Robert Karnes
| Robert Karnes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert A. Karnes June 19, 1917 Paducah, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 1979 (aged 62) Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–79 |
Robert A. Karnes (June 19, 1917 – December 4, 1979) was a prolific television actor who also appeared in some films early in his career, including mostly uncredited parts in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950), and From Here to Eternity (1953). A Kentucky native, Karnes was living in Arizona at the time he procured his Social Security number.
He was a costar with James Gregory in the NBC crime drama The Lawless Years, having appeared as Max Fields in fifteen episodes between 1959 and 1961. The program, set during the Roaring 20s preceded the more successful The Untouchables by a half-season. Karnes even appeared twice on The Untouchables. He appeared eight times on the half-hour or hour-long versions of the Alfred Hitchcock program on CBS.
In 1960, Karnes had a role in the western film Five Guns to Tombstone along with Quintin Sondergaard, who had formerly appeared on Tombstone Territory. He was frequently cast in various television westerns, including the 1959 episode "Murder Is the Bid" of the syndicated Mackenzie's Raiders, starring Richard Carlson. Between 1957 and 1974, he guest starred in ten episodes of CBS's Gunsmoke series starring James Arness. He appeared six times on Richard Boone's Have Gun – Will Travel series, set in San Francisco, California. Between 1962 and 1971, he guest starred in five episodes of NBC's most successful western Bonanza with Lorne Greene. He appeared five times as the Roman Catholic Father Esteban in ABC's The Big Valley with Barbara Stanwyck. He starred four times in different roles on NBC's The Virginian with James Drury and Doug McClure.
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