Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

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Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (born November 30, 1918 in New York - † May 2, 2014 in Solvang , California ) was an American actor .

Life

The son of world-famous parents at the time, the concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985) and the Romanian-Jewish opera singer Alma Gluck (1884–1938), came from a culturally influenced family and quickly found pleasure in acting. He studied at the Yale School of Drama until graduating in 1940 . He then did military service in World War II . In 1945 he got his first Broadway role in the play The Rugged Path alongside Spencer Tracy , followed by other theater engagements, including in classic plays with the American Repertory Theater. In the 1940s he was also successful as a producer of operas and musicals on Broadway, for example with Gian Carlo Menotti's Das Telefon or Die Liebe zu threes and The Consul .

After the death of his first wife Emily in 1950, with whom he has children Efrem Zimbalist III and Nancy Zimbalist, and a subsequent hiatus as an actor, he returned to acting in the mid-1950s and earned himself as "Stu Bailey" on the television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964) and well known as "Lewis Erskine" in the FBI series (1965–1974). He subsequently appeared frequently in films and series, including in the movies Weeping for the Damned (1957) with Clark Gable , Wait Until It's Dark (1967) with Audrey Hepburn and Hot Shots! (1991) with Lloyd Bridges and the television series Remington Steele (1983-1987), in which his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist played a leading role, and Babylon 5 (1997). He was also heard as a spokesman for cartoon characters, such as “Dr. Octopus ”in Spider-Man (1997) and as“ Alfred Pennyworth ”in Batman (1993–1994 and 1998).

From 1956 he was married to Stephanie Spaulding Zimbalist for the second time. She died of lung cancer in 2007 at the age of 73 . The daughter Stephanie Zimbalist (* 1956), who also became an actress, emerged from their marriage .

He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2003 his autobiography My Dinner of Herbs was published .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1946: Mr. and Mrs. North
  • 1949: Hostility to Blood (House of Strangers)
  • 1957: Weep for the Damned (Band of Angels)
  • 1957: Bomber B-52 (Bombers B-52)
  • 1957–1958: Maverick (TV series)
  • 1958: Breakthrough at Dawn (The Deep Six)
  • 1958: The Eyewitness (Girl on the Run)
  • 1958: Before Night Falls (Home Before Dark)
  • 1958–1964: 77 Sunset Strip (TV series; 165 episodes)
  • 1960: SOS for flight T 17 (The Crowded Sky)
  • 1961: And the Night Will Be Silent (By Love Possessed)
  • 1962: The Chapman Report (The Chapman Report)
  • 1965: Harlow
  • 1965: Seven Ride to Hell (The Reward)
  • 1965-1974: FBI
  • 1967: Cosa Nostra - Arch Enemy of the FBI (Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI)
  • 1967: Wait Until Dark (Wait Until Dark)
  • 1974: Giants in the sky (Airport 1975)
  • 1978: What's going to happen to father? (A Family Upside Down)
  • 1978: Terror Out of the Sky - Killer Bees 2 (Terror Out of the Sky)
  • 1983: The Sin of the Sister (Baby Sister)
  • 1983: Shooting Stars
  • 1990: Who's the boss here? (Who's the Boss?) (Season 6, Episode 22: Fire on the Roof, as Robert Robinson)
  • 1991: Hot Shots! - The mother of all films (hot shots!)
  • 1992–1995: Batman (animated series; 57 episodes)
  • 1993: Batman : Mask of the Phantasm
  • 1997: Babylon 5 (TV series; 4 episodes)
  • 1997–1998: Batman and Robin (animated series; 12 episodes)
  • 1998: Cab to Canada
  • 1998: Batman & Mr. Freeze - Ice Age (SubZero)
  • 2001: The First Day
  • 2001: Batman: Vengeance
  • 2003: Batman : Mystery of the Batwoman
  • 2008: The Delivery

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statement from Stephanie Zimbalist and Efrem Zimbalist III ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reuters.com
  2. ↑ Malan, Roy (2004). Efrem Zimbalist: A Life. Amadeus Press. pp. 139-142. ISBN 978-1-57467-091-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Zimbalist, Efrem Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2014
Place of death Solvang (California)