{{short description|American actor (1920-2015)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Jason Wingreen | image = Publicity_Photo_of_Jason_Wingreen.jpg | caption = Publicity photo of Jason Wingreen | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|10|9}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|25|1920|10|9}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | years_active = 1955–1994 | known_for = ''All in the Family'', ''Archie Bunker's Place'', ''The Empire Strikes Back'' | children = Ned Wingreen | occupation = Actor | spouse = {{Marriage|Gloria Scott Backe|1955|1996|end=died}} }}
'''Jason Wingreen''' (October 9, 1920 – December 25, 2015) was an American actor. He portrayed bartender Harry Snowden on the CBS sitcom ''All in the Family'' (1976–1979), a role he reprised on the continuation series ''Archie Bunker's Place'' (1979–1983). He was also the original voice of ''Star Wars'' character Boba Fett in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980).
==Early years== Born in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family, he grew up in Howard Beach, Queens, attended John Adams High School, and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1941.<ref name="Bowie"/> While at Brooklyn College, he participated in the Varsity Dramatic Society.<ref name="Bowie">{{Cite web|last=Bowie|first=Stephen|title=An Interview With Jason Wingreen: Part One|work=The Classic TV History Blog|access-date=October 20, 2011|url=http://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/an-interview-with-jason-wingreen-part-one|date=2010-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Brooklyn College Play Honors Dr. Gideonse|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3431954/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle|agency=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=November 3, 1939|page=13|via= Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> Wingreen originally planned to become a newspaper reporter after writing about high school sports for the ''Brooklyn Eagle'' during his high school years.<ref name=oj>{{cite news|title=Wingreen: Bunker's Bartender|newspaper=The Ottawa Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3432273/the_ottawa_journal/|agency=The Ottawa Journal|date=August 23, 1980|page=90|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
During World War II, he served with the United States Army Air Force and was stationed in England and Germany. Following his return home, with the aid of the G.I. Bill, he studied acting at New York's New School.
He was a co-founder of the Circle in the Square Theatre company in New York's Greenwich Village,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Danton |title=Broadway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-jason-wingreen-1920-2015/185428997/ |work=Daily News |date=May 13, 1956 |location=New York, NY |page=244 |access-date=November 22, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleiner |first1=Dick |title=Recognition Is Bracer for Archie's Bartender |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette-jason-wingreen-19/185428781/ |work=The Kalamazoo Gazette |date=September 20, 1980 |location=Kalamazoo, MI |page=31 |access-date=November 22, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> and he appeared for the first time on Broadway in two 1954 plays: ''The Girl on the Via Flaminia'' and ''Fragile Fox''.<ref name="Broadway">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-wingreen-dead-all-family-851697|title=Jason Wingreen Dead: 'All in the Family Bartender' Was 95|first1=Mike|last1=Barnes|date=January 1, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media}}</ref>
==Career==
===Film=== {{quote box |width = 25em |border = 1px |align=right |bgcolor= #FAE7B5 |fontsize = 88% |quote = I've signed a lot of photos of Boba Fett. I was living a quiet, peaceful, unencumbered life until that news broke, and when the news came out in a Star Wars magazine, for which I'd done an interview, the letters just never stopped.<ref name="EW Obit">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/02/jason-wingreen-obituary-star-wars-boba-fett-all-family|access-date=January 3, 2016|date=January 2, 2016|first=Nick|last=Romano|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|title=Jason Wingreen, All in the Family actor and voice of Boba Fett in Star Wars, dies at 95}}</ref> |salign = right |source = — Wingreen, on ''his role as Boba Fett and signing autographs'' (April 9, 2014)}}<!--- Date is from Article on Star Trek.com. --->
In 1958, Wingreen had the role of Nichols in the 20th Century Fox production ''The Bravados''.<ref>{{cite news|title='The Bravados' at Capitol|newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3432078/the_berkshire_eagle/|agency=The Berkshire Eagle|date=September 4, 1958|page=8|via=Newspapers.com|access-date = October 17, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Wingreen lent his voice to the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the 1980 sequel to ''Star Wars'', ''The Empire Strikes Back''. English actor Jeremy Bulloch physically portrayed the character. For the DVD release of the film in 2004, Wingreen's lines were re-recorded by New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison. The 2002 film ''Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' established that Boba Fett was a clone of Jango Fett, who was also played by Morrison.<ref name="EW Obit"/>
From the early 1960s Wingreen was a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<ref name=CT>{{cite web|work=Chicago Tribune|title=If I ruled the Oscars (insert your idea here)|date=February 29, 2008|first=Michael|last=Phillips|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-02-29/features/0802270675_1_oscar-show-motion-picture-arts-poor-ratings|publisher=Tribune Publishing|access-date=January 3, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105239/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-02-29/features/0802270675_1_oscar-show-motion-picture-arts-poor-ratings|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Stage=== Wingreen helped to found the Circle in the Square Theatre in Greenwich Village.<ref name=oj/> On Broadway, he played in ''The Girl on the Via Flaminia'' and ''Fragile Fox'', both in 1954.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Wingreen|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/61818/Jason-Wingreen|website=Playbill Vault|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref>
===Television=== {{quote box |width = 25em |border = 1px |align=right |bgcolor= #FAE7B5 |fontsize = 88% |quote = I'm enjoying retirement, but not when I'm not feeling well and, unfortunately, not feeling well seems to come with old age. I retired after I did my episode of Seinfeld. I was 72 and my wife wasn't well. She wanted to travel some more, so I just decided that was enough and I didn't do any more acting. My wife died in 1996 and I've been living alone. My son and his family live in Princeton, New Jersey, and he's a professor at Princeton. He's a terrific guy and he calls me twice a week, to make sure I'm still alive. And I have a grandson and a granddaughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intl.startrek.com/article/guest-star-jason-wingreen-relives-trek-and-other-roles|date=April 9, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2016|author=StarTrek.com Staff|work=StarTrek.com|title=Guest Star Jason Wingreen Relives Trek And Other Roles}}</ref> |salign = right |source = — Wingreen, on ''his retirement'' (April 9, 2014)}}
Wingreen was known for his role as bar owner/bartender Harry Snowden on the television sitcom ''All in the Family'' and its continuation series, ''Archie Bunker's Place''.<ref name=CT/>
Prior to this, Wingreen was a regular during the 1960–61 season of ''The Untouchables'', playing Police Captain Dorsett. He performed in "A Stop at Willoughby," "The Midnight Sun," and "The Bard," three episodes of the original ''Twilight Zone'' series. He also appeared on the original ''Star Trek'' series, making him one of the few people involved with both ''Star Wars'' and ''Star Trek''. Wingreen also had a recurring role as Judge Arthur Beaumont in the series ''Matlock'', and has guest-starred in numerous other series, including ''Mission: Impossible'', ''Outer Limits'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''The Armstrong Circle Theatre'', ''Alcoa Theatre'', ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'', ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', ''Dr. Kildare'', and ''The Fugitive''.
In 1965, Wingreen portrayed Adolf Hitler on ''Blue Light''.<ref name="mcneil">McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 104.</ref><ref name="Brooks and Marsh">Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, Sixth Edition'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, {{ISBN|0-345-39736-3}}, p. 116.</ref>
In 1975: Ellery Queen series, one episode: "The adventure of the lover's leap", as Roy Miller.
In 1979, Wingreen was a part of the ensemble cast of the TV mini-series ''Roots: The Next Generations''. In 1991, he guest starred on ''General Hospital'' as Judge Mattson.
After an appearance on TV's ''Seinfeld'' in the 1990s, Wingreen retired from acting.<ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/01/03/character-actor-jason-wingreen-voice-boba-fett-dies/78232786/|access-date=January 3, 2016|date=January 3, 2016|first=Bryan|last=Alexander|title=Character actor Jason Wingreen, voice of Boba Fett, dies|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company}}</ref> His last credited TV work was on ''In The Heat Of The Night'' in 1994.<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/jason-wingreen-dead-prolific-tv-actor-all-in-the-family-boba-fett-the-empire-strikes-back-1201675164/|access-date=January 3, 2016|first=Kinsey|last=Lowe|date=January 2, 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|title=Jason Wingreen Dead: Prolific TV Actor Who Appeared In 'All In The Family' Was 95}}</ref>
==Personal life== Wingreen married Gloria Scott Backe.<ref name="NY Times Obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/arts/television/jason-wingreen-the-original-boba-fett-dies-at-95.html?_r=0|access-date=January 5, 2016|date=January 4, 2016|work=The New York Times|first=Daniel E.|last=Slotnik|title=Jason Wingreen, the Original Boba Fett, Dies at 95}}</ref><ref name="Gloria">{{cite web|url=https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/tag/gloria-scott-backe/|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=May 13, 2010|first=Stephen|last=Bowie|work=Classic TV History|title=An Interview With Jason Wingreen: Part One}}</ref> Backe, known as "Scotty" died in 1996.<ref name="NY Times Obit"/><ref name="Gloria"/> They had one son together.<ref name="Broadway"/><ref name="NY Times Obit"/>
===Death=== Wingreen died at the age of 95 at his home in Los Angeles, California, on December 25, 2015. Jeremy Bulloch, who physically portrayed Boba Fett, paid tribute saying that "he will be sadly missed by his family, friends and all the ''Star Wars'' fans."<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Wars exclusive: Boba Fett the body pays tribute to Boba Fett the voice|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Star-Wars-exclusive-Boba-Fett-body-plays-tribute/story-28466720-detail/story.html|website=leicestermercury.co.uk|publisher=Leicester Mercury|access-date=22 March 2016|date=5 January 2016}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He was survived by his son, theoretical physicist, Ned Wingreen, two grandchildren, and his sister, Harriet, a former pianist for the New York Philharmonic.<ref name="Broadway"/><ref name="US Obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/star-wars-actor-jason-wingreen-dead-at-95-w160659|access-date=January 3, 2016|work=Us Weekly|title=Star Wars Actor Jason Wingreen Dead at 95|date=January 2, 2016|first=Will|last=Mendelson|publisher=Wenner Media LLC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/02/original-voice-of-boba-fett-jason-wingreen-dies-at-95|access-date=January 3, 2016|date=January 2, 2016|first=Alex|last=Osborn|work=IGN|publisher=j2 Global|title=ORIGINAL VOICE OF BOBA FETT, JASON WINGREEN, DIES AT 95}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes ! ref |- |1956 |''Three Brave Men'' | Perry | | |- |1957 |''The True Story of Jesse James'' | Peter | Uncredited | |- |1958 |''The Bravados'' | Hotel Clerk | Uncredited | |- |1961 |''Everything's Ducky'' | Lipscott's Helper | Uncredited | |- |rowspan="2"| 1965 |''A Rage to Live'' | Jim | Uncredited | |- |''The Slender Thread'' | Medical Technician | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1967 |''Warning Shot'' | Reporter Outside Courtroom | Uncredited <br/> | |- |''A Guide for the Married Man'' | Harry 'Big Fella' Johnson | | |- | 1969 |''Marlowe'' | Camera Store Clerk | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1970 |''The Dunwich Horror'' | Sheriff Harrison | | |- |''The Cheyenne Social Club'' | Dr. Farley Carter | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1971 |''Skin Game'' | 2nd Speaker | | |- |''The Todd Killings'' | Policeman | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1972 |''The Magnificent Seven Ride!'' | Warden | Uncredited <br/> | |- |''They Only Kill Their Masters'' | Mallory | | |- | 1974 |''The Terminal Man'' | Instructor | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1975 |''Mr. Ricco'' | Judge | | |- |''Hustle'' | Jim Lang | | |- | 1976 |''Moving Violation'' | Psychiatrist | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1980 |''Airplane!'' | Dr. Brody | | <ref name="commentary">{{cite video|people=Abrahams, Jim; Zucker, David; Zucker, Jerry; Davidson, Jon|date=2000|title=Airplane! DVD audio commentary| medium=DVD|publisher=Paramount Pictures}}</ref> |- |''The Empire Strikes Back'' | Boba Fett | {{Plain list | * Voice in original release and 1997 Special Edition, replaced by Temuera Morrison since all 2004 re-releases * Also known as '''''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back''''' }} | <ref>{{Cite web|first=Ian|last=Nathan|title=The 500 greatest movies of all time, No. 3: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)|url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/97.asp|publisher=Empire|access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/100-greatest-movies-of-all-time/page:9|title=Film features: 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time|publisher=Total Film|access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/filmfour.html|title=100 Greatest Films of All Time|publisher=AMC Filmsite.org|access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/mrshowbz.html|title=The 100 Best Movies of All Time by Mr. Showbiz|publisher=AMC Filmsite.org|access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref> |- |- |rowspan="2"|1984 |''Oh God!'' | Hotel Manager | | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/oh-god-avery-corman/1114285610|access-date=January 2, 2016|work=Barnes & Noble|title=Oh, God!}}</ref> |- | ''The Red Fury'' | Mr. Taylor | | |- |1988 |''Arthur 2: On the Rocks'' | Boardmember #2 | | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes ! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1955 | ''The Armstrong Circle Theatre'' | {{cGuest}} | Episode: "Crisis (AKA Jet Pilot)" (S 6:Ep 33) | |- | 1956 | ''Playhouse 90'' | The Captain | Episode: "Forbidden Area (Pilot)" (S 1:Ep 1) | |- | 1957 | ''Kraft Television Theatre'' | Sweeny | Episode: "The Killer Instinct" (S 10:Ep 52) | |- | rowspan="4" | 1958 | ''Steve Canyon'' | {{cGuest}} | Episode: "Operation Heartbeat" (S 1:Ep 4) | |- | ''The Rough Riders'' | Degnan | Episode: "The Duelists" (S 1:Ep 4) | |- | ''Playhouse 90'' | Reporter with Capone | Episode: "Seven Against the Wall" (S 3:Ep 11) | |- | ''Alcoa Theatre'' | Gene Vermeth | Episode: "Coogan's Reward" (S 2:Ep 15) | |- | rowspan="6" | 1959 | ''Alcoa Theatre'' | Hirsh | Episode: "The Best Way To Go" (S 2:Ep 38) | |- | ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' | Theater Manager | Episode: "Caper at the Bijou (Pilot)" (S 1:Ep 1) | |- | ''Five Fingers'' | Dentist | Episode: "The Man With The Triangle Heads" (S 1:Ep 5) | |- | ''The Troubleshooters'' | Pophir | Episode: "Pipeline" (S 1:Ep 8) | |- | ''Playhouse 90'' | Blair | Episode: "The Tunnel" (S 4:Ep 6) | |- | ''Adventures in Paradise'' | Romer | Episode: "The Bamboo Curtain" (S 1:Ep 10) | |- | rowspan="6" | 1960 | ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' | Mr. McGruder | Episode: "Love Is a Fallacy" (S 1:Ep 22) | |- | ''Johnny Staccato'' | Desk Sergeant | Episode: "A Nice Little Town" (S 1:Ep 25) | |- | ''Bourbon Street Beat'' | Ben Anderson | Episode: "Swamp Fire" (S 1:Ep 27) | |- |''Twilight Zone'' | Train Conductor | Episode: "A Stop at Willoughby" (S 1:Ep 30) | |- | ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' | Nick Peters | Episode: "Journey for Josh" (S 3:Ep 3) | |- | ''The Untouchables'' | Turner | Episode: "The Mark Of Cain" (S 2:Ep 5) | |- | rowspan="2" | 1961 | ''Surfside 6'' | Simm | Episode: "License to Steal" (S 1:Ep 19) | |- | ''The Twilight Zone'' | Mr. Shuster | Episode: "The Midnight Sun" (S 3:Ep 10) | |- | rowspan="4" | 1962 | ''Margie'' | Wallace | Episode: "The Wolf of Wall Street: (S 1:Ep 25) | |- | ''The Untouchables'' | Second Hood | Episode: "The Pea" (S 4:Ep 5) | |- | ''Disney's World of Color'' | Narrator | | <ref>{{cite news|title=(TV listing)|newspaper=Standard-Speaker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3432168/standardspeaker/|agency=Standard-Speaker|date=December 15, 1962|page=19|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> |- | ''The Untouchables'' | Phil Banyas | Episode: "The Eddie O'Gara Story" (S 4:Ep 7) | |- | rowspan="3" | 1963 | ''Outer Limits'' | Fred Severn | Episode: "O.B.I.T." (S 1:Ep 7) | |- | ''The Fugitive'' | Tim Cates | {{Plain list | * Episode: "See Hollywood and Die" (S 1:Ep 8) * Uncredited }} | |- |''Bonanza'' | Hank | Episode: "The Way of Aaron" (S4:Ep 24) | |- | rowspan="10" | 1964 | ''The Fugitive'' | Friar | Episode: "Angels Travel on Lonely Roads, part 1" (S 1:Ep 24) | |- | ''The Outer Limits'' | Bill Turner | Episode: "The Special One" (S 1:Ep 28) | |- | ''Bonanza'' | Luke | Episode: "Enter Thomas Bowers" (S 5:Ep 30) | |- | ''The Outer Limits'' | Coroner Leland | Episode: "Expanding Human" (S 2:Ep 4) | |- | ''Twelve O'Clock High'' | Major Rosen | Episode: "Pressure Point" (S 1:Ep 6) | |- | ''Slattery's People'' | Mr. Samuels | Episode: "Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?" (S 1:Ep 7) | |- | ''Profiles in Courage'' | Reporter | Episode: "The Mary S. McDowell Story" (S 1:Ep 2) | |- | ''Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre'' | Birdie Max | Episode: "Parties to the Crime" (S 2:Ep 7) | |- | ''Profiles in Courage'' | Hanson | Episode: "Thomas Hart Benton" (S 1:Ep 3) | |- | ''The Fugitive'' | Photographer | Episode: "The Iron Maiden" (S 2:Ep 13) | |- | rowspan="9" | 1965 | ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' | Hackie | Episode: "The Deadly Decoy Affair" (S 1:Ep 15) | |- | ''Twelve O'Clock High'' | Major Rosen | Episode: "The Clash: (S 1:Ep 21) | |- | ''Dr. Kildare'' | Painter | Episode: "Do You Trust Your Doctor?" (S 4:Ep 23) | |- | ''The Rogues'' | {{cGuest}} | Episode: "The Pigeons of Paris" (S 1:Ep 25) | |- | ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' | Mikhil Brynov | Episode: "The Exile" (S 1:Ep 27) | |- | ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' | Savadow | Episode: "Kill No More" (S 2:Ep 23) | |- | ''The Fugitive'' | Jack | Episode: "Three Cheers for Little Boy Blue" (S 3:Ep 6) | |- | ''Amos Burke: Secret Agent'' | Gunter Ernst | Episode: "The Weapon" (S 1:Ep 9) | |- | ''The Loner'' | Lucas | Episode: "Hunt the Man Down" (S 1:Ep 13) | |- | rowspan="10" | 1966 | ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' | Loser in Casino | Episode: "The Birds and the Bees Affair" (S 2:Ep 18) | |- | ''The Wild Wild West'' | Policeman | Episode: "The Night of the Whirring Death: (S 1:Ep 20) | |- | ''Get Smart'' | KAOS Agent #2 | Episode: "Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain" (S 1:Ep 24) | |- | ''Blue Light'' | Adolf Hitler | Episode: "Invasion by the Stars" (S 1:Ep 9) | <ref name="mcneil"/><ref name="Brooks and Marsh"/> |- | ''The Fugitive'' | Reporter | Episode: "The 2130" (S 3:Ep 27) | |- | ''A Man Called Shenandoah'' | Hotel Clerk | Episode: "Requiem for the Second" (S 1:Ep 32) | |- | ''Felony Squad'' | Joe Caslin | Episode: "A Walk To Oblivion" (S 1:Ep 2) | |- | ''The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'' | Fahd | Episode: "The Prisoner of Zalamar Affair: (S 1:Ep 2) | |- | ''Shane'' | Ira Jackson | Episode: "Day of the Hawk" (S 1:Ep 7) | |- | ''Run for Your Life'' | Harbormaster | Episode: "The Man Who Had No Enemies" (S 2:Ep 10) | |- | 1966–1967 | ''The Rounders'' | Shorty Dawes | Main cast | |- | rowspan="11" | 1967 | ''Captain Nice'' | Thug 1 | Episode: "That Thing" (S 1:Ep 3) | |- | ''The Fugitive'' | Nebbs | Episode: "Concrete Evidence" (S 4:Ep 18) | |- | ''The Green Hornet'' | Doctor | Episode: "Bad Bet on a 459—Silent" (S 1:Ep 21) | |- | ''Felony Squad'' | Morrie | Episode: "Target!" (S 1:Ep 24) | |- | ''The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'' | Dictator | Episode: "The Phi Beta Killer Affair" (S 1:Ep 25) | <ref>{{cite news|title=(TV listing)|newspaper=Naugatuck Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3432209/naugatuck_daily_news/|agency=Naugatuck Daily News|date=March 14, 1967|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> |- | ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' | Doctor | Episode: "When I Was a Young Man" (S 2:Ep 25) | |- | ''The Road West'' | Norman Todd | Episode: "The Agreement" (S 1:Ep 28) | |- | ''The Invaders'' | Clerk | Episode: "The Trial" (S 2:Ep 6) | |- | ''Felony Squad'' | Collier | Episode: "Hit and Run, Run, Run" (S2:Ep 8) | |- | ''Judd, for the Defense'' | Judge | Episode: "To Kill A Madman" (S 1:Ep 12) | |- | ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' | Security Guard | Uncredited; Episode: "The Maze Affair" (S 4:Ep 13) | |- | 1967–1969 | ''Ironside'' | Bell Captain, Man and Sam Freeman | Episodes: "Light at the End of the Journey: (S 1:Ep 10), Episode: "I, the People" (S 2:Ep 7) and "Rundown on a Bum Rap" (S 2:Ep 17) | |- | 1968–1972 | ''Adam-12'' | Mr. Kerr, Tom Beaten and Suspect | Episodes: "Log 122: Christmas – The Yellow Dump Truck" (S 1:Ep 13), "Log 106: Post Time" (S 3:Ep 24) and "Log 102: The Wednesday Warrior" (S 4:Ep 24) | |- | rowspan="7" | 1968 | ''Cimarron Strip'' | Mr. Glass | Episode: "Heller" (S 1:Ep 17) | |- | ''The Guns of Will Sonnett'' | Milby | Episode: "Stopover in a Troubled Town" (S 1:Ep 22) | |- | ''Judd, for the Defense'' | Judge | Episode: "The Devil's Surrogate" (S 1:Ep 23) | |- | ''Felony Squad'' | Art Rice | Episode: "Kiss Me, Kill You" (S 3:Ep 5) | |- | ''The Name of the Game'' | District Attorney | Episode: "The Ordeal" (S 1:Ep 10) | |- | ''Star Trek'' | Dr. Linke | Episode: "The Empath" (S 3:Ep 12) | |- | ''Mission: Impossible'' | Official | Episode: "The Play" (S 3:Ep 9) | |- | 1969 | ''Mannix'' | Barney | Episode: "The Solid Gold Web" (S 2:Ep 23) | |- | rowspan="2" | 1970 | ''CBS Playhouse'' | {{cGuest}} | Episode: "The Day Before Sunday" (S 3:Ep 3) | |- | ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' | Mr. Desmond | Episode: "Emmett Takes a Fall" (S 2:Ep 15) | |- | rowspan="3"| 1973 | ''Miracle on 34th Street'' | Halloran |- | ''Kojak'' | 1st Reporter | Episode: Girl in the River (S 1:Ep 5) | |- | ''Outrage'' | Mr. Bunce | | |- |rowspan="2"| 1974 | ''Honky Tonk'' | | | |- | ''The Terminal Man'' | Instructor | | |- | 1975 |''Hustle'' | Jim Lang | | |- | 1976 | ''Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style'' | Second Detective | {{Plain list | * Made-for-TV-Movie * Directed by Lee Philips }} | |- | 1977–1979 | ''All in the Family'' | Harry Snowden | Recurring | |- | 1978 | ''Vega$'' | Hank Adamek | Uncredited | |- | 1979–1983 | ''Archie Bunker's Place'' | Harry Snowden | Recurring | |- | 1979 | ''Captain America'' | Doctor #2 | | |- | 1987 | ''Hunter'' | Benjamin Winfield | Episode: "Double Exposure" | |- | 1987 | ''Highway To Heaven'' | Ben Conrad | Episode: "Playing for Keeps" | |- | 1987–1991 | ''Matlock'' | Judge Arthur Beaumont | 11 episodes | |- | 1989 | ''Mama's Family'' | Fred Gebhardt | Episode: "Hate Thy Neighbor" | |- | 1991 | ''General Hospital'' | Judge Mattson | Episode: "1.7242" | |- | 1992 | ''Seinfeld'' | Man #2 | Episode: "The Opera" (S 4:Ep 9) | |- | 1994 | ''In the Heat of the Night'' | Georgie | Episode: "Who Was Geli Bendl?" (S 8:Ep 2), (final appearance) | <ref name="Deadline"/> |- |}
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