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.
The War of the Worlds
as Forest Ranger at Crash Site (uncredited)The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they...
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Prisoners in Petticoats
as Mark HamptonJoan Grey is a young pianist that falls for the good manners and nice clothes of a gang of...
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The Prince Who Was a Thief
as (uncredited)An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his...
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Federal Agent at Large
as Dr. Ross CarringtonA crime ring is smuggling gold from Mexico across the border in the US. The Customs Service...
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The Frogmen
as Lt. Bill DoyleThe new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the...
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Alias the Champ
as Ron PetersonSlammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance)...
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You Gotta Stay Happy
as EddieIndecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to...
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Hell Hath No Fury
as Mr. StewartA woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged...
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The Red Menace
as Bill JonesA couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
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Belle of Old Mexico
as Kip Armitage IIIWealthy Kip Artmitage III (Robert Rockwell) honors his late wartime friend's request to look...
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Murder in Texas
as ParkerDramatization of the sensational Texas court case of the late '60s involving a noted Houston...
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Our Miss Brooks
as Phillip 'Phil' BoyntonThe big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as...
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Sol Madrid
as Chief DanversGovernment agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and...
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Just for You
as John RansomeJordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his...
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Turn the Other Cheek
as Ben HansonMolly's upset now her best friends Carol and Sue can't play together. Molly's dad suggests that...
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Golden Gate
as uncreditedA venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between...
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Espionage Target: You
as Agent (uncredited)Intended for military personnel and civilians in sensitive positions abroad, the film shows...
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Unmasked
as Detective Lt. James 'Jim' WebsterThe editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a...
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Destination: America
as uncreditedA patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and...
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Trial Without Jury
as Police Lt. Bill PetersA homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.
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The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as uncreditedA 13-year-old genius goes to college and tries to cope not only with campus social life, but...
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Destination Big House
as Dr. Walter PhillipsA teacher (Dorothy Patrick) weekends at her fiance's (Robert Rockwell) cabin, where a fugitive...
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The Blonde Bandit
as Dist. Atty. DevronA duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.
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A Letter to Nancy
as PastorA little Chinese girl comes into the life of a well-to-do lawyer.
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Lonely Heart Bandits
as Police Lt. CarrollTwo con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through...
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Women from Headquarters
as GatesJoyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when...
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Perfect Alibi
as uncreditedMelanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides...
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Perry Mason
as Dick BenedictThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Maj. Jerry ReynoldsThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Cole B. TroyThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Everett RixbyThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Ed PurvisThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Petticoat Junction
as uncreditedThe Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...
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Charlie's Angels
as HarrisonBeautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could...
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Beverly Hills, 90210
as uncreditedFollow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...
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Knots Landing
as uncreditedThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...
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Dallas
as MitchellThe world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....
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Dynasty
as uncreditedThe saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch;...
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Lassie
as uncreditedLassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy...
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The Lucy Show
as Tom BennettThe Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...
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Gunsmoke
as Mr. PhilipsGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Eight Is Enough
as uncreditedEight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15,...
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The Waltons
as uncreditedThe Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...
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Maverick
as uncreditedMaverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....
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Green Acres
as uncreditedGreen Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...
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The Millionaire
as Prof. Amberson AdamsAn anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...
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The Millionaire
as Dolph RandolphAn anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...
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Benson
as uncreditedA butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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Surfside 6
as uncreditedSurfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a...
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State Trooper
as uncreditedState Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...
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Racket Squad
as uncreditedRacket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...
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Falcon Crest
as uncreditedFalcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Newhart
as uncreditedDick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in...
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Growing Pains
as Wally OvermierFatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of...
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E/R
as John HarrisonE/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long...
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Hunter
as Ralph FlaggHunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...
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Bronco
as uncreditedBronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...
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The Golden Palace
as Mr. CochranThe Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami...
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The Bill Cosby Show
as Tom BennettThe Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday...
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Adventures of Superman
as Jor-El (uncredited)Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as uncreditedWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...
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The Roaring 20's
as uncreditedThe adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
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Yancy Derringer
as Phillip HamptonYancy Derringer is an American Western series
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Cavalcade of America
as uncreditedCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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Bus Stop
as uncreditedBus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...
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Diff'rent Strokes
as uncreditedThe series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African...
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Letter to Loretta
as Jeb StewartLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
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Our Miss Brooks
as Philip BoyntonOur Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school...
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