Mike Road
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| Born |
Milton Brustin March 18, 1918 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 2013 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor and director |
| Years active | 1939-1988 |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Brady (m. 1948; d. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
Mike Road (March 18, 1918 – April 14, 2013) was an American voice actor and Warner Bros. television series contract player whose television career dates back to the 1950s and in films to the 1940s.
Milton Brustin was born in Malden in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
He got his start as a thespian in school plays, while in Malden High School. The acting bug led to him joining a theatre troupe in Boston. His Broadway debut came in the late 1930s in the short-lived play Doodle Dandy of the U.S.A. Due to its short run, he was forced to support himself by doing odd jobs such as usher, waiter, truck driver, delivery man and sign painter.
Mike Road soon returned to acting with a role in the play The Moonvine. His film career had also begun by this time. Between 1943-46, he appeared in Gildersleeve on Broadway, Tender Comrade, Music in Manhattan, Heavenly Days and several other motion pictures. In 1946, he successfully returned to the stage, playing the lead role in Dear Ruth. By 1952, Road had been elected as director for The John Hancock Summer Theatre.
In 1955, Road made his directorial debut in Sweden with the film Den Underbara Lognen, starring Signe Hasso.
In the late 1950s, his television career also took off. He portrayed Marshal Tom Sellers on the 1958-59 NBC western series Buckskin, co-starring with Sally Brophy and Tom Nolan. Road guest starred twice on Maverick as Bart Maverick's rival Pearly Gates. He was also a regular on the ABC/Warner Brothers detective series Surfside 6, as well as on The Roaring 20s. He later appeared in the series The Alaskans and Lawman, and in other venues: Sea Hunt, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Wild, Wild West, and Alias Smith and Jones.
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