Robert Vaughn Biography (1932-)

Born Robert Francis Vaughn, November 22, 1932, in New York, NY; son of GeraldWalter (a radio actor) and Marcella Frances (a stage actress; maiden name, Gaudel) Vaughn; married Linda Staab (an actress), 1974; children: Caitlin, Cassidy. Addresses: Agent: Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069; International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer
Birth Details: 1932; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Captain Ray Rambridge, The Lieutenant, NBC, 1963-64
Napoleon Solo, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1964-68
Harry Rule, The Protectors, syndicated, 1972-74
Harlan Adams, Emerald Point, N.A.S., CBS, 1983-84
Retired general Hunt Stockwell, The A Team, NBC, 1986-87
Host and narrator, Reaching for the Skies, 1988-89
Narrator, America at War, 1990
Harry Winfield, Love at First Sight, BBC, beginning 1991
Attorney general and narrator, Danger Theatre, Fox, 1993
Rick Hamlin, As the World Turns, CBS, 1995
Bishop Corrington, One Life to Live, ABC, 1996
Judge Oren Travis, The Magnificent Seven, CBS, 1997-2000
Albert Stroller, Hustle, BBC, beginning 2004
Miniseries
Charles Desmond, Captains and the Kings, NBC, 1976
Frank Flaherty, Washington: Behind Closed Doors, ABC, 1977
Morgan Wendell, Centennial, NBC, 1978
President Woodrow Wilson, Backstairs at the White House, NBC, 1979
Seth McLean, The Rebels, Operation Prime Time, 1979
Field marshal Erhard Milch, Inside the Third Reich, ABC, 1982
Senator Reynolds, The Blue and the Gray, CBS, 1982
General Douglas MacArthur, The Last Bastion, Ten Network (Australia) and PBS, 1984
John Bradford, Evergreen, NBC, 1985
Mr. Morris, Tracks of Glory: The Major Taylor Story (also known asThe Major Taylor Story), The Disney Channel, 1992
Movies
Jerry Hunter, The Woman Hunter, CBS, 1972
Hayden Danziger, Columbo: Troubled Waters, NBC, 1975
Charles Clay, Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore, NBC, 1976
Edward Fuller, Kiss Me ... Kill Me, ABC, 1976
Mark Case, The Gossip Columnist, Operation Prime Time, 1979
Michael Jacoby, Mirror Mirror, 1979
Dr. Arno Franken, Doctor Franken (also known as The Franken Project), NBC, 1980
Harrison Crawford III, City in Fear (also known as Panic on Page One), ABC, 1980
Frederick Walker, A Question of Honor, CBS, 1982
Girard, Fantasies (also known as The Studio Murders), ABC,1982
Richard Whitney, The Day the Bubble Burst, NBC, 1982
Dave Fairmont, Intimate Agony (also known as Doctor in Paradise), ABC, 1983
Napoleon Solo, The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (also known as The Fifteen Years Later Affair), CBS, 1983
Captain Powell, International Airport, ABC, 1985
Oliver Coles, Private Sessions, NBC, 1985
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Murrow, HBO, 1986
Stanley Auerbach, The Prince of Bel Air, ABC, 1986
Ray Melton, Nightstick (also known as Calhoun), 1987
Sheriff John Whaley, Desperado, NBC, 1987
Jay Corelli, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter, NBC, 1990
Tatort-Camerone, [Germany], 1992
W.S.H. (also known as Weird Shit Happens), 1994
Dennis Forbes, Dancing in the Dark, Lifetime, 1995
The devil, Witch Academy (also known as Little Devils), USANetwork, 1995
Edward Bolt, "Escape to Witch Mountain," ABC Family Movie, ABC, 1995
Ron Fairfax, The Sender, HBO, 1997
Adam Spring, Virtual Obsession (also known as Host), ABC, 1998
Himself, The Mystery of Natalie Wood, ABC, 2004
Specials
Guest, Jimmy Durante Meets the Lively Arts, ABC, 1965
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (title role), FDR (also known as FDR:That Man in the White House), HBO, 1982
Host and Charles Hemming, You Are the Jury, NBC, 1986
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 1986, 1989
NBC's 60th Anniversary Special, NBC, 1986
Host, Manhunt ... Update!, syndicated, 1989
Host, Dangerous Game of Fame, syndicated, 1992
Voice of Isaac Arnold, Lincoln, ABC, 1992
Host, Classic Spy Movies, TNT, 1996
Himself, Guns for Hire: The Making of "The Magnificent Seven" (documentary), Channel 4 (England), 2000
Himself, Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (documentary), TCM, 2005
Awards Presentations
The 37th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, ABC, 1985
Episodic
Dr. Charles A. Leale, "Black Friday," Medic, NBC, 1955
Archibald Parker, "Bitter Waters," Screen Directors Playhouse, NBC, 1956
Cowboy, "Cooter," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1956
Jay Powers, "The Story of Jay Powers" (also known as "The Jay Powers Story"), The Millionaire, CBS, 1956
Johnny Adler, "Courage Is a Gun," Zane Grey Theater, CBS, 1956
Soldier, "The Heroism of Clara Barton," You Are There, CBS, 1956
"Betty Goes Steady," Father Knows Best, NBC, 1956
"Fake SOS," Big Town, NBC, 1956
"The Marine Story," Big Town, NBC, 1956
"The Operator and the Martinet," West Point, CBS, 1956
"The Return of Jubal Dolan," Frontier, NBC, 1956
Andy Bowers, "Romeo," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1957
Billy Jack, "A Gun Is for Killing," Zane Grey Theater, CBS, 1957
Title role, "Billy the Kid," Tales of Wells Fargo (also known as Wells Fargo), NBC, 1957
Steve Sprock, "The Troublemakers," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
"The Consort," Telephone Time, CBS, 1957
"Double Identity," Panic!, NBC, 1957
"The Twisted Road," Frontier Doctor, syndicated, 1957
Dan Willard, "The Apprentice Sheriff," The Rifleman, ABC, 1958
Roy Pelham, "The John Wilbot Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1958
Shelly Poe, "Return," Jefferson Drum, NBC, 1958
"The Big Rat Pack," Dragnet, NBC, 1958
"File #35," Walter Winchell File, ABC, 1958
Art, "Dry Run," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1959
Frank Warren, "Passage to the Enemy," Wichita Town, NBC, 1959
Miguel Roverto, "Spark of Revenge," Zorro, ABC, 1959
Roger Mowbray, "About Roger Mowbray," Riverboat, NBC, 1959
Ross Drake, "The Innocents," Law of the Plainsman, NBC, 1959
Sheriff Lloyd Stover, "Borrowed Glory," Bronco, ABC, 1959
Stan Gray, "A Twisted Road," Frontier Doctor, syndicated, 1959
Theodore Roosevelt, "The Dude," Law of the Plainsman, NBC, 1959
"Made in Japan," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1959
"Prelude to Violence," The Lineup, CBS, 1959
Abner Benson, "Interrupted Honeymoon," Checkmate, CBS, 1960
Asa, "Noblesse Oblige," The Rebel, ABC, 1960
Dr. Collins, "Emergency," The June Allyson Show (also known as The DuPont Show with June Allyson), CBS, 1960
Hayworth, "Remember Me Not," The Man from Blackhawk, ABC, 1960
Lieutenant Dave Hutchins, "The Last Flight Out," Alcoa Theatre, NBC, 1960
Perry Holcomb, "Moon Cloud," Men into Space, CBS, 1960
Roger Bigelow, "The Roger Bigelow Show," Wagon Train, NBC, 1960
Sandy Kale, "The Dark Trail," Laramie, NBC, 1960
"The Awakening," The Garlund Touch (also known as Mr. Garlund), CBS, 1960
"Death of a Dream," Desilu Playhouse (also known as Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse), CBS, 1960
Albert, "The Far Side of Nowhere," Follow the Sun, ABC, 1961
Beaumont Butler Buell, "Object: Patrimony," Stagecoach West, ABC,1961
Billy Brigode, "Treasure Coach," Tales of Wells Fargo (also knownas Wells Fargo), NBC, 1961
Billy Jack, "A Gun Is for Killing," Frontier Justice, CBS, 1961
Dr. Frank Cordell, "The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell," Thriller, NBC, 1961

Lace, "To Wear a Badge," Target: The Corruptors, ABC, 1961
Ralph Borden, "A Rage for Justice," Follow the Sun, ABC, 1961
Sordo, "The Heckler," 87th Precinct, NBC, 1961
Warren W. Scott, "The Scott Machine," The Asphalt Jungle, ABC, 1961
Wes Grayson, "The Landslide Adventure," Malibu Run, CBS, 1961
A. Dunster Lowell, "The Boston Terrier," The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1962, broadcast as a pilot, ABC, 1963
Luke Martin, "The Way Station," Bonanza, NBC, 1962
Peter Warren, "The Blues My Babe Gave to Me," The Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1962
Philip Colerane, "The Debasers," Cain's Hundred, NBC, 1962
"Death of a Dream," Kraft Mystery Theatre, NBC, 1962
Captain Paul Terman, "No Small Wars," Empire, NBC, 1963
Charlie Argos, "The Charlie Argos Story," The Untouchables, ABC, 1963
Clarence Darrow, "Defendant," G.E. True, CBS, 1963
Douglas Milinder, "Your Fortune for a Penny," 77 Sunset Strip, ABC, 1963
Jim Darling, "It's a Shame She Married Me," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1963
St. Mark, "The Silence of Good Men," The Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963
Simon Clain, "If You Have Tears," The Virginian, NBC, 1963
Host, Hullabaloo, NBC, 1965
Guest, The Red Skelton Comedy Hour (also known as The Red Skelton Hour and The Red Skelton Show), CBS, 1965, 1966
Napoleon Solo, "The Mother Muffin Affair," The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
Napoleon Solo, "Say U.N.C.L.E.," Please Don't Eat the Daisies, NBC, 1966
Guest, The Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1968
Guest, Vergissmeinnicht, 1968
Himself, Personality, NBC, 1968
Panelist, Match Game '73, CBS, 1973
$10,000 Pyramid, 1973, 1974
$20,000 Pyramid, 1974
Andrew Simms, "Blast," Police Woman, NBC, 1975
Panelist, Match Game '75, CBS, 1975
Lou Malik, "Generation of Evil," Police Woman, NBC, 1976
"Murder at F-Stop 11," The Feather and Father Gang, ABC, 1977
Darius, "The Story of Daniel in the Lion's Den," Greatest Heroes of the Bible, 1978
"Who Killed Charles Pendragon?," Eddie Capra Mysteries, NBC, 1978
Sebastian Rolande, "The Spirit Is Willie," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1979
T. K. Sheldon, "Girl under Glass: Parts 1 & 2" (also known as "The Sex Act: Parts 1 & 2"), Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1980
"The Scream of Eagles," Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1980
Charles Paris, "The Fashion Show: A Model Marriage/This Year's Model/Original Sing/Vogue Rogue/Too Clothes for Comfort: Parts 1 & 2," The LoveBoat, ABC, 1981
Troy, "Charades," Hotel, ABC, 1983
Dr. Christopher Hamilton, "Face to Face," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1984
Gideon Armstrong, "Murder Digs Deep," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985
Nameless master villain, "Abnormal Psych," Stingray, NBC, 1986
"Trial By Fire," The A Team, NBC, 1986
Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1987
Huxley, "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl," The Ray Bradbury Theater, USA Network, 1988
Deputy chief Curtis Moorehead, "City under Siege: Parts 1-3," Hunter, NBC, 1989
Edwin Chancellor, "The Grand Old Lady," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1989
Guest, The Howard Stern Show, 1991
Charles Winthrop, "The Witch's Curse," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1992
Rykker, "Dragonswing," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated,1993
Guest, Later with Bob Costas (also known as Later), NBC, 1993
Ned Whelan, "Farewell to Arms," Sirens, syndicated, 1994
Rykker, "Dragonswing II," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994
William Shane, "Who Killed the Movie Mogul?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995
Bill Stratton, "Murder, Murder," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1996
Dr. Stewart Rizor, "Plague," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1996
James Sheffield, "Me and Mrs. Joan," The Nanny, CBS, 1996
Alexander Drake, "Discards," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997
Carl Anderton, "Burned," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
Carl Anderton, "Bad Girl," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
Carl Anderton, "Monster," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
James Sheffield, "Immaculate Concepcion," The Nanny, CBS, 1998
Himself, Steve McQueen: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
Vince Deal, "The Real Deal," The Sentinel, UPN, 1999
Voice of Mr. White, "The Story of Whomps," Recess (animated; alsoknown as Disney's "Recess"), ABC, 1999
Himself, "24-30 June, 1967," That Was the Week We Watched, BBC-2,2003
Himself, Richard & Judy, Channel 4 (England), 2004
Appeared in episodes of other series, including The Gordon Elliott Show, syndicated.
Pilots
A. Dunster Lowell, The Boston Terrier, ABC, 1963, originally broadcast as a pilot on The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1962
Senator Gerald Stratton, The Islander, CBS, 1978
Hart to Hart, ABC, 1979
Commissioner Peter Kinghorn, Dark Avenger, CBS, 1990
Television Director
Episodic
"It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island," The Protectors,syndicated, 1973
"The Melting Point of Ice," Police Woman, NBC, 1976
Film Appearances
Photographer, I'll Cry Tomorrow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
Spear carrier and Hebrew at golden calf, The Ten Commandments, Paramount, 1956
Bob Ford, Hell's Crossroads, Republic, 1957
Buddy Root, No Time to Be Young (also known as The Big Day: Teenage Delinquents), Columbia, 1957
Don Bigelow, Unwed Mother, Allied Artists, 1958
Symbol maker's teenage son, Teenage Caveman (also known as Outof the Darkness and Prehistoric World), American International Pictures, 1958
Chester A. "Chet" Gwynn, The Young Philadelphians (also known as The City Jungle), Warner Bros., 1959
Edward "Eddie"/"The Kid" Campbell, Good Day for a Hanging, Columbia, 1959
Lee, The Magnificent Seven, United Artists, 1960
Klaus Everard, The Big Show, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
Jim Melford, The Caretakers (also known as Borderlines), United Artists, 1963
(Uncredited) Napoleon Solo, The Glass Bottom Boat (also known as The Spy in Lace Panties), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Napoleon Solo, One of Our Spies Is Missing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Napoleon Solo, One Spy Too Many, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Napoleon Solo, The Spy in the Green Hat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Napoleon Solo, The Spy with My Face, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Napoleon Solo, To Trap a Spy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Bill Fenner, The Venetian Affair, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Napoleon Solo, The Karate Killers (also known as The Five Daughters Affair), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
(Uncredited) Himself, Italy's in Season (short documentary film),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Napoleon Solo, The Helicopter Spies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Napoleon Solo, How to Steal the World, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Himself, "Bullitt": Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality (short documentary film), Warner Bros., 1968
Walter Chalmers, Bullitt, Warner Bros., 1968
Antonio, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, United Artists, 1969
Major Paul Kreuger, The Bridge at Remagen, United Artists, 1969
Casca, Julius Caesar, American International Pictures, 1970
Dr. Michael Bergen, The Mind of Mr. Soames, Columbia, 1970
Neilson, The Clay Pigeon (also known as Trip to Kill), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
Ray, The Statue, Cinerama, 1971
Harry S Truman, The Man from Independence, 1974
Senator Gary Parker, The Towering Inferno, Twentieth Century-Fox,1974
Stuart "Star" Chase, Wanted: Babysitter (also known as The Babysitter, L.A. Babysitter, The Raw Edge, Babysitter--Un maledetto pasticio, Das Ganz grosse Ding, and Jeune fille libre le soir), SNC, 1975
Atraco en la jungla (also known as Blue Jeans and Dynamite, Double Cross, and Dynamite and Blue Jeans), 1976
(Uncredited) Voice of Proteus IV, Demon Seed (also known as Proteus Generation), United Artists, 1977
Glenn Manning, The Lucifer Complex, Gold Key Entertainment, 1978
Professor Allan Duncan, Starship Invasions (also known as AlienEncounter, Project Genocide, and War of the Aliens), Warner Bros., 1978
Colonel Donald Rogers, Brass Target, United Artists, 1979
Dr. Neal, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (also known as Secret Yearnings, The Shaming, and The Sin), Bel-Air/Gradison, 1979
Barkley, Virus (also known as The End, Day of Resurrection, and Fukkatsu no hi), Media, 1980
Gelt, Battle beyond the Stars, Orion, 1980
Gordon Cain, Hangar 18 (also known as Invasion Force), SunnClassic, 1980
Hud, Cuba Crossing (also known as Assignment: Kill Castro, Key West Crossing, Kill Castro, The Mercenaries, Sweet Dirty Tony, Sweet Violent Tony, and Todeskommando Schweinebucht), Key West, 1980
David Blackman, S.O.B., Paramount, 1981
Lekar, Veliki Transport (also known as Heroes), 1983
Ross Webster, Superman III, Warner Bros., 1983
Ed Ryland, Black Moon Rising, New World, 1986
General Woodbridge, The Delta Force (also known as Mahatz Ha-Delta), Cannon, 1986
Dr. Fred Brown, Killing Birds--uccelli assassini (also known as Dark Eyes of the Zombie, Raptors, and Zombie 5: Killing Birds), 1987
Sam Merrick, Hour of the Assassin, Concorde-New Horizons, 1987
Eduard Delacorte, Captive Rage (also known as Fair Trade),Movie Group, 1988
Lawson, Renegade (also known as They Call Me Renegade, You Call Me Trinity, They Call Me Renegade, and Renegade, un osso troppo duro), 1988
Another Way (also known as D Kikan Joho), 1988
Ambassador McKay, The Emissary, 1989
Colonel Masters, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D., Vestron Pictures,1989
Colonel Schneider, Skeleton Coast (also known as Coast of Skeletons), Silvertree, 1989
Dr. Gary, Buried Alive (also known as Edgar Allen Poe's "BuriedAlive"), 21st Century Film Corporation, 1989
Lord Byron Orlock, Transylvania Twist, Concorde/Aquarius Releasing, 1989
Max, Brutal Glory, 1989
Adolf Hitler, That's Adequate, Southgate Entertainment/Vidmark Entertainment, 1990
Dr. Duncan, Nobody's Perfect, Moviestore Entertainment, 1990
Wolfgang Manteuffil, River of Death (also known as Alistair MacLean's "River of Death"), Cannon, 1990
Wedgewood, Going Under (also known as Dive), Warner Bros.,1991
Mr. X, Blind Vision, Saban Entertainment, 1992
Mayor Sampson Moses, Dust to Dust, 1994
Agent Silvestri, Visions, 1996
Senator Dougherty, Joe's Apartment, Warner Bros., 1996
Senator Zachary Powell, Menno's Mind (also known as Power.com), 1996
Uncle Andre, Milk & Money, 1996
Baxter, Vulcan (also known as Anak ng bulkan), Premiere Entertainment, 1997
Professor Michaels, An American Affair, TSC, 1997
Baxter Cain, BASEketball, MCA/Universal, 1998
Walter Denkins, McCinsey's Island, 1998
Chief MacIntyre, Motel Blue, Bedford Entertainment, 1999
Dick Lecter, Pootie Tang, Paramount, 2001
Judge Mancini, Cottonmouth (also known as Lethal Force andSilent Justice), Madison Home Video, 2002
Benny "The Bomb" Palladino, Hoodlum & Son, Peakviewing Transatlantic, 2003
Tully, Sr., Happy Hour, Davis Entertainment Filmworks/O'Hara-Klein, 2003
Braddock, The Warrior Class, Archer Entertainment/Talking Pictures, 2004
Chief Hannigan, Gang Warz, Pittsburgh Pictures, 2004
Dr. Gadsden Braden, Scene Stealers, 2004
Nick, 2BPerfectly Honest (also known as 2 B Perfectly Honest), 2B Pictures, 2004
Also appeared in Twilight Blue and Rampage.
Stage Appearances
Title role, Hamlet, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1964
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (title role), FDR (solo show; also knownas FDR: That Man in the White House), 1978
Henry Drummond, Inherit the Wind, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn,NJ, 1984-85
Andrew Makepeace Ladd II, Love Letters, Edison Theatre, New York City, then Los Angeles, both 1990
I Hate Hamlet, Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1992
Reginald Paget, Quartet, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge,MA, 2002
The Exonerated, Forty-Five Bleecker Street Theatre, New York City,between 2002 and 2004
Appeared in other plays, including End as a Man, California production.
RECORDINGS
Videos
(In archive footage) Hullabaloo Vol. 8, MPI Home Video, 1996
WRITINGS
Nonfiction
Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting (Ph.D. thesis), foreword by George McGovern, Putnam, 1972, reprinted, Limelight Editions, 1996
Author of the autobiography Christ, Shakespeare, Ho Chi Min: As I KnewThem.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volumes 61-64, Gale, 1976

Periodicals

Radio Times, March 20, 2004, pp. 24, 25, 27
TV Guide, November 8, 1997, pp. 24-27

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