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| name = Barney Phillips
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| caption = Barney Phillips on ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]''
| caption = Barney Phillips in the TV series ''[[Four Star Playhouse]]'' (1954)
| birthname = Bernard Philip Ofner
| birthname = Bernard Philip Ofner
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|10|20|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|10|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|8|17|1913|10|20|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| spouse = Marie A. Davis (?–1982)
| spouse = Marie A. Davis (?–1982)
| yearsactive = 1937–1982
| yearsactive = 1937–1982
| occupation = Film, television and radio actor
| occupation = Actor
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'''Bernard Philip Ofner''' (October 20, 1913 – August 17, 1982), better known by his stage name '''Barney Phillips''', was an [[United States|American]] [[film]], [[television]], and [[radio]] [[actor]]. His most prominent roles include that of Sgt. Ed Jacobs on the 1950s ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' [[television series]], appearances in the 1960s on ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', in which he played a [[Venusians|Venusian]] living under cover on [[Earth]] in "[[Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]", and a supporting role as actor Fletcher Huff in the short-lived 1970s [[CBS]] series, ''[[The Betty White Show (1977 TV series)|The Betty White Show]]''.
'''Bernard Philip Ofner''' (October 20, 1913{{Citation needed |date=August 2023}} – August 17, 1982), better known by his stage name '''Barney Phillips''', was an American [[film]], [[television]], and [[radio]] [[actor]]. His roles include that of Sgt. Ed Jacobs on the 1950s ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' [[television series]], appearances in the 1960s on ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', in which he played a [[Venusians|Venusian]] living under cover on [[Earth]] in "[[Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]", and a supporting role as actor Fletcher Huff in the 1970s [[CBS]] series ''[[The Betty White Show (1977 TV series)|The Betty White Show]]''.


==Biography and career==
==Biography and career==
He was born in [[St Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], to Harry Nathan Ofner, a commercial salesman for the [[leather]] industry, and Leona Frank Ofner, a naturalized citizen of German origin, who went by the nickname Lonnie.<ref>1930 US Census for Missouri</ref> He grew up and was educated in St. Louis, then moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], after he graduated from college in 1935.
He was born in [[St Louis, Missouri]], to Harry Nathan Ofner, a commercial salesman for the [[leather]] industry, and Leona (Frank) Ofner, a naturalized citizen of German origin, who went by the nickname Lonnie.<ref>1930 US Census for Missouri</ref> He grew up and was educated in St. Louis, then moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] after he graduated from college in 1935.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}


Interested in acting, he got a small part in an independently produced Grade-B [[Western (genre)|Western]] called ''Black Aces'' in 1937, but his show business career then languished. In 1940, he was in ''Meet the People'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the People Original Broadway Cast 1940|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/Meet-the-People-5968/cast |website=www.broadwayworld.com |access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
Interested in acting, he got a small part in an independently produced Grade-B [[Western (genre)|Western]] called ''Black Aces'' in 1937, but his show business career then languished. In 1940, he was in ''Meet the People'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the People Original Broadway Cast 1940|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/Meet-the-People-5968/cast |website=Broadway World |accessdate=January 2, 2021}}</ref>


Phillips enlisted in the [[United States Army]] in July 1941,<ref>US Army Military Enlistment Records, WWII</ref> serving in the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|signal corps]] during [[World War II]].
Phillips enlisted in the [[United States Army]] in July 1941,<ref>US Army Military Enlistment Records, WWII</ref> serving in the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|signal corps]] during [[World War II]].{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}


Following the war, Phillips procured small parts in several films during 1949–1952, before getting a regular role on the NBC television version of [[Jack Webb]]'s ''Dragnet'', as Sgt. Jacobs. He also voiced the recurring role of Hamilton J. Finger, a police sergeant in [[Frank Sinatra]]'s radio program ''[[Rocky Fortune]]'' in 1953 and 1954.<ref>[http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fortune.html ''Rocky Fortune''] ThrillingDetective.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.</ref> Thereafter he was a prolific character actor in both films and television series throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1955, he played Mr. Jamison in the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "Ricky's European Booking." He also played minor roles in two episodes of ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', including Mr. Johnson in "The Case of the Wintry Wife" in 1961. In the 1959-1960 television season, Phillips portrayed police Lieutenant Geller in the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] [[crime drama]] ''[[Johnny Midnight (TV series)|Johnny Midnight]]'', starring [[Edmond O'Brien]] as a [[New York City]] [[actor]]-turned-[[private detective]]. The following season, Phillips appeared as another police lieutenant, named "Avery," in seven episodes of the syndicated crime drama ''[[The Brothers Brannagan]]'', starring [[Stephen Dunne (actor)|Stephen Dunne]] and [[Mark Roberts (actor)|Mark Roberts]].
Following the war, Phillips procured small parts in several films during 1949–1952, before getting a regular role on the NBC television version of [[Jack Webb]]'s ''Dragnet'', as Sgt. Jacobs. He was heard in the recurring role of Hamilton J. Finger, a police sergeant in [[Frank Sinatra]]'s radio program ''[[Rocky Fortune]]'' in 1953 and 1954.<ref>[http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fortune.html ''Rocky Fortune''] ThrillingDetective.com. Retrieved April 9, 2009.</ref> Thereafter, he was a prolific character actor in both films and television series throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1955, he played Mr. Jamison in the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "Ricky's European Booking." He also played minor roles in two episodes of ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', including Mr. Johnson in "The Case of the Wintry Wife" in 1961.


In 1959, he had a steady role on ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' as Long Branch Saloon co-owner Bill Pence.
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In 1962, Phillips was cast as the historical [[General officer|General]] [[Winfield Scott Hancock]] in the episode "The Truth Teller" of the syndicated [[anthology series]] ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', hosted by [[Stanley Andrews]]. The episode focuses on the negotiations leading to the [[Medicine Lodge Treaty]] of 1867. [[Ed Kemmer]] appeared as investigative reporter [[Henry Morton Stanley]], who assesses Hancock's success in avoiding war on the frontier. Charles Carlson, who had a limited acting career from 1960 to 1967, was cast as [[Wild Bill Hickok]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556889/?ref_=ttep_ep1|title=The Truth Teller on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=December 31, 2018}}</ref>


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In 1962, Phillips was cast as the historical [[General officer|General]] [[Winfield Scott Hancock]] in the episode "The Truth Teller" of the syndicated [[anthology series]] ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', hosted by [[Stanley Andrews]]. The episode focuses on the negotiations leading to the [[Medicine Lodge Treaty]] of 1867. [[Ed Kemmer]] appeared as investigative reporter [[Henry Morton Stanley]], who assesses Hancock's success in avoiding war on the frontier. Charles Carlson, who had a limited acting career from 1960 to 1967, was cast as [[Wild Bill Hickok]].
Phillips also appeared in a minor, but important, role as Chief Franks in the 1966 anti-war drama, The Sand Pebbles, starring Steve McQueen.


Phillips remained active in television through the 1970s until his death in 1982. He was generally a guest star or featured player (e.g. a one-time appearance as an escaped criminal on the ''[[Andy Griffith Show]]''); but he did have a number of recurring character roles in television, as series regular "Doc" Kaiser in ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1964–1967), and as a regular on ''The Betty White Show'' (1977–1978). However, his best known role is likely to be as a diner counterman who is revealed to be a three-eyed extraterrestrial in "[[Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]", a 1961 episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.
Phillips remained active in television through the 1970s until his death in 1982. He was generally a guest star or featured player (e.g. a one-time appearance as an escaped criminal on the ''[[Andy Griffith Show]]''); but he did have a number of recurring character roles in television, as series regular "Doc" Kaiser in ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1964–1967), and as a regular on ''The Betty White Show'' (1977–1978). However, his best known role is likely to be as a diner counterman who is revealed to be a three-eyed extraterrestrial in "[[Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]", a 1961 episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.
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==Death==
==Death==
Phillips died of [[cancer]] at the age of 68 at the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|title='Dragnet' actor Phillips dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6515267/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=August 21, 1982|location=California, San Bernardino|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = September 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Phillips died of [[cancer]] on August 17, 1982, aged 68, at the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|title='Dragnet' actor Phillips dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6515267/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=August 21, 1982|location=California, San Bernardino|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = September 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[Black Aces (film)|Black Aces]]'' (1937) .... Jake Stoddard
* ''[[Black Aces (film)|Black Aces]]'' (1937) .... Jake Stoddard
* ''[[The Judge (1949 film)|The Judge]]'' (1949) .... Reporter
* ''[[The Judge (1949 film)|The Judge]]'' (1949) .... Reporter
* ''Little Egypt'' (1951) .... Reporter (uncredited)
* ''[[Little Egypt (film)|Little Egypt]]'' (1951) .... Reporter (uncredited)
* ''[[My Six Convicts]]'' (1952) .... Baker foreman (uncredited)
* ''[[My Six Convicts]]'' (1952) .... Baker foreman (uncredited)
* ''Has Anybody Seen My Gal?'' (1952) .... Workman (uncredited)
* ''[[Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (film)|Has Anybody Seen My Gal?]]'' (1952) .... Workman (uncredited)
* ''Down Among the Sheltering Palms'' (1952) .... Pvt. Murphy (uncredited)
* ''[[Down Among the Sheltering Palms]]'' (1952) .... Private Murphy (uncredited)
* ''[[Ruby Gentry]]'' (1952) .... Dr. Saul Manfred
* ''[[Ruby Gentry]]'' (1952) .... Dr. Saul Manfred
* ''[[Eight Iron Men]]'' (1952) .... Capt. Trelawney
* ''[[Eight Iron Men]]'' (1952) .... Captain Trelawney
* ''[[The Glass Wall]]'' (1953) .... Police Lieutenant Reeves (uncredited)
* ''[[The Glass Wall]]'' (1953) .... Police Lieutenant Reeves (uncredited)
* ''[[The 49th Man]]'' (1953) .... Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[The 49th Man]]'' (1953) .... Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[A Blueprint for Murder]]'' (1953) .... Capt. Pringle
* ''[[A Blueprint for Murder]]'' (1953) .... Captain Pringle
* ''[[All American (film)|All American]]'' (1953) .... Coach Clipper Colton
* ''[[All American (film)|All American]]'' (1953) .... Coach Clipper Colton
* ''[[The Night Holds Terror]]'' (1955) .... Stranske
* ''[[The Night Holds Terror]]'' (1955) .... Stranske
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* ''[[Behind the High Wall]]'' (1956) - Tom Reynolds
* ''[[Behind the High Wall]]'' (1956) - Tom Reynolds
* ''[[Julie (1956 film)|Julie]]'' (1956) .... Doctor on Flight 36
* ''[[Julie (1956 film)|Julie]]'' (1956) .... Doctor on Flight 36
* ''[[Drango]]'' (1957) .... Rev. Giles Cameron
* ''[[Drango]]'' (1957) .... Reverend Giles Cameron
* ''[[The True Story of Jesse James]]'' (1957) .... Dr. Samuel
* ''[[The True Story of Jesse James]]'' (1957) .... Dr. Samuel
* ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' (1957) .... Det. Sgt. Donovan
* ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' (1957) .... Detective Sergeant Donovan
* ''[[Cry Terror!]]'' (1958) .... Dan Pringle
* ''[[Cry Terror!]]'' (1958) .... Dan Pringle
* ''[[Gang War (1958 film)|Gang War]]'' (1958) .... Police Lt. Sam Johnson
* ''[[Gang War (1958 film)|Gang War]]'' (1958) .... Police Lieutenant Sam Johnson
* ''[[Kathy O']]'' (1958) .... Matt Williams
* ''[[Kathy O']]'' (1958) .... Matt Williams
* ''[[The Decks Ran Red]]'' (1958) .... Karl Pope
* ''[[The Decks Ran Red]]'' (1958) .... Karl Pope
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* ''This Is a Hijack'' (1973) .... Banker
* ''This Is a Hijack'' (1973) .... Banker
* ''Heidi in the Mountains'' (1974) .... Father and Mr. Kaehlin (English version, voice)
* ''Heidi in the Mountains'' (1974) .... Father and Mr. Kaehlin (English version, voice)
* ''[[No Deposit, No Return]]'' (1976) .... Sgt. Benson
* ''[[No Deposit, No Return]]'' (1976) .... Sergeant Benson
* ''[[O'Hara's Wife]]'' (1982) .... Small wino
* ''[[O'Hara's Wife]]'' (1982) .... Small Wino
* ''[[Beyond Reason (1977 film)|Beyond Reason]]'' (1985) .... Dr. Batt (final film role)
* ''[[Beyond Reason (1977 film)|Beyond Reason]]'' (1985) .... Dr. Batt (final film role)
}}
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* ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]'': "The Monster of Moon Ridge" (1959) ...as Dan Bella
* ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]'': "The Monster of Moon Ridge" (1959) ...as Dan Bella
* ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]'': "The Shooting of Jessie May" (1960) ... as Joseph Ergo
* ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]'': "The Shooting of Jessie May" (1960) ... as Joseph Ergo
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'': "Don Matteo" (1960)...as Long Branch Salon Co-Owner Bill Pence
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'': "Don Matteo" (1960)...as Long Branch Saloon Co-Owner Bill Pence
* ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'': "I Wed Three Wives" (1960) ...as Henry Bunker
* ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'': "I Wed Three Wives" (1960) ...as Henry Bunker
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[The Purple Testament]]" (1960) ...as Captain E. L. Gunther
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[The Purple Testament]]" (1960) ...as Captain E. L. Gunther
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[A Thing about Machines]]" (1960) ...as television repairman
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[A Thing about Machines]]" (1960) ...as Television Repairman
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]" (1961) ...as Haley, the short-order cook
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]" (1961) ...as Haley, the short-order cook
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[Miniature (The Twilight Zone)|Miniature]]" (1963) ...as Diemel
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'': "[[Miniature (The Twilight Zone)|Miniature]]" (1963) ...as Diemel
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'': "Barney Gets His Man" (1961) ...as Eddie Brooke, escaped convict
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'': "Barney Gets His Man" (1961) ...as Eddie Brooke, escaped convict
* ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'': "The Cat Burglar" (1962) ...as Westchester police lieutenant
* ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'': "The Cat Burglar" (1962) ...as Westchester Police Lieutenant
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'': "Starring the Defense" (1963) ...as Hanley
* ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 4: "I Saw the Whole Thing") as Lieutenant Sweet
* ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1963) (Season 2 Episode 7: "Starring the Defense") as Hanley
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'': "Carter Caper" (1963) ...as Smith
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'': "Carter Caper" (1963) ...as Smith
* "[[Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]": "Who Needs an Enemy?" (1964) ...as The 1st Detective
* "[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]" (1964) (Season 2 Episode 28: "Who Needs an Enemy?") as The 1st Detective
* ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]'': (1964-1967) ...Major "Doc" Kaiser
* ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]'': (1964-1967) ...Major "Doc" Kaiser
* ''[[The Invaders]]'': (1967) ...Episodes Task Force (Emmett Morgan), Quantity: Unknown (Walt Anson)
* ''[[The Invaders]]'': (1967) ...Episodes Task Force (Emmett Morgan), Quantity: Unknown (Walt Anson)
* ''[[Shazzan!]]'': (1967-1969) ...voice of Shazzan for all 36 episodes of animated series
* ''[[Shazzan]]'': (1967-1969) ...voice of Shazzan for all 36 episodes of animated series
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (cartoon)|The Three Musketeers]]'': (1968-1969) ...voice of Porthos for all 18 episodes of animated series
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (cartoon)|The Three Musketeers]]'': (1968-1969) ...voice of Porthos for all 18 episodes of animated series
* ''[[Get Smart (TV series)|Get Smart]]'': "Greer Window" (1969) ...as Otto Greer
* ''[[Get Smart (TV series)|Get Smart]]'': "Greer Window" (1969) ...as Otto Greer
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* ''[[Columbo]] ''"Suitable For Framing" (1971) ...as Captain Wyler
* ''[[Columbo]] ''"Suitable For Framing" (1971) ...as Captain Wyler
* ''[[The Funky Phantom]]'' (1971) ...as Additional voices
* ''[[The Funky Phantom]]'' (1971) ...as Additional voices
* ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' "Air Cargo… Dial for Murder" (1971) ...co-starring as Cook
* ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' "Air Cargo… Dial for Murder" (1971) ...co-starring as Arnold Cook
* ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'': (1971–1974) ...as various characters
* ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'': (1971–1974) ...as various characters
* ''[[The Betty White Show (1977 TV series)|The Betty White Show]]'' (1977) ...actor playing Police Chief Fletcher Huff and his "twin" brother
* ''[[The Betty White Show (1977 TV series)|The Betty White Show]]'' (1977) ...actor playing Police Chief Fletcher Huff and his "twin" brother
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==External links==
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For the British television journalist of a similar name, see Barnaby Phillips.
Barney Phillips
Barney Phillips in the TV series Four Star Playhouse (1954)
Born
Bernard Philip Ofner

(1913-10-20)October 20, 1913
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedAugust 17, 1982(1982-08-17) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1982
SpouseMarie A. Davis (?–1982)

Bernard Philip Ofner (October 20, 1913[citation needed] – August 17, 1982), better known by his stage name Barney Phillips, was an American film, television, and radio actor. His roles include that of Sgt. Ed Jacobs on the 1950s Dragnet television series, appearances in the 1960s on The Twilight Zone, in which he played a Venusian living under cover on Earth in "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", and a supporting role as actor Fletcher Huff in the 1970s CBS series The Betty White Show.

Biography and career

[edit]

He was born in St Louis, Missouri, to Harry Nathan Ofner, a commercial salesman for the leather industry, and Leona (Frank) Ofner, a naturalized citizen of German origin, who went by the nickname Lonnie.[1] He grew up and was educated in St. Louis, then moved to Los Angeles after he graduated from college in 1935.[citation needed]

Interested in acting, he got a small part in an independently produced Grade-B Western called Black Aces in 1937, but his show business career then languished. In 1940, he was in Meet the People on Broadway.[2]

Phillips enlisted in the United States Army in July 1941,[3] serving in the signal corps during World War II.[citation needed]

Following the war, Phillips procured small parts in several films during 1949–1952, before getting a regular role on the NBC television version of Jack Webb's Dragnet, as Sgt. Jacobs. He was heard in the recurring role of Hamilton J. Finger, a police sergeant in Frank Sinatra's radio program Rocky Fortune in 1953 and 1954.[4] Thereafter, he was a prolific character actor in both films and television series throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1955, he played Mr. Jamison in the I Love Lucy episode "Ricky's European Booking." He also played minor roles in two episodes of Perry Mason, including Mr. Johnson in "The Case of the Wintry Wife" in 1961.

In 1959, he had a steady role on Gunsmoke as Long Branch Saloon co-owner Bill Pence.

In 1962, Phillips was cast as the historical General Winfield Scott Hancock in the episode "The Truth Teller" of the syndicated anthology series Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. The episode focuses on the negotiations leading to the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867. Ed Kemmer appeared as investigative reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who assesses Hancock's success in avoiding war on the frontier. Charles Carlson, who had a limited acting career from 1960 to 1967, was cast as Wild Bill Hickok.

Phillips remained active in television through the 1970s until his death in 1982. He was generally a guest star or featured player (e.g. a one-time appearance as an escaped criminal on the Andy Griffith Show); but he did have a number of recurring character roles in television, as series regular "Doc" Kaiser in Twelve O'Clock High (1964–1967), and as a regular on The Betty White Show (1977–1978). However, his best known role is likely to be as a diner counterman who is revealed to be a three-eyed extraterrestrial in "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone.

Among many other appearances, Phillips can be seen briefly in Stan Freberg's Jeno's pizza roll commercial.

Death

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Phillips died of cancer on August 17, 1982, aged 68, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[5]

Partial filmography

[edit]

Selection of television credits

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ 1930 US Census for Missouri
  2. ^ "Meet the People Original Broadway Cast 1940". Broadway World. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. ^ US Army Military Enlistment Records, WWII
  4. ^ Rocky Fortune ThrillingDetective.com. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  5. ^ "'Dragnet' actor Phillips dies". The San Bernardino County Sun. California, San Bernardino. Associated Press. August 21, 1982. p. 4. Retrieved September 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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