Herb Vigran

Born: 1910-06-05 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Died: 1986-11-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love Lucy (1951).

Filmography

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon as Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

1985

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin as Hopps (voice)

1982

Remington Steele as Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck
Shirt Tales as Mr. Dinkel (voice)
I Was a Mail Order Bride as Casey

1981

First Monday in October as Justice Ambrose Quincy

1977

Babe as Heckler (uncredited)

1976

Charlie's Angels as Joe Weatherby
The Loneliest Runner as Guard
Hawmps! as Smitty

1975

The Jeffersons

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Chico and the Man
Benji as Lt. Ted Samuels
Herbie Rides Again as Window Washer

1973

Charlotte's Web as Lurvy (voice)
Chase

1972

Emergency! as Lou
The Streets of San Francisco as Max
Cancel My Reservation as Roscoe Snagby
Emergency! as Committee Chairman

1971

Vanished as Joe Hotchkiss
Support Your Local Gunfighter as Fat
Inside O.U.T. as Harry
The Day of the Wolves as The Realtor

1970

The Odd Couple as Louie
Nanny and the Professor

1969

Love, American Style as Bill Jenks
The Brady Bunch
My Dog, the Thief as Helicopter Mechanic

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Willie
Adam-12 as Gus Archer
The Mod Squad as Doctor
Mayberry R.F.D. as Out-Of-Town Man
The Doris Day Show as Dr. Crawford
The Love Bug as Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Gulliver as Glum (voice)
Blackbeard's Ghost as Danny Oly
Carnival Nights as Policeman

1967

Dragnet as Paul Woods
The Mothers-in-Law as Judge
Good Morning World as Mr. Keith
The Three Faces of Stanley
The Reluctant Astronaut as NASA Doctor

1966

Hero
Jan & Dean: On the Run as Harry

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Judge Hennessey

1964

Bewitched
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as First Tour Guide
Gilligan's Island
Wendy and Me
Send Me No Flowers as TV Announcer (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)
The Brass Bottle as Eddie

1963

The Fugitive as Marty
Petticoat Junction as Barney Morgan
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as George
Arrest and Trial as Clerk
The Dakotas
Temple Houston
Channing as Manny

1962

The Virginian as Drummer
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Lucy Show as Postman
Gypsy as Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)
Period of Adjustment as Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

1961

Mister Ed
The Dick Van Dyke Show as Bernie Quinn
Hazel as Mickey
87th Precinct as Detective Bartholdi
Top Cat as Space Shuttle Doctor (voice)
The Errand Boy as Cigar Smoker in Elevator
What's My Lion? as Narrator (voice)

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Bill Medwin
The Flintstones as Cop (voice)
My Three Sons as Caretaker
Surfside 6 as Al
Checkmate as Herb, Bartender
Pete and Gladys
Tall Story as Man in Back Seat (uncredited)
Bells Are Ringing as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)

1959

Bonanza as Card Player
One Step Beyond as Grocery Wagon Driver
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Art (uncredited)
Tightrope
Go, Johnny, Go! as Bill Barnett
Fill 'Er Up as Man
Plunderers of Painted Flats as Mr. Perry
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) as Mr. McCloy (voice)

1958

Peter Gunn
The Donna Reed Show as Mr. Sprague
Lawman as Walt Perkins
The Texan as Sandy Potts
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Bartender (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip as Augie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Mr. Galt
Party Girl as Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Ed Wynn Show as Ernest Hinshaw
The Gun Runners as Freddy (uncredited)
Cry Baby Killer as John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn as Sergeant
The Notorious Mr. Monks as Bartender (uncredited)

1957

Perry Mason as Charlie, Bartender
Maverick
Leave It to Beaver as Stanley the Barber
Trackdown as Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Johnson
M Squad as Danny
The Restless Gun as Jim Pincher
26 Men
Blondie as J. Tyler Grant
The Helen Morgan Story as Finney (uncredited)
The Vampire as Sgt. George Ryan
The Midnight Story as Charlie Cuneo
Gunsight Ridge as R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace
A Hatful of Rain as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
The Wayward Girl as Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
The Edge of Innocence
Public Pigeon No. 1 as Club Manager

1956

Playhouse 90 as Manager
Hey, Jeannie! as Bus driver
Our Miss Brooks as Herb
Uranium Boom as Hotel Desk Clerk
That Certain Feeling as TV Director
World Without End as Reporter (uncredited)
A Cry in the Night as Jensen
These Wilder Years as Traffic Cop
Calling Homicide as Ray Engel
You Can't Run Away from It as Detective
Three for Jamie Dawn as Mr. Robbins

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Bob Rakle (uncredited)
Gunsmoke as Judge Brooker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Newsman
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Postal Clerk
Screen Director's Playhouse as Stranger with $1000
At Gunpoint as Matt, a Saloon Patron
It's Always Fair Weather as Nashby (uncredited)
I Died a Thousand Times as Art (uncredited)
Illegal as Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)
The Miracle on 34th Street as Postal Clerk
Last of the Desperados as Coroner (bit)

1954

Father Knows Best as George (uncredited)
Studio 57
December Bride as Eustace
The Wonderful World of Disney as Innkeeper
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Professor Wirt
Hey Mulligan as Police Captain
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)
White Christmas as Novello (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here as Sergeant Sam Hanlon
The Long, Long Trailer as Trailer Salesman (uncredited)
Lucky Me as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Dragnet as Mr. Archer
So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)

1953

Topper as Fenster
The Life Of Riley as Muley Evans
The Danny Thomas Show as Baseball Coach
The Band Wagon as Man on Train (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
Let's Do It Again as Charlie Foster (uncredited)
So This Is Love as Club M.C.
Never Wave at a WAC as Photographer
Dear Uncle as (voice)

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Monty Leeds
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as The Policeman
Adventures of Superman as Cy Horton
The Ford Television Theatre as Andy Thompson
Chevron Theatre
Cavalcade of America as Bernie
Gang Busters
Somebody Loves Me as Lipscott
O. Henry's Full House as Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
The Star as Roy
The Rose Bowl Story as Rugger Grady
Oklahoma Annie as Otto
Just for You as George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)
The Devil and John Q as John Q.

1951

Dragnet
The Red Skelton Show as Judge
I Love Lucy as Julie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Walt Carter
Night Into Morning as Joe - the Bartender
The Racket as Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Stillwell (uncredited)
Bedtime for Bonzo as Lt. Daggett
Behave Yourself! as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Iron Man as Melio (uncredited)

1950

The Jack Benny Program as Quizmaster (voice)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Cab Driver
The Bob Hope Show as Self
Appointment with Danger as Policeman
The Damned Don't Cry as Vito Maggio (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down as Collins' Aide (uncredited)
Side Street as News Photographer

1949

House of Strangers as Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)
And Baby Makes Three as Woodley
The Judge as Reporter with pipe

1948

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
All My Sons as Wertheimer (uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Man in Subway (uncredited)
Hazard as Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High as Coat Thief (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad as Reporter

1947

Monsieur Verdoux as Reporter (uncredited)
The Burning Cross as Jim Todd

1946

Her Adventurous Night as Cop #2 (uncredited)

1943

The Ghost Ship as Chief Engineer
It Ain't Hay as Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Orderly (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling as Photographer (uncredited)

1942

The Great Gildersleeve as George, the jeweller
Pardon My Sarong as Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans as Player (uncredited)
The Payoff as Reporter (uncredited)
Secrets of a Co-Ed as Soapy

1941

Redhead as Morocco Club bartender
New York Town as Barker (uncredited)
Who's a Dummy?
Million Dollar Baby
Murder by Invitation as Eddie Stats, photographer
City of Missing Girls as Danny Mason
Reg'lar Fellers as Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer

1940

Stranger on the Third Floor as Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)
Behind the News as Reporter #1 on Phone
It All Came True as Monks
Cross-Country Romance as Omaha Reporter
Two Girls on Broadway as Reporter (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Hold That Woman! as Furniture Company Repossessor

1939

Those High Grey Walls as Orderly (uncredited)

1935

Vagabond Lady as Edgar (uncredited)
The Mystery Man as Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Skybound as Grant the Mechanic

1934

Redhead as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Happy Landing as Radio Operator