Robert Rockwell

Robert Rockwell

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1916-10-15
Deathday: 2003-01-25 (86 years old)

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Biography

Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden.


A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois, Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union. He appeared in the first Superman television show episode as Clark Kent's father, Jor-El in 1952. He appeared in a 1959 Perry Mason episode "The case of the Deadly Toy" as love interest to the defendant Claire Allison as Dick Benedict. He starred in the 1961 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile" as an Air Force officer court-martialled on a murder charge. He later starred in the 1962 Perry Mason episodes "The Case of the Lurid Letter" as Everett Rixby, a high school principal, and the murderer Cole B. Troy in "The Case of the Shapely Shadow". He also appeared as Ed Purvis in the 1965 episode Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Candy Queen".


Rockwell starred in his own ABC western-themed television series, The Man from Blackhawk in the 1959-1960 season. Rockwell was cast as the Blackhawk Insurance Company's key investigator, Sam Logan, who is assigned to weed out fraud in the payment of claims. He also played Sam Thompson in Thompson's Ghost, Tom Bennett in The Bill Cosby Show:106 and Officer Russo in Adam-12.


In 1967 he played a littering tourist in the Lassie episode "Lassie's Litter Bit", an iconic episode which earned a trip for Lassie to the White House to shake hands with then First Lady "Ladybird" Johnson who had used the famous collie in her Keep America Beautiful Campaign.


Rockwell was a founding member of the California Artists Radio Theatre. He played standard leads in a couple of anti-Communist-era features, including Republic's The Red Menace, in which he is cast as a returning veteran of World War II, who is duped by communists.


Later in his career, he appeared on episodes of Petticoat Junction, Growing Pains, and Beverly Hills, 90210. His appearances in commercials and voiceovers totaled more than 200, most notably as the armchair grandfather treating his grandson to a piece of candy in the 1995 version of the Werthers Original candy spot.

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Filmography

all 70

TV Shows 41

Movies 29

self 1

Perfect Alibi

Perfect Alibi (1995)

Movie
Mr. Cochran
The Golden Palace

The Golden Palace (1992)

TV
Mr. Stewart
Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury (1991)

Movie
Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

TV
5.4
Destination: America

Destination: America (1987)

Movie
Wally Overmier
Growing Pains

Growing Pains (1985)

TV
5.22
Ralph Flagg
Hunter

Hunter (1984)

TV
E/R

E/R (1984)

TV
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983)

Movie
Newhart

Newhart (1982)

TV
5.98
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest (1981)

TV
Golden Gate

Golden Gate (1981)

Movie
Parker
Murder in Texas

Murder in Texas (1981)

Movie
Dynasty

Dynasty (1981)

TV
3
Knots Landing

Knots Landing (1979)

TV
5.33
Benson

Benson (1979)

TV
5.79
Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

TV
6.23
Mitchell
Dallas

Dallas (1978)

TV
4.2
Eight Is Enough

Eight Is Enough (1977)

TV
Harrison
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels (1976)

TV
6.33
The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

TV
6
Tom Bennett
The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

TV
Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka

Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka (1969)

Movie
Dean Chalmers
Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska

Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska (1968)

Movie
Jack Scott
Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy (1968)

TV
8
Chief Danvers
Sol Madrid

Sol Madrid (1968)

Movie
Summer Fun

Summer Fun (1966)

TV
Green Acres

Green Acres (1965)

TV
3.5
Pastor
A Letter to Nancy

A Letter to Nancy (1965)

Movie
Agent
Espionage Target: You

Espionage Target: You (1964)

Movie
Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction (1963)

TV
6
Tom Bennett
The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show (1962)

TV
Bus Stop

Bus Stop (1961)

TV
The Roaring 20's

The Roaring 20's (1960)

TV
Surfside 6

Surfside 6 (1960)

TV
Sam Logan
The Man from Blackhawk

The Man from Blackhawk (1959)

TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)

TV
Phillip Hampton
Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer (1958)

TV
Bronco

Bronco (1958)

TV
Ben Hanson
Turn the Other Cheek

Turn the Other Cheek (1958)

Movie
Maverick

Maverick (1957)

TV
5.33
Dick Benedict / Maj. Jerry Reynolds / Everett Rixby / Ed Purvis / Cole B. Troy
Perry Mason

Perry Mason (1957)

TV
4.33
State Trooper

State Trooper (1956)

TV
Phil Boynton
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks (1956)

Movie
Navy Log

Navy Log (1955)

TV
Mr. Philips
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
Prof. Amberson Adams / Dolph Randolph
The Millionaire

The Millionaire (1955)

TV
Lassie

Lassie (1954)

TV
8
Jeb Stewart
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta (1953)

TV
Forest Ranger at Crash Site (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Movie
5.24
Philip Boynton
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks (1952)

TV
Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America (1952)

TV
John Ransome
Just for You

Just for You (1952)

Movie
Jor-El (uncredited)
Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman (1952)

TV
Racket Squad

Racket Squad (1951)

TV
(uncredited)
The Prince Who Was a Thief

The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)

Movie
Lt. Bill Doyle
The Frogmen

The Frogmen (1951)

Movie
Mark Hampton
Prisoners in Petticoats

Prisoners in Petticoats (1950)

Movie
Police Lt. Carroll
Lonely Heart Bandits

Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)

Movie
Police Lt. Bill Peters
Trial Without Jury

Trial Without Jury (1950)

Movie
Dr. Walter Phillips
Destination Big House

Destination Big House (1950)

Movie
Gates
Women from Headquarters

Women from Headquarters (1950)

Movie
Dr. Ross Carrington
Federal Agent at Large

Federal Agent at Large (1950)

Movie
Kip Armitage III
Belle of Old Mexico

Belle of Old Mexico (1950)

Movie
Detective Lt. James 'Jim' Webster
Unmasked

Unmasked (1950)

Movie
Dist. Atty. James Deveron
The Blonde Bandit

The Blonde Bandit (1949)

Movie
Police Lt. Ron Peterson
Alias the Champ

Alias the Champ (1949)

Movie
Bill Jones
The Red Menace

The Red Menace (1949)

Movie
8
Eddie
You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

Movie
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6

Ratings

Average 5.74
Based on 250 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1916-10-15

Deathday
2003-01-25 (86 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Bob Rockwell


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