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Anthony Zerbe

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Hailing from Long Beach, California, talented character actor Anthony Zerbe has kept busy in Hollywood and on stage since the late 1960s, often playing villainous or untrustworthy characters, with his narrow gaze and unsettling smirk. Zerbe was born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, and served a stint in... See full bio »

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Anthony Jared Zerbe
in Long Beach, California, USA
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2007 Veritas, Prince of Truth
Porterfield
 
2004 Judging Amy (TV series)
Judge Henry Sobel
– Accountability (2004) … Judge Henry Sobel
 
2004 Century City (TV series)
T.J. Petowski
– Pilot (2004) … T.J. Petowski
 
2003 The Matrix Revolutions
Councillor Hamann
 
2003 Enter the Matrix (Video Game)
Councillor Hamann (voice)
 
2003 The Matrix Reloaded
Councillor Hamann
 
2003 Behind the Broken Words
 
2000 Frasier (TV series)
Clifford
– RDWRER (2000) … Clifford
 
1999 Total Recall: The Series (TV series)
Tyler Hume
– Paranoid (1999) … Tyler Hume
– Brightness Falls (1999) … Tyler Hume
 
1999 True Crime
Henry Lowenstein
 
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
Dougherty
 
1997 Asteroid (TV movie)
Dr. Charles Napier
 
1997 Touch
Father Donahue
 
1996 Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (TV movie)
Sanford 'Sandy' Miller
 
1996 On Seventh Avenue (TV movie)
Roger Aiken
 
1996 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)
Joey Galloway
– Break-In (1996) … Joey Galloway
 
1994 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Matt Matthews
– Murder of the Month Club (1994) … Matt Matthews
 
1994 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Arnie Grunwald
– Revenge Is the Nuts (1994) … Arnie Grunwald
 
1994 Under Suspicion (TV series)
Judge Howard Friedlander
– Serial Killer: Part 2 (1994) … Judge Howard Friedlander
– Serial Killer: Part 1 (1994) … Judge Howard Friedlander
 
1994 Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins (TV movie)
Long John Silver
 
1993 Jack's Place (TV series)
Edward Napier
– Watch Me Pull a Dream Out of My Hat (1993) … Edward Napier
 
1989-1992 The Young Riders (TV series)
Teaspoon Hunter
– 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 (1992) … Teaspoon Hunter
– 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 2 (1992) … Teaspoon Hunter
– The Debt (1992) … Teaspoon Hunter
– Lessons Learned (1992) … Teaspoon Hunter
– The Sacrifice (1992) … Teaspoon Hunter
See all 67 episodes »
 
1991 To Save a Child (TV movie)
Lewis Larson
 
1989 Licence to Kill
Milton Krest
 
1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Sutherland
 
1989 Listen to Me
Senator McKellar
 
1989 Memories of Manon (TV movie)
Phillip Marcel
 
1989 Columbo (TV series)
Max Dyson
– Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) … Max Dyson
 
1988 Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (TV movie)
Livanos
 
1988 Baja Oklahoma (TV movie)
Ole Jeemy Williams
 
1987-1988 The Equalizer (TV series)
Phillipe Marcel
– The Mystery of Manon: Part 1 (1988) … Phillipe Marcel
– Memories of Manon: Part 2 (1987) … Phillipe Marcel
– Memories of Manon: Part 1 (1987) … Phillipe Marcel
 
1987 Steel Dawn
Damnil
 
1987 P.I. Private Investigations
Charles Bradley, Joey's Father
 
1987 Independence (TV movie)
General Grey
 
1986 One Police Plaza (TV movie)
Yakov Anderman
 
1986 Opposing Force
Becker
 
1986 North and South, Book II (TV mini-series)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
– Episode #1.6 (1986) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
– Episode #1.5 (1986) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
– Episode #1.4 (1986) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
– Episode #1.3 (1986) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
– Episode #1.2 (1986) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (credit only)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1986 Dream West (TV mini-series)
Bill Williams
 
1986 Off Beat
Mr. Wareham
 
1986 Dynasty (TV series)
Crenshaw
– The Trial: Part 2 (1986) … Crenshaw
– The Trial: Part 1 (1986) … Crenshaw
 
1985 Our Family Honor (TV series)
Albert Danton
– Mark of Cain (1985) … Albert Danton
 
1985 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Jabez Stone
– The Devil and Jonathan Smith (1985) … Jabez Stone
 
1985 A.D. (TV mini-series)
Pontius Pilate
– Part 1 (1985) … Pontius Pilate
 
1984 George Washington (TV mini-series)
St. Pierre
 
1983 The Dead Zone
Roger Stuart
 
1983 The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (TV movie)
Justin Sepheran
 
1982 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Doctor Joshua McQueen
– The Wild Boy: Part 2 (1982) … Doctor Joshua McQueen
– The Wild Boy: Part 1 (1982) … Doctor Joshua McQueen
 
1982 A Question of Honor (TV movie)
Captain Marcus
 
1982 Nurse (TV series)
Sam Mancuso
– On the Line (1982) … Sam Mancuso
 
1982 Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (TV movie)
Arco the Magnificent
 
1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Morgan
 
1980 The First Deadly Sin
Captain Broughton
 
1980 The Seduction of Miss Leona (TV movie)
Clem Steggman
 
1980 Attica (TV movie)
William Kunstler
 
1979 The Chisholms (TV mini-series)
Jimmy Jackson
 
1978-1979 Centennial (TV mini-series)
Mervin Wendell
– The Scream of Eagles (1979) … Mervin Wendell
– The Winds of Death (1979) … Mervin Wendell
– The Winds of Fortune (1979) … Mervin Wendell
– The Crime (1979) … Mervin Wendell
– The Storm (1979) … Mervin Wendell
See all 10 episodes »
 
1978 KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (TV movie)
Abner Devereaux
 
1978 Who'll Stop the Rain
Antheil
 
1978 Child of Glass (TV movie)
Amory Timmons
 
1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Amory Timmons
– Child of Glass (1978) … Amory Timmons
 
1978 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
Martin Grey
– Episode #1.4 (1978) … Martin Grey
 
1978 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Jack Skowran
– The Gang at Don's Drive-In (1978) … Jack Skowran
 
1977 The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (TV movie)
 
1977 The Turning Point
Rosie
 
1977 The Red Hand Gang (TV series)
– The Mystery Boat (1977)
– Beware the Red Hand Gang (1977)
– The Search (1977)
– The Spooky Hideout (1977)
– The Face at the Window (1977)
 
1977 In the Glitter Palace (TV movie)
Roy Danko
 
1977 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
Martin Grey
 
1976 Once an Eagle (TV mini-series)
Dave Shifkin
 
1975-1976 Harry O (TV series)
Lt. K.C. Trench / Lt. Trench
– The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong (1976) … Lt. K.C. Trench
– Past Imperfect (1976) … Lt. Trench
– The Madonna Legacy (1975) … Lt. K.C. Trench
– Portrait of a Murder (1975) … Lt. K.C. Trench
– Group Terror (1975) … Lt. Trench
See all 14 episodes »
 
1975 Rooster Cogburn
Breed
 
1975 Farewell, My Lovely
Laird Brunette
 
1969-1975 Mannix (TV series)
Chief Walt Finlay / James Conway / Little Ned / …
– A Word Called Courage (1975) … Quint
– All the Dead Were Strangers (1973) … Little Ned
– Cry Silence (1972) … James Conway
– Death in a Minor Key (1969) … Chief Walt Finlay
 
1974 Paper Moon (TV series)
Teacher
– Day Off (1974) … Teacher
 
1973-1974 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Eddie Whitney
– The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague (1974) … Eddie Whitney
– The Twenty-Four Karat Plague (1973) … Eddie Whitney
 
1973-1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Paul Klempt / Rafe
– The Predators (1974) … Rafe
– The Hoots (1973) … Paul Klempt
 
1974 The Parallax View
Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited)
 
1974 The Healers (TV movie)
Dr. Albert Scanlon
 
1974 The Rookies (TV series)
Ralph Sneed
– Death Watch (1974) … Ralph Sneed
 
1974 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Cord McKenzie
– Mother's Deadly Helper (1974) … Cord McKenzie
 
1974 The Magician (TV series)
Brad Nicholson
– The Stainless Steel Lady (1974) … Brad Nicholson
 
1973 The Laughing Policeman
Lt. Nat Steiner SFPD
 
1973 Papillon
Toussaint
 
1973 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Brimmer
– Rules of the Game (1973) … Brimmer
 
1972-1973 Cannon (TV series)
Doc Immelman / Max Dolney / Morris W. Talbot
– The Limping Man (1973) … Max Dolney
– Catch Me If You Can (1973) … Morris W. Talbot
– The Torch (1972) … Doc Immelman
 
1973 She Lives! (TV movie)
Dr. Wellman
 
1968-1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Heraclio Cantrell and Father Hernando Cantrell / Nick Skouras / Talbot
– Talbot (1973) … Talbot
– The Noonday Devil (1970) … Heraclio Cantrell and Father Hernando Cantrell
– Blood Money/II (1968) … Nick Skouras
 
1973 Carola (TV movie)
Campan
 
1973 Snatched (TV movie)
Boone
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Hustler
 
1971-1972 Ironside (TV series)
Dunlap / Vincent Wiertel
– The Savage Sentry (1972) … Dunlap
– The Priest Killer (1971) … Vincent Wiertel
 
1972 The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
Fry
 
1972 Nichols (TV series)
Quinn
– All in the Family (1972) … Quinn
 
1972 The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV movie)
Dr. John Mortimer
 
1972 Cade's County (TV series)
Maurey Benedict
– Shakedown (1972) … Maurey Benedict
 
1967-1971 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Col. Alex Vorda / Colonel Helmut Kellerman / David Redding / …
– The Connection (1971) … Reese Dolan
– The Amateur (1970) … Eric Schilling
– The Amnesiac (1969) … Col. Alex Vorda
– Live Bait (1969) … Colonel Helmut Kellerman
– The Photographer (1967) … David Redding
 
1971 The Omega Man
Matthias
 
1970 Men at Law (TV series)
Waldo
– Where Were We, Waldo? (1970) … Waldo
 
1970 They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
Rice Weedon
 
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Willie Joe Worth
 
1970 The Molly Maguires
Tom Dougherty
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
John Spain
– A Ride in the Sun (1969) … John Spain
 
1968 Will Penny
Dutchy
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Johnny O'Farrel
– One Illegal Angel (1968) … Johnny O'Farrel
 
1968 The Virginian (TV series)
Powell
– The Good-Hearted Badman (1968) … Powell
 
1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Deke Montgomery
– The Night of the Legion of Death (1967) … Deke Montgomery
 
1967 Cool Hand Luke
Dog Boy
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Beau Clayborne
– Banner with a Strange Device (1967) … Beau Clayborne
 
1965 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Capt. Burgdorf
– Target 802 (1965) … Capt. Burgdorf
 
1965 The Big Valley (TV series)
Gil Condon
– The Guilt of Matt Bentell (1965) … Gil Condon
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
2nd Reporter
– Two Strangers and an Old Enemy (1963) … 2nd Reporter
 
1963 Naked City (TV series)
Phil
– Carrier (1963) … Phil
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2009 The Job (special thanks)
 
2008 A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2008 A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Burly Man Chronicles (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of David Cronenberg (1999) … Himself
– The Films of Clint Eastwood … Himself
 
1974 Up from the Ape (documentary)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 The Matrix: Path of Neo (Video Game)
Councillor Hamann
 

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Personal Details

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Zerbe is a Director of the Millay Colony for the Arts, along with (among others) Roscoe Lee Browne and Ellen Burstyn.

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I've never really been serious about my villainy. I don't have a master plan. I suppose my philosophy is: Every villain has a mother. For every cold-blooded killer on your screen, there's a little old lady somewhere who calls him 'sonny.' See more »

Trivia:

Is a graduate of the Erhard Seminars Training. See more »

Trademark:

Often plays sinister villains or untrustworthy characters See more »

Nickname:

Bug in high school See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus