Robert Lansing

Robert Lansing (5 Juni 1928 - 23 Oktober 1994) adalah seorang aktor panggung, film dan televisi Amerika. Lahir di San Diego, California sebagai Robert Howell Brown, dia dilaporkan mengambil nama belakang aktingnya dari ibu kota negara bagian Michigan. Sebagai aktor muda di New York City, dia dipekerjakan untuk bergabung dengan sebuah perusahaan saham di Michigan tetapi diberitahu bahwa dia harus bergabung dengan Actors Equity Association terlebih dahulu. Equity tidak mengizinkan dia bergabung sebagai "Robert Brown" karena sudah ada aktor lain yang menggunakan nama itu. Karena perusahaan sahamnya berbasis di Lansing, ini menjadi nama belakang baru aktor tersebut. Pada musim televisi 1961–1962, Lansing tampil sebagai Detektif Steve Carella di serial NBC's 87th Precinct berdasarkan novel detektif Ed McBain. Pemerannya adalah Gena Rowlands, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, dan Norman Fell. Pada tahun 1961, ia berperan sebagai penjahat Frank Dalton dalam episode dua bagian The Outlaws NBC dengan Barton MacLane. Di bidang film, Lansing membintangi film fiksi ilmiah akhir tahun 1950-an Manusia 4D (yang menampilkan Patty Duke muda). Peran televisi terkenal lainnya termasuk penggambaran seorang profesor perguruan tinggi alkoholik dalam drama ABC Channing, sebagai Jenderal George Custer di serial NBC karya Chuck Connors Branded, sebagai Gil Green dalam episode "Fear Begins at Forty" tahun 1963 di drama medis NBC The Eleventh Hour, dalam episode I Spy tahun 1965, Gunsmoke tahun 1965 sebagai pemburu hadiah, sebagai petugas pembebasan bersyarat dalam episode tahun 1968 (A Time To Love - A Time To Cry) dari The Mod Squad dan sebagai agen rahasia antargalaksi Gary Seven dalam episode "Assignment: Earth" tahun 1968 di Star Trek. Dia muncul sebagai Jenderal Frank Savage di SMA Dua Belas O'Clock, sebagai agen rahasia internasional di The Man Who Never Was, sebagai Lt. Jack Curtis di Automan dan sebagai Control di The Equalizer. Dia membuat penampilan penting di The Twilight Zone episode "The Long Morrow". Peran terakhirnya adalah sebagai "Paul Blaisdell" Kung Fu: Legenda Berlanjut.

Robert Lansing (June 5, 1928 - October 23, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actor. Born in San Diego, California as Robert Howell Brown, he reportedly took his acting surname from the state capital of Michigan. As a young actor in New York City, he was hired to join a stock company in Michigan but was told he would first have to join Actors Equity Association. Equity would not allow him to join as "Robert Brown" since there was already another actor using that name. Since the stock company was based in Lansing, this became the actor's new surname. In the 1961–1962 television season, Lansing appeared as Detective Steve Carella on NBC's 87th Precinct series based on the Ed McBain detective novels. His costars were Gena Rowlands, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, and Norman Fell. In 1961, he played the outlaw Frank Dalton in a two-part episode of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane. On film, Lansing starred in the late-1950s sci-fi film 4D Man (which included a young Patty Duke). Other notable television roles include portrayals of an alcoholic college professor in ABC's drama Channing, as General George Custer on Chuck Connors's NBC series Branded, as Gil Green in the 1963 episode "Fear Begins at Forty" on the NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour, in a 1965 episode of I Spy, 1965 Gunsmoke as a bounty hunter, as a parole officer in a 1968 episode (A Time To Love - A Time To Cry) of The Mod Squad and as intergalactic secret agent Gary Seven in a 1968 episode "Assignment: Earth" on Star Trek. He appeared as General Frank Savage on Twelve O'Clock High, as an international secret agent in The Man Who Never Was, as Lt. Jack Curtis on Automan and as Control on The Equalizer. He made a notable appearance on The Twilight Zone episode "The Long Morrow". His final role was that of "Paul Blaisdell" on Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.