Full Name Robert Chambers Name Bob Random | Years active 1960s-1980s Occupation Actor | |
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Movies and TV shows The Other Side of the Wind, Village of the Giants, The Iron Horse, A Time for Dying, Scalplock Similar People Bert I Gordon, Budd Boetticher, Orson Welles, Sydney Pollack, James Goldstone | ||
Robert Random (born January 29, 1945) usually billed as Bob Random, is a Canadian-born character actor who appeared in both movies and television from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s.
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Television and film roles
Random's television work tended to be in dramatic roles, in venerable programs like Dr. Kildare, Mr. Novak, Ben Casey, and Lassie, or Western series, such as Gunsmoke, The Virginian, The Iron Horse, and The Legend of Jesse James (which starred Christopher Jones). He did occasional comedies, including The Dick Van Dyke Show and Gidget (in a recurring role as Gidget's friend Mark).
His best-remembered movie role is as Rick, one of Beau Bridges and Joy Harmon's co-villains in the 1965 teen comedy Village of the Giants. He also appeared in This Property Is Condemned (1966) and ...tick...tick...tick... (1970). Mosby's Marauders (1967), in which he played Private Lomax, was later repeated on The Wonderful World of Disney under the title Willie and the Yank.
His last appearances were in an episode of Get Christie Love, and as the biker Reaper in the second and third The Danger Zone movies, taking over from Robert Canada, who played the character in the original.
Random played John Dale in Orson Welles's unfinished 1972 film The Other Side of the Wind, appearing alongside John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich and Dennis Hopper.
Personal
Random was divorced from Ida Random, who received an Academy Award nomination in 1988 for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration on Rain Man. Random currently resides near Qualicum Beach, British Columbia.
Filmography
Actor
2018
The Other Side of the Wind as
John Dale (as Bob Random)
1990
Danger Zone III: Steel Horse War as
Grim Reaper
1989
Danger Zone II: Reaper's Revenge as
Reaper
1987
Vampire at Midnight as
Al Childress
1982
Time Walker as
Jack Parker
1975
Get Christie Love! (TV Series) as
Willy Beaman
- A Few Excess People (1975) - Willy Beaman (as Bob Random)
1974
Cannon (TV Series) as
Danny Botner
- Flashpoint (1974) - Danny Botner (as Bob Random)
1973
Toke as
DJ
1965
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Scott Murdoch / Tom Clark / Jay Procter / ...
- Murdoch (1971) - Scott Murdoch (as Bob Random)
- Albert (1970) - Tom Clark (as Bob Random)
- The Nightriders (1969) - Jay Procter
- Nowhere to Run (1968) - Bishop (as Bob Random)
- The Mission (1966) - Reb Jessup (as Bob Random)
- Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs (1966) - Sweet Billy (as Bob Random)
- South Wind (1965) - Verlyn Print (as Bob Random)
1970
The Most Deadly Game (TV Series) as
David Fairburn
- Little David (1970) - David Fairburn (as Bob Random)
1970
Then Came Bronson (TV Series) as
Carl Morse
- The Mary R (1970) - Carl Morse (as Bob Random)
1970
Cutter's Trail (TV Movie) as
Kyle Bowen
1970
Tick, Tick, Tick as
John Braddock (as Bob Random)
1969
A Time for Dying as
Billy Pimple (as Bob Random)
1968
Insight (TV Series) as
Jerry Ford
- He Lived with Us, He Ate with Us, What Else, Dear? (1968) - Jerry Ford
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Paul Oliwa
- No Blue Skies (1968) - Paul Oliwa (as Bob Random)
1965
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Jeremy Sheppard / Will Justin
- Silver Image (1968) - Jeremy Sheppard (as Bob Random)
- Nobility of Kings (1965) - Will Justin (as Bob Random)
1968
Cimarron Strip (TV Series) as
The Kid
- Fool's Gold (1968) - The Kid (as Bob Random)
1966
Iron Horse (TV Series) as
Barnabas Rogers / Barnabas / Jeff Clayborne
- Dry Run to Glory (1968) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Prisoners (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Death Has Two Faces (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random, credit only)
- Wild Track (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Dealer's Choice (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- T Is for Traitor (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Six Hours to Sky High (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Steel Chain to a Music Box (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Four Guns to Scalplock (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Return of Hode Avery (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Leopards Try, But Leopards Can't (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Grapes of Grass Valley (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Silver Bullet (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Five Days to Washtiba (1967) - Barnabas Rogers
- Gallows for Bill Pardew (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Consignment, Betsy the Boiler (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Diablo (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Sister Death (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Golden Web (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Death by Triangulation (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Execution (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Passenger (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Decision at Sundown (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Red Tornado (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Appointment with an Epitaph (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Banner with a Strange Device (1967) - Barnabas / Jeff Clayborne (as Bob Random)
- Shadow Run (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Bridge at Forty-Mile (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Volcano Wagon (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Pembrooke Blood (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Welcome for the General (1967) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Hellcat (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random, credit only)
- A Dozen Ways to Kill a Man (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Big Deal (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Town Full of Fear (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random, credit only)
- Through Ticket to Gunsight (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Explosion at Waycrossing (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Man from New Chicago (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- No Wedding Bells for Tony (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- War Cloud (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Cougar Man (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Broken Gun (1966) - Barnabas Rogers
- The Pride of the Bottom of the Barrel (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Right of Way Through Paradise (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- High Devil (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- The Dynamite Driver (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Joy Unconfined (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
- Rail Runs West (1966) - Barnabas Rogers (as Bob Random)
1967
Mosby's Marauders as
Pvt. Lomax (as Bob Random)
1967
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Pvt. Lomax
- Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders (1967) - Pvt. Lomax
- Willie and the Yank: The Deserter (1967) - Pvt. Lomax
1966
This Property Is Condemned as
Tiny (as Bob Random)
1966
Scalplock (TV Movie) as
Barnabus Rogers (as Bob Random)
1965
A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) as
Tommy
- The Young Outlaw (1965) - Tommy (as Bob Random)
1965
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Charles / Jeb Lewelling
- Mrs. Romney and the Outlaws (1965) - Charles (as Bob Random)
- Traveling Trees (1965) - Jeb Lewelling
1965
Gidget (TV Series) as
Mark
- Gidget's Foreign Policy (1965) - Mark (as Bob Random)
- Chivalry Isn't Dead (1965) - Mark (as Bob Random)
1965
Daniel Boone (TV Series) as
Johnny Morgan / Stephen
- A Rope for Mingo (1965) - Johnny Morgan (as Bob Random)
- The Quietists (1965) - Stephen (as Bob Random)
1965
The Restless Ones
1964
Lassie (TV Series) as
Pete / Frank Daniels
- In the Midst of Splendor (1965) - Pete
- The Little Christmas Tree (1964) - Frank Daniels
1965
Village of the Giants as
Rick (as Bob Random)
1965
Ben Casey (TV Series) as
Robert Galanos / Luke Creely
- Run for Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here! (1965) - Robert Galanos (as Bob Random)
- Where Does the Boomerang Go? (1965) - Luke Creely (as Bob Random)
1965
The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) as
Jeremy Haynes
- Three Men from Now (1965) - Jeremy Haynes (as Bob Random)
1965
The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) as
Mouse
- Br-rooom, Br-rooom (1965) - Mouse (as Bob Random)
1964
Mr. Novak (TV Series) as
Joey Caldwell / Phil / Eddie / ...
- There's a Penguin in My Garden (1965) - Joey Caldwell (as Bob Random)
- The Student Who Never Was (1965) - Phil (as Bob Random)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1964) - Eddie (as Bob Random)
- The People Doll: You Wind It Up and It Makes Mistakes (1964) - Prinz (as Bob Random)
- The Senior Prom (1964) - Joe (uncredited)
1965
Sylvia (uncredited)
1965
Branded (TV Series) as
Soldier
- The Vindicators (1965) - Soldier (as Bob Random)
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) as
Boy
- The Neptune Affair (1964) - Boy (as Bob Random)
1964
Profiles in Courage (TV Series) as
Powers
- Richard T. Ely (1964) - Powers (as Bob Random)
1964
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) as
Eddy York
- What's Different About Today? (1964) - Eddy York (as Bob Random)
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Roger
- Think Pretty (1964) - Roger (as Bob Random)
Self
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (Documentary) as
Self - Actor (as Bob Random)
1984
Hour Magazine (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 November 1984 (1984) - Self
Archive Footage
2020
Bud Boetticher: A Documentary (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
1972
The Bull of the West (TV Movie) as
Will Justin (as Bob Random)
References
Bob Random Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA