Robert Gerringer
Robert Gerringer | |
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Born | Robert Geiringer May 12, 1926 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 8, 1989 Damariscotta, Maine, U.S. | (aged 63)
Occupation | Actor |
Robert Gerringer (born Robert Geiringer; May 12, 1926 – November 8, 1989) was an American character actor perhaps best known as Dr. Dave Woodard on the soap opera Dark Shadows, a role he played during 1967. Gerringer left the show because he refused to cross the picket line during a technician's strike; he was replaced by actor Peter Turgeon for six episodes and the character then killed off.
Gerringer was born in New York City, the son of Mary Agnes (née Moran), a teacher, and Arthur Joseph Geiringer, a surgeon.[1] He appeared in the film The Exorcist (1973) and in soap operas including The Guiding Light, Texas, in which he played Houston attorney Striker Bellman; and The Edge of Night. He died from a stroke at age 63 in Damariscotta, Maine.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1964 | Black Like Me | Ed Saunders | |
1968 | A Lovely Way to Die | Connor | |
1971 | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Commissioner McGrady | |
1973 | The Way We Were | Dr. Short | |
1973 | The Exorcist | Senator at Party | |
1975 | I'll Quit Tomorrow | Phil | |
1977 | The Sentinel | Hart | |
1978 | King of the Gypsies | Uncredited | |
1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Judge Duval | |
1988 | The Beat | Dr. Morningstone | (final film role) |
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External links[]
- Robert Gerringer at IMDb
- Robert Gerringer at the Internet Broadway Database
- Robert Gerringer and Patricia Falkenhain papers, 1930–1990, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Clips from Texas episodes
- Robert Gerringer at Find a Grave
- 1926 births
- 1989 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Male actors from New York City
- Disease-related deaths in Maine
- 20th-century American male actors
- Deaths from cerebrovascular disease
- American television actor, 1920s birth stubs