Philip Sterling

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Philip Sterling (born October 9, 1922 in New York City , † November 30, 1998 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American actor , jazz pianist and the first President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation .

Life

Philip Sterling was born the son of a Philadelphia lawyer . He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School . He then worked as a jazz pianist before making his acting debut in Cole Porter's Silk Stockings on Broadway in 1955. Although he then concentrated almost entirely on acting, he still played individual pieces of music. Under the leadership of Pierre Boulez, he recorded the melodrama A Survivor from Warsaw with the New York Philharmonic . He also appeared on the radio more often. However, Sterling became known in particular through his countless appearances in television series such as Young and Passionate - As Life Plays , Chief Physician Dr. Westphall and A Strauss of Daughters , and TV films like Entebbe , Judy Garland - a Hollywood star's apprenticeship and a team like a million .

Philip Sterling died on November 30, 1998 of complications from his osteomyelofibrosis disease. He left behind his wife Rhona, with whom he had been married since August 16, 1969, and their daughter Mila.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1968: The Detective (The Detective)
  • 1969: Me, Natalie (Me, Natalie)
  • 1971: Where gangsters pop around the corner (The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight)
  • 1974: Invitation to Die (Come Die with Me)
  • 1974: The Gambler
  • 1976: The Public Defender (Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence)
  • 1976: Entebbe company (Victory at Entebbe)
  • 1977: Audrey Rose - the girl from beyond the grave (Audrey Rose)
  • 1978: The Lazarus Syndrome
  • 1978: Dr. Strange
  • 1978: Judy Garland - Apprenticeship as a Hollywood star (Rainbow)
  • 1978: Love in court (A Question of Love)
  • 1979: If Fate Wills (Promises in the Dark)
  • 1980: The Grand Finale (The Competition)
  • 1980: Moviola - Marilyn: The Birth of a Legend (This Year's Blonde)
  • 1981: Human Trafficking (Born to Be Sold)
  • 1981: Murder in Texas (Murder in Texas)
  • 1982: a team like a million (Million Dollar Infield)
  • 1982: Divorce Wars: A Love Story
  • 1984: Under Suspicion (Best Kept Secrets)
  • 1985: Warning, dinosaurs! (Movers & Shakers)
  • 1985: Tomboy - boy what a girl (Tomboy)
  • 1986: Killer in the Mirror
  • 1988: The Angel of Death (Fatal Judgment)
  • 1988: Final Night (Backfire)
  • 1988: Sisters - A New Beginning (Nightingales)
  • 1989: Perry Mason and the Musical Murder (Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder)
  • 1989: From the Dead of Night
  • 1990: The Long Road (The Long Walk Home)
  • 1990: The Death of the Incredible Hulk (The Death of the Incredible Hulk)
  • 1998: My Giant (My Giant)

TV Shows

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philip Sterling, 76, to Actor on nytimes.com, January 7, 1999, accessed April 2, 2012
  2. ↑ Myrna Oliver: Philip Sterling; Actor on Stage and Screen on latimes.com, December 7, 1998, accessed April 2, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Sterling, Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1998
Place of death Woodland Hills , Los Angeles, California, United States