Acting

Herb Vigran

Born June 5, 1910 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Died November 29, 1986 · aged 76

A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love…

Known For

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · 1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Party Girl

Party Girl · 1958

MovieCrimeDrama

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Unsinkable Molly Brown · 1964

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.

The Love Bug

The Love Bug · 1968

MovieComedyFamily

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost · 1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

MovieComedyFantasy

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon · 1953

MovieComedyRomance

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Herbie Rides Again

Herbie Rides Again · 1974

Herbie Rides Again

MovieRomanceComedy

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

The Racket

The Racket · 1951

MovieCrimeThriller

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · 1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)

Party Girl

Party Girl · 1958

MovieCrimeDrama

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Unsinkable Molly Brown · 1964

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.

Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)

The Love Bug

The Love Bug · 1968

MovieComedyFamily

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.

Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost · 1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

MovieComedyFantasy

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

Danny Oly

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon · 1953

MovieComedyRomance

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Man on Train (uncredited)

Herbie Rides Again

Herbie Rides Again · 1974

Herbie Rides Again

MovieRomanceComedy

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

Window Washer

The Racket

The Racket · 1951

MovieCrimeThriller

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)

All My Sons

All My Sons · 1948

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

Wertheimer (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man · 1951

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

MovieHorrorComedy

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

Stillwell (uncredited)

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web · 1973

Charlotte's Web

MovieFamilyAnimation

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Lurvy (voice)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter · 1971

Support Your Local Gunfighter

MovieComedyWestern

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

Fat

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer · 1954

The Long, Long Trailer

MovieComedyRomance

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.

Trailer Salesman (uncredited)

White Christmas

White Christmas · 1954

White Christmas

MovieComedyMusic

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

Novello (uncredited)

House of Strangers

House of Strangers · 1949

House of Strangers

MovieDramaCrime

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.

Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)

Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon · 1987

Amazon Women on the Moon

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.

Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

Tall Story

Tall Story · 1960

MovieComedyRomance

A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.

Man in Back Seat (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor · 1940

Stranger on the Third Floor

MovieCrimeDrama

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)

It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather · 1955

It's Always Fair Weather

MovieComedyRomance

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

Nashby (uncredited)

You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It · 1956

You Can't Run Away from It

MovieRomanceComedy

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

Detective

Illegal

Illegal · 1955

MovieCrimeDrama

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.

Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)

The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy · 1961

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.

Cigar Smoker in Elevator

That Funny Feeling

That Funny Feeling · 1965

That Funny Feeling

MovieComedyRomance

Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him back to her tiny apartment that she shares with her roommate Audrey, Joan brings Tom over to a fancy apartment that she cleans on a daily basis not knowing that it's his place. Tom plays along with the charade despite not knowing who Joan really is, while she tries to tidy up Tom's place not knowing who he really is.

Taxi Driver

Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Reporter (uncredited)

Perry Mason

Perry Mason · 1957

SeriesMysteryDrama

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Charlie, Bartender

Knots Landing

Knots Landing · 1979

SeriesDramaSoap

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

Cabbie

Bonanza

Bonanza · 1959

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Card Player

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show · 1960

The Andy Griffith Show

SeriesComedyFamily

Andy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.

Bill Medwin

The Flintstones

The Flintstones · 1960

The Flintstones

SeriesFamilyAnimation

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

Cop (voice)

The Fugitive

The Fugitive · 1963

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.

Marty

Bewitched

Bewitched · 1964

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies · 1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

SeriesComedyFamily

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.

Adam-12

Adam-12 · 1968

SeriesCrimeDrama

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

Gus Archer

The Virginian

The Virginian · 1962

SeriesWesternDrama

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

Drummer

Love, American Style

Love, American Style · 1969

Love, American Style

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

Bill Jenks

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show · 1951

The Red Skelton Show

SeriesComedyTalk

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

Man on Studio Tour

Maverick

Maverick · 1957

SeriesComedyWestern

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction · 1963

Petticoat Junction

SeriesComedyFamily

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

Barney Morgan

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O · 1969

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".

Willie

Taxi

SeriesComedyDrama

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Weldon Manning

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels · 1976

Charlie's Angels

SeriesAction & Adventure

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.

Joe Weatherby

My Three Sons

My Three Sons · 1960

SeriesComedyFamily

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

Caretaker

Remington Steele

Remington Steele · 1982

Remington Steele

SeriesDramaFamily

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.

Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck

Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver · 1957

Leave It to Beaver

SeriesComedyFamily

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

Stanley

Dragnet

Dragnet · 1951

SeriesDramaCrime

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy · 1951

SeriesComedyFamily

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Julie

Emergency!

Emergency! · 1972

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

Lou

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie · 1965

I Dream of Jeannie

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".

Judge Hennessey