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Robert Lansing (I) (1928–1994)


Robert Lansing was an actor whose tall stature, tough looks and commanding manner belied an often thoughtful and introspective screen personality. Not that acting had necessarily been his only choice - there was jazz. As a youngster, he played drums with various dance bands and was bitten by the acting bug after performing in and directing high school plays... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (89 titles)
1993-1994 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV series)
Paul Blaisdell
Retribution (1994) … Paul Blaisdell
Magic Trick (1994) … Paul Blaisdell
Warlord (1994) … Paul Blaisdell
 
1991-1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Herb Walsh / Lawrence Jarvis
Badge of Honor (1992) … Lawrence Jarvis
The Prodigal Father (1991) … Herb Walsh
 
1991 Law & Order (TV series)
COO Peter O'Farrell
The Blue Wall (1991) … COO Peter O'Farrell
 
1991 Against the Law (TV series)
Coach
Hoops (1991) … Coach
 
1985-1989 The Equalizer (TV series)
Control
Trial by Ordeal (1989) … Control
Past Imperfect (1989) … Control
Splinters (1988) … Control
 
1989 Memories of Manon (TV movie)
Control
 
1988 Monsters (TV series)
Ernest Chariot
The Vampire Hunter (1988) … Ernest Chariot
 
1988 After School
C.A. Thomas
 
1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
G. William Howe
Full Disclosure (1988) … G. William Howe
 
1988 The Nest
Elias Johnson
 
1986 Hotel (TV series)
Brian O'Connell
Recriminations (1986) … Brian O'Connell
 
1983-1985 Simon & Simon (TV series)
P.I. Sam Penny
 
1983-1984 Automan (TV series)
Lt. Jack Curtis
Zippers (1984) … Lt. Jack Curtis
Murder MTV (1984) … Lt. Jack Curtis
Renegade Run (1984) … Lt. Jack Curtis
 
1983 Shadow of Sam Penny (TV movie)
Sam Penny
 
1980 Great Performances (TV series)
Horace Bixby
Life on the Mississippi (1980) … Horace Bixby
 
1980 S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
Owen Hooper
 
1980 Island Claws
Moody
 
1978 Acapulco Gold
Solborg
 
1977 Empire of the Ants
Dan Stokely
 
1977 The Deadly Triangle (TV movie)
Charles Cole
 
1977 False Face
Dr. Phillip Reynolds
 
1976 Bittersweet Love
Howard Lewis
 
1976 Widow (TV movie)
Harold
 
1975 The Rookies (TV series)
Dave Banner
Eye for an Eye (1975) … Dave Banner
 
1975 Crime Club (TV movie)
Alex Norton
 
1973 The Evil Touch (TV series)
Archie MacGauffin / Arthur Randall
Seeing Is Believing (1973) … Archie MacGauffin
The Lake (1973) … Arthur Randall
 
1961-1972 Bonanza (TV series)
Gunny O'Riley / Jed Trask / John Dundee
Heritage of Anger (1972) … John Dundee
Danger Road (1970) … Gunny O'Riley
Cutthroat Junction (1961) … Jed Trask
 
1972 Wild in the Sky
Major Reason
 
1965-1972 Insight (TV series)
Elliot Winters / Father Meier / Harriman / …
Why Don't You Call Me Skipper Anymore? (1972) … Simon Ward
Intrusion (1971) … Harriman
Mr. Johnson's Had the Course (1968) … Elliot Winters
Seed of Dissent (1967) … Roger Harriman
The Oleander Years (1966) … Stan
 
1972 The Astronaut (TV movie)
John Phillips
 
1972 Killer by Night (TV movie)
Warren Claman
 
1971 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Sgt. Bill Winston
A Fine Romance (1971) … Sgt. Bill Winston
 
1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
David Croft
False Spring (1971) … David Croft
 
1970-1971 Mannix (TV series)
Chief Carl Yaring / George Edward Diamond
The Judas Touch (1971) … Chief Carl Yaring
Blind Mirror (1970) … George Edward Diamond
 
1971 The Interns (TV series)
Lieutenant
Changes (1971) … Lieutenant
 
1970 The Flying Nun (TV series)
Mr. Sanders
The Dumbest Kid in School (1970) … Mr. Sanders
 
1969 Medical Center (TV series)
Erjn Crawford
Victim (1969) … Erjn Crawford
 
1965-1969 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Luke Frazer / Yancy Tyce
The Devil's Outpost (1969) … Yancy Tyce
The Bounty Hunter (1965) … Luke Frazer
 
1969 It Takes All Kinds
Tony Gunther
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Fred Martin
Swingers Only (1969) … Fred Martin
 
1968 Journey to the Unknown (TV series)
Jon Holden
The Beckoning Fair One (1968) … Jon Holden
 
1968 Mod Squad (TV series)
Dave Evans
A Time to Love - A Time to Cry (1968) … Dave Evans
 
1968 Star Trek (TV series)
Gary Seven
Assignment: Earth (1968) … Gary Seven
 
1968 Ironside (TV series)
Fred Hickman
The Lonely Hostage (1968) … Fred Hickman
 
1968 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Sam Darcy
Fool's Gold (1968) … Sam Darcy
 
1963-1967 The Virginian (TV series)
George Calhoun / Lee Knight / Matt Denning
Execution at Triste (1967) … Lee Knight
The Brothers (1965) … Matt Denning
The Fatal Journey (1963) … George Calhoun
 
1967 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Marshall Virgil Packer
Mark of the Turtle (1967) … Marshall Virgil Packer
 
1967 The Monroes (TV series)
Jonas Prine
Manhunt (1967) … Jonas Prine
 
1966-1967 The Man Who Never Was (TV series)
Mark Wainwright / Peter Murphy
I Take This Woman (1967) … Peter Murphy / Mark Wainwright
Drop by Drop (1966) … Peter Murphy / Mark Wainwright
In Memory of Davos (1966) … Peter Murphy / Mark Wainwright
The Perfect Crime (1966) … Peter Murphy / Mark Wainwright
Things Dead and Done (1966) … Peter Murphy / Mark Wainwright
 
1966 Namu, the Killer Whale
Hank Donner
 
1966 An Eye for an Eye
Talion
 
1966 The Loner (TV series)
Major Dichter
The Trial in Paradise (1966) … Major Dichter
 
1966 The Long Hunt of April Savage (TV movie)
April Savage
 
1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Capt. Robert Ives
The Tamarack Massacre Affair (1965) … Capt. Robert Ives
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Peter Markham
Of Damon, Pythias and Sleeping Dogs (1965) … Peter Markham
 
1964-1965 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
General Frank Savage / Gen. Frank Savage / Brigadier General Frank Savage / …
The Hero (1965) … Gen. Frank Savage
 
1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Judge Arthur Forbes
The Geneva Balfour Story (1964) … Judge Arthur Forbes
 
1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Commander Douglas Stansfield
The Long Morrow (1964) … Commander Douglas Stansfield
 
1964 Calhoun: County Agent (TV movie)
Eric Sloane
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Judge Galen Stanke
Gallows in Galilee (1963) … Judge Galen Stanke
 
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree
Dr. Charles Howard
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Gil Green
Fear Begins at 40 (1963) … Gil Green
 
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
Sgt. Banning
 
1962-1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Owen Scott / Philip Matthews
Read No Evil (1963) … Philip Matthews
Maddon's Folly (1962) … Owen Scott
 
1959-1963 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Jim Walton / Norman Goodhue / Young Doctor
Fair Young Ghost (1963)
Big Doc's Girl (1959) … Young Doctor
The Case of Julia Walton (1959) … Jim Walton
The Square Egghead (1959) … Norman Goodhue
 
1963 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
Don Colley
The Year Joan Crawford Won the Oscar (1963) … Don Colley
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Sgt. Mooney
A Sound of Hunting (1962) … Sgt. Mooney
 
1961-1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Det. Steve Carella
Ramon (1962) … Det. Steve Carella
 
1961 The Tall Man (TV series)
Doc Holliday
Rovin' Gambler (1961) … Doc Holliday
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Barry Sironde
Phantom Lover (1961) … Barry Sironde
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
James Wilson
 
1961 Outlaws (TV series)
Frank Dalton
 
1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Jack Howard
Spotlight on a Corpse (1961) … Jack Howard
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Lieutenant Brian Rome
The Fatal Impulse (1960) … Lieutenant Brian Rome
 
1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Jared Corning
The Voice (1960) … Jared Corning
 
1960 Moment of Fear (TV series)
Cage of Air (1960)
 
1960 Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (TV series)
The Burning Court (1960)
 
1958 Young Dr. Malone (TV series)
Peter Brooks (1959)
 
1959 4D Man
Dr. Scott Nelson
 
1959 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
 
1959 Deadline (TV series)
William Key
A Story for Christmas (1959) … William Key
 
1956-1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Walter Moore
Death for Sale (1958) … Walter Moore
Shadow of Suspicion (1956)
 
1957 The Big Story (TV series)
Giles Norman
 
1956 Camera Three (TV series)
Jewel
As I Lay Dying (1956) … Jewel
 
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1966 Branded (TV series)
Call to Glory: Part 1 (1966) (performer: "Gary Owen")
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1991 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
Barnum's Big Top (1991) … Himself
 
1989 Submarine: Steel Boats, Iron Men (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1965-1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 August 1977 (1977) … Himself
Episode dated 27 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 19 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Celebrity Bowling (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 23 May 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 28 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 7 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 It Takes Two (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The American Sportsman (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 March 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 You Don't Say (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Dream Girl of '67 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 September 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 September 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 De la B a la Z (TV series)
 
1968 Danger Has Two Faces (TV movie)
Peter Murphy/Mark Wainwright
 
1966 Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1981) Stage: Appeared (as "Benjamin Hubbard"; replacement) in "The Little Foxes" on Broadway. Drama (revival). Written by Lillian Hellman. Directed by Austin Pendleton. Martin Beck Theatre: 7 May 1981-5 Sep 1981 (123 performances + 8 previews). Cast: Elizabeth Taylor (as "Regina Giddens")... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on the perils of being typecast] People don't want to mess with success. If you do one thing well, then that's all they want you to do. Very often if you're not careful it just gets narrower and narrower. See more »

Trivia:

Rugged American leading man of 50s Broadway and 60s standard film and TV action drama -- the star of several TV series ( 12 O'Clock High and The Man Who Never Was among others). See more »

Trademark:

Bushy blond eyebrows See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini