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The Hawaiians (1970) -- Charlton Heston brings to the island a shipload of Chinese slaves to work the plantation fields. With Asian Tina Chen at his side, Heston creates a thriving pineapple plantation.
"Hawaii Five-O" (1968): Season 2: Episode 10 -- Enlisted to investigate an ex-racketeer suspected of heading a local crime syndicate, McGarrett follows a hunch that the politician seeking to indict the accused man is involved in some dirty dealings of his own
The Sea Chase (1955) -- As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.
Carnival Story (1954) -- An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964): Season 3: Episode 15 -- The crew is joined by Captain Adams, the soul survivor of an ill-fated missile launch, in search of the mysterious force responsible for the disaster.

Overview

Date of Birth:
13 February 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA more
Date of Death:
24 September 2003, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Handsome, blond-haired, steely-eyed villain in many film Westerns. He... more
Trivia:
In 1974, he moved to Paia, on the island of Maui, and retired from acting... more
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Filmography

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Actor:
  1. M Station: Hawaii (1980) (TV) .... Admiral Lincoln
  2. "Hawaii Five-O" .... Jonathan Kaye / ... (11 episodes, 1969-1980)
    ... aka "McGarrett" (USA: rerun title)
        - Woe to Wo Fat (1980) TV episode .... General Dexter
        - Why Won't Linda Die? (1978) TV episode .... Dr. Fleming
        - A Stranger in His Grave (1978) TV episode .... Jonathan Kaye
        - Invitation to Murder (1978) TV episode .... Malcolm Rhodes
        - Head to Head (1978) TV episode .... Jonathan Kaye
          (6 more)

  3. "Barnaby Jones" .... Capt. Groden (2 episodes, 1979)
        - Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 1 (1979) TV episode .... Capt. Groden
        - Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 2 (1979) TV episode .... Capt. Groden
  4. "Police Story" .... Commander Tully / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975)
        - Incident in the Kill Zone (1975) TV episode .... Commander Tully
        - Violent Homecoming (1973) TV episode .... Sergeant Allison
  5. "Ironside" .... Louis Blaine (1 episode, 1973)
    ... aka "The Raymond Burr Show" (USA: syndication title)
        - In the Forests of the Night (1973) TV episode .... Louis Blaine
  6. "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" (1 episode, 1972)
        - Operation: Lady Luck (1972) TV episode
  7. The Seven Minutes (1971) .... Frank Griffith
  8. "This Is the Life" .... Tom (1 episode, 1971)
    ... aka "The Fisher Family" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Scandal (1971) TV episode .... Tom
  9. "Insight" .... Art (1 episode, 1971)
        - Man in the Middle (1971) TV episode .... Art
  10. "The Virginian" .... Seth Wheeler (1 episode, 1970)
    ... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
        - Experiment at New Life (1970) TV episode .... Seth Wheeler
  11. The Hawaiians (1970) .... Janders
    ... aka Master of the Islands (UK)

  12. Impasse (1969/I) .... Hansen
  13. "Daniel Boone" .... Joseph Montgomery / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1969)
        - A Tall Tale of Prater Beasley (1969) TV episode .... Joseph Montgomery
        - Delo Jones (1967) TV episode .... Lehman Henderson
  14. "Cimarron Strip" .... Tate (1 episode, 1967)
        - The Deputy (1967) TV episode .... Tate
  15. The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) .... Charlie
  16. Return of the Gunfighter (1967) .... Clay Sutton
    ... aka Wyatt
  17. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" .... Dr. King (1 episode, 1967)
        - The Creature (1967) TV episode .... Dr. King
  18. "The Time Tunnel" .... Major Hoffman (1 episode, 1966)
        - Invasion (1966) TV episode .... Major Hoffman
  19. "Bonanza" .... Jed Ferguson / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1966)
    ... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
        - Something Hurt, Something Wild (1966) TV episode .... Jed Ferguson
        - The Guilty (1962) TV episode .... Lem Partridge
  20. Nevada Smith (1966) .... Jack Rudabough
  21. Johnny Reno (1966) .... Jess Yates
  22. "Blue Light" .... Colonel (1 episode, 1966)
        - Traitor's Blood (1966) TV episode .... Colonel
  23. "A Man Called Shenandoah" .... Sheriff (1 episode, 1966)
        - A Long Way Home (1966) TV episode .... Sheriff
  24. Town Tamer (1965) .... Lee Ring
  25. "Burke's Law" .... Captain Cal Donohue (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (USA: new title)
        - Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband? (1965) TV episode .... Captain Cal Donohue
  26. "Combat!" .... Capt. Brauer (1 episode, 1964)
        - A Rare Vintage (1964) TV episode .... Capt. Brauer
  27. "Gunsmoke" .... Ed Polk (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "Gun Law" (UK)
    ... aka "Marshal Dillon" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Kite (1964) TV episode .... Ed Polk
  28. "Rawhide" .... Dan Madox / ... (3 episodes, 1960-1964)
        - Incident of the Dowry Dundee (1964) TV episode .... Richard Whiting
        - The Blue Spy (1961) TV episode .... Dan Madox
        - Incident of the Challenge (1960) TV episode .... Major Victor Darius
  29. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" .... Ted Johnson (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "Crisis" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Suspense Theatre" (USA: syndication title)
        - A Truce to Terror (1964) TV episode .... Ted Johnson
  30. "Death Valley Days" .... Major Ben Roberts (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "Call of the West" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "The Pioneers" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Trails West" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Western Star Theater" (USA: syndication title)
        - Graydon's Charge (1964) TV episode .... Major Ben Roberts
  31. "Grindl" .... Norman (1 episode, 1963)
        - Grindl: Femme Fatale (1963) TV episode .... Norman
  32. "Laramie" .... Calvin Hawks / ... (5 episodes, 1959-1962)
        - Beyond Justice (1962) TV episode .... Leland Emory
        - The Turn of the Wheel (1962) TV episode .... Frank Mannus
        - The Lawless Seven (1961) TV episode .... Calvin Hawks
        - Rimrock (1961) TV episode .... Sheriff Grant McClintock
        - Night of the Quiet Man (1959) TV episode
  33. "The Rifleman" .... Holt Coyle / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1962)
        - Skull (1962) TV episode .... Holt Coyle
        - The Wrong Man (1959) TV episode .... Jay Jefferson
  34. "Tales of Wells Fargo" .... John Wesley Hardin / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1961)
        - Mr. Mute (1961) TV episode .... LaPorte
        - The Gunfighter (1958) TV episode .... John Wesley Hardin
        - John Wesley Hardin (1957) TV episode .... John Wesley Hardin
  35. "The Tall Man" .... Vince Obey (1 episode, 1961)
        - Hard Justice (1961) TV episode .... Vince Obey
  36. "The Law and Mr. Jones" (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Trophy (1961) TV episode
  37. "The Deputy" .... Aces Thompson (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Deadly Breed (1960) TV episode .... Aces Thompson
  38. "The Grand Jury" .... Harry Driscoll (40 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - Missing Witness (1960) TV episode .... Harry Driscoll
        - Accident by Appointment (????) TV episode .... Harry Driscoll
        - Baby for Sale (????) TV episode .... Harry Driscoll
        - Boxing Scandal (????) TV episode .... Harry Driscoll
        - Bus Scandal (????) TV episode .... Harry Driscoll
          (35 more)
  39. Guns of the Timberland (1960) .... Clay Bell
  40. "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" .... Phil Ross (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "The June Allyson Show"
        - Moment of Fear (1960) TV episode .... Phil Ross

  41. "Law of the Plainsman" .... Sheriff Max Chaffee (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: syndication title)
        - Full Circle (1959) TV episode .... Sheriff Max Chaffee
  42. "Zane Grey Theater" .... Marshal John Welker / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
    ... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Law and the Gun (1959) TV episode .... Marshal John Welker
        - Threat of Violence (1958) TV episode .... Sheriff Griff Evans
  43. "Disneyland" .... Al Barko (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
        - Texas John Slaughter: Killers from Kansas (1959) TV episode .... Al Barko
  44. "Pursuit" .... Police captain (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Last Night in August (1958) TV episode .... Police captain
  45. "The Court of Last Resort" .... Sam Larsen / ... (26 episodes, 1957-1958)
        - The Allen Cutler Case (1958) TV episode .... Sam Larsen
        - The Todd-Loomis Case (1958) TV episode .... Sam Larsen
        - The Joel Sheldon Case (1958) TV episode .... Sam Larsen
        - The Mary Morales Case (1958) TV episode .... Sam Larsen
        - The Stephen Lowell Case (1958) TV episode .... Sam Larsen
          (21 more)
  46. "Wagon Train" .... Joe Trumbell (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
        - The Sally Potter Story (1958) TV episode .... Joe Trumbell
  47. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) .... Ike Clanton
  48. "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Simon / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1957)
    ... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
        - House of Glass (1957) TV episode .... Simon
        - Appointment with Destiny (1955) TV episode .... Willis
  49. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Marshal Mark Strett (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "Fox Hour of Stars" (USA: rerun title)
        - End of a Gun (1957) TV episode .... Marshal Mark Strett
  50. Showdown at Abilene (1956) .... Dave Mosely
    ... aka Gun Shy (USA)
  51. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (2 episodes, 1956)
    ... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
        - Step Right Up and Die (1956) TV episode
        - Showdown at Painted Rock (1956) TV episode
  52. "Warner Brothers Presents" .... Harry Parker (1 episode, 1956)
        - Explosion (1956) TV episode .... Harry Parker
  53. "TV Reader's Digest" .... Lester Miller (1 episode, 1956)
        - Return from Oblivion (1956) TV episode .... Lester Miller
  54. The Lone Ranger (1956) .... Reece Kilgore
  55. "Lux Video Theatre" (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - The Lady Gambles (1955) TV episode
  56. The Sea Chase (1955) .... Chief Officer Kirchner
  57. Destry (1954) .... Phil Decker
  58. Drums Across the River (1954) .... Frank Walker
  59. Carnival Story (1954) .... Frank Colloni
  60. Forbidden (1953) .... Justin Keit
  61. All I Desire (1953) .... Dutch Heineman
  62. The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) .... Stephen Cook
  63. The Vanquished (1953/I) .... Roger Hale
  64. Hurricane Smith (1952) .... Clobb
  65. Denver and Rio Grande (1952) .... Johnny Buff
    ... aka Denver & Rio Grande (USA: promotional title)
  66. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) .... Klaus
    ... aka Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (USA: complete title)
  67. Dear Brat (1951) .... Mr.Baxter
  68. The First Legion (1951) .... Dr. Peter Morrell
  69. Union Station (1950) .... Joe Beacom
  70. No Man of Her Own (1950) .... Stephen 'Steve' Morley
Archive Footage:
  1. Gundown at Sandoval (1959)

Additional Details

Other Works:
In 1956, he starred in a pilot about a sailboat plying the South Seas called "James Michener Presents a South Pacific Adventure" which was scripted by James Michener and directed by Orville H. Hampton. The pilot wasn't picked up by any of the networks, but three years later the concept was reworked and became "Adventures in Paradise" (1959) starring Gardner McKay, which ran from 1959-1962. more
Publicity Listings:
1 Article | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more
Genres:
Drama | Crime | Western | Mystery more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Beautiful Woman | Anthology | Based On Novel more

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