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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Rockford Files (1974)
Guest starring as Arthur Kenner
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: The House on Willis Avenue (2) (Feb 24, 1978)
- Episode 4x21: The House on Willis Avenue (1) (Feb 24, 1978)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Franklin
- Episode 4x06: The Alpha-Bravo War (Oct 24, 1975) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Dr. Sloan
- Episode 6x13: Deadly Homecoming (Dec 22, 1977) [Co-Star]
Cannon (1971)
Guest starring as Jeep Driver
- Episode 4x06: The Exchange (Oct 23, 1974) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Harry Smith
- Episode 1x20: A Deadly Quiet Town (Feb 15, 1972) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Andy Summers
- Episode 3x24: The Stalker (Mar 20, 1974) [Co-Star]
Dan August (1970)
Guest starring as Bishop MacAlister
- Episode 1x05: In the Eyes of God (Oct 21, 1970)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Guest starring as Dr. Gregson
- Episode 6x18: The Time Bomb (Jan 28, 1975)
Guest starring as Dr. Smedley
- Episode 1x07: The White Cane (Nov 4, 1969)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
Guest starring as Waldo Reese
- Episode 1x01: Tempest in a Texas Town (Sep 8, 1967)
Ironside (1967)
Guest starring as Elderly Man
- Episode 5x17: Unreasonable Facsimile (Jan 6, 1972) [Co-Star]
The Invaders (1967)
Guest starring as Sheriff
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: The Enemy (Oct 3, 1967)
- Episode 2x03: The Watchers (Sep 19, 1967) [Co-Star]
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Guest starring as Warden
- Episode 6x12: Nerves (Dec 4, 1971)
Guest starring as Chief Danby
- Episode 5x14: Takeover (Jan 2, 1971)
The FBI (1965)
Guest starring as Grand Jury Foreman
- Episode 2x25: The Executioners (1) (Mar 12, 1967)
Guest starring as Jospeh Goodman
- Episode 1x17: The Chameleon (Jan 9, 1966)
Guest starring as Busboy
- Episode 8x14: The Outcast (Dec 17, 1972)
Guest starring as Mr. Hurley
- Episode 3x05: By Force and Violence (1) (Oct 22, 1967)
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965)
Guest starring as Judge Harvey
- Episode 1x18: Rope's End (Jan 17, 1966)
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Guest starring as General Bryan
- Episode 1x18: X Marks the Spot (Jan 30, 1965)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Guest starring as Hickey
- Episode 1x24: Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears (Mar 17, 1964)
The Lieutenant (1963)
Guest starring as Mr. Sallaway
- Episode 1x01: A Million Miles from Clary (Sep 14, 1963)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Sheriff Tybee
- Episode 1x15: Duel at Shiloh (Jan 2, 1963)
Guest starring as Josh Dorcas
- Episode 8x23: Rich Man, Poor Man (Mar 11, 1970)
Guest starring as Sheriff Stan Evans
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x26: Echo of Another Day (Mar 27, 1963)
- Episode 1x24: The Golden Door (Mar 13, 1963)
- Episode 1x11: The Devil's Children (Dec 5, 1962)
- Episode 1x10: West (Nov 28, 1962)
Guest starring as Judge Craig
- Episode 6x03: The Lady from Witchita (Sep 27, 1967)
Guest starring as Toomey
- Episode 5x17: Yesterday's Timepiece (Jan 18, 1967)
Guest starring as Daniel Marsh
- Episode 5x26: A Welcoming Town (Mar 22, 1967)
Guest starring as Judge
- Episode 6x04: Star Crossed (Oct 4, 1967)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Guest starring as Thomas Morgan
- Episode 1x27: Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows (Mar 23, 1963)
Ben Casey (1961)
Guest starring as Chief Donley
- Episode 2x21: Suffer the Little Children (Feb 25, 1963)
The Detectives (1959)
Starring as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom
(39 episodes)
- Episode 2x30: Little Boy Clue (Apr 14, 1961)
- Episode 2x25: The Reason (Mar 17, 1961)
- Episode 2x24: Not So Long Ago (Mar 10, 1961)
- Episode 2x19: See No Evil (Feb 3, 1961)
- Episode 2x12: Big Poison (Dec 16, 1960)
- Episode 2x10: The Other Side (Dec 2, 1960)
- Episode 2x04: Alibis (Oct 7, 1960)
- Episode 1x33: Song of Songs (May 27, 1960)
- Episode 1x32: The Retirement of Maria Muir (May 20, 1960)
- Episode 1x31: Trial by Fire (May 13, 1960)
- Episode 1x30: The Long Jump (May 6, 1960)
- Episode 1x29: Face Down, Floating (Apr 29, 1960)
- Episode 1x28: The Prowler (Apr 22, 1960)
- Episode 1x27: The Bodyguards (Apr 15, 1960)
- Episode 1x26: The Old Gang (Apr 8, 1960)
- Episode 1x25: The Chameleon Truck (Apr 1, 1960)
- Episode 1x24: Little Girl Lost (Mar 25, 1960)
- Episode 1x23: Time and Tide (Mar 18, 1960)
- Episode 1x22: The Bad Eye of Rose Rosetti (Mar 11, 1960)
- Episode 1x21: Armed and Dangerous (Mar 4, 1960)
- Episode 1x20: Anatomy of Fear (Feb 26, 1960)
- Episode 1x19: Twelve Hours to Live (Feb 19, 1960)
- Episode 1x18: Conspiracy of Silence (Feb 12, 1960)
- Episode 1x17: The Trap (Feb 5, 1960)
- Episode 1x16: House Call (Jan 29, 1960)
- Episode 1x15: My Brother's Keeper (Jan 22, 1960)
- Episode 1x14: Blue Fire (Jan 15, 1960)
- Episode 1x13: Karate (Jan 8, 1960)
- Episode 1x12: Life in the Balance (Jan 1, 1960)
- Episode 1x11: Masquerade (Dec 25, 1959)
- Episode 1x10: The Long Drive (Dec 18, 1959)
- Episode 1x09: Two-Time Loser (Dec 11, 1959)
- Episode 1x08: Back-Seat Driver (Dec 4, 1959)
- Episode 1x06: The Bait (Nov 20, 1959)
- Episode 1x05: Murderous Deadline (Nov 13, 1959)
- Episode 1x04: Decoy (Nov 6, 1959)
- Episode 1x03: The Hiding Place (Oct 30, 1959)
- Episode 1x02: Shot in the Dark (Oct 23, 1959)
- Episode 1x01: The Streger Affair (Oct 16, 1959)
Guest starring as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom
- Episode 1x07: My Name is Tommy (Nov 27, 1959) [Credit Only]
The Untouchables (1959)
Guest starring as Ferguson
- Episode 2x12: The Big Train (1) (Jan 5, 1961) [Uncredited]
Bonanza (1959)
Guest starring as George Owens
- Episode 3x16: The Tall Stranger (Jan 7, 1962)
Guest starring as Judge Phelps
- Episode 14x10: The Hidden Enemy (Nov 28, 1972)
Guest starring as Simon
- Episode 10x04: The Real People of Muddy Creek (Oct 6, 1968)
Rawhide (1959)
Guest starring as Sheriff
- Episode 5x22: Incident of the Pale Rider (Mar 15, 1963)
Guest starring as Sheriff
- Episode 8x13: Crossing at White Feather (Dec 7, 1965) [Uncredited]
Guest starring as Mayor Thurman Osgood
- Episode 4x11: Gentleman's Gentleman (Dec 15, 1961)
Guest starring as Mort Billings
- Episode 2x06: Incident of the Thirteenth Man (Oct 23, 1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Guest starring as Leopold Dent
- Episode 6x09: By His Own Verdict (Nov 15, 1963)
Lawman (1958)
Guest starring as Sheriff Lang
- Episode 1x17: The Brand Release (Jan 25, 1959)
Guest starring as Wilszon
- Episode 1x07: Wanted (Nov 16, 1958)
The Rifleman (1958)
Guest starring as Marshal Gene Burks
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x21: The Wyoming Story (2) (Feb 14, 1961)
- Episode 3x20: The Wyoming Story (1) (Feb 7, 1961)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Guest starring as Col. J.J. Sykes
- Episode 1x02: Fatal Memory (Sep 13, 1958)
Guest starring as Sheriff
- Episode 2x19: The Monster (Jan 16, 1960)
Jefferson Drum (1958)
Guest starring as Bert Temple
- Episode 1x14: The Hanging Of Joe Lavett (Aug 1, 1958)
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Guest starring as Man with Milk Bottles
- Episode S01 Special: It's a Small World (Pilot Episode) (Apr 23, 1957)
Trackdown (1957)
Guest starring as Dr. Aaron Hosper
- Episode 2x18: McCallin's Daughter (Jan 2, 1959)
Guest starring as Jesse Jackson
- Episode 2x28: The Protector (Apr 1, 1959)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Glenn Falkner
- Episode 1x33: Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Long-Legged Models (May 17, 1958)
Guest starring as Farrell Moorefield
- Episode 7x21: The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist (Mar 5, 1964)
Guest starring as Lt. Col. Brice
- Episode 2x04: The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant (Oct 11, 1958)
Guest starring as Mel Topham
- Episode 2x25: The Case of the Petulant Partner (Apr 25, 1959)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Simon Landis
- Episode 8x08: Those Who Stay Behind (Nov 8, 1964)
Guest starring as Major
- Episode 5x01: The Captain Dan Brady Story (Sep 7, 1961)
Guest starring as Sheriff Ed Harris
- Episode 4x33: The Eleanor Culhane Story (May 17, 1961)
Guest starring as Warden
- Episode 1x05: The Les Rand Story (Oct 16, 1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Guest starring as Col. Harrison
- Episode 1x14: The Yuma Treasure (Dec 14, 1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Guest starring as Walter Harrison
- Episode 3x02: The Scaffold (Oct 9, 1958)
Guest starring as Mason
- Episode 2x14: Trial by Fear (Jan 10, 1958)