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Michael Strong(1918-1980)

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Michael Strong
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While never one of the big names on screen, Michael Strong was one of those excellent method actors who were often compelling to watch. Unsurprisingly, many of Michael's screen characters were typical New Yorkers, whether they be cops or thugs, and he imbued them with an edgy 'in-your-face' intensity that was all his own. He was already an established stage actor, both on and off-Broadway, with an extensive resume to his name long before transferring his talents to the screen. A graduate of the Actor's Studio, he was also part of the original crew of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company, performing in key plays by Arthur Miller, S.N. Behrman and Eugene O'Neill. Usually assigned to playing military types or proletarian firebrands, Michael eventually came to note as a young burglar in "Detective Story", written and staged on Broadway by Sidney Kingsley in 1949. Director William Wyler subsequently brought him to Hollywood to recreate his role for the 1951 motion picture.

A couple of other good roles Michael later enacted for the big screen were his smarmy used-car salesman Stegman in the thriller Point Blank (1967) and Brigadier General Hobart Carver in the Oscar-winning war drama Patton (1970). For the most part, however, television became Michael's most prolific medium. His furtive looks and nervous demeanor often suggested that his characters had something to hide - and most of them did, particularly those Eastern bloc spy types with names like Malkov and Petrovich. He was at home in just about every major police series of the period, equally adept at NYPD sergeants and contract assassins. Fans of Star Trek (1966) will also remember Michael as the unhinged Dr. Roger Korby who had his consciousness transferred into an android body in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". As tough as some of his characters, Michael continued to act right up until the end.
BornFebruary 8, 1918
DiedSeptember 29, 1980(62)
BornFebruary 8, 1918
DiedSeptember 29, 1980(62)
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Michael Strong in Galactica 1980 (1980)
Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, and Michael Strong in I Spy (1965)
Michael Strong and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)
Michael Strong and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)
Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Bert Freed, and Michael Strong in Detective Story (1951)
William Shatner, Majel Barrett, Sherry Jackson, and Michael Strong in Star Trek (1966)
Beverly Garland, Scott Jacoby, and Michael Strong in To Live Another Day (1975)
Michael Strong in Star Trek (1966)
William Shatner, Majel Barrett, Sherry Jackson, and Michael Strong in Star Trek (1966)
Michael Strong in Star Trek (1966)
Majel Barrett and Michael Strong in Star Trek (1966)
Michael Strong

Known for

George C. Scott in Patton (1970)
Patton
7.9
  • Brigadier General Hobart Carver
  • 1970
Point Blank (1967)
Point Blank
7.3
  • Stegman
  • 1967
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Dr. Roger Korby
Planet of the Apes (1974)
Planet of the Apes
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TV Series
  • Travin

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  • This Year's Blonde (1980)
    This Year's Blonde
  • Martin Balsam, Carroll O'Connor, Danielle Brisebois, and Jean Stapleton in Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
    Archie Bunker's Place
  • Galactica 1980 (1980)
    Galactica 1980
  • Robert Duvall in The Great Santini (1979)
    The Great Santini
  • Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)
    Hawaii Five-O
  • Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
  • Angie Dickinson in Overboard (1978)
    Overboard
  • Edward Asner in Lou Grant (1977)
    Lou Grant
  • Jack Klugman in Quincy M.E. (1976)
    Quincy M.E.
  • Patrick Duffy in Man from Atlantis (1977)
    Man from Atlantis
  • Raymond Burr in Kingston: Confidential (1976)
    Kingston: Confidential
  • Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
    The Six Million Dollar Man
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
    The Streets of San Francisco
    • ...
  • Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
    Police Story

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    • February 8, 1918
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • September 29, 1980
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
    • Diane ShaletAugust 24, 1969 - September 29, 1980 (his death)
  • "Incident at Vichy," original drama, written by Arthur Miller; directed by Harold Clurman; Stanley Beck (portraying Bayard); C. Thomas Blackwell (portraying Police Guard); James Dukas (portraying Second Detective); Pierre Epstein (portraying Prisoner); James Greene (portraying Police Captain); Hal Holbrook (portraying Major); Graham Jarvis (portraying Ferrand); Clint Kimbrough (as Clinton Kimbrough) (portraying Hoffman); Will Lee (portraying Old Jew); Ira Lewis (portraying Boy); Tony Lo Bianco (portraying Prisoner); Paul Mann (portraying Marchand); Stephen Peters (portraying Prisoner); Alek Primrose (portraying First Detective); Harold Scott (portraying Gypsy); David J. Stewart (portraying Monceau); Michael Strong (portraying LeBeau); John Vari (portraying Prisoner); Jack Waltzer (portraying Waiter); David Wayne (portraying Von Berg); and Joseph Wiseman (portraying LeDuc); on Broadway at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (99 total performances, unknown previews).
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    Michael Strong and his first wife, Theda Kropf, both worked as drama teachers and performers at the integrated left-wing family resort, Camp Unity, in Wingdale, New York. They eloped in 1940, and had two children: Paul in 1942, and Ellen in the mid 1950s.

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