{{short description|American film and television actor}} {{about|the actor|the American athlete| Sam Gilman (runner) }} {{Infobox person |name = Sam Gilman |image = Sam Gilman in One-Eyed Jacks.jpg |caption = Gilman in ''One-Eyed Jacks'', 1961 |birth_date = {{birth date|1915|02|05}} |birth_place = Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1985|12|03|1915|02|05}} |death_place = North Hollywood, California, U.S. |occupation = Film and television actor |spouse = {{ubl | Mildred Virginia Gilman | {{marriage|Lisabeth Hush|1962|1968|end=div.}} }} |children = 3 |years_active = 1950–1983 }}
'''Sam Gilman''' (February 5, 1915 – December 3, 1985) was an American film and television actor.<ref name="directorWoes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/298536942/|title=Director Woes Multiply, But Brando's Calm|first=Joe|last=Hyams|work=The Miami News|location=Miami, Florida|date=February 2, 1959|access-date=February 7, 2022|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He was perhaps best known for playing Harvey Johnson in the 1961 film ''One-Eyed Jacks''.<ref name="b">{{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=318|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|isbn=9780786401581|via=Google Books}}</ref>
== Life and career == Gilman was born in Salem, Massachusetts.<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1963|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=189|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 16, 2017|isbn=9781476628561|via=Google Books}}</ref> He worked as a cartoonist on comic books for the comic book packager Funnies Inc., from the 1930s to the 1940s.<ref name="a" />
His acting career started in 1950 with an appearance in the film ''The Men''.<ref name="a" /> Other films Gilman appeared in included ''Sometimes a Great Notion'', ''PT 109'', ''The Shadow on the Window'', ''Away All Boats'', ''The Missouri Breaks'', ''One-Eyed Jacks'' (his first western film credit),<ref name="actor">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/632708435/|title=Actor And Horse Differ On Method|first=Joe|last=Hyams|work=Montreal Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada|date=January 8, 1959|access-date=February 7, 2022|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> ''Wild Rovers'', ''The Last Hard Men'', ''Full of Life'' and ''Macon County Line''.<ref name="a" />
thumb|upright=1.1|Gilman in ''Medic'', 1954
In 1966, he joined the regular cast of the new ABC western television series ''Shane'', playing bartender Sam Grafton.<ref name="a" /> Gilman also guest-starred in television programs such as ''Gunsmoke'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''The Big Valley'', ''Route 66'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Mannix'', ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', ''The Fugitive'', ''The Guns of Will Sonnett'', ''Outlaws'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Untouchables'' and ''Have Gun, Will Travel''.<ref name="b" />
Gilman also worked as an acting coach, helping actors with performing.<ref name="a" />
His final film credit was for the 1982 film ''National Lampoon's Movie Madness''.<ref name="a" />
== Personal life and death == Gilman had a close friendship with actor Marlon Brando.<ref name="brandosBreakup">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/103675685/|title=Brando's Bride Denies Break-Up|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=December 13, 1957|access-date=February 7, 2022|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
Gilman married Lisabeth Hush on January 26, 1962, in Los Angeles. They adopted a son, and they divorced in 1968.<ref name="a" /> Gilman died on December 3, 1985, in North Hollywood, California, at the age of 70.<ref name="a" />
== Selected filmography== * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 20: "The Day of the Bullet") as Policeman * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 30: "Insomnia") as Fire Captain Frank * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1960) (Season 6 Episode 3: "Very Moral Theft") as Charlie * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1962) (Season 7 Episode 15: "The Door Without a Key") as Squad Car Officer * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 6: "Final Vow") as Lieutenant Shapiro * ''Star Trek'' (1968) (Season 3 Episode 6: "Spectre of the Gun") as Doc Holliday
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0319462}} *{{TCMDb name|71499%7C137873}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/sam_gilman/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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