Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 5, 1928 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Robert Lansing (June 5, 1928 - October 23, 1994) 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.
In the 1961–1962 television season, Lansing appeared as Detective Steve Carella on NBC's 87th Precinct series based on the Ed McBain detective novels. His costars were Gena Rowlands, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, and Norman Fell. In 1961, he played the outlaw Frank Dalton in a two-part episode of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane. On film, Lansing starred in the late-1950s sci-fi film 4D Man (which included a young Patty Duke).
Other notable television roles include portrayals of an alcoholic college professor in ABC's drama Channing, as General George Custer on Chuck Connors's NBC series Branded, as Gil Green in the 1963 episode "Fear Begins at Forty" on the NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour, in a 1965 episode of I Spy, 1965 Gunsmoke as a bounty hunter, as a parole officer in a 1968 episode (A Time To Love - A Time To Cry) of The Mod Squad and as intergalactic secret agent Gary Seven in a 1968 episode "Assignment: Earth" on Star Trek. He appeared as General Frank Savage on Twelve O'Clock High, as an international secret agent in The Man Who Never Was, as Lt. Jack Curtis on Automan and as Control on The Equalizer. He made a notable appearance on The Twilight Zone episode "The Long Morrow". His final role was that of "Paul Blaisdell" on Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continuesas Paul Blaisdell | |
| 1990 | Law & Orderas COO Peter O'Farrell | |
| 1989 | Memories of Manonas Control | |
| 1988 | Monstersas Ernest Chariot | |
| 1988 | American Experienceas Narrator | |
| 1988 | After Schoolas C.A. Thomas | |
| 1988 | The Nestas Elias Johnson | |
| 1987 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wineas Control | |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas G. William Howe | |
| 1985 | The Equalizeras Control | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wroteas Herb Walsh | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wroteas Lawrence Jarvis | |
| 1983 | Automanas Lt. Jack Curtis | |
| 1982 | Hotelas | |
| 1981 | Simon & Simonas | |
| 1980 | Life on the Mississippias | |
| 1980 | S+H+E: Security Hazards Expertas Owen Hooper | |
| 1980 | Island Clawsas Moody | |
| 1977 | Empire of the Antsas Dan Stokely | |
| 1977 | The Deadly Triangleas Charles Cole | |
| 1977 | False Faceas Dr. Phillip Reynolds | |
| 1976 | Bittersweet Loveas Howard | |
| 1976 | Acapulco Goldas Carl Solborg | |
| 1976 | Widowas Harold | |
| 1975 | Crime Clubas Alex Norton | |
| 1973 | Thirty Dangerous Secondsas | |
| 1973 | The Evil Touchas | |
| 1972 | The Rookiesas | |
| 1972 | Wild in the Skyas Major Reason | |
| 1972 | The Astronautas John Phillips | |
| 1972 | Killer by Nightas Warren Claman | |
| 1971 | The Grissom Gangas Dave Fenner | |
| 1971 | Great Performancesas Horace Bixby | |
| 1969 | It Takes All Kindsas Tony Gunther | |
| 1968 | Danger Has Two Facesas Peter Murphy | |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknownas Jon Holden | |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Showas Sgt. Bill Winston | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squadas | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Gameas Fred Martin | |
| 1967 | Mannixas Chief Carl Yaring | |
| 1967 | Mannixas George Edward Diamond | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparralas Marshall Virgil Packer | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Stripas Darcy | |
| 1966 | Star Trekas Gary Seven | |
| 1966 | The Monroesas | |
| 1966 | The Man Who Never Wasas Peter Murphy / Mark Wainwright | |
| 1966 | Namu, the Killer Whaleas Hank Donner | |
| 1966 | An Eye for an Eyeas Bill Talion | |
| 1965 | The Loneras Hibbard | |
| 1965 | Brandedas | |
| 1964 | Daniel Booneas Capt. Robert Ives | |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock Highas Brigadier General Frank Savage | |
| 1964 | Calhounas Eric Sloane | |
| 1963 | Under the Yum Yum Treeas Dr. Charles Howard | |
| 1963 | A Gathering of Eaglesas Sgt. Banning | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self | |
| 1962 | The Virginianas George Calhoun | |
| 1962 | The Virginianas Lee Knight | |
| 1962 | The Virginianas Matt Denning | |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinnersas Don Colley | |
| 1962 | Sam Benedictas | |
| 1961 | 87th Precinctas Detective Steve Carella | |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Weekas Mooney | |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulseas Lieutenant Brian Rome | |
| 1960 | Outlawsas | |
| 1960 | Checkmateas Barry Sironde | |
| 1960 | Thrilleras Lieutenant Brian Rome | |
| 1960 | The Tall Manas | |
| 1960 | The Dow Hour of Great Mysteriesas | |
| 1960 | The Pusheras Steve Carella | |
| 1959 | 4D Manas Dr. Scott Nelson | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zoneas Douglas Stansfield | |
| 1959 | Bonanzaas Gunny O'Riley | |
| 1959 | Bonanzaas Jed Trask | |
| 1959 | Bonanzaas John Dundee | |
| 1959 | One Step Beyondas Jared Corning | |
| 1958 | Young Doctor Maloneas | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Showas | |
| 1955 | Gunsmokeas Luke Frazer | |
| 1955 | Gunsmokeas Yancy Tyce | |
| 1953 | You Are Thereas William Jennings Bryan, U.S. Secretary of State | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theateras James Wilson |