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Robert Rockwell

Robert Rockwell

Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden. A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois, Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union. He appeared in the first Superman television show episode as Clark Kent's father, Jor-El in 1952. He appeared in a 1959 Perry Mason episode "The case of the Deadly Toy" as love interest to the defendant Claire Allison as Dick Benedict. He starred in the 1961 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile" as an Air Force officer court-martialled on a murder charge. He later starred in the 1962 Perry Mason episodes "The Case of the Lurid Letter" as Everett Rixby, a high school principal, and the murderer Cole B. Troy in "The Case of the Shapely Shadow". He also appeared as Ed Purvis in the 1965 episode Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Candy Queen". Rockwell starred in his own ABC western-themed television series, The Man from Blackhawk in the 1959-1960 season. Rockwell was cast as the Blackhawk Insurance Company's key investigator, Sam Logan, who is assigned to weed out fraud in the payment of claims. He also played Sam Thompson in Thompson's Ghost, Tom Bennett in The Bill Cosby Show[4]:106 and Officer Russo in Adam-12. In 1967 he played a littering tourist in the Lassie episode "Lassie's Litter Bit", an iconic episode which earned a trip for Lassie to the White House to shake hands with then First Lady "Ladybird" Johnson who had used the famous collie in her Keep America Beautiful Campaign. Rockwell was a founding member of the California Artists Radio Theatre. He played standard leads in a couple of anti-Communist-era features, including Republic's The Red Menace, in which he is cast as a returning veteran of World War II, who is duped by communists. Later in his career, he appeared on episodes of Petticoat Junction, Growing Pains, and Beverly Hills, 90210. His appearances in commercials and voiceovers totaled more than 200, most notably as the armchair grandfather treating his grandson to a piece of candy in the 1995 version of the Werthers Original candy spot.

    Birth Date:
    10/15/1920
    Known for:
    Acting
    Place of birth:
    Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Golden Gate
Golden Gate
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Belle of Old Mexico
Belle of Old Mexico
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Unmasked
Unmasked
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Espionage Target: You
Espionage Target: You
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The Red Menace
The Red Menace
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A Letter to Nancy
A Letter to Nancy
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Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks
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Trial Without Jury
Trial Without Jury
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Federal Agent at Large
Federal Agent at Large
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Destination Big House
Destination Big House
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Sol Madrid
Sol Madrid
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Lonely Heart Bandits
Lonely Heart Bandits
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The Blonde Bandit
The Blonde Bandit
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Perfect Alibi
Perfect Alibi
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The Frogmen
The Frogmen
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Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska
Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska
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Destination: America
Destination: America
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The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
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Lassie: The miracle
Lassie: The miracle
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Alias the Champ
Alias the Champ
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Just for You
Just for You
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Women from Headquarters
Women from Headquarters
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Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka
Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka
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You Gotta Stay Happy
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Turn the Other Cheek
Turn the Other Cheek
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The War of the Worlds
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Hell Hath No Fury
Hell Hath No Fury
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The Prince Who Was a Thief
The Prince Who Was a Thief
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Prisoners in Petticoats
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Growing Pains
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Falcon Crest
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Green Acres
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Here's Lucy
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Beverly Hills, 90210
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Benson
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The Lucy Show
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Diff'rent Strokes
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Dynasty
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Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction
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Charlie's Angels
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Knots Landing
Knots Landing
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Surfside 6
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The Bill Cosby Show
The Bill Cosby Show
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Newhart
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The Golden Palace
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Gunsmoke
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Perry Mason
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Lassie
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Eight Is Enough
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The Waltons
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Bus Stop
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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The Millionaire
The Millionaire
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E/R
E/R
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Yancy Derringer
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Adventures of Superman
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Bronco
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Racket Squad
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Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
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The Roaring 20's
The Roaring 20's
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Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
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Maverick
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Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks
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The Millionaire
The Millionaire
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Perry Mason
Perry Mason
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Perry Mason
Perry Mason
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Perry Mason
Perry Mason
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Perry Mason
Perry Mason
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