Anthony Zerbe Biography (1936-)

Born May 20, 1936, in Long Beach, CA; son of Arthur Lee Van and Catherine (maiden name, Scurlock) Zerbe; married Arnette Jens, October 7, 1962; children:Janet, Jared Lee Van. Addresses: Agent: c/o Susan Smith & Associates, 121 N. San Vicente Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: May 20, 1936; Long Beach, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
It's All Done with Mirrors, 1977
Title role, Cyrano de Bergerac, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT,1979
Benjamin Hubbard, The Little Foxes, Martin Beck Theatre, New YorkCity, 1981
Behind the Broken Words, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1981
Balthazar, Solomon's Child, Little Theatre, New York City, 1982
Title role, Macbeth, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1983
Title role, Cyrano de Bergerac, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1983
Amundsen, Terra Nova, American Place Theatre, 1984
Diminished Capacity, GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1986
Behind the Broken Words, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO, 2000
Also regularly performs a continuing project, Prelude to Lime Creek.
Film Appearances
Dog Boy, Cool Hand Luke, Warner Bros., 1967
Dutchy, Will Penny, Paramount, 1968
Willie Joe Worth, The Liberation of L. B. Jones, Columbia, 1970
Dougherty, The Molly Maguires, Paramount, 1970
Rice Weedon, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, United Artists, 1970
Matthias, The Omega Man, Warner Bros., 1971
Hustler, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, National General, 1972
Fry, The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
Lieutenant Steiner, The Laughing Policeman (also known as An Investigation of Murder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Toussaint Leper Colony Chief, Papillon, Allied Artists, 1973
(Uncredited) Schwartzkopf, The Parallax View, Paramount, 1974
Up from the Ape, 1974
Laird Burnette, Farewell, My Lovely, AVCO-Embassy, 1975
Breed, Rooster Cogburn (also known as Rooster Cogburn ... and the Lady), Universal, 1975
Rosie, The Turning Point, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
Antheil, Who'll Stop the Rain&quest; (also known as Dog Soldiers), United Artists, 1978
Captain Broughton, The First Deadly Sin, Filmways, 1980
The Attack of the Phantoms, 1980
Morgan, Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (also known as Swamp Rats), Gaylord, 1982
Roger Stuart, The Dead Zone, Paramount, 1983
Mr. Wareham, Off Beat, Touchstone, 1985
Becker, Opposing Force (also known as Hellcamp), Orion, 1987
Charles Bradley, P.I. Private Investigations, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Damnil, Steel Dawn, Vestron, 1987
Phillipe Marcel, Memories of Manon (also known as The Equalizer: Memories of Manon and The Equalizer: The Mystery of Manon), 1988
Milton Krest, Licence to Kill (also known as License to Kill), 1989
Sutherland, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 1989
Senator McKellar, Listen to Me, 1989
Father Donahue, Touch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
Admiral Matthew Dougherty, Star Trek: Insurrection (also known asStar Trek 9), Paramount, 1998
Henry Lowenstein, True Crime, Warner Bros., 1999
Television Appearances
Movies
Vincent Wiertel, The Priest Killer, NBC, 1971
Dr. John Mortimer, The Hound of the Baskervilles (also known as Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles), ABC, 1972
Boone, Snatched, ABC. 1973
Dr. Wellman, She Lives!, ABC, 1973
Dr. Albert Scanlon, The Healers, NBC, 1974

Roy Danko, In the Glitter Palace (also known as A Woman Accused), NBC, 1977
Abner Devereaux, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (also known asAttack of the Phantoms and KISS in Attack of the Phantoms), NBC, 1978
Timmons, Child of Glass, 1978
Man of Honor, 1980
Professor Clem Staymond, The Seduction of Miss Leona, CBS, 1980
William Kunstler, Attica, ABC, 1980
Captain Marcus, A Question of Honor, CBS, 1982
Arco the Magnificent, Rascals and Robbers--The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, CBS, 1982
Justin Sepheran, The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (also knownas The Fifteen Years Later Affair), CBS, 1983
Yakov Anderman, One Police Plaza, CBS, 1986
General Oral Grey, Independence, NBC, 1987
Ol' Jeemy Williams, Baja Oklahoma, HBO, 1988
Max Dyson, Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, ABC, 1989
Lewis Larson, To Save a Child, ABC, 1991
Stanford Miller, Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance, NBC, 1996
Roger Aiken, On Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1996
Series
Lieutenant K. C. Trench, Harry O, ABC, 1975-76
Teaspoon Hunger, The Young Riders, ABC, 1989
Miniseries
Captain Martin Grey, How the West Was Won, ABC, 1977
Dave Shifkin, Once an Eagle, NBC, 1977
Mervin Wendell, Centennial, NBC, 1978-79
Jimmy Jackson, The Chisholms, CBS, 1979
Pontius Pilate, A.D., NBC, 1985
General Ulysses S. Grant, North and South, Book II, ABC, 1986
St. Pierre, George Washington, CBS, 1984
Bill Williams, Dream West, CBS, 1986
Stavros Livanos, Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (also knownas The Richest Man in the World and The Richest Man in the World:The Story of Aristotle Onassis), ABC, 1988
Dr. Charles Napier, Steroid, NBC, 1997
Specials
Host, Psychic Detectives, ABC, 1989
Long John Silver, Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins, NBC, 1994
Episodic
"Carrier," Naked City, 1963
Gil Condon, "The Guilt of Matt Bentell," The Big Valley, 1965
"Banner with a Strange Device," The Iron Horse, 1967
Zeke Montgomery, "The Night of the Legion of Death," The Wild, Wild West, 1967
David Redding, "The Photographer," Mission: Impossible, 1967
Mr. Spain, "A Ride in the Sun," Bonanza, 1968
Nick Skouras, "Blood Money II," Gunsmoke, 1968
"The Good-Hearted Badman," The Virginian, 1968
"One Illegal Angel," It Takes a Thief, 1968
Colonel Helmut Kellerman, "Live Bait," Mission: Impossible, 1969
Colonel Alex Vorda, "The Amnesiac," Mission: Impossible, 1969
Eric Schilling, "The Amateur," Mission: Impossible, 1970
Heraclio Cantrell and Father Hernando Cantrell, "The Noonday Devil," Gunsmoke, 1970
Reese Dolan, "The Connection," Mission: Impossible, 1971
The Rookies, 1972
"Shakedown," Cade's County, 1972
Doc Immelman, "The Torch," Cannon, 1972
"All in the Family," Nichols, 1972
Talbot, "Talbot," Gunsmoke, 1973
Morris W. Talbot, "Catch Me If You Can," Cannon, 1973
Max Dolney, "The Limping Man," Cannon, 1973
Paul, "The Hoots," Kung Fu, 1973
Lester Smith, "Mother's Deadly Helper," Hawaii Five-O, 1974
"The Predators," Kung Fu, 1974
Jack Skowron, "The Gang at Don's Drive In," The Rockford Files, 1977
Doctor Joshua McQueen, "The Wild Boy: Part 1," Little House on the Prairie, 1982
Jabez Stone, "The Devil and Jonathan Smith," Highway to Heaven, 1985
Phillipe Marcel, "The Memories of Manon: Parts 1 & 2," The Equalizer, 1987
Edward Napier, Jack's Place, ABC, 1993
Judge Howard Friedlander, "Serial Killer: Part 1," Under Suspicion, CBS, 1994
Grunwald, "Revenge is the Nuts," Tales from the Crypt, 1994
Matt Matthews, "Murder of the Month Club," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1994
Dr. Benjamin Richter, Medicine Ball, Fox, 1995
Joey Galloway, "Break-In," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1996
Tyler Hume, "Paranoid," Total Recall 2070, Showtime, 1999
Tyler Hume, "Brightness Falls," Total Recall 2070, Showtime, 1999
Clifford, "RDWRER," Frasier, NBC, 2000
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Darkness, 1990
WRITINGS
Plays
(Coauthor) Behind the Broken Words, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1981

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