{{short description|American television actor}} {{Infobox person |name = Anthony Call |image = Anthony Call and Robin Strasser.webp |caption = Call (left) with Robin Strasser, 1981 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|08|31}} |birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |occupation = Film and television actor |parents = Abner Biberman (father) |years_active = 1961–present |alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania }}
'''Anthony Call''' (born August 31,<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Soap_Opera_Book/yzQlimPTTEMC?hl=en|title=The Soap Opera Book|page=44|editor1=Ellen Buckley|editor2=Nancy E. Rout|date=1992|publisher=Todd Publications|ISBN=9780915344239|via=Google Books}}</ref> 1940)<ref name="c" /> is an American television actor. He is best known for playing Herb Callison in the American soap opera television series ''One Life to Live'' from 1979 to 1991.
== Life and career == Call was born in Los Angeles, California,<ref name="a" /> the son of Abner Biberman, an actor. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied to be a classical pianist.<ref name="b">{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1989 |title=Hot Spot: Anthony Call |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-hot-spot-anthony-call/161460547/ |access-date=December 24, 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |page=C7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Call began his career in 1961, appearing in the crime drama television series ''Route 66''.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Three Sides|series=Route 66|network=CBS|airdate=November 18, 1960|season=1|number=7}}</ref> The next year, he made an appearance in the television programs ''Outlaws'' and ''The Dick Powell Theatre''.<ref>{{Citation|title=TV Castings|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation|volume=170|page=10|date=June 29, 1962}}</ref>
Call guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Dakotas'',<ref name="c">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|page=128|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''The Twilight Zone'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spVkCwAAQBAJ|title=The Twilight Zone FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Fifth Dimension and Beyond|page=247|first=Dave|last=Thompson|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=November 2015|isbn=9781495046100|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''The Fugitive'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/anthony_call|title=Anthony D. Call|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref> ''The Virginian'', ''Star Trek'' and ''Combat!''.<ref name="b" /> In addition to his guest-starring appearances, he portrayed senator Colin Whitney in ''The Edge of Night'' from 1970 to 1971,<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 22, 1981 |title=Politicians: new soap scoundrels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-politicians-new-soap-s/161460610/ |access-date=December 24, 2024 |work=The Boston Globe |page=389 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Dr. Joe Werner on ''Guiding Light'' from 1972 to 1976,<ref name="a" /> and Herb Callison on ''One Life to Live'' from 1979 to 1991.
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0130083}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/anthony_call Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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