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Years active
  
1957–1995

Children
  
Two children


Name
  
Robert Colbert

Role
  
Actor

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Born
  
June 26, 1931 (age 93) (
1931-06-26
)

Spouse
  
Dottie Harmony (m. 1961–1976)

Movies and TV shows
  
The Time Tunnel, Maverick, City Beneath the Sea, Claudelle Inglish, Timescape

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Robert Colbert (born June 26, 1931, in Long Beach, California) is an American actor most noted for his leading role portraying Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series The Time Tunnel and his two appearances as Brent Maverick, a third Maverick brother in the ABC/Warner Brothers western, Maverick starring James Garner, Jack Kelly and Roger Moore.

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Early years

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Colbert began acting when he was a soldier based on the Pacific island of Okinawa. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police unit and also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Free Asia in the evenings. A woman in Air Force Special Services heard his voice and recruited him to act in a performance of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Hooked on acting, Colbert returned to the United States and performed on stage, where he was noticed by Mickey Shaughnessy, who recommended him to a talent agency.

Film and television career

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Colbert appeared in a number of minor films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita), and was signed to a contract with Warner Brothers and subsequently cast in the feature film A Fever in the Blood (1961) along with many guest appearances on television series.

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In 1960, he appeared in three episodes of the ABC/WB western, Colt .45, including the episode "Showdown at Goldtown", with Donald May in the lead series role as Sam Colt, Jr. Colbert plays Johnny Moore, a young ex-convict whose parole officer is Sam Colt. Moore drives a stagecoach in a mining town. The outlaw Clay Hooper, portrayed by Harry Shannon, pressures Moore, his old partner in crime, to help him rob a gold shipment. Ruta Lee is cast in this episode as Molly Perkins, and Dan Sheridan plays the part of Driscoll. Colbert also appeared as Bill Mannix with Vaughn Taylor as Dr. Bryan Craig in another 1960 Colt .45 episode, entitled "Strange Encounter."

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On October 28, 1960, Colbert was cast as Army Corporal Howie Burch in the episode "Two Trails to Santa Fe" of the ABC/WB western series Cheyenne, with Clint Walker in the titular role. In the story line, Burch tries to steal gold from miners working a claim near the fort where he is stationed. He is also trying to win back the affection of his former wife (Randy Stuart), whose unsuspecting husband (Richard Webb) is one of the miners. Then the Army decides to abandon the fort. Cheyenne Bodie, meanwhile, comes to the defense of an Apache woman, Aleeah (Sonya Wilde), left for dead after the masaacre of her white husband.

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In 1961, Colbert was forced by Warner Brothers to dress exactly as lookalike James Garner had done in Garner's earlier role of Bret Maverick to play a character called "Brent Maverick." Thinking of the inevitable comparisons to Garner that were bound to ensue, Colbert famously said to his bosses, "Put me in a dress and call me Brenda, but don't do this to me!" Garner had been a huge success in the role and was in the process of moving into a movie career in the wake of winning a contentious lawsuit with Warner Brothers. Colbert played his part in two episodes and was not called back for the following season since the studio decided to alternate new episodes featuring only Bret and Brent's brother "Bart Maverick" (Jack Kelly) with reruns from earlier seasons starring the popular Garner during the series' fifth and final season.

Before Roger Moore, who played Bart's cousin Beau Maverick, left Maverick during the same season in which Colbert appeared, the studio shot numerous publicity photographs of Colbert, Kelly and Moore cavorting in costume together that are readily accessible on Google Images; the rights to many of the pictures are currently owned by Getty Images. By the time Colbert's two episodes were telecast, however, Moore had already quit the show and Moore and Colbert never appeared together in the series itself. James Garner reminisced in his Archive of American Television interview that the studio lit Colbert darkly as well as dressing him like Garner in an attempt to mislead the public that Garner had returned but that when Colbert spoke, the audience realized that it wasn't Garner. A viewing of the episodes themselves, however, reveals that Garner was mistaken about this and that Colbert was lit normally during his shows although he was certainly dressed precisely as Garner had been earlier in the series.

In 1962, Colbert played Lonzo Green in the episode "Footlights" of the ABC/WB crime drama, The Roaring 20s. Moreover, he guest starred on most of the ABC/WB series, including 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye (seven times each), Bronco (six times), Bourbon Street Beat (three times), Sugarfoot, The Alaskans, and Surfside 6 (twice each), and Cheyenne and Lawman, once each.

In 1965 Colbert made two guest appearances on Perry Mason as Deputy District Attorney Snell; first in "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla," then in "The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner." Raymond Burr appeared as the oft-filmed attorney in this television series based on Erle Stanley Gardner's novels.

In 1966-1967, Colbert played the part of Doug Phillips in thirty episodes of the Irwin Allen science fiction ABC series, The Time Tunnel, the second lead in a show about two time travelers. James Darren and Lee Meriweather starred with Colbert. Historical events like the Alamo, the Titanic, Krakatoa, and Custer's last stand were fictionalized. In 1968, Colbert appeared in the final episode of the first season of Hawaii Five-O.

Colbert also appeared as the character Stuart Brooks on the television soap opera, The Young and the Restless, from March 1973 to March 1983, being honored at the show's tenth anniversary.

In 1981, Colbert and Robert Culp were suggested by CBS as possible replacements for Larry Hagman on Dallas after Hagman decided to hold out for more money; however, Hagman returned to the series.

Personal life

Colbert was married to dancer/songwriter Dotty Harmony in 1961 for 15 years. Harmony wrote for Metric Music with Sharon Sheeley and had songs recorded by Rick Nelson. They have two children, Cami and Clay. Cami is married to filmmaker Jon Freeman (Flesh Wound Films), who produces the highly successful "Crusty Demon" series of DVDs.

Today Robert Colbert is 'retired' though he still makes occasional cameo appearances, takes part in science fiction conventions and Western conventions all across America, and enjoys celebrity golf tournaments for fundraising events.

Filmography

Actor
1994
Baywatch (TV Series) as
Cliff Odom
- Rubber Ducky (1995) - Cliff Odom
- The Red Knights (1994) - Cliff Odom
1994
Frasier (TV Series) as
Tony
- Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast (1994) - Tony
1992
The Nutt House as
Board Doctor
1991
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time as
Undersecretary
1991
Reasonable Doubts (TV Series) as
Karl Burnham
- The Silent Treatment (1991) - Karl Burnham
- -and Sleep Won't Come (1991) - Karl Burnham
1991
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) as
Edgar Van Buren
- Liar's Poker (1991) - Edgar Van Buren
1990
1st & Ten (TV Series) as
Buck
- A Roast Is a Roast (1990) - Buck
1990
Wings (TV Series) as
Deke Braverman
- High Anxiety (1990) - Deke Braverman
1989
The Chilling as
Protester
1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as
Farrell
1987
Hunter (TV Series) as
Cmdr. George Dryden / Internal Affairs
- Honorable Profession (1988) - Cmdr. George Dryden
- The Fourth Man (1988) - Cmdr. George Dryden
- City of Passion: Part 3 (1987) - Internal Affairs
- City of Passion: Part 2 (1987) - Internal Affairs
1987
Dallas (TV Series) as
Parker Ellison
- Last Tango in Dallas (1987) - Parker Ellison
- The Lady Vanishes (1987) - Parker Ellison
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon as
Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
1987
CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) as
Grant Summers
- Little Miss Perfect (1987) - Grant Summers
1986
Scorpion as
Brig. Gen. James Hagen
1986
Foley Square (TV Series) as
Judge Faraday
- Judgement Call (1986) - Judge Faraday
1985
Crazy Like a Fox (TV Series)
- Murder Is a Two Stroke Penalty (1985)
1985
Half Nelson (TV Series) as
Frank Nelson
- Malibu Colony (1985) - Frank Nelson
1985
Simon & Simon (TV Series) as
Dr. Darryl Rooney
- Simon Without Simon: Part 2 (1985) - Dr. Darryl Rooney
1984
Partners in Crime (TV Series) as
Charles Harrington
- The Set-Up (1984) - Charles Harrington
1984
The New Mike Hammer (TV Series) as
Josh Lloyd
- Cold Target (1984) - Josh Lloyd
1984
Knight Rider (TV Series) as
Elton Mathews
- Mouth of the Snake (1984) - Elton Mathews
1984
Lottery! (TV Series) as
Warren Hathaway
- Honolulu: 3 - 2 = 1 (1984) - Warren Hathaway
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) as
Stuart Brooks
1978
Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as
William Steele
- Accomplice to Murder (1978) - William Steele
1976
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (TV Movie) as
Doug McDougall
1975
Archer (TV Series) as
Vern Endicott
- Shades of Blue (1975) - Vern Endicott
1974
The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV Series) as
Bessemer
- The Three Faces of Edwina (1974) - Bessemer
1970
Mannix (TV Series) as
Carl Blake / John Phillips / Vic Stanley / ...
- A Walk in the Shadows (1972) - Carl Blake
- A Choice of Evils (1971) - John Phillips
- Duet for Three (1970) - Vic Stanley
- Who Is Sylvia? (1970) - Phil Graves
1972
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Harry Fife
- Bag Woman (1972) - Harry Fife
1972
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) as
Bud
- 21 Days to Tenstrike (1972) - Bud
1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) as
Alan Bryce
- Operation: Spread (1971) - Alan Bryce
1971
City Beneath the Sea (TV Movie) as
Cmdr. Patterson
1963
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Sheriff Ray Ritter / Andy Carter / Yank Van Duzen
- The Duke of Tombstone (1970) - Sheriff Ray Ritter
- A Bargain Is for Keeping (1964) - Andy Carter
- Grotto of Death (1963) - Yank Van Duzen
1970
The Lawyer as
Jack Harrison
1969
Bracken's World (TV Series) as
Johnny Churchill
- Options (1969) - Johnny Churchill
1969
Land of the Giants (TV Series) as
Security Chief O. Bolgar
- Sabotage (1969) - Security Chief O. Bolgar
1969
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
George Kalakua
- The Big Kahuna (1969) - George Kalakua
1969
That Girl (TV Series) as
Major Brian James
- Fly Me to the Moon (1969) - Major Brian James
1966
The Time Tunnel (TV Series) as
Dr. Doug Phillips
- Town of Terror (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Raiders from Outer Space (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Kidnappers (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Merlin the Magician (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Attack of the Barbarians (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Death Merchant (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Chase Through Time (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Pirates of Deadman's Island (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Billy the Kid (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Idol of Death (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Walls of Jericho (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Ghost of Nero (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Visitors from Beyond the Stars (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Kill Two by Two (1967) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Revenge of Robin Hood (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Invasion (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Night of the Long Knives (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Alamo (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Death Trap (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Secret Weapon (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Reign of Terror (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Devil's Island (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Massacre (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Revenge of the Gods (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Crack of Doom (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Last Patrol (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- The Day the Sky Fell In (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- End of the World (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- One Way to the Moon (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
- Rendezvous with Yesterday (1966) - Dr. Doug Phillips
1966
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
Martin Bennett
- The Forests of the Night (1966) - Martin Bennett
1965
The Mayor (TV Movie)
1965
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Meredith Smith / 'Ace' Jones
- The Meredith Smith (1965) - Meredith Smith / 'Ace' Jones
1965
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
District Attorney Carl Snell / Asst. District Attorney F.A. Snell
- The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner (1965) - District Attorney Carl Snell
- The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) - Asst. District Attorney F.A. Snell
1965
12 O'Clock High (TV Series) as
Lt. Col. Frank Bailey
- Big Brother (1965) - Lt. Col. Frank Bailey
- The Loneliest Place in the World (1965) - Lt. Col. Frank Bailey
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Joe Barker / Gordon W. Madden / Miles Kroeger
- Return a Stranger (1964) - Joe Barker
- No Tears for Savannah (1963) - Gordon W. Madden
- Impasse (1962) - Miles Kroeger
1960
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
McHenry / R.E. Venge / Jim Vance / ...
- Dead as in 'Dude' (1964) - McHenry
- The Man in the Crowd (1961) - R.E. Venge
- Old Card Sharps Never Die (1961) - Jim Vance
- The Man in the Mirror (1961) - Phil
- Attic (1960) - Kim MacGowen
- Safari (1960) - Pete Mellon
- Ten Cents a Death (1960) - Ernie Pozen
1963
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) as
Elmo Taft
- Run, Little Man, Run (1963) - Elmo Taft
1963
My Favorite Martian (TV Series) as
Bill Fisher
- That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin (1963) - Bill Fisher
1963
Temple Houston (TV Series) as
Tom Bannister
- Thunder Gap (1963) - Tom Bannister
1963
Laramie (TV Series) as
Ross
- The Road to Helena (1963) - Ross
1962
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Blane Wessels / Blake Dorty
- The Blane Wessels Story (1963) - Blane Wessels
- The Cole Crawford Story (1962) - Blake Dorty
1962
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
Dr. Hamilton / Fred Walton
- Impact of an Execution (1963) - Dr. Hamilton
- The Rules of the Game (1962) - Fred Walton
1962
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
Rossi
- The Angry Sky (1962) - Rossi
1962
87th Precinct (TV Series) as
Matt Murdock
- New Man in the Precinct (1962) - Matt Murdock
1962
Checkmate (TV Series) as
Phil Lowell
- Ride a Wild Horse (1962) - Phil Lowell
1962
Thriller (TV Series) as
Capt. Bartolomeo Antonio Fernandez
- The Bride Who Died Twice (1962) - Capt. Bartolomeo Antonio Fernandez
1959
Bronco (TV Series) as
Quill / Captain Jamison / Deputy Pete Andrews / ...
- The Last Letter (1962) - Quill
- The Invaders (1961) - Captain Jamison
- End of a Rope (1960) - Deputy Pete Andrews
- Montana Passage (1960) - Lt. Cliff O'Neil
- Night Train to Denver (1959) - Jack Finley
- The Soft Answer (1959) - Arron Running Deer
1962
Bus Stop (TV Series) as
Carl Egan
- Door Without a Key (1962) - Carl Egan
1962
The Roaring 20's (TV Series) as
Lonzo Green
- Footlights (1962) - Lonzo Green
1960
Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) as
Silk Simon / Reed Olander Jr. / Charles Quinford / ...
- Little Miss Rich Witch (1962) - Silk Simon
- Kill a Gray Fox (1961) - Reed Olander Jr.
- A Taste for Money (1961) - Charles Quinford
- Man in a Rage (1961) - Mike Lazlos
- Vanessa Vanishes (1960) - Pete Staley
- Typhoon (1960) - Johnny Kane
- The Kamehameha Cloak (1960) - Jim Symington
1962
Lawman (TV Series) as
Breen - Robber
- The Locket (1962) - Breen - Robber
1961
Claudelle Inglish as
Rip Guyler
1960
Maverick (TV Series) as
Brent Maverick / Cherokee Dan Evans
- Benefit of the Doubt (1961) - Brent Maverick
- The Forbidden City (1961) - Brent Maverick
- Hadley's Hunters (1960) - Cherokee Dan Evans
1960
Surfside 6 (TV Series) as
Stephen Wade / Gary Dawson
- The Impractical Joker (1961) - Stephen Wade
- Deadly Male (1960) - Gary Dawson
1961
A Fever in the Blood as
Thomas J. Morely
1960
Cheyenne (TV Series) as
Corporal Howie Burch
- Two Trails to Santa Fe (1960) - Corporal Howie Burch
1959
Sugarfoot (TV Series) as
Clark Henderson / Ben Crain / Morris
- A Noose for Nora (1960) - Clark Henderson
- Blackwater Swamp (1960) - Ben Crain
- The Canary Kid, Inc. (1959) - Morris
1960
Colt .45 (TV Series) as
Johnny Moore / Clay / Bill Mannix
- Showdown at Goldtown (1960) - Johnny Moore
- Attack (1960) - Clay
- Strange Encounter (1960) - Bill Mannix
1960
The Alaskans (TV Series) as
Shawn / Phil
- White Vengeance (1960) - Shawn
- The Challenge (1960) - Phil
1959
Bourbon Street Beat (TV Series) as
Sgt. Paul Ballard / Jack / Frank Lacey
- False Identity (1960) - Sgt. Paul Ballard
- Twice Betrayed (1960) - Jack
- Secret of Hyacinth Bayou (1959) - Frank Lacey
1959
Have Rocket -- Will Travel as
Dr. Ted Benson (as Bob Colbert)
1958
Joy Ride as
Taverner
1958
Macabre as
Nick - Chauffeur (uncredited)
1958
Quantrill's Raiders as
Danvers - Union Soldier (uncredited)
1958
Hell's Five Hours as
Policeman (uncredited)
1957
Under Fire as
MP sentry (uncredited)
Self
2008
JPAC: A Hero's Mission (Documentary)
1995
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1979
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 4 December 1979 (1979) - Self - Panelist (as Bob Colbert)
- Episode dated 3 December 1979 (1979) - Self - Panelist (as Bob Colbert)
Archive Footage
2011
Pioneers of Television (TV Series documentary) as
Dr. Doug Phillips in Time Tunnel
- Science Fiction (2011) - Dr. Doug Phillips in Time Tunnel
1994
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Various
- Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem (1994) - Various (uncredited)
1993
TV's Western Heroes (Video documentary) as
Brent Maverick
1982
Aliens from Another Planet (TV Movie) as
Doug Phillips
1966
7 Nights to Remember (TV Special) as
Dr. Doug Phillips

References

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