Michael George Ansara was an American actor. He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow 1956-1958, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe. Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Guest starring as Kang
- Episode 2x19: Blood Oath (Mar 27, 1994)
Guest starring as Jeyal
- Episode 4x21: The Muse (Apr 29, 1996)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Starring as Mr. Freeze
- Episode S04 Special: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (Mar 17, 1998)
Guest starring as Mr. Freeze
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Deep Freeze (Nov 26, 1994)
- Episode 1x03: Heart of Ice (Sep 7, 1992)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Nicholas Rossi
- Episode 5x07: The Last Flight Of The Dixie Damsel (Dec 18, 1988)
Simon & Simon (1981)
Guest starring as Bill Waller
- Episode 1x04: A Recipe for Disaster (Dec 17, 1981)
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
Guest starring as Hiawatha Smith
- Episode 1x13: The Quest of the Red Skull (Dec 5, 1981) [Uncredited]
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Guest starring as Kane
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x24: Flight of the War Witch (2) (Mar 27, 1980)
- Episode 1x23: Flight of the War Witch (1) (Mar 27, 1980)
- Episode 1x17: Ardala Returns (Jan 24, 1980)
- Episode 1x12: Escape from Wedded Bliss (Nov 29, 1979)
CHiPs (1977)
Guest starring as Nathan McCallister
- Episode 4x04: The Poachers (Oct 19, 1980) [Special Guest Star]
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Marco
- Episode 3x15: Unholy Wedlock / Elizabeth (Jan 12, 1980)
Guest starring as Ptolomy
- Episode 3x22: My Fair Pharaoh / The Power (May 10, 1980)
Barbary Coast (1975)
Guest starring as Diamond Jack Bassiter
- Episode S01 Special: The Barbary Coast (May 4, 1975)
Bearcats! (1971)
Guest starring as Paco Morales
- Episode S01 Special: Powderkeg (Pilot) (Apr 16, 1971)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as Piro Manoa
- Episode 5x01: Death is a Company Policy (Sep 12, 1972)
It Takes a Thief (1968)
Guest starring as Sergio
- Episode 2x13: Guess Who's Coming to Rio (Jan 9, 1969)
The Time Tunnel (1966)
Guest starring as Col. Hruda
- Episode 1x11: Secret Weapon (Nov 25, 1966)
Guest starring as Curator
- Episode 1x28: The Kidnappers (Mar 24, 1967)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Guest starring as Blue Djinn
- Episode 2x01: Happy Anniversary (Sep 12, 1966)
Guest starring as King Kamehameha
- Episode 3x15: The Battle of Waikiki (Jan 2, 1968)
Irwin Allen's Lost in Space (1965)
Guest starring as The Ruler
- Episode 1x22: The Challenge (Mar 2, 1966)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Guest starring as Sulador
- Episode 2x07: The Arabian Affair (Oct 29, 1965)
Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Guest starring as Gregory Malinoff
- Episode 1x09: Hot Line (Nov 9, 1964) [Co-Star]
The Wide Country (1962)
Guest starring as Jay Brenner
- Episode 1x08: A Devil in the Chute (Nov 8, 1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Paul Dallman
- Episode 5x10: High Stakes (Nov 16, 1966)
Guest starring as Marshal Merle Frome
- Episode 3x29: The Showdown (Apr 14, 1965)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Michael Ansara
- Episode 6x170: Apr 28, 1967 (Apr 28, 1967)
The Untouchables (1959)
Guest starring as Charlie Steuben
- Episode 2x03: Nicky (Nov 3, 1960)
Guest starring as Rafael Torrez
- Episode 2x16: The Jamaica Ginger Story (Feb 2, 1961)
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
Starring as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart
(30 episodes)
- Episode 1x30: Trojan Horse (May 5, 1960)
- Episode 1x29: Cavern Of The Wind (Apr 21, 1960)
- Episode 1x28: Jeb's Daughter (Apr 14, 1960)
- Episode 1x27: Amnesty (Apr 7, 1960)
- Episode 1x26: Stella (Mar 31, 1960)
- Episode 1x25: Rabbit's Fang (Mar 24, 1960)
- Episode 1x24: The Show-Off (Mar 17, 1960)
- Episode 1x23: Dangerous Barriers (Mar 10, 1960)
- Episode 1x22: A Question Of Courage (Feb 25, 1960)
- Episode 1x21: The Matriarch (Feb 18, 1960)
- Episode 1x20: Common Ground (Feb 11, 1960)
- Episode 1x19: The Imposter (Feb 4, 1960)
- Episode 1x18: The Rawhiders (Jan 28, 1960)
- Episode 1x17: The Comet (Jan 21, 1960)
- Episode 1x16: Endurance (Jan 14, 1960)
- Episode 1x15: Fear (Jan 7, 1960)
- Episode 1x14: Calculated Risk (Dec 31, 1959)
- Episode 1x13: Toll Road (Dec 24, 1959)
- Episode 1x12: Clear Title (Dec 17, 1959)
- Episode 1x11: The Innocents (Dec 10, 1959)
- Episode 1x10: The Dude (Dec 3, 1959)
- Episode 1x09: The Gibbet (Nov 26, 1959)
- Episode 1x08: Appointment In Santa Fe (Nov 19, 1959)
- Episode 1x07: Desperate Decision (Nov 12, 1959)
- Episode 1x06: Blood Trails (Nov 5, 1959)
- Episode 1x05: Passenger To Mescalero (Oct 29, 1959)
- Episode 1x04: The Hostiles (Oct 22, 1959)
- Episode 1x03: A Matter Of Life And Death (Oct 15, 1959)
- Episode 1x02: Full Circle (Oct 8, 1959)
- Episode 1x01: Prairie Incident (Oct 1, 1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Guest starring as Alfredo Maldenado
- Episode 5x28: Incident at Rio Doloroso (May 10, 1963)
Guest starring as Joseph
- Episode 6x02: Incident of Iron Bull (Oct 3, 1963)
Guest starring as Don Miguel
- Episode 7x06: Canliss (Oct 30, 1964)
The Rifleman (1958)
Guest starring as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x37: The Raid (Jun 9, 1959)
- Episode 1x21: The Indian (Feb 17, 1959)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Vince Kabat
- Episode 7x26: The Case of the Antic Angel (Apr 16, 1964)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Chief North Star
- Episode 4x16: The Patience Miller Story (Jan 11, 1961)
Guest starring as Adam MacKenzie
- Episode 6x27: The Adam MacKenzie Story (Mar 27, 1963)
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Guest starring as Ogana
- Episode 1x01: Hawkeye's Homecoming (Apr 3, 1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Guest starring as Fitzgerald
- Episode 3x29: The Law and the Gun (Jun 4, 1959)
Broken Arrow (1956)
Starring as Cochise
(41 episodes)
- Episode 2x39: The Transfer (Jun 24, 1958)
- Episode 2x35: Backlash (May 27, 1958)
- Episode 2x33: Blood Brothers (May 13, 1958)
- Episode 2x32: Old Enemy (May 6, 1958)
- Episode 2x31: Bear Trap (Apr 29, 1958)
- Episode 2x30: Power (Apr 22, 1958)
- Episode 2x27: The Sisters (Apr 1, 1958)
- Episode 2x24: Panic (Mar 11, 1958)
- Episode 2x23: Hired Killer (Mar 4, 1958)
- Episode 2x22: Aztec Treasure (Feb 25, 1958)
- Episode 2x18: Massacre (Jan 28, 1958)
- Episode 2x16: Kingdom of Terror (Jan 14, 1958)
- Episode 2x15: Water Witch (Jan 7, 1958)
- Episode 2x14: Indian Medicine (Dec 31, 1957)
- Episode 2x13: White Savage (Dec 24, 1957)
- Episode 2x12: Son of Cochise (Dec 17, 1957)
- Episode 2x09: The Bounty Hunters (Nov 26, 1957)
- Episode 2x08: The Teacher (Nov 19, 1957)
- Episode 2x06: The Arsenal (Nov 5, 1957)
- Episode 2x05: Black Moment (Oct 29, 1957)
- Episode 2x02: Conquistador (Oct 8, 1957)
- Episode 1x33: Attack on Fort Grant (May 21, 1957)
- Episode 1x32: The Broken Wire (May 14, 1957)
- Episode 1x29: The Assassin (Apr 23, 1957)
- Episode 1x28: Ordeal (Apr 16, 1957)
- Episode 1x27: Quarantine (Apr 9, 1957)
- Episode 1x24: Johnny Flagstaff (Mar 19, 1957)
- Episode 1x23: Ghost Face (Mar 12, 1957)
- Episode 1x21: Legacy of a Hero (Feb 26, 1957)
- Episode 1x19: The Doctor (Feb 12, 1957)
- Episode 1x16: The Trial (Jan 22, 1957)
- Episode 1x12: The Raiders (Dec 25, 1956)
- Episode 1x10: Cry Wolf (Dec 11, 1956)
- Episode 1x09: Return from the Shadows (Dec 4, 1956)
- Episode 1x08: Caged (Nov 27, 1956)
- Episode 1x07: Hermano (Nov 20, 1956)
- Episode 1x06: Medicine Men (Nov 13, 1956)
- Episode 1x05: Passage Deferred (Oct 30, 1956)
- Episode 1x04: The Captive (Oct 23, 1956)
- Episode 1x02: Battle at Apache Pass (Oct 2, 1956)
- Episode 1x01: The Mail Riders (Sep 25, 1956)
Guest starring as Cochise
- Episode 1x11: The Conspirators (Dec 18, 1956) [Credit Only]
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
Guest starring as Jeff Farnley
- Episode 1x03: The Ox-Bow Incident (Nov 2, 1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Guest starring as Mr. DeMario
- Episode 1x32: The Baby Sitter (May 6, 1956) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Dizar
- Episode 1x29: The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby (Apr 15, 1956)
Guest starring as Butcher
- Episode 1x18: Shopping for Death (Jan 29, 1956) [Co-Star]
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Narrator
(2 episodes)
- Episode 21x03: Shokee, the Everglades Panther (Sep 29, 1974)
- Episode 17x20: Hamad and the Pirates (1) (Mar 7, 1971)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
Guest starring as Tioka
- Episode 3x06: Yo-o Rinty (Oct 12, 1956)
The Lone Ranger (1949)
Guest starring as Hawk Mason
- Episode 3x02: Outlaw Underground (Sep 18, 1952)
Guest starring as Walker
- Episode 2x22: Trouble at Black Rock (Feb 8, 1951)
Crew Credits
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 5x25: One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind (May 19, 1970)