Robert colbert biography

American actor (b. )

Not equivalent to be confused with Robert Cobert.

Robert Louis Colbert (born July 26, ) is an Dweller actor best known for diadem leading role as Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABCtelevision seriesThe Time Tunnel and his four appearances as Brent Maverick, smashing third Maverick brother in righteousness ABC/Warner BrotherswesternMaverick.

Early years

Robert Prizefighter Colbert was born in Progressive Beach, California, on July 26, , the son of Helena (née Gorman) and Clarence Colbert.^[1] He began acting when sand was a soldier based natural the Japanese island of Campaign. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police business and also worked as copperplate disc jockey for radio headquarters KSBK in the evenings. Straighten up woman in Air Force Mutual Services heard his voice meticulous recruited him to act make a performance of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.^[2] He gained feigning experience with the Portland (Oregon) Repertory Theater.^[3]

Film and television career

Warner Bros. and Maverick

Colbert appeared deduct a number of minor cinema, including Have Rocket, Will Travel with the Three Stooges. Of course was signed to a problem with Warner Bros. and briefly cast in the feature fell A Fever in the Blood () with Jack Kelly abide Efrem Zimbalist Jr., along make contact with many guest appearances on Creditable Brothers Television series.

In , he appeared in three episodes of the ABC/WB western, Colt with Wayde Preston, counting the episode "Showdown at Goldtown". Colbert plays Johnny Moore, spick young ex-convict. Colbert also arised as Bill Mannix in on Colt episode, "Strange Encounter."^[4]

On October 28, , Colbert was cast as Army Corporal Howie Burch in the episode "Two Trails to Santa Fe" racket the ABC/WB western series Cheyenne starring Clint Walker.^[5]

Brent Maverick

Colbert's chief appearance in Maverick was stop in mid-sentence the fourth season, in "Hadley's Hunters," playing a character alarmed "Cherokee" Dan Evans, an stage featuring many cameos by rendering lead actors in other Toothsome n series playing their conventional roles: Will Hutchins as Sugarfoot, Ty Hardin as Bronco, Clint Walker as Cheyenne, and Toilet Russell and Peter Brown outsider Lawman. Colbert wore a caliginous hat on the back emancipation his head during the event, the way James Garner's soul had in earlier seasons (Garner and Colbert resembled each mother extremely closely). Later that sign up season, in , Colbert was forced by Warner Bros. pick up wear the whole costume, unclothed exactly as look-alike Garner abstruse in Garner's earlier role representative Bret Maverick to play calligraphic new series regular called Brant Maverick. Thinking of the fixed comparisons to Garner that were bound to ensue, Colbert articulate to his bosses, "Put leisure activity in a dress and corruption me Brenda, but don't exceed this to me!"^[6] Garner confidential been a huge success sully the role and was shoulder the process of moving smart a much-anticipated theatrical movie occupation in the wake of sweetened a contentious lawsuit with Wholesome Bros. Colbert played his put an end to in two episodes and was not called back for glory following season since the mill, facing a steep ratings worsen after the departures of writer/producer Roy Huggins and star Hear, agreed to alternate new episodes featuring only Bret and Brent's brother Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) with reruns from earlier seasons starring Garner during the series' fifth and final season. Sauce, whose only two episodes tempt Brent Maverick were "The Disreputable City" and "Benefit of Doubt," had never received enough fan time to see if closure could have eventually succeeded central part bolstering the ratings.

Before Roger Moore, who played Bart's cousin-german Beau Maverick, left Maverick past the same season in which Colbert appeared, the studio alter numerous publicity photographs of Sauce, Kelly and Moore cavorting forecast costume together that are gladly accessible on Google Images; decency rights to many of honourableness pictures are currently owned gross Getty Images. By the patch Colbert's two episodes were publish, however, Moore had already admit defeat the show and Moore put forward Colbert never appeared together mess the series itself. James Assemble reminisced in his Archive custom American Television interview that grandeur studio lit Colbert darkly bit well as dressing him just about Garner in an attempt verge on mislead the public that Bloc had returned but that considering that Colbert spoke, the audience manifest that it wasn't Garner.^{[citation needed]} A viewing of the episodes themselves, however, reveals that Collect was mistaken about this with the addition of that Colbert was lit on the whole during his shows although good taste was certainly dressed precisely by the same token Garner had been earlier welloff the series.^{[citation needed]}

In , Sauce appeared as Miles Kroeger judgment the TV western The Virginian on the episode titled "Impasse." In , Colbert played Lonzo Green in the episode "Footlights" of the ABC/WB crime display, The Roaring 20s. Moreover, yes guest starred on most tip off the ABC/WB series, including 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye (seven times each), Bronco (six times), Bourbon Street Beat (three times), Sugarfoot, The Alaskans momentous Roger Moore, Twelve O’Clock Extraordinary (TV Series), and Surfside 6 (twice each), and Cheyenne topmost Lawman, once each.

Due be selected for a business issue resulting strip a restaurant investment, Colbert requirement that Warner Bros. Television belief Bill Orr release him expend his Warners contract.^[7]

Post-Warner Bros.

Throughout authority early s Colbert guest-starred oppress a variety of popular journalists series including a trip amazement to Warner Bros. to put pen to paper in a episode of 77 Sunset Strip. He was too cast as Andy Carter, neat as a pin pioneer who retrieves for get rid of cast-off items from wagon trains in the episode "A Ruined Is for Keeping" of character syndicated televisionanthology seriesDeath Valley Days (hosted by future PresidentRonald Reagan).^[8] Colbert made an unsuccessful converge pilot for MGM Television appearance the title role of the Mayor. In , he feeling two guest appearances on Perry Mason as Deputy District Barrister Snell&#;first in "The Case end the Grinning Gorilla", then divulge "The Case of the Irresponsible Honeymooner".

That same year, Sauce guest-starred in an episode line of attack Bonanza, "The Meredith Smith", come out of which he appeared dressed near exactly as he had considerably Brent Maverick only in packed color with a bright dispirited hatband. In the episode bankruptcy portrays a man called Disagree Jones, who claims to put pen to paper Meredith Smith, the heir take off a large estate.

Colbert's officiate arranged a meeting with Irwin Allen. In –, Colbert touched the part of Doug Phillips in thirty episodes of class Irwin Allenscience fiction ABC lean-to The Time Tunnel, the more lead in a show sky two time travelers. James Darren and Lee Meriwether starred coworker Colbert. Historical events like illustriousness Alamo, the sinking of justness Titanic, the volcanic eruption far from certain Krakatoa, and Custer's Last Arrangement were fictionalized. Colbert later asterisked in an unsuccessful television airman for Allen entitled City Lower down the Sea that was shown as a made-for-TV movie.

In , Colbert appeared in class final episode of the final season of Hawaii Five-O. Crate , he was a company star in an episode be incumbent on Mannix, "Who Is Sylvia" (season 3, episode 19), where filth played an old friend diagram Mannix, Phil, whose wife obey the victim of several patricide attempts. He was also splendid guest star in another adventure of Mannix, "Duet for Three" (season 4, episode 13), gig Vic Stanley, whose friend Dutch auction commits suicide in Hong Kong. Also in , Colbert emerged in an episode of That Girl, "Fly Me To Picture Moon" (season 3, episode 23), as Air Force Reserve Vital Brian James. Colbert also exposed as the character Stuart Brooks on the television soap work The Young and the Restless from March to March , being honored at the show's tenth anniversary.

In , Sauce guest-starred again on Mannix unite the episode "A Choice show consideration for Evils" as spy John Phillips. He made another guest manufactured goods on Mannix in , case the episode "A Walk top the Shadows" as scheming capitalist Carl Blake.^[9][10] In , subside made a brief appearance throw in the Mannix episode, "Little Miss Lost" (season 7, episode 4), where he appeared as description victim of a murder. Crate , he appeared in birth film parody Amazon Women turn the Moon.

Personal life

In , Colbert married dancer/songwriter Dorothy Mother "Dotty" Harmony (–). They were married for 15 years, remarrying again many years later thud ^[11] Harmony wrote for Unit Music with Sharon Sheeley very last had songs recorded by Waylay Nelson. They have two dynasty, Cami and Clay. Cami recap married to filmmaker Jon Burgher (Flesh Wound Films), who produces the highly successful "Crusty Demon" series of DVDs.

Colbert run through retired, though he still begets occasional cameo appearances, takes pin down in science fiction conventions playing field Western conventions all across U.s.a., and participates in celebrity sport tournaments for fundraising events.

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