Robert Lansing

Biography

Robert Lansing (June 5, 1928 - October 23, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actor. Born in San Diego, California as Robert Howell Brown, he reportedly took his acting surname from the state capital of Michigan. As a young actor in New York City, he was hired to join a stock company in Michigan but was told he would first have to join Actors Equity Association. Equity would not allow him to join as "Robert Brown" since there was already another actor using that name. Since the stock company was based in Lansing, this became the actor's new surname. In the 1961–1962 television season, Lansing appeared as Detective Steve Carella on NBC's 87th Precinct series based on the Ed McBain detective novels. His costars were Gena Rowlands, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, and Norman Fell. In 1961, he played the outlaw Frank Dalton in a two-part episode of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane. On film, Lansing starred in the late-1950s sci-fi film 4D Man (which included a young Patty Duke). Other notable television roles include portrayals of an alcoholic college professor in ABC's drama Channing, as General George Custer on Chuck Connors's NBC series Branded, as Gil Green in the 1963 episode "Fear Begins at Forty" on the NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour, in a 1965 episode of I Spy, 1965 Gunsmoke as a bounty hunter, as a parole officer in a 1968 episode (A Time To Love - A Time To Cry) of The Mod Squad and as intergalactic secret agent Gary Seven in a 1968 episode "Assignment: Earth" on Star Trek. He appeared as General Frank Savage on Twelve O'Clock High, as an international secret agent in The Man Who Never Was, as Lt. Jack Curtis on Automan and as Control on The Equalizer. He made a notable appearance on The Twilight Zone episode "The Long Morrow". His final role was that of "Paul Blaisdell" on Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.

Filmografi

Empire of the Ants1977 · Dan StokelyCrime Club1975 · Alex NortonA Gathering of Eagles1963 · Sgt. BanningFalse Face1977 · Dr. Phillip ReynoldsNamu, the Killer Whale1966 · Hank DonnerIt Takes All Kinds1969 · Tony GuntherThe Nest1988 · Elias JohnsonUnder the Yum Yum Tree1963 · Dr. Charles HowardKiller by Night1972 · Warren ClamanAn Eye for an Eye1966 · Bill TalionThe Grissom Gang1971 · Dave Fenner4D Man1959 · Dr. Scott NelsonWidow1976 · HaroldWild in the Sky1972 · Major ReasonThe Deadly Triangle1977 · Charles ColeDanger Has Two Faces1968 · Peter MurphyS+H+E: Security Hazards Expert1980 · Owen HooperThe Pusher1960 · Steve CarellaAfter School1988 · C.A. ThomasAcapulco Gold1976 · Carl SolborgIsland Claws1980 · MoodyBittersweet Love1976 · HowardThe Astronaut1972 · John PhillipsLife on the Mississippi1980 ·