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Michael Tolan (I) (1925–2011)

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Stage-trained actor Michael Tolan was born Seymour Tuchow on November 27, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan. During and following graduation from Wayne State University, he appeared in radio serials and in such classic theater productions as "Uncle Vanya," "Candida," "The Importance of Being Earnest," "Oedipus,"... See full bio »

Born:

Seymour Tuchow
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:

(age 85) in Hudson, New York, USA
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2007 Perfect Stranger
Judge
 
1987-1994 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Lt. Alan Terwilliger / Ralph Whitman
– The Dying Game (1994) … Lt. Alan Terwilliger
– The Sound of Murder (1993) … Lt. Alan Terwilliger
– No Accounting for Murder (1987) … Ralph Whitman
 
1991 Law & Order (TV series)
Norman Ackerman
– Asylum (1991) … Norman Ackerman
 
1990 When Will I Be Loved? (TV movie)
Eric Patterson
 
1990 Presumed Innocent
Mr. Polhemus
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
Henry Northup
– Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) … Henry Northup
 
1984 Talk to Me
Dr. Ronald Webster
 
1981 Nurse (TV series)
Dr. Shaw
– Best Friends (1981) … Dr. Shaw
 
1979 All That Jazz
Dr. Ballinger
 
1978 Loose Change (TV mini-series)
Mark Stewart
 
1977 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
Dr. Ryder
– A Little Bit Different (1977) … Dr. Ryder
 
1977 Kojak (TV series)
Dr. Peter Allender
– Kojak's Days: Part 2 (1977) … Dr. Peter Allender
– Kojak's Days: Part 1 (1977) … Dr. Peter Allender
 
1977 Night Drive (TV movie)
Walter Turner
 
1976 Perilous Voyage (TV movie)
Reynaldo Solis
 
1976 The Adams Chronicles (TV mini-series)
Narrator
– Chapter XIII: Charles Francis Adams II, Industrialist (1976) … Narrator (voice)
– Chapter XI: Charles Francis Adams, Minister to Great Britain (1976) … Narrator (voice)
– Chapter VIII: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State (1976) … Narrator
– Chapter VII: John Quincy Adams, Diplomat (1976) … Narrator
 
1976 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Dr. Alec Janetta
– The Deadly Cure (1976) … Dr. Alec Janetta
 
1971-1975 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)
Dan Whitfield
– One Boyfriend Too Many (1975) … Dan Whitfield
– The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter (1972) … Dan Whitfield
– Room 223 (1971) … Dan Whitfield
 
1975 Valley Forge (TV movie)
Lt. Col. Lucifer Tench
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Reed Calder
– The Alpha-Bravo War (1975) … Reed Calder
 
1972-1975 Cannon (TV series)
Gil Spender / John Wittig / Michael Arnold
– Killer on the Hill (1975) … John Wittig
– Come Watch Me Die (1973) … Gil Spender
– Bad Cats and Sudden Death (1972) … Michael Arnold
 
1972-1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Dr. Larry Crown / Julius
– Saturday's Child (1974) … Julius
– Deadlock (1972) … Dr. Larry Crown
 
1974 Moe and Joe (TV movie)
Jo Lambert
 
1968-1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ben Heath / Neal Kriton / Paul Virdon
– The Betrayal (1974)
– Edge of Desperation (1972)
– Blood Tie (1969) … Neal Kriton
– Wind It Up and It Betrays You (1968) … Paul Virdon
– Ring of Steel (1968) … Ben Heath
 
1973 Toma (TV series)
Jonathan Cain
– The Cain Connection (1973) … Jonathan Cain
 
1973 Here We Go Again (TV series)
Glen
– A Date with Judy (1973) … Glen
 
1971-1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Alex Kasparian
– Sigh No More, Lady (1972)
– A Lonely Stretch of Beach (1971) … Alex Kasparian
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Keith Newton
– Bad Connection (1972) … Keith Newton
 
1972 Norman Corwin Presents (TV series)
– A Matter of Life and Death (1972)
 
1971 Nichols (TV series)
Flying Fox
– The Indian Giver (1971) … Flying Fox
 
1970-1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV series)
Jordan Boyle
– A Single Blow of a Sword (1971) … Jordan Boyle
– George Washington Told a Lie (1971) … Jordan Boyle
– Some Day, They'll Elect a President (1971) … Jordan Boyle
– A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 2 (1970) … Jordan Boyle
– A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 1 (1970) … Jordan Boyle
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1971 The 300 Year Weekend
Dr. Marshall
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
Dr. Swift
– Passing Fair (1970) … Dr. Swift
 
1970 NET Playhouse (TV series)
Boss (segment "The Tape Recorder")
– The Sand Castle/The Tape Recorder (1970) … Boss (segment "The Tape Recorder")
 
1970 New York Television Theatre (TV series)
Boss
– The Tape Recorder (1970) … Boss
 
1968-1970 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Ismet El Kabir / Santos Cardoza / Vitol Enzor
– Terror (1970) … Ismet El Kabir
– The Play (1968) … Vitol Enzor
– Trial by Fury (1968) … Santos Cardoza
 
1969 John and Mary
James
 
1969 The Lost Man
Insp. Carl Hamilton
 
1968 Journey to the Unknown (TV series)
Craig Miller
– Paper Dolls (1968) … Craig Miller
 
1968 Mannix (TV series)
Dr. Norman Forest
– Deadfall: Part 2 (1968) … Dr. Norman Forest
– Deadfall: Part 1 (1968) … Dr. Norman Forest
 
1968 The Invaders (TV series)
Dr. Ted Willard
– The Possessed (1968) … Dr. Ted Willard
 
1968 Journey Into Darkness
Craig Miller (episode 'Paper Dolls')
 
1967 The Rat Patrol (TV series)
Sgt. Kabir
– The Fifth Wheel Raid (1967) … Sgt. Kabir (as Michael Tolin)
 
1967 Tarzan (TV series)
John Turner
– Hotel Hurricane (1967) … John Turner
 
1967 Hour of the Gun
Pete Spence
 
1967 Roseanna
Elmer B. Kafka
 
1966 Felony Squad (TV series)
Mike Gorley
– Miss Reilly's Revenge (1966) … Mike Gorley
 
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Lt. Murrow
– The Eighth Day (1966) … Lt. Murrow
 
1966 The Journey of the Fifth Horse (TV movie)
Nikolai Alexeyvich Chulkaturin
 
1963-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Dr. Alex Tazinski / Dr. Somers
– Threshold (1965) … Dr. Alex Tazinski
– The April Thaw of Doctor Mai (1965) … Dr. Alex Tazinski
– The Helping Hand (1963) … Dr. Somers
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
Lazarus
 
1964 Espionage (TV series)
Paul Haxton
– The Liberators (1964) … Paul Haxton
 
1963 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Prof. Stephen Grave
– The Zanti Misfits (1963) … Prof. Stephen Grave
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Kenneth Miller
– The Middle Child Gets All the Aches (1963) … Kenneth Miller
 
1962-1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Carter / Welles Resnick
– The Legend of Lylah Clare (1963) … Welles Resnick
– A Sound of Hunting (1962) … Carter
 
1962-1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Antonio / Largo
– Peace, Pity, Pardon (1963) … Largo
– Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn (1962) … Antonio
 
1961-1962 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– You Can't Escape (1962)
– The Big Splash (1961)
 
1958-1962 Naked City (TV series)
Det. Alan Keller / Peter Merrell / Ricardo Gardio
– The Rydecker Case (1962) … Ricardo Gardio
– The Fingers of Henri Tourelle (1961) … Peter Merrell
– Stakeout (1958) … Det. Alan Keller
 
1961-1962 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Dr. James Altman / Minelli
– Merchants of Evil (1962) … Minelli
– Briefing from Room 103 (1961) … Dr. James Altman
 
1961 The Catholic Hour (TV series)
Don Juan
– The Death of Satan (1961) … Don Juan
 
1960-1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
Channon / Leone
– The Wingless Victory (1961)
– The Dybbuk (1960) … Channon
– Volpone (1960) … Leone
 
1960 Omnibus (TV series)
Abraham Lincoln
– He Shall Have Power (1960) … Abraham Lincoln
 
1960 Diagnosis: Unknown (TV series)
Janko
– The Curse of the Gypsy (1960) … Janko
 
1958 Decoy (TV series)
Mike Bergen
– Ladies Man (1958) … Mike Bergen
 
1955-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Absalom / Octavius Caesar / Plenty Own
– The Rice Sprout Song (1957) … Plenty Own
– The Hollywood Complex (1957) … Absalom
– Julius Caesar (1955) … Octavius Caesar
 
1955-1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Teddy Bear (1956)
– Spur of the Moment (1955)
 
1954 The Web (TV series)
– Stopover (1954)
 
1954 Inner Sanctum (TV series)
Maurice Laraq
– Port of Regrets (1954) … Maurice Laraq
 
1953 Second Chance
Antonio (uncredited)
 
1953 Julius Caesar
Officer to Octavius
 
1952 Hiawatha
Neyadji
 
1952 The Savage
Long Mane
 
1951 The People Against O'Hara
Vincent Korvac (uncredited)
 
1951 Fort Worth
Mort Springer (as Lawrence Tolan)
 
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Leo Daly (as Lawrence Tolan)
 
1951 The Enforcer
James (Duke) Malloy (as Lawrence Tolan)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2000 Cousin Skeeter (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Sugar Daddy (2000) (executive producer)
 
1981 Four Friends (executive producer)
 
1973 Five on the Black Hand Side (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1971 The Movie Crazy Years (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1961 Le temps du ghetto (documentary)
Narrator (English version) (voice)
 
1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Jerome Black - Character in scene from 'A Majority of One'
– Episode #12.30 (1959) … Jerome Black - Character in scene from 'A Majority of One'
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Radio actor on WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan in "The Lone Ranger," "The Green Hornet" and "The Enforcer."

Alternate Names:

Larry Tolan | Lawrence Tolan | Michael Tolin

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He earned an acting Fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius