trek television series.[1] In 1994, Ansara portrayed the Technomage "Elric" in the Babylon 5 episode "The Geometry of Shadows".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Appearances with Barbara Eden
While making the Broken Arrow series, the 20th Century-Fox publicity department arranged a date between Ansara and actress Barbara Eden, whom he later married.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1961, Ansara co-starred with Eden in the film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1966, Ansara guest-starred on Eden's sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie, as the Blue Djinn. He would appear with Eden two more times in the series, as King Kamehameha in the 1968 episode "The Battle of Waikīkī", and as Major Biff Jellico in the episode "My Sister, the Home Wrecker".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He also directed the series penultimate episode, "One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Other notable work
Ansara starred in Infidel Caesar with the silent film actor Ramon Novarro at the Music Box Theater on Broadway. The show, which closed after two preview performances on April 27–28, 1962, was a modern retelling of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" set in modern Cuba.Template:Sfnm
In the 1970s, Ansara appeared in a number of low budget exploitation films, including Dear Dead Delilah (1972),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Day of the Animals (1977),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and The Manitou (1978).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He received top billing in the Z movie called The Doll Squad (1973).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1976, Ansara starred in the historical epic Mohammad, Messenger of God (also titled The Message), about the origin of Islam and the message of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ansara was also known for his voice work. He voiced the Ancient One in the 1978 television film Dr. Strange.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was a narrator on the PBS series Reading Rainbow.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was the voice of Mr. Freeze in two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, the animated film Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, and the video game Batman: Vengeance.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Awards and honors
Ansara was nominated for a Saturn Award, and has won a Western Heritage Award for Rawhide.[2]
On February 8, 1960, Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Personal life and death
Ansara's first marriage was to actress Jean Byron in 1949.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". They appeared in the film Serpent of the Nile together.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara and Byron divorced in 1956.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1957, when Ansara was starring in the Broken Arrow television series, Booker McClay at Twentieth Century Fox arranged for him to be seen dating How to Marry a Millionaire star, Barbara Eden. At the time, Eden was already dating someone, but he was not an actor. The studio thought it was good for publicity for each of them to be seen with another star.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara was not initially interested. He was already a Hollywood heartthrob with female fans around the world.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara married Eden in 1958. They co-starred in Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in 1961. They also appeared together in the 1964 comedy film, Seven Different Ways.[3] The couple had a son, Matthew Ansara. In every episode of I Dream of Jeannie, Eden wore a diamond pendant necklace that had been given to her by Ansara. According to Eden in her 2011 autobiography, it was to keep Michael close to her heart.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During I Dream of Jeannie, Ansara was working less and Eden was working more, so there was a divergence in their earning power.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The loss of their second child, their diverging careers, and the shift in their earning power strained their marriage.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ansara and Eden eventually divorced in 1974.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He married actress Beverly Kushida in 1977.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". They appeared together in The Manitou.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". They remained married until Ansara's death.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
On June 25, 2001, his son Matthew died from a heroin overdose in Monrovia, California.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ansara died from complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Calabasas on July 31, 2013, at the age of 91.Template:Sfnm His interment is at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, next to his son Matthew.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Action in Arabia | Hamid | UncreditedTemplate:Sfnm |
| Can't Help Singing | California Caballero | Uncredited | |
| 1947 | Intrigue | Ramon's Radio Man | |
| 1948 | Queen Esther | ZubalScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco | Rifle Dispenser | Uncredited |
| 1950 | South Sea Sinner | Native Policeman | Uncredited |
| The Desert Hawk | Guard | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Kim | Harem Guard | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Manik Rao | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Only the Valiant | Tucsos | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Smuggler's Island | Sikh Policeman | Uncredited | |
| Bannerline | Floyd | ||
| My Favorite Spy | House Servant | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1952 | Brave Warrior | The Prophet | Template:Sfnm |
| Diplomatic Courier | Ivan | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yankee Buccaneer | Lieutenant Romero | ||
| The Golden Hawk | Bernardo Díaz | ||
| Road to Bali | Guard | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1953 | The Lawless Breed | Gus Hanley | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| The Bandits of Corsica | Blacksmith | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Serpent of the Nile | Captain Florus | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Julius Caesar | Pindarus | Template:Sfnm | |
| White Witch Doctor | De Gama | Uncredited | |
| The Robe | Judas | UncreditedTemplate:Sfnm | |
| Slaves of Babylon | Prince Belshazzar | Template:Sfnm | |
| The Diamond Queen | Mir Jumla, the Mogul's general | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1954 | Three Young Texans | Apache Joe | |
| Drums of Tahiti | Opening Narrator | Uncredited | |
| The Saracen Blade | Count Alesandro Siniscola | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Princess of the Nile | Captain Kral | ||
| The Egyptian | Hittite Commander | Uncredited | |
| Bengal Brigade | Sergeant Major Puran Singh | ||
| Sign of the Pagan | Edecon | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling | Maharbal | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Charlie | Template:Sfnm | |
| New Orleans Uncensored | Floyd 'Zero' Saxon | ||
| 1956 | Diane | Count Ridolfi | |
| The Lone Ranger | Angry Horse | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Gun Brothers | Shawnee Jack | ||
| Pillars of the Sky | Kamiakin | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| The Ten Commandments | Taskmaster | UncreditedScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1957 | Last of the Badmen | Kramer | |
| Quantez | Delgadito | ||
| The Tall Stranger | Zarata | ||
| The Sad Sack | Moki | Uncredited | |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Miguel Alvarez | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| The Comancheros | Amelung | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1964 | Quick, Let's Get Married | Mayor Pablo | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Herod's CommanderScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Harum Scarum | Prince Dragna | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1966 | ...And Now Miguel | Blas Chavez | |
| Texas Across the River | Iron Jacket | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1968 | The Destructors | Count Mario Romano | Template:Sfnm |
| Sol Madrid | Captain Ortega | ||
| Daring Game | President Eduardo Delgado | ||
| The Pink Jungle | Raul Ortega | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1969 | Target: Harry | Major Milos Segora | |
| Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Colonel Diego | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1970 | The Phynx | Colonel Rostinov | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1972 | Dear Dead Delilah | Morgan Charles | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Stand Up and Be Counted | Playboy Speaker | ||
| 1973 | The Doll Squad | Eamon O'Reilly | Template:Sfnm |
| 1974 | It's Alive | The Captain | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| The Bears and I | Oliver Red Fern | ||
| 1976 | The Message | Abu Sufyan | Template:Sfnm |
| 1977 | The Manitou | John Singing Rock | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Day of the Animals | Daniel Santee | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Mission to Glory: A True Story | Chief Coxi | ||
| 1980 | Beyond Evil | Troido | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1981 | The Guns and the Fury | Prince Sohrab | |
| 1984 | Access Code | Senator Dales | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1985 | KGB: The Secret War | Lyman Taylor | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1986 | Knights of the City | Mr. Delamo | |
| 1987 | Assassination | Senator Bunsen | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1990 | Border Shootout | Chuluha | Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1998 | Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze | Voice, direct-to-videoTemplate:Sfnm |
| 1999 | The Long Road Home | Murdock Haynes | Final film role |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Family Theater | Decius | Episode: "That I May See" |
| Episode: "Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration" | |||
| 1951 | Dangerous Assignment | Bulga | Episode: "The Mine Story" |
| Hugo | Episode: "The Bodyguard Story" | ||
| Chin | Episode: "The One Blue Chip Story" | ||
| Kursta | Episode: "The Decoy Story" | ||
| 1951 | The Lone Ranger | Episode: "Trouble at Black Rock"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Carl Chapman | Episode: "The Big Rod" |
| 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Butcher | Season 1 Episode 18: "Shopping For Death"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Desar | Season 1 Episode 29: "The Orderly World of Mr. Appelby"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Mr. DeMario | Season 1 Episode 32: "The Baby Sitter"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| 1956–1958 | Broken Arrow | Cochise | Contract roleScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1957 | Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans | Ogana | Episode: "Hawkeye's Homecoming"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1959 | The Rifleman | Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart | Episode: "The Indian"Template:Sfnm |
| Episode: "The Raid"Template:Sfnm | |||
| 1959–60 | Law of the Plainsman | Contract roleTemplate:Sfnm | |
| 1960–1961 | The Untouchables | Charlie Steuben | Episode: "Nicky" |
| Rafael Torrez | Episode" "The Jamaica Ginger Story" | ||
| 1960 | The Rebel | Docker Mason | Episode: "The Champ"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1961 | Wagon Train | Northstar | Episode: "The Patience Miller Story"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1963 | Rawhide | Joseph | Episode: "Incident of Iron Bull"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Malinoff | Episode: "Hot Line"Template:Sfnm |
| Perry Mason | Vince Kabat | Episode: "The Case of the Antic Angel" | |
| The Outer Limits | Quarlo Clobregnny | Episode: "Soldier" | |
| 1965–66 | The Virginian | Marshall Merle Frome | Episode: "Showdown"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Paul Dallman | Episode: "High Stakes"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| 1965 | Branded | Thomas Frye | Episode: "The Bounty"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Sulador | Episode: "The Arabian Affair" | |
| 1966 | Lost in Space | The Ruler | Episode: "The Challenge"Template:Sfnm |
| Daniel Boone | Sebastian Drake | Episode: "The Enchanted Gun"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Episode: "The Search"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
| Bewitched | Rufus the Red | Episode: "A Most Unusual Wood Nymph" | |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Vizier | Episode: The Prisoner of the Zalamar AffairScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Capt. Tomas Ruiz | Episode: "The Killers of the Deep"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1966 | I Dream of Jeannie | Blue Djinn | Episode: "Happy Anniversary"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1968 | King Kamehameha | Episode: "The Battle of Waikiki"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1969 | Major Biff Jellico | Episode: "My Sister, the Home Wrecker"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1970 | Director | Episode: "One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1966–67 | Gunsmoke | Grey Horse | Episode: "Honor Before Justice"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Luke Todd | Episode: "The Returning"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| The Time Tunnel | Curator | Episode: "Secret Weapon"Template:Sfnm | |
| Episode: "The Kidnappers"Template:Sfnm | |||
| 1967 | The Fugitive | Officer Miguel 'Mike' Anza | Episode: "The Savage Street" |
| 1968 | Star Trek | Commander Kang | Episode: "Day of the Dove"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Tarzan | Regis | Episode: "Trek to Terror"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1969 | Target: Harry | Major Milos Segora | Television film intended as a television pilotScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Land of the Giants | Murtrah | Episode: "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth"Template:Sfnm | |
| 1971 | The Mod Squad | Ray Abruzzi | Episode: "A Double for Danger" |
| Bearcats! | Paco Morales | Episode: "Powderkeg" | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Albert 'Al' Ferguson | Episode: "The Year of the Locusts" |
| Hawaii Five-O | Piro Manoa | Episode: "Death is a Company Policy" | |
| 1973 | Call to Danger | Frank Mulvey | Television film |
| Mission: Impossible | Ed Stoner | Episode: "The Western" | |
| Ordeal | Sheriff Peter Geeson | Television filmScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1974 | Nakia | Howard Gray Hawk | Episode: "The Dream" |
| 1975 | The Barbary Coast | Diamond Jack Bassiter | Episode: "Pilot"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1976 | The Rockford Files | Joseph DiMinna | Episode: "Joey Blue Eyes" |
| Kojak | Keith McCallum | Episode: "Justice Deferred" | |
| 1978 | Dr. Strange | Yao/Ancient One | Voice, television film; uncreditedTemplate:Sfnm |
| Centennial | Lame Beaver | MiniseriesScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1979 | The Story of Esther | Haman | Television film |
| 1979–80 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Kane | RecurringScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1980 | CHiPs | Nathan McCallister | Episode: "The Poachers" |
| Fantasy Island | Ptolemy | "My Fair Pharoh/The Power"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1981 | Thundarr the Barbarian | Vashtar | Voice, episode: "Prophecy of Peril" |
| Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends | Hiawatha Smith | Voice, episode: "Quest of the Red Skull" | |
| 1982 | Bayou Romance | Zanko | Television film |
| 1983, 1993 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins | Turk | Television filmScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1985 | Hunter | General Mariano | Episode: "Rape and Revenge, Part 1 & 2" |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Sheik Abdullah Casir | Episode: "Mirage a Trois" | |
| 1986 | Rambo: The Force of Freedom | General Warhawk | Voice, 63 episodes |
| The Fall Guy | Cyril Duncan | Episode: "Miami's Nice" | |
| 1987 | The New Mike Hammer | Sandor Kraken | Episode: "A Blinding Fear" |
| 1988 | Murder, She Wrote | Nicholas Rossi | Episode: "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" |
| 1992–1994 | Batman: The Animated Series | Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries | Voice, episode: "Heart of Ice"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Voice, episode: "Deep Freeze"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Elric | Episode: "The Geometry of Shadows" |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Kang | Episodes "Blood Oath"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1996 | Jeyal | Episode: "The Muse"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Kang | Episode: "Flashback"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries | Voice, episode: "Cold Comfort"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Voice, episode: "Meltdown"Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Batman: Vengeance | Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries | Final acting roleScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Videos
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard | Malfeasor |
References
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External links
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- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Find a GraveTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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