Robert Phillips (actor)
Robert Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert R. Phillips[1] April 10, 1925 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 5, 2018 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1950s–1997 |
Robert R. Phillips (April 10, 1925 – November 5, 2018) was an American film and television actor.
Life and career[]
Phillips was born in Chicago, Illinois.[2] He was a self-defense instructor while Phillips served in the United States Marine Corps, in which he served in World War II[3] and later played football for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins.[2] Phillips was also a police officer at Los Angeles Police Department and Illinois State Police.[3] He was a personal bodyguard of the 31st Governor of Illinois, Adlai Stevenson II.[3][4][5] Phillips began his film and television career in the 1950s,[2] in which a film producer told him to become a actor.[3]
Phillips attended at a acting school, where he had studied about acting.[3] He retired from being a police officer, in 1963.[3] In his film and television career, Phillips was preferred as a "tough guy",[4] in which he was frequently hired by studios to appear on Lee Marvin's films in Hollywood, California.[5] He then began to appear in two films with actor, Richard Jaeckel, such as, The Dirty Dozen and The Gun Runners.[5] 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.[2] His last credit from the western television series Bordertown.[2]
Death[]
Phillips died in November 5, 2018, at the age of 93.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b "SAG-AFTRA - Special Edition 2019". SAG-AFTRA. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- 1925 births
- 2018 deaths
- Male actors from Chicago
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- American police officers
- Players of American football from Chicago
- Chicago Bears players
- Washington Redskins players
- Bodyguards
- Los Angeles Police Department officers
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II