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Michael Ansara

Born: 1922-04-15 in Beirut, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon [now Lebanon]

Died: 2013-07-31

Known For: Acting

Biography

Michael Ansara was a stage, screen and voice actor, best known for his portrayal of Cochise in the American television series Broken Arrow, Kane in the 1979–81 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and as Commander Kang on three different Star Trek TV series.

Filmography

1999

Batman Beyond as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (voice)
Batman Beyond: The Movie as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (voice)
The Long Road Home as Murdock Haynes

1998

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (voice)

1997

The New Batman Adventures as Mr. Freeze (voice)
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard as Malfeasor

1995

Star Trek: Voyager as Kang

1994

Babylon 5 as Elric

1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Kang

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Mr. Freeze (voice)

1989

Border Shootout as Chuluha

1987

Assassination as Sen. Bunsen

1986

1985

KGB: The Secret War as Lyman Taylor

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Nicholas Rossi
Hunter as General Mariano
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins as Turk
Access Code as Senator Dales

1983

Hardcastle and McCormick as Sheik Abdullah Casir
Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Guns and the Fury

1981

Simon & Simon
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends as Hiawatha Smith (voice)

1980

Thundarr the Barbarian as Vashstarr (voice)

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Kane
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self

1978

Vega$
Centennial as Lame Beaver
Dr. Strange as The Ancient One (voice) (uncredited)
The Manitou as John Singing Rock

1977

CHiPs as Nathan McCallister
Day of the Animals as Daniel Santee
Mission to Glory: A True Story as Chief Coxi

1976

The Message as Abu Sufyan

1975

The Swiss Family Robinson

1974

The Rockford Files as Joseph DiMinna
Chopper One as Vic Altmann
It's Alive as The Captain
The Bears and I as Oliver Red Fern
The First Woman President
Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Reynolds
Shokee, the Everglades Panther as Narrator

1973

Kojak as Keith McCallum
Police Story
The Doll Squad as Eamon O'Reilly
Ordeal as Sheriff Peter Geeson
Call to Danger as Frank Mulvey

1972

The Streets of San Francisco as Albert 'Al' Ferguson
Stand Up and Be Counted as Playboy Speaker
Dear Dead Delilah as Morgan Charles

1971

McMillan & Wife as Sammy Warren
Powderkeg as Paco Morales
Hamad and the Pirates as Narrator (voice)

1970

McCloud
The Phynx as Colonel Rostinov

1969

The Bill Cosby Show as Fletcher Rodenberry
Guns of the Magnificent Seven as Colonel Diego
Target: Harry as Maj. Milos Segora

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Piro Manoa
The Name of the Game as Ben Kaliman
Land of the Giants as Murtrah
The Mod Squad as Ray Abruzzi
It Takes a Thief as Sergio
Lancer
Here Come the Brides as Wakando
Sol Madrid as Capt. Ortega
Daring Game as President Eduardo Delgado
The Pink Jungle as Raul Ortega
The Destructors as Count Mario Romano

1967

The High Chaparral as Alberto Ruiz
Cowboy in Africa as Ernst Rolf
How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Pucci

1966

Star Trek as Kang
Mission: Impossible as Ed Stoner
The Time Tunnel as Col. Hruda
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Vizier
Tarzan
Texas Across the River as Iron Jacket
And Now Miguel as Blas Chavez

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Blue Djinn
Lost in Space as The Ruler
Branded as Thomas Frye
The Greatest Story Ever Told as Herod's commander
Harum Scarum as Ptince Dragna

1964

Bewitched as Rufus the Red
Daniel Boone as Sebastian Drake
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Capt. Tomas Ruiz
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Sulador
Quick, Let's Get Married as Mayor Pablo

1963

The Fugitive as Officer Miguel 'Mike' Anza
The Outer Limits as Qarlo Clobregnny
Burke's Law as Big Bwana Smith
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Morgan

1962

The Virginian as Marshall Merle Frome

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Ben Casey
The Comancheros as Amelung
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Dr. Miguel Alvares

1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Carl
The Westerner as Oresquote

1959

The Untouchables as Charlie Steuben
Rawhide as Alfredo Maldenado
The Rebel as Docker Mason
Law of the Plainsman as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart
The Killers of Mussolini as Luigi Borotozinni

1958

The Rifleman as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart
Naked City as Rafael Valente

1957

Perry Mason as Vince Kabat
Wagon Train as Adam MacKenzie
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Ogana
The Tall Stranger as Zarata
Last of the Badmen as Kramer
Quantez as Delgadito

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Fitzgerald
The Ten Commandments as Taskmaster (uncredited)
Broken Arrow as Cochise
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
The Lone Ranger as Angry Horse
Diane as Count Ridolfi
Pillars of the Sky as Kamiakin
Gun Brothers as Shawnee Jack

1955

Gunsmoke as Grey Horse
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Butcher
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Jeff Farnley
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Charlie
New Orleans Uncensored as Floyd 'Zero' Saxon
Jupiter's Darling as Maharbal

1954

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Tioka
The Wonderful World of Disney as Narrator
The Egyptian as Hittite Commander
Sign of the Pagan as Edecon
Bengal Brigade as Sgt. Major Puran Singh
Princess of the Nile as Capt. Kral
The Saracen Blade as Count Alesandro Siniscola
Three Young Texans as Apache Joe

1953

The Robe as Judas (uncredited)
Julius Caesar as Pindarus
Serpent of the Nile as Captain Florus
The Bandits of Corsica as Blacksmith
White Witch Doctor as De Gama (uncredited)
The Diamond Queen as Mir Jumla
Slaves of Babylon as Prince Belshazzar

1952

Dangerous Assignment
Chevron Theatre
Terry and the Pirates
The Golden Hawk as Bernardo Díaz
My Hero as Arab servant
Yankee Buccaneer as Lt. Romero
Brave Warrior as The Prophet

1951

Dragnet as Carl Chapman
Boston Blackie as Galleus the Great
Only the Valiant as Tucsos
Soldiers Three as Manik Rao
Bannerline as Floyd

1950

The Desert Hawk as Guard

1949

The Lone Ranger as Walker

1948

Queen Esther as Zubal

1947

Intrigue as Ramon's Radio Man
Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa as Simeon

1944

Action in Arabia as Hamid