Steve London was born Walter Gragg in St Louis, Missouri. His best-known role was as Agent Jack Rossman on the original
The Untouchables (1959),
which starred Robert Stack as Eliot Ness.
London reprised his role as an Eliot Ness-type sidekick, Detective Lane
(with fellow "Untouchables" actors Stack and
Bruce Gordon), in 1966 on
Lucy the Gun Moll (1966).
After this his career waned, and after graduating law school, he
practiced law under his birth name.
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Was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force (USAF), specializing in electronics.
Worked as an engineer for Hughes Aircraft Co. and owned a rug-cleaning business.
In 1953, married childhood sweetheart Sandra Gregg in Japan, where he was stationed by the USAF. They had two children, John, and Cynthia, and divorced in 1957.
'Zero Hour! (1957)', his acting debut, was filmed from May 8-28, 1957, with retakes on July 23-24, 1957.
Entered the United States Naval Academy in the summer of 1948, Class of 1952, and played football there.