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Other names
  
Bob Ellenstein

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Robert Ellenstein


Years active
  
1954–1998

Occupation
  
Actor, director

Parents
  
Meyer Ellenstein

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Born
  
June 18, 1923 (
1923-06-18
)

Died
  
October 28, 2010, Los Angeles, California, United States

Spouse
  
Lois Sylvia Stang (m. 1952–2010)

Children
  
Peter Ellenstein, David Ellenstein, Jan Ellenstein

Movies
  
North by Northwest, Star Trek IV: The Voyage H, 3:10 to Yuma, Rogue Cop, Brewster's Millions

Similar People
  
Adam Williams, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Binns, Delmer Daves, Roy Rowland

Robert ellenstein


Robert Ellenstein (June 18, 1923 – October 28, 2010) was an American actor.

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The son of Meyer C. Ellenstein, a Newark dentist, Robert Ellenstein grew up in that New Jersey city and saw his father go on to become its two-term mayor. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II: earning a Purple Heart during his service. He attended New York University and graduated with honors from the University of Iowa. He began acting, directing and teaching in Cleveland, Ohio. A veteran of the "Golden Age" of live television (he played Quasimodo in a live Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"), for the same show played the lead in "A Case of Identity", later turned into the film The Wrong Man, he was the first actor to play Albert Einstein on television. Ellenstein made his first film in 1954 (MGM's Rogue Cop), he was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. In 1961, he played the mobster Legs Diamond in an episode of NBC's 1920s crime drama The Lawless Years with James Gregory.

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Among his television appearances, Ellenstein guest starred in three episodes of Perry Mason. In 1957 he played defendant John Addison in "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen." In 1959 he played murder victim Arthur Cartright in "The Case of the Howling Dog," and in 1960 he played Medical Examiner Dr. McBride in "The Case of the Madcap Modiste." He also made three guest appearances on The Untouchables, five appearances on The Wild Wild West, four on Ironside, and five on Mission: Impossible.

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He also directed television with an episode of the 1960s sitcom, Love on a Rooftop with Judy Carne and many live television episodes. Ellenstein had over 200 television appearances. He performed hundreds of stage roles as an actor. He directed many theatre productions in New York, Los Angeles and in regional theater. He was artistic director of The Company of Angels and Founding Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Repertory Company. He received a lifetime achievement in theatre award from the LA Weekly in 1988. He is best known for having played the villain in the pilot episode of Moonlighting (1985), and then the Federation President in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). Ellenstein taught theatre professionally and academically for over 50 years, founding the Academy of Stage and Cinema Arts in Los Angeles.

He died in Los Angeles, California of natural causes on October 28, 2010 at age 87. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois, daughter Jan and his two sons, David and Peter, both of whom are artistic directors of theatres.

Filmography

Actor
1998
ER (TV Series) as
Dr. Swanson
- Gut Reaction (1998) - Dr. Swanson
1992
Civil Wars (TV Series)
- For Better or Perverse (1992)
1988
Run Till You Fall (TV Movie) as
Mr. Leopold
1988
CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) as
Judge Harding
- Limited Partners (1988) - Judge Harding
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) as
Steven Miller
- Haven (1987) - Steven Miller
1987
Hooperman (TV Series) as
Judge Oliver Blaustein
- The Answer My Friend Is Passing in the Wind (1987) - Judge Oliver Blaustein
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as
Federation Council President
1985
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Mr. P
- Dead Heat (1985) - Mr. P
1985
Brewster's Millions as
Mr. Carter
1985
Moonlighting (TV Series) as
Heinz
- Moonlighting (Pilot) (1985) - Heinz
1984
V (TV Series) as
Gen. Maxwell Larson
- Visitor's Choice (1984) - Gen. Maxwell Larson
1983
Lottery! (TV Series)
- Los Angeles: Bigger Volume (1983)
1981
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) as
Saul Greenberg
- Never Again- Never Again (1981) - Saul Greenberg
1979
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Whaley
- Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 2 (1979) - Whaley
- Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 1 (1979) - Whaley
1979
A Man Called Sloane (TV Series) as
Dr. Davis
- The Venus Microbe (1979) - Dr. Davis
1979
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (TV Movie) as
Van Alden
1979
Love at First Bite as
VW Man
1978
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Bart Warren
- Death Mask (1978) - Bart Warren
1978
Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as
Bert
- Images (1978) - Bert
1978
Switch (TV Series) as
Board Member
- Formula for Murder (1978) - Board Member
1978
The Bionic Woman (TV Series) as
Henry Klempt
- Deadly Music (1978) - Henry Klempt
1975
McCloud (TV Series) as
Hellman / Andrews
- 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas- (1976) - Hellman
- Fire! (1975) - Andrews
1975
S.W.A.T. (TV Series) as
Dr. Algrin
- The Bravo Enigma (1975) - Dr. Algrin
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series) as
Motel Manager
- Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune! (1974) - Motel Manager
1974
Telezonia (Short) as
Exclamation Point
1974
The Rookies (TV Series) as
Professor
- Johnny Lost His Gun (1974) - Professor
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) as
Dr. Delatour / Dr. William Hall
- The Fear of Silence (1974) - Dr. Delatour
- The Foal (1969) - Dr. William Hall
1973
Columbo (TV Series) as
Stein
- Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) - Stein
1972
Wheeler and Murdoch (TV Movie) as
Galvin
1969
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Deputy Premier Voss / Vincent Vochek / Dr. M. Vazan / ...
- Stone Pillow (1972) - Vincent Vochek
- The Innocent (1970) - Dr. M. Vazan
- The Controllers: Part 2 (1969) - Deputy Premier Voss
- The Controllers: Part 1 (1969) - Deputy Premier Voss
- The Exchange (1969) - Dr. Emil Gorin
1967
Ironside (TV Series) as
James B. Gerard / Mike / Sidney / ...
- Escape (1971) - James B. Gerard
- Seeing Is Believing (1969) - Mike
- Side Pocket (1968) - Sidney
- The Leaf in the Forest (1967) - Marty
1964
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Levi Spiegelberg / Hastings
- A Saint of Travelers (1970) - Levi Spiegelberg
- Hastings Cut-off (1964) - Hastings
1970
Paris 7000 (TV Series) as
Pierre
- Beyond Reproach (1970) - Pierre
1969
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
Jan Vladyk
- The Blue, Blue Danube (1969) - Jan Vladyk
1969
Mannix (TV Series) as
Macklin Reeves
- The Solid Gold Web (1969) - Macklin Reeves
1966
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) as
Dr. Horatio Occularis II / Dr. Theobald Raker / Arthur Tickle / ...
- The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II (1969) - Dr. Horatio Occularis II
- The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1 (1969) - Dr. Horatio Occularis II
- The Night of the Gruesome Games (1968) - Dr. Theobald Raker
- The Night Dr. Loveless Died (1967) - Arthur Tickle
- The Night of the Flaming Ghost (1966) - Luis Vasquez
1967
The Big Valley (TV Series) as
Dr. Amos Pearce / Salazar
- Top of the Stairs (1969) - Dr. Amos Pearce
- The Haunted Gun (1967) - Salazar
1968
To Die in Paris (TV Movie) as
Dendier
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare as
Mike
1967
A Bell for Adano (TV Movie) as
Tomasino
1967
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Milo Temple
- Ah Sing vs. Wyoming (1967) - Milo Temple
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) as
Doctor Ieato / David Lewin
- The THRUSH Roulette Affair (1967) - Doctor Ieato
- The Arabian Affair (1965) - David Lewin
1966
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Harry Fitts
- The Code (1966) - Harry Fitts
1965
Combat! (TV Series) as
DuBois / Rene
- Counterplay (1966) - DuBois
- The Tree of Moray (1965) - Rene
1966
Get Smart (TV Series) as
Alex
- Double Agent (1966) - Alex
1965
Deathwatch as
Guard
1965
The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) as
Dean Whittaker
- Boy Meets Girl Machine (1965) - Dean Whittaker
1965
Mr. Novak (TV Series) as
Philip Goddard
- The Tender Twigs (1965) - Philip Goddard
1964
The Rogues (TV Series) as
Nevsky
- The Real Russian Caviar (1964) - Nevsky
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) as
Dendier / Raskob / Stevenson's attorney
- Graffiti (1964) - Dendier
- The Sweet Taste of Vengeance (1964) - Raskob / Stevenson's attorney
1964
The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) as
Ambassador
- Big Sultan, Little Sultan (1964) - Ambassador
1963
Breaking Point (TV Series) as
Bascom
- Don't Cry, Baby, Don't Cry (1963) - Bascom
1963
The Defenders (TV Series) as
Anton Lazlov
- The Captive (1963) - Anton Lazlov
1963
Channing (TV Series) as
Maddow
- Message from the Tin Room (1963) - Maddow
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Peepers / Mr. Kalinak / Felix Burke
- The Jazz Man (1963) - Peepers (as Robert Ellin)
- The Noise of Death (1960) - Mr. Kalinak
- The Artichoke King (1959) - Felix Burke
1961
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
Mr. Baker / Colonel Dimitrievich
- Jenny Ray (1963) - Mr. Baker
- The End of a World (1961) - Colonel Dimitrievich
1963
Sam Benedict (TV Series) as
Dr. Michael Franklin
- Sugar and Spice and Everything- (1963) - Dr. Michael Franklin (as Robert Ellin)
1963
The Dakotas (TV Series) as
Judge
- Return to Dryrock (1963) - Judge (as Robert Ellin)
1962
G.E. True (TV Series) as
Mark
- The Wrong Nickel (1962) - Mark (as Robert Ellin)
1962
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Ferini
- Leap, My Lovely (1962) - Ferini
1962
The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) as
Dr. Allen
- Thicker Than Water (1962) - Dr. Allen
1962
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
Augustus Parmalee
- The Wayfarers (1962) - Augustus Parmalee
1962
The Beachcomber (TV Series) as
Rives
- The Shark Affair (1962) - Rives
1962
Checkmate (TV Series) as
Rudy Pasada
- A Very Rough Sketch (1962) - Rudy Pasada
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) as
James Condon
- Five for One (1961) - James Condon
1961
Ben Casey (TV Series) as
Dr. Grayson
- My Good Friend Krikor (1961) - Dr. Grayson
1960
Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) as
Jonathan Flood / Mahmed
- Satan City (1961) - Jonathan Flood
- Princess from Manhattan (1960) - Mahmed
1959
The Lawless Years (TV Series) as
Legs Diamond / Whitey / Frankie Yale
- Louy K: Part 4 Heydays of the Organization (1961) - Legs Diamond
- Louy K: Part 3 Birth of the Organization (1961) - Legs Diamond
- Louy K: Part 2 Sing Sing (1961) - Legs Diamond
- The Jack 'Legs' Diamond Story (1961) - Legs Diamond
- The Big Greeny Story (1959) - Whitey
- The Al Brown Story (1959) - Frankie Yale
1961
King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein as
Lenny
1961
Assignment: Underwater (TV Series) as
Richard Marti
- Partners in Death (1961) - Richard Marti
1961
Thriller (TV Series) as
Dr. Brauner
- The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell (1961) - Dr. Brauner
1960
The Islanders (TV Series) as
Chia
- The Widow from Richmond (1960) - Chia
1960
Michael Shayne (TV Series) as
Curly Buford
- Murder and the Wanton Bride (1960) - Curly Buford
1960
Riverboat (TV Series) as
Sheriff Hezekiah Stone
- That Taylor Affair (1960) - Sheriff Hezekiah Stone
1960
Pay or Die! as
Luigi Di Sarno
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) as
Rose
- City in Bondage (1960) - Rose
- Man in Orbit (1959)
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Dr. McBride - Medical Examiner / Arthur Cartright / John Addison
- The Case of the Madcap Modiste (1960) - Dr. McBride - Medical Examiner
- The Case of the Howling Dog (1959) - Arthur Cartright
- The Case of the Vagabond Vixen (1957) - John Addison
1960
Peter Gunn (TV Series) as
John Pauley
- Sentenced (1960) - John Pauley
1959
The Gazebo as
Ben
1959
The Lineup (TV Series) as
Hess
- Lonesome as Midnight (1959) - Hess
1959
One Step Beyond (TV Series) as
Mr. Tomachek / Capt. Peabody
- Message from Clara (1959) - Mr. Tomachek
- The Navigator (1959) - Capt. Peabody
1959
Captain David Grief (TV Series) as
Carson
- Shanghaied (1959) - Carson
1959
The Man from Blackhawk (TV Series) as
Matthew Larkin
- The Man Who Stole Happiness (1959) - Matthew Larkin
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Stan Brodie
- Incident of the Roman Candles (1959) - Stan Brodie (as Bob Ellenstein)
1959
North by Northwest as
Licht
1959
The D.A.'s Man (TV Series) as
Morgan Hazelton
- Mr. Santa Claus (1959) - Morgan Hazelton
1958
Mike Hammer (TV Series) as
Professor Murphy / Arthur Phister
- Curtains for an Angel (1959) - Professor Murphy
- Beautiful, Blue and Deadly (1958) - Arthur Phister
1959
Steve Canyon (TV Series) as
Bezzarides
- Room 313 (1959) - Bezzarides
1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) as
Kirsen
- Murder at the Mansion (1959) - Kirsen
1959
Behind Closed Doors (TV Series) as
Ton Gal Fernandez
- The Quemoy Story (1959) - Ton Gal Fernandez
1959
The Rifleman (TV Series) as
Bart Jamison
- The Photographer (1959) - Bart Jamison
1959
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) as
Weiss
- 30 Pieces of Silver (1959) - Weiss
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) as
Mr. Sims
- The Spurs (1959) - Mr. Sims
1958
Man with a Camera (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Abrams
- The Warning (1958) - Lieutenant Abrams
1958
The Thin Man (TV Series) as
Dr. Putman
- The Carstadt Man (1958) - Dr. Putman
1958
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Alf Stokes
- Debt of Gratitude (1958) - Alf Stokes
1958
Too Much, Too Soon as
Gerold Frank
1958
The Young Lions as
Rabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited)
1958
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
- Bluebeard's Seventh Wife (1958)
1958
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) as
'Johnny Appleseed' Chapman
- A Grave for Jim Bowie (1958) - 'Johnny Appleseed' Chapman
1958
The Court of Last Resort (TV Series) as
Dr. Farrell
- The Peter Stevens Case (1958) - Dr. Farrell
1957
The Californians (TV Series) as
Collie Andrews
- The PO 8 (1957) - Collie Andrews
1957
Climax! (TV Series) as
Dr. Bernstein
- Tunnel of Fear (1957) - Dr. Bernstein
1957
The Walter Winchell File (TV Series) as
Melk
- Where Is Louise Milk? (1957) - Melk
1957
3:10 to Yuma as
Ernie Collins
1957
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Konopka
- Design for November (1957) - Konopka
1957
Mr. Broadway (TV Movie) as
Sam Harris
1957
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) as
Sam Harris
- Mr. Broadway (1957) - Sam Harris
1957
The Garment Jungle as
Fred Kenner
1956
The Big Story (TV Series) as
Harmon Jackson / George Thompson
- Jim O'Neil of Newsday of Long Island, New York (1957) - Harmon Jackson
- George Thompson: Philadelphia Daily News (1956) - George Thompson
1957
Kraft Theatre (TV Series)
- No Warning (1957)
1955
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Vasilienko / Waiter / Dr. Gold
- Hunted (1956) - Vasilienko
- The Gambler (1955) - Waiter
- Six O'Clock Call (1955) - Dr. Gold
1955
Modern Romances (TV Series)
- The Snare: Part 5 (1956)
- The Snare: Part 4 (1956)
- The Snare: Part 3 (1956)
- The Snare: Part 2 (1956)
- The Snare: Part 1 (1956)
- Pride of the Eagles (1955)
1956
Telephone Time (TV Series) as
Pinel
- Again the Stars (1956) - Pinel
1956
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Tewksbury
- Prairie Happy (1956) - Tewksbury
1953
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) as
Quasimodo / Albert Einstein / Manny Balestrero
- Portrait of a Man (1956) - Albert Einstein
- Tomorrow Is Forever (1955)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 2 (1954) - Quasimodo
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 1 (1954) - Quasimodo
- The Seventeenth of June (1954)
- A Case of Identity (1954) - Manny Balestrero
- No Visible Means (1953)
1956
Omnibus (TV Series)(segment "With Liberty and Justice for All")
- With Liberty and Justice for All (1956) - (segment "With Liberty and Justice for All")
1955
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Dr. Lehmbruck
- Kyria Katina (1956)
- Total Recall (1955) - Dr. Lehmbruck
1956
Crusader (TV Series) as
Frank
- Fear (1956) - Frank
1955
Illegal as
Joe Knight
1955
I Spy (TV Series) as
Zernicki
- The File Clerk (1955) - Zernicki
1955
The Whistler (TV Series) as
Gerald Marsh / Henry Pettigrew
- Meeting on Tenth Street (1955) - Gerald Marsh
- The Pattern (1955) - Henry Pettigrew
1955
Soldiers of Fortune (TV Series) as
Randall
- Jungle Search (1955) - Randall
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) as
Petersen
- Petersen's Eye (1955) - Petersen
- Terror Train (1954)
1954
Mandrake the Magician (TV Movie) as
Wilson
1954
Rogue Cop as
Det. Sidney Y. Myers
1954
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
- The Old Man's Gold (1954)
1954
You Are There (TV Series)
- The Sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi (1954)
Director
1967
Love on a Rooftop (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Going Home to Daughter (1967)
1955
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Late Love (1955)

References

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