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Arthur Batanides(1923-2000)

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Arthur Batanides in Star Trek (1966)
Stocky, general purpose actor, a prolific face on the small screen during the 1960s and 1970s. Batanides got into acting after performing stand-up routines in front of fellow GI's in Europe during World War II. His training in dramatic art at the Actors Lab in Los Angeles was followed by extensive stage experience. He was more recently noted as "Mr. Kirkland" in four instalments of the popular "Police Academy" franchise but is remembered by older viewers chiefly as the ill-fated U.S.S. Enterprise geologist Lieutenant D'Amato who died rather badly (cellular disruption) in the Star Trek (1966) episode, That Which Survives (1969). Other notable appearances include one of dictator Clemente's (Peter Falk) henchmen in The Twilight Zone (1959) episode, The Mirror (1961); and the Mongol leader "Batu" in The Time Tunnel (1966) episode, Attack of the Barbarians (1967). Batanides regularly played heavies in shows like I Spy (1965) and Mission: Impossible (1966), or spoofed them (for instance, as a KAOS agent in Get Smart (1965)). He retired from acting in 1989.
BornApril 9, 1923
DiedJanuary 10, 2000(76)
BornApril 9, 1923
DiedJanuary 10, 2000(76)
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Arthur Batanides in Galactica 1980 (1980)
Arthur Batanides and Bradford Dillman in McCloud (1970)
Arthur Batanides and Coleen Gray in The Leech Woman (1960)
Arthur Batanides in The Time Tunnel (1966)
Arthur Batanides and Sheldon Leonard in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

Known for

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
4.9
  • Mr. Kirkland
  • 1987
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
4.3
  • Mr. Kirkland
  • 1989
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
5.3
  • Mr. Kirkland
  • 1986
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
5.7
  • Old Man Kirkland
  • 1985

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Actor

  • Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
    Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
  • Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
    Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
  • Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
    Police Academy 3: Back in Training
  • David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
    Knight Rider
  • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
    Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    • ...
  • Jack Klugman in Quincy M.E. (1976)
    Quincy M.E.
  • Edward Asner in Lou Grant (1977)
    Lou Grant
    • ...
  • Galactica 1980 (1980)
    Galactica 1980
  • Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin, and Mills Watson in The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979)
    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
  • Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman (1975)
    Wonder Woman
  • Carroll O'Connor in The Last Hurrah (1977)
    The Last Hurrah
  • Lucan (1977)
    Lucan
    • (uncredited)
  • Patrick Duffy in Man from Atlantis (1977)
    Man from Atlantis
  • Nancy Walker in Blansky's Beauties (1977)
    Blansky's Beauties

Soundtrack

  • Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
    The Dick Van Dyke Show
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • April 9, 1923
    • Tacoma, Washington, USA
    • January 10, 2000
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(natural causes)
    • September 30, 1967 - ?
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    • 1 Interview

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    Retired from acting after Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989).
    • Frequently worked with director Jerry Paris on both tv and in films.
    • The Unearthly
      (1957)
      $400

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