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Arthur Batanides

Summary

Arthur Batanides (April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000) was an American film and television actor, originally from Tacoma, Washington.

Arthur Batanides
Batanides in a 1960 Bonanza episode
Born(1923-04-09)April 9, 1923
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 2000(2000-01-10) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1989
Spouses
  • Anne Rasmussen, 1967–? (divorced, 2 children)
  • Midge Ware, 1954–? (divorced, 2 children)
ChildrenLeslie (daughter), Jason (son) both with Ware
Ann-Charlotte (daughter), Nikos (son), both with Rasmussen

Life and career edit

Arthur Batanides was born in Tacoma, Washington on April 9, 1923.[1][2] He became enamored with acting after performing stand-up routines in front of fellow GIs in Europe during World War II. He was educated in dramatic art at the Actors' Lab in Los Angeles, followed by extensive stage experience.

Batanides guest starred in such series as Crusader, Tombstone Territory, Zorro, Combat!, The Twilight Zone, The Asphalt Jungle, One Step Beyond, Blue Light, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible, The Silent Force, I Spy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Wild Wild West, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bearcats!, The Odd Couple, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Columbo and Happy Days. He appeared as Bill Golding in the season six, 1963 episode of Perry Mason titled "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe". He played Littleboy Sherman in "The Rifleman" S5 E24 "Old Man Running" which aired 3/17/1963.

One of his more recognizable roles was that of the unfortunate Starfleet officer/geologist D'Amato in the Star Trek episode "That Which Survives". Among his film credits are The Unearthly (1957), Violent Road (1958), The Leech Woman (1960), Man-Trap (1961), The Maltese Bippy (1969), Evil Roy Slade (1972) and Brannigan (1975). He also appeared as Mr. Kirkland in four of the Police Academy film series, and the sixth installment (City Under Siege) was his final acting appearance.

Batanides died in Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2000, at the age of 76.[1]

Filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
1954 Black Tuesday Reporter at Electrocution Uncredited
1956 The Ten Commandments Hebrew at Rameses' Gate / Hebrew at Golden Calf Uncredited
1957 The Unearthly Danny Green
1958 Violent Road Ben
1959 Cry Tough Alvears
1960 The Leech Woman Jerry
1960 Spartacus Legionnaire Uncredited
1961 Man-Trap Cortez
1969 The Maltese Bippy Tony
1972 The Cat Ate the Parakeet Marty
1975 Brannigan Angell
1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Mr. Kirkland
1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (final film role)

Selected Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1956 Crusader Jack Gilliam Season 2 Episode 2: "Expose"
1957 Maverick Norman Brock Season 1 Episode 14: "Comstock Conspiracy"
1957 Tombstone Territory Tee-A-Hah Season 1 Episode 9: "Apache Vendetta"
1958 Peter Gunn Gus Triano Season 1 Episode 8: "Rough Buck"
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Police Sergeant Season 4 Episode 3: "The Jokester"
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Police Detective Season 4 Episode 23: "I'll Take Care of You"
1959 Rawhide Beckstrom Season 2 Episode 10: "Incident of the Valley in Shadow"
1959 Yancy Derringer Dink Saxon Episode: "A Game of Chance"
1959 The Twilight Zone Leader Season 1 Episode 3: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday"
1959 Zorro Lazaro Season 2 Episode 14: "The Runaways"
1960 Bonanza Spiro Season 1 Episode 31: "Dark Star"
1961 Bonanza Pablo Season 2 Episode 20: "The Fugitive"
1961 The Twilight Zone Tabal Season 3 Episode 6: "The Mirror"
1961 The Asphalt Jungle Morrison Season 1 Episode 6: "The Last Way Out"
1961 Rawhide Gypsy Season 3 Episode 27: "Incident Before Black Pass"
1963 Perry Mason Bill Golding Season 6 Episode 13: "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe"
1963 Combat! Nader Season 2 Episode 4: "The Long Way Home: Part 1"
1963 Combat! Nader Season 2 Episode 5: "The Long Way Home: Part 2"
1963 The Dick Van Dyke Show Man in Bar Season 2 Episode 28: "Divorce"
1963 The Dick Van Dyke Show Bernard Season 3 Episode 9: "Big Max Calvada"
1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show Arnold Season 3 Episode 29: "Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail"
1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show Harry Tinker Season 4 Episode 8: "The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail"
1964 The Fugitive Wimpy Season 1 Episode 19: "Search in a Windy City"
1964 The Andy Griffith Show Ralph Neal Season 5 Episode 6: "Barney's Bloodhound"
1964 Gunsmoke Harv Foster Season 10 Episode 4: "The Violators"
1965 Gunsmoke Feeter Kreb Season 11 Episode 5: "Taps for Old Jeb"
1965 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Jo-Jo Season 1 Episode 28: "Sergeant of the Guard"
1965 The Wild Wild West Marius Ascoli Season 1 Episode 8: "The Night of the Dancing Death"
1966 Get Smart KAOS Agent #1 Season 1 Episode 16: "Double Agent"
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mohan Kiru Season 3 Episode 7: "The Thor Affair"
1966 Blue Light Perault Season 1 Episode 15: "The Key to the Code"
1966 Death Valley Days Serbulo Varella Season 14 Episode 22: "The Firebrand"
1966 I Spy Rocco Season 2 Episode 11: "To Florence with Love: Part 1"
1966 I Spy Rocco Season 2 Episode 12: "To Florence with Love: Part 2"
1967 The Wild Wild West Scullen Season 2 Episode 18: "The Night of the Gypsy Peril"
1967 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Fugitive Season 3 Episode 16: "Gomer the Recruiter"
1967 Lost in Space Rangah Season 3 Episode 5: "The Space Primevals"
1967 The Green Hornet Shugo Season 1 Episode 24: "Invasion from Outer Space: Part 1"
1967 The Green Hornet Shugo Season 1 Episode 25: "Invasion from Outer Space: Part 2"
1967 Mission: Impossible Tino Season 1 Episode 17: "The Frame"
1968 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Bronson Season 4 Episode 18: "Gomer Goes Home"
1968 The Wild Wild West Sergeant Season 3 Episode 24: "The Night of the Death-Maker"
1968 The Wild Wild West Pylo Season 4 Episode 12: "The Night of Miguelito's Revenge"
1968 Land of the Giants Luigi Season 1 Episode 5: "Terror-Go-Round"
1969 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Ziggy Season 5 Episode 14: "Two on the Bench"
1969 Mission: Impossible Kura Season 3 Episode 17: "Doomsday"
1969 Mission: Impossible Father Paolo Dominguin Season 4 Episode 6: "Commandante"
1969 Star Trek Starfleet Officer / Geologist D'Amato Season 3 Episode 17: "That Which Survives"
1970 Daniel Boone Chief Tekwatana Season 6 Episode 21: "Readin', Ritin', and Revolt"
1970 The Silent Force Bates Season 1 Episode 10: "Take as Directed for Death"
1970 Mission: Impossible Lieutenant Kappelo Season 5 Episode 11: "The Rebel" (uncredited)
1971 Mission: Impossible Valenkoff Season 5 Episode 22: "The Party"
1971 Hawaii Five-O Consul Season 3 Episode 20: "The Gunrunner"
1971 Bearcats! Hopkins Season 1 Episode 11: "The Big Guns"
1972 Mission: Impossible Joe Fort Season 6 Episode 16: "Stone Pillow"
1972 The Odd Couple Bartender Season 3 Episode 8: "Felix's First Commercial"
1973 The Odd Couple Nino Babaloni Season 3 Episode 17: "Myrna's Debut"
1973 Mannix Emmett Trask Season 6 Episode 16: "The Man Who Wasn't There"
1974 The Odd Couple Plaintiff Lawyer Season 4 Episode 22: "One for the Bunny"
1974 Happy Days Eddie Season 1 Episode 8: "The Skin Game"
1974 Columbo Murph Season 3 Episode 6: "Mind Over Mayhem"
1978 Wonder Woman Krug (as Art Batanides) Season 2 Episode 16: "Death in Disguise"
1978 Wonder Woman Maxwell Season 3 Episode 11: "Pot of Gold"
1985 Knight Rider Henry Quincy Season 4 Episode 8: "Many Happy Returns"

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Arthur Batanides; Character Actor in TV Series". The Los Angeles Times. 16 January 2000. p. 8. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JG3H-42N : accessed 21 Jan 2013), Arthur Batanides, 10 January 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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