Robert Lansing

Personal Info

Birthday

June 5, 1928

Day of Death

1994-10-23

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As

Robert Howell Brown

Robert Lansing

Biography

Robert Lansing was an American stage, film and television actor. 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 Actors Equity Association. Equity would not allow him to join as "Robert Brown" since there was already another actor using that name. Since the stock company was based in Lansing, this became the actor's new surname.

Known For

Law & Order

Star Trek

Bonanza

Murder, She Wrote

The Twilight Zone

Mannix

Great Performances

The Virginian

Filmography

1989
Memories of Manon
as Control
1988
After School
as C.A. Thomas
The Nest
as Elias Johnson
1987
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
as Control
1980
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
as Owen Hooper
Island Claws
as Moody
1977
Empire of the Ants
as Dan Stokely
The Deadly Triangle
as Charles Cole
False Face
as Dr. Phillip Reynolds
1976
Bittersweet Love
as Howard
Acapulco Gold
as Carl Solborg
Widow
as Harold
1975
Crime Club
as Alex Norton
1972
Wild in the Sky
as Major Reason
The Astronaut
as John Phillips
Killer by Night
as Warren Claman
1971
The Grissom Gang
as Dave Fenner
1969
It Takes All Kinds
as Tony Gunther
1968
Danger Has Two Faces
as Peter Murphy
1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Hank Donner
An Eye for an Eye
as Bill Talion
1964
Calhoun
as Eric Sloane
1963
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Dr. Charles Howard
A Gathering of Eagles
as Sgt. Banning
1960
The Fatal Impulse
as Lieutenant Brian Rome
The Pusher
as Steve Carella
1959
4D Man
as Dr. Scott Nelson