Robert Lansing (actor)
| Robert Lansing | |
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Lansing in 1962
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| Born |
Robert Howell Brown June 5, 1928 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 1994 (aged 66) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Resting place | Union Field Cemetery, Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) |
Emily McLaughlin (June 15, 1956 – April 11, 1968) (divorced) (1 child) Gari Hardy Anderson (November 2, 1969 - 1971) (divorced) (1 child) Anne Pivar (October 25, 1981 - October 23, 1994) (his death) |
Robert Lansing (/ˈlænsɪŋ/; June 5, 1928 – October 23, 1994) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Lansing's motion picture roles included A Gathering of Eagles with Rock Hudson and Under the Yum Yum Tree opposite Jack Lemmon. On television, he appeared in episodes of such hits as Star Trek, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone and Murder, She Wrote. Lansing is probably best remembered as the authoritarian Brig. Gen. Frank Savage in 12 O'Clock High (1964), the television drama series about World War II bomber pilots.
Born in San Diego, California, as Robert Howell Brown, he reportedly took his acting surname from the state capital of Michigan. As a young actor in New York City, he was hired to join a stock company in Michigan but was told he would first have to join the Actors' Equity Association. Equity would not allow him to join as "Robert Brown" because another actor was using that name. Because the stock company was based in Lansing, this became the actor's new surname.
Lansing served two years in the United States Army and was stationed in Osaka, Japan, where he worked at Armed Forces Radio.
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