Robert Rockwell
| Robert Rockwell | |
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Rockwell circa 1959
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| Born |
October 15, 1920 Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 25, 2003 (aged 82) Malibu, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Years active | 1948–1995 |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Weiss (m. 1942–2003) |
| Children | 5 |
Robert Rockwell (October 15, 1920 – January 25, 2003) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden.
A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C.. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union.
Rockwell starred in the Perry Mason episode, " The Case of the Misguided Missile " in 1961, portraying an Air Force officer court-martialed on a murder charge.
Rockwell also starred in the 1962 Perry Mason episode, " The Case of the Lurid Letter " as Everett Rixby, the high school principal .
Rockwell starred in his own ABC western-themed television series, The Man from Blackhawk in the 1959-1960 season. Rockwell was cast as the Blackhawk Insurance Company's key investigator, Sam Logan, who is assigned to weed out fraud in the payment of claims. He also played Sam Thompson in Thompson's Ghost, Tom Bennett in The Bill Cosby Show and Officer Russo in Adam-12.
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