Robert Colbert Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Robert Colbert (born July 26, 1931, in Long Beach, California) is an American actor most noted for his leading role portraying Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series, The Time Tunnel, and his two appearances as Brent Maverick, a third Maverick brother in the ABC/Warner Brothers western, Maverick.Colbert began acting when he was a soldier based on the Pacific island of Okinawa. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police unit and also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Free Asia in the evenings. A woman in Air Force Special Services heard his voice and recruited him to act in a performance of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Hooked on acting, Colbert returned to the United States and performed on stage, where he was noticed by Mickey Shaughnessy who recommended him to a talent agency.Colbert appeared in a number of minor films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel starring the Three Stooges and was signed to a contract with Warner Brothers and subsequently cast in the feature film A Fever in the Blood (1961) along with many guest appearances on television series.In 1960, he appeared in three episodes of the ABC/WB western, Colt .45, including the episode "Showdown at Goldtown", with Donald May in the lead series role as Sam Colt, Jr. Colbert plays Johnny Moore, a young ex-convict whose parole officer is Sam Colt. Moore drives a stagecoach in a mining town. The outlaw Clay Hooper, portrayed by Harry Shannon, pressures Moore, his old partner in crime, to help him rob a gold shipment. Ruta Lee is cast in this episode as Molly Perkins, and Dan Sheridan plays the part of Driscoll. Colbert also appeared as Bill Mannix with Vaughn Taylor as Dr. Bryan Craig in another 1960 Colt .45 episode, entitled "Strange Encounter."In 1961, Colbert was forced by Warner Brothers to dress exactly as lookalike James Garner had done in Garner's earlier role of Bret Maverick to play a character called "Brent Maverick." Thinking of the inevitable comparisons to Garner that were bound to ensue, Colbert famously said to his bosses, "Put me in a dress and call me Brenda, but don't do this to me!" Colbert played the part in two episodes and was not called back for the following season since the studio decided to alternate new episodes featuring only Bret and Brent's brother "Bart Maverick" (Jack Kelly) with reruns starring the popular Garner during the series' fifth and final season.In 1962, Colbert played Lonzo Green in the episode "Footlights" of the ABC/WB crime drama, The Roaring 20s. Moreover, he guest starred on most of the ABC/WB series, including 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye (seven times each), Bronco (six times), Bourbon Street Beat (three times), Sugarfoot, The Alaskans, and Surfside 6 (twice each), and Cheyenne and Lawman, once each.In 1965 Colbert made two guest appearances on Perry Mason as Deputy District Attorney Snell; first in "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla," then in "The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner."In 1966-1967, Colbert playe
Net Worth
$15 Million
Date Of Birth
July 26, 1931
Place Of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Profession
Actor
Spouse
Dottie Harmony
Children
Two children
Nicknames
Robert Colbert, Colbert, Robert
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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I guess I would be considered an underachiever by today's standards. I never went for the gusto of trying to become a star. I never had a publicity agent. I never really made the rounds of the Hollywood parties. I was just content to be under contract to Warner Bros. and work all the time. I didn't do anything to hype my career, but I've never had any major regrets about it. I liked the fact that I could live a normal life, that I could walk down the street or travel on a plane without being mobbed by fans. I was always working; that was good enough.
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Fact
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Interviewed about his TV Western credits in "Wild Wild Westerners" by Tom Weaver (BearManor, 2012).
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Interviewed about his TV series "The Time Tunnel" in Tom Weaver's book, "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).
3
While serving in the Army in Okinawa Colbert took a job as a disc jockey at radio station KSBK in Suri.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Baywatch
1994-1995
TV Series
Cliff Odom
Frasier
1994
TV Series
Tony
The Nutt House
1992
Board Doctor
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time
1992
Undersecretary
Reasonable Doubts
1991
TV Series
Karl Burnham
In the Heat of the Night
1991
TV Series
Edgar Van Buren
1st & Ten: The Championship
1990
TV Series
Buck
Wings
1990
TV Series
Deke Braverman
The Chilling
1989
Protester
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
Farrell
Hunter
1987-1988
TV Series
Cmdr. George Dryden / Internal Affairs
Dallas
1987
TV Series
Parker Ellison
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1987
TV Series
Grant Summers
Scorpion
1986
Brig. Gen. James Hagen
Foley Square
1986
TV Series
Judge Faraday
Crazy Like a Fox
1985
TV Series
Simon & Simon
1985
TV Series
Dr. Darryl Rooney
Partners in Crime
1984
TV Series
Charles Harrington
The New Mike Hammer
1984
TV Series
Josh Lloyd
Knight Rider
1984
TV Series
Elton Mathews
Lottery!
1984
TV Series
Quincy M.E.
1978
TV Series
William Steele
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976
TV Movie
Doug McDougall
Archer
1975
TV Series
Vern Endicott
The Young and the Restless
1973-1975
TV Series
Stuart Brooks
The New Temperatures Rising Show
1974
TV Series
Bessemer
Mannix
1970-1972
TV Series
Carl Blake / John Phillips / Vic Stanley / ...
Mission: Impossible
1972
TV Series
Harry Fife
Alias Smith and Jones
1972
TV Series
Bud
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971
TV Series
Alan Bryce
City Beneath the Sea
1971
TV Movie
Commander Patterson
Death Valley Days
1963-1970
TV Series
Andy Carter / Yank Van Duzen
The Lawyer
1970
Jack Harrison
Bracken's World
1969
TV Series
Johnny Churchill
Land of the Giants
1969
TV Series
Security Chief O. Bolgar
Hawaii Five-O
1969
TV Series
George Kalakua
That Girl
1969
TV Series
Major Brian James
The Time Tunnel
1966-1967
TV Series
Dr. Doug Phillips
Doug Phillips
The F.B.I.
1966
TV Series
Martin Bennett
The Mayor
1965
TV Movie
Bonanza
1965
TV Series
Meredith Smith / 'Ace' Jones
Perry Mason
1965
TV Series
Carl Snell
Asst. District Attorney F.A. Snell
12 O'Clock High
1965
TV Series
Lt. Col. Frank Bailey
The Virginian
1962-1964
TV Series
Joe Barker / Gordon W. Madden / Miles Kroeger
77 Sunset Strip
1960-1964
TV Series
McHenry / R.E. Venge / Jim Vance / ...
Arrest and Trial
1963
TV Series
Elmo Taft
My Favorite Martian
1963
TV Series
Bill Fisher
Temple Houston
1963
TV Series
Tom Bannister
Laramie
1963
TV Series
Ross
Wagon Train
1962-1963
TV Series
Blane Wessels / Blake Dorty
Alcoa Premiere
1962-1963
TV Series
Dr. Hamilton / Fred Walton
Tales of Wells Fargo
1962
TV Series
Rossi
87th Precinct
1962
TV Series
Matt Murdock
Checkmate
1962
TV Series
Phil Lowell
Thriller
1962
TV Series
Capt. Bartolomeo Antonio Fernandez
Bronco
1959-1962
TV Series
Quill / Captain Jamison / Deputy Pete Andrews / ...
Bus Stop
1962
TV Series
Carl Egan
The Roaring 20's
1962
TV Series
Lonzo Green
Hawaiian Eye
1960-1962
TV Series
Silk Simon / Reed Olander Jr. / Charles Quinford / ...
Lawman
1962
TV Series
Breen
Claudelle Inglish
1961
Rip Guyler
Maverick
1960-1961
TV Series
Brent Maverick / Cherokee Dan Evans
Surfside 6
1960-1961
TV Series
Stephen Wade / Gary Dawson
A Fever in the Blood
1961
Thomas J. Morely
Cheyenne
1960
TV Series
Corporal Howie Burch
Sugarfoot
1959-1960
TV Series
Clark Henderson / Ben Crain / Morris
Colt .45
1960
TV Series
Johnny Moore / Clay / Bill Mannix
The Alaskans
1960
TV Series
Shawn / Phil
Bourbon Street Beat
1959-1960
TV Series
Sgt. Paul Ballard / Jack / Frank Lacey
Have Rocket -- Will Travel
1959
Dr. Ted Benson (as Bob Colbert)
Joy Ride
1958
Taverner
Macabre
1958
Nick - Chauffeur (uncredited)
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Hell's Five Hours
1958
Policeman (uncredited)
Under Fire
1957
MP sentry (uncredited)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
JPAC: A Hero's Mission
2008
Documentary
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Hollywood Squares
1979
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2002
Golden Boot
Golden Boot Awards
Known for movies
The Time Tunnel (1966-1967) as Dr. Doug Phillips / Doug Phillips
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1992) as Undersecretary
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) as Farrell
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) as Blackie (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")