Robert Ellenstein

Personal Info

Birthday

June 18, 1923

Day of Death

2010-10-28

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Bob Ellenstein

Robert Ellenstein

Biography

Robert Ellenstein was an American actor. The son of Meyer C. Ellenstein, a Newark dentist, Robert Ellenstein grew up to see his father become a two-term mayor from 1933 to 1941. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II: earning a Purple Heart during his service.

Known For

Columbo

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Robert Montgomery Presents

Combat!

Magnum, P.I.

Filmography

1988
Run Till You Fall
as Mr. Leopold
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
as Federation Council President
1985
Brewster's Millions
as Mr. Carter
1979
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
as Van Alden
Love at First Bite
as VW Man
1974
Telezonia
as Exclamation Point
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Mike
To Die in Paris
as Dendier
1967
A Bell for Adano
as Tomasino
1966
Deathwatch
as Guard
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Lenny
1960
Pay or Die!
as Luigi Di Sarno
1959
North by Northwest
as Licht
1958
Too Much, Too Soon
as Gerald Frank
The Young Lions
as Rabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited)
1957
3:10 to Yuma
as Ernie Collins
The Garment Jungle
as Fred Kenner
1955
Illegal
as Joe Knight
1954
Rogue Cop
as Det. Sidney Y. Myers
Mandrake the Magician
as Wilson