Robert Lansing (actor)
Robert Lansing ( born June 5, 1928 in San Diego, California, USA, † October 23, 1994 in New York, United States), actually Robert Howell Brown, was an American actor, who has worked in several films, television series and plays.
Life
Robert Lansing stood among others in the science fiction film The 4D Man (1959) and on the side of Joan Collins in the horror film in the power of the Giant Ants ( 1977) on. In the 1960s he won for his role as Brigadier General Frank Savage in Twelve O'Clock High the TV series, especially with the U.S. public a greater popularity. Lansing had numerous guest appearances in popular television series, including Bonanza, Simon & Simon, and Murder, She Wrote. In the 1980s, he had a significant role in the television series The Equalizer. Then he played until shortly before his death in Kung Fu - The Legend Continues with.
Among fans of the American science fiction television series Star Trek, he is mainly known as extraterrestrial secret agent Gary Seven ( in Germany: Felix Seven rock ) (aka supervisor 194 ) is known, he in the Star Trek episode " A planet called Earth " ( engl Assignment: . Earth) embodied. Robert Lansing was the only guest star in the Star Trek original series, whose name was displayed at the beginning of the episode and not, as usual, first mentioned in the credits. The reason for this was that the episode a spin off series should grow up with him in the lead role, which was but then not realized.
From 1956 to 1969 Robert Lansing was married to actress Emily McLaughlin, with whom he also has a son, Robert Frederick Orin Lansing. His second marriage to Gari Hardy produced a daughter, Alice Lucille Lansing. The third marriage to Anne Pivar held until his death. Lansing, which is strikingly often seen smoking especially in some early roles, died in 1994 in New York at the age of 66 years to lung cancer and was buried in the Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood.