Robert Phillips (actor)
Robert Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 10, 1925 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 5, 2018 (aged 93) |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1950s-1997 |
Robert Phillips (April 10, 1925 - November 5, 2018) was an American film and television actor.
Life and career
Phillips was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He was a self-defense instructor while Phillips served in the United States Marine Corps, in which he served in World War II[2] and later played football for the teams, Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins.[1] Phillips was also a police officer at Los Angeles Police Department and Illinois State Police.[2] He was a personal bodyguard of the 31st Governor of Illinois, Adlai Stevenson II.[2][3][4] Phillips began his film and television career in the 1950s,[1] in which a film producer told him to become a actor.[2]
Phillips attended at a acting school, where he had studied about acting.[2] He retired from being a police officer, in 1963.[2] In his film and television career, Phillips was preferred as a "tough guy",[3] in which he was frequently hired by studios to appear on Lee Marvin's films in Hollywood, California.[4] He then began to appear in two films with actor, Richard Jaeckel, such as, The Dirty Dozen and The Gun Runners.[4] Robert guest-starred in numerous television programs, including, Star Trek: The Original Series (in the episode "The Cage", Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, Bonanza, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Wild Wild West, Rawhide, Mission: Impossible, The High Chaparral, Mannix, The Fall Guy and Planet of the Apes.[1] His last credit from the western television series Bordertown.[1]
Death
Phillips died in November 2018.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Lentz, Harris (May 30, 2019). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 9781476636559 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f Wister, Emery (August 27, 1966). "Film Star? Not Bob". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 25. Retrieved December 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Freese, Gene (October 5, 2017). Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989. McFarland. p. 197. ISBN 9781476669434 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Freese, Gene (April 6, 2016). Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character. McFarland. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9781476662107 – via Google Books.