Ron Masak Biography (1936-)

Surname pronounced "May-sack"; full name, Ronald Alan Masak; born July 1, 1936, in Chicago, IL; son of Floyd Lewis (a salesperson and musician) and Mildred Alice (a buyer, also in management; maiden name, Rudy) Masak; cousin of Michael Gross (an actor) and Mary Gross (an actress); married Kay Frances Knebes, September 23, 1961; children: Tammy, Debbie, Kathryn (an actress), Michaeland Robert (twins), Christine. Addresses: Agent: (theatrical) Fred Westbrook, KSA, 11365 Ventura Blvd., Suite 100, Studio City, CA 91604; (commercials) Arlene Thornton and Associates, 12001 Ventura Pl., Suite 201, Studio City, CA 91604.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, writer
Birth Details: July 1, 1936; Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Movies
Nightmare in Chicago (also known as Once upon a Savage Night), 1964
Vernon's Volunteers, 1969
Chief Petty Officer Corky Schmidt, Assault on the Wayne, 1970
Michaels, The Priest Killer, Universal, 1971
Heat of Anger (also known as Fitzgerald and Pride), 1971
Fred Ruggiero, In the Glitter Palace (also known as A Woman Accused), 1977
Voice, The Bastard (also known as The Kent Chronicles), 1978
Onorato, No Margin for Error, 1978
Dimaggio, Confessions of a Lady Cop (also known as The Other Side of Fear and Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop), 1979
Joe, Pleasure Cove, 1979
Harve Nelson, The Aliens Are Coming, NBC, 1980
Olympics announcer, The Kid from Nowhere, 1982
Nick Riccardo, The Neighborhood (also known as Breslin's Neighborhood), 1982
Voice, Snowden on Ice, 1997
Television evangelist, When Time Expires, 1997
Eddie Fenelle, Columbo: Ashes to Ashes, ABC, 1998
Julian DiSanto, No Code of Conduct, USA Network, 1999
Series
Andy Gardner, The Good Guys, CBS, 1968
Charlie Wilson, Love Thy Neighbor, ABC, 1973
Supertrain, NBC, 1979
Warren Burdett, Wally Brown, 1979
Himself, Ya Gotta Believe, 1982
Voice of Meatballs, Meatballs and Spaghetti (animated), CBS, 1982-1983
Lieutenant Paul Briggs, The Law and Harry McGraw, CBS, 1987
Sheriff Mort Metzger, a recurring role, Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988-1996
Episodic
Himself and Elvis Presley impersonator, The Spade Cooley Show, 1959
Police Station, 1959
Harmonica Man, "The Purple Testament," The Twilight Zone, 1960
"Frocks of Trouble," Love on a Rooftop, ABC, 1966
Mike (the Buffalo Buzzsaw), "Where There's a Will," The Flying Nun, ABC, 1968
Count Dracula, "Monstrous Monkee Mash," The Monkees, NBC, 1968
Joe the ice cream man, "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?: Part 4," IDream of Jeannie, NBC, 1968
Insight, 1968
Jim, "Goober and the Telephone Girl," Mayberry R.F.D., CBS, 1968
Schlermer (K. O.), "The Worst Best Man," Get Smart, NBC, 1968
Cop, The Second Hundred Years, 1968
MacWhorter, "Jeannie and the Secret Weapon," I Dream of Jeannie, NBC, 1969
Buck, "Samantha's Power Failure," Bewitched, ABC, 1969
Clancey, "Paul Revere Rides Again," Bewitched, ABC, 1970
Second police officer, "Samantha's Hot Bedwarmer," Bewitched, ABC,1970
Second police officer, "The Salem Saga," Bewitched, ABC, 1970
Irving Bates, "Just a Kid Again," Bewitched, ABC, 1970
Bob, The Tim Conway Show, CBS, 1970
Hawkins, Nancy, NBC, 1970
Frankie, "I Think that I Shall Never See a Tree," Nanny and the Professor, ABC, 1970
Fingerprint expert, "Walls Came Tumbling Down," The Young Lawyers,1970
Ed Campbell, "Nerves," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1971
Ed Mims, "Didn't You Used to Be ... Wait ... Don't Tell Me," The MaryTyler Moore Show, CBS, 1971
Gabe, Arnie, CBS, 1971
Stan Krause, "Men Who Care: Parts 1 & 2," Marcus Welby, M.D.,ABC, 1971
"The Sound of Money Talking," Longstreet, ABC, 1972
Mike Mitchell, "P-I-L-O-T," The Bob Newhart Show, CBS, 1972
Ironside, NBC, 1972
McMillan and Wife, NBC, 1972
(Uncredited) Barry Gates, "The Sound of Murder," Mannix, CBS, 1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, ABC, 1972
The Sandy Duncan Show, CBS, 1972
The Delphi Bureau, ABC, 1972
Ron, an anesthesiologist, "No Margin for Error," Medical Center, CBS, 1973
Dimaggio, "The Far Turn," Police Story, NBC, 1973
"Love and The Odd Couples," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973
Bob, "Camera Bug," Emergency!, NBC, 1974
Beauregard Jackson, Land of the Lost, NBC, 1974
Sloane, "J. J. Becomes a Man: Part 2," Good Times, CBS, 1974
Stan Krause, "The Double Edged Razor," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1974

Lieutenant Vukovich, "Vice, 24 Hours," Police Story, NBC, 1975
"Little Boy Lost," Police Story, NBC, 1975
Officer Striker, "Horse Thief," Barney Miller, ABC, 1975
Melrose, "Incident in the Kill Zone," Police Story, NBC, 1975
Sidewinder, Police Woman, NBC, 1975
Al Woods, "Fraternity of Thieves," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1976
Officer Jerry Toppazini, "Monster Manor," Police Story, NBC, 1976
Buck, "Good Neighbor Maxine," Good Heavens, ABC, 1976
Claude the clown, "The Clown," This Is the Life, syndicated, 1976
Gibbsville, NBC, 1976
Arnold, "Welcome Home, Vinie," The Feather and Father Gang, ABC, 1977
Virgil Cheski, "Forced Retirement," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
Gino Panelli, "End of the Line," Police Story, NBC, 1977
J. W., "The Eyes of Texas," Alice, CBS, 1978
Duane Morrisey, "Skateboard Whiz," Wonder Woman, CBS, 1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries, NBC, 1978
Dimaggio, "No Margin for Error," Police Story, NBC, 1978
Ed Shannon, "The Death Challenge," Quincy, NBC, 1979
Chuck Murray, "Friday's Child," Eischied, NBC, 1980
Dick Wilcox, "Sugar and Spice," Quincy, NBC, 1981
Sergeant Bender, "Undercover Judy," Private Benjamin, CBS, 1981
J. J. Stein, "Skin Deep," Magnum P.I., CBS, 1981
Maloney, "Jennifer On My Mind," Jennifer Slept Here, NBC, 1983
Captain Brolley, "Lost and Foundering," Goodnight, Beantown, CBS,1983
Masquerade, ABC, 1983
Johnny, "Debt of Honor," The Yellow Rose, NBC, 1984
Rudy, "Mr. Fix-It," E/R, 1984
Lieutenant Meyer, "Footnote to Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985
Ray Harris, "Sam's New Pal," Diff'rent Strokes, NBC and ABC, 1985
Falcon Crest, CBS, 1985
Harry Cranston, "Forged Steele," Remington Steele, NBC, 1985
Woody, "The Derby," Webster, ABC, 1986
"Love and Passion Point," New Love, American Style, 1986
Voices, The Real Ghostbusters, ABC, 1986
Marty Giles, "No Accounting for Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
Henry Bridges, "Dusty," Starman, ABC, 1987
"Rain Rain Go Away," Bustin' Loose, syndicated, 1987
The Governor, "New Year's Eve," She's the Sheriff, syndicated, 1987
They Came from Outer Space, 1990
Guest panelist, To Tell the Truth, 1990
Appeared in an episode of Vicki!; also appeared as a guest star onseveral game shows, including Crosswits, Hot Potato, LiarsClub, Match Game, Password, Password +, The Show-offs, Super PASSWORD, and Tattletales.
Miniseries
Matt Lee, The Law, 1975
Maynard Lambert, Once an Eagle, NBC, 1976
Manning, Intruders, CBS, 1992
Television Pilots
Chief Tom Rankin, Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck, 1975
Muldoon, The Banana Company, CBS, 1977
Warren Burdett, The Further Adventures of Wally Brown, NBC, 1980
Sergeant Galvin, Jessica Novak, CBS, 1981
Host of pilots for Likely Suspects and Tune In.
Television Appearances
Specials
Host, Jerry Lewis Telethon, 1980-1990
Host, Sheriffs SANE Telethon, 1987-1990
Cohost of Variety Club Telethon; also appeared in How to Control Your Time, Make It Happen, Second Effort, Sure-Strike, Time Management, and Tom Kite Playing Around with His Friends.
Other
Himself, Hey Coach, 1975
Sam Bacon, McNaughton's Daughter (also known as Try to Catch aSaint), 1976
Television Director
Series
Ya Gotta Believe, 1982
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Chief Petty Officer Paul Zabrinczski, Ice Station Zebra, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Paul Fleming, Daddy's Gone A-Hunting, Warner Bros., 1968
Ron, Second Effort, 1968
First baseball fan, The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1969
Lieutenant Laurence Ruff, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Sam, the bartender, A Time for Dying, Etoile, 1971
Pete, Evel Knievel, Fanfare, 1971
Claude Raintree, The Man from Clover Grove, Intro-Media Productions, 1974
Voice, Lucky Lady, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Host, Safety, Check Your Car, 1977
Woman in the Rain (also known as A Hell Black Night), 1978
Sheriff, Laserblast, Irwin Yablans Company, 1978
Herbie Maddox, Harper Valley, P.T.A., April Fools Productions, 1979
Mr. Tomanski, Listen to Me, Columbia, 1989
Vince Palermo, Cops n Roberts, 1995
Spike Sills, The Thundering 8th, 1998
Mark Twain/Samuel L. Clemens, Mark Twain's Greatest Adventure: "It's aMatter of Time," 1999
Himself, The Making of Bret Michaels, Michaels Entertainment Group, 2002
Lieutenant J. D. Hill, The Stoneman, 2002
Film Work
Associate producer, The Thundering 8th, 1998
Executive producer, Mark Twain's Greatest Adventure: "It's a Matter ofTime," 1999
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Shapiro, Stalag 17, Chicago, IL, 1954
Sakini, Teahouse of the August Moon, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, Summit, IL, between 1962 and 1966
Will Stockdale, No Time for Sergeants, Candlelight Dinner Theatre,between 1962 and 1966
Title role, Mr. Roberts, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, between 1962and 1966
Ensign Pulver, Mr. Roberts, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, between 1962 and 1966
Alan, Enter Laughing, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, between 1962 and1966
Stanley, A Streetcar Named Desire, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, between 1962 and 1966
Mortimer, Arsenic and Old Lace, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, between 1962 and 1966
Sam, Photo Finish, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, between 1962 and 1966
Appeared as Marc Antony in a production of Julius Caesar; also performed impersonations in View of Vegas.
WRITINGS
Television Series
Ya Gotta Believe, 1982
Film Music
Song composer, The Man From Clover Grove, Intro-Media Productions,1975
Writing
Other
Poetry selection, "Our Flag," represented in the anthology A Symphonyof Verse, National Library of Verse, 1998. Author of lyrics for Hey Wake Up and Listen.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Ron Masak: Official Site, http://www.ronmasak.com, August 20, 2002

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