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$12 Million
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Robert Ellenstein (June 18, 1923 – October 28, 2010) was an American actor.The son of Meyer Ellenstein, a Newark dentist, Robert Ellenstein grew up in that New Jersey city and saw his father go on to become its two-term mayor. He served in the Air Corps during World War II: earning a Purple Heart during his service. He attended New York University and graduated with honors from the University of Iowa. He began acting, directing and teaching in Cleveland, Ohio. A veteran of the "Golden Age" of live television (he played Quasimodo in a live Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"), for the same show played the lead in "A Case of Identity", later turned into the film The Wrong Man, he was the first actor to play Albert Einstein on television. Ellenstein made his first film in 1954 (MGM's Rogue Cop), he was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. In 1961, he played the mobster Legs Diamond in an episode of NBC's 1920s crime drama The Lawless Years with James Gregory.Among his television appearances, Ellenstein guest starred in three episodes of Perry Mason. In 1957 he played defendant John Addison in "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen." In 1959 he played murder victim Arthur Cartright in "The Case of the Howling Dog," and in 1960 he played Medical Examiner Dr. McBride in "The Case of the Madcap Modiste." He also made three guest appearances on The Untouchables, five appearances on The Wild Wild West, four on Ironside, and five on Mission: Impossible.He also directed television with an episode of the 1960s sitcom, Love on a Rooftop with Judy Carne and many live television episodes. Ellenstein had over 200 television appearances. He performed hundreds of stage roles as an actor. He directed many theatre productions in New York, Los Angeles and in regional theater. He was artistic director of The Company of Angels and Founding Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Repertory Company. He received a lifetime achievement in theatre award from the LA Weekly in 1988. He is best known for having played the villain in the pilot episode of Moonlighting (1985), and then the Federation President in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). Ellenstein taught theatre professionally and academically for over 50 years, founding the Academy of Stage and Cinema Arts in Los Angeles.He died in Los Angeles, California of natural causes on October 28, 2010 at age 87. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois, daughter Jan and his two sons, David and Peter, both of whom are artistic directors of theatres. | Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 18, 1923 |
| Died | 2010-10-28 |
| Place Of Birth | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Height | 5' 10½" (1.79 m) |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Profession | Actor, Director |
| Spouse | Lois Sylvia Stang |
| Nicknames | Robert Ellenstein, Ellenstein, Robert |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deep commanding voice |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | The most memorable role for which he is least known? 'Licht', in the Hitchcock classic, 'North by Northwest'. As one of James Mason's ('Phillip Vandamm') evil henchmen, Licht is first introduced during the film's opening scene, when he participates in the kidnapping of Cary Grant's character, 'Roger Thornhill' from the Plaza Hotel's Oak Bar. Later, in what's arguably now the film's most iconic scene, the crop-dusting biplane which crashes and burns while attempting to kill 'Roger' as he awaits the mythical 'Mr. Kaplan' at the desolate Prairie Stop is actually being flown by Licht. However, Alfred Hitchcock knew that it would be much more menacing if the pilot were never actually seen, and if Roger was threatened by a faceless, impersonal machine. The plane gets destroyed, and Licht is killed, while his character simply disappears from the rest of film without any further mention ever being made of him, or any explanation of his absence being given. |
| 2 | Attended and graduated with honors from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. |
| 3 | Attended and graduated from New York University in New York City. |
| 4 | Was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the 1988 LA Weekly Theater Awards. |
| 5 | Served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II; earning a Purple Heart during his service. |
| 6 | Best remembered for his role as the Federation President in the sequel film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). |
| 7 | Founder of the Los Angeles Academy of Stage and Cinematic Arts, where he taught theatre professionally and academically for over 50 years. |
| 8 | Artistic director of The Company of Angels and founding artistic director of the Los Angeles Repertory Company. |
| 9 | Survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois Sylvia Stang; sons David and Peter; daughter Jan; and four grandchildren. |
| 10 | Father of David Ellenstein and Peter Ellenstein. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of Wells Fargo | 1962 | TV Series | Augustus Parmalee |
| The Beachcomber | 1962 | TV Series | Rives |
| Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Rudy Pasada |
| Cain's Hundred | 1961 | TV Series | James Concon |
| Ben Casey | 1961 | TV Series | Dr. Grayson |
| Hawaiian Eye | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Jonathan Flood / Mahmed |
| The Lawless Years | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Legs Diamond Whitey Frankie Yale |
| King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein | 1961 | Lenny | |
| Assignment: Underwater | 1961 | TV Series | Richard Marti |
| Thriller | 1961 | TV Series | Dr. Brauner |
| The Islanders | 1960 | TV Series | Chia |
| Michael Shayne | 1960 | TV Series | Curly Buford |
| Riverboat | 1960 | TV Series | Sheriff Hezekiah Stone |
| Pay or Die | 1960 | Luigi Di Sarno | |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Rose |
| Perry Mason | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Dr. McBride - Medical Examiner / Arthur Cartright / John Addison |
| Peter Gunn | 1960 | TV Series | John Pauley |
| The Gazebo | 1959 | Ben | |
| The Lineup | 1959 | TV Series | Hess |
| One Step Beyond | 1959 | TV Series | Mr. Tomachek / Captain Peabody |
| Captain David Grief | 1959 | TV Series | Carson |
| The Man from Blackhawk | 1959 | TV Series | Matthew Larkin |
| Rawhide | 1959 | TV Series | Stan Brodie |
| North by Northwest | 1959 | Licht | |
| The D.A.'s Man | 1959 | TV Series | Hazelton |
| Mike Hammer | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Professor Murphy / Arthur Phister |
| Steve Canyon | 1959 | TV Series | Bezzarides |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | 1959 | TV Series | Kirsen |
| Behind Closed Doors | 1959 | TV Series | Ton Gal Fernandez |
| The Rifleman | 1959 | TV Series | Bart Jamison |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1959 | TV Series | Weiss |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1959 | TV Series | Mr. Sims |
| Man with a Camera | 1958 | TV Series | Lieutenant Abrams |
| The Thin Man | 1958 | TV Series | Dr. Putman |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1958 | TV Series | Alf Stokes |
| Too Much, Too Soon | 1958 | Gerald Frank | |
| The Young Lions | 1958 | Rabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited) | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1958 | TV Series | 'Johnny Appleseed' Chapman |
| The Court of Last Resort | 1958 | TV Series | Dr. Farrell |
| The Californians | 1957 | TV Series | Collie Andrews |
| Climax! | 1957 | TV Series | Dr. Bernstein |
| The Walter Winchell File | 1957 | TV Series | Melk |
| 3:10 to Yuma | 1957 | Ernie Collins | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | Konopka |
| Mr. Broadway | 1957 | TV Movie | Sam Harris |
| The Garment Jungle | 1957 | Fred Kenner | |
| The Big Story | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Harmon Jackson |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Vasilienko / Waiter |
| Telephone Time | 1956 | TV Series | Pinel |
| Gunsmoke | 1956 | TV Series | Tewksbury |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1953-1956 | TV Series | Quasimodo Albert Einstein Manny Balestrero |
| Omnibus | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Crusader | 1956 | TV Series | Frank |
| Illegal | 1955 | Joe Knight | |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Dr. Lehmbruck |
| The Whistler | 1955 | TV Series | Gerald Marsh / Henry Pettigrew |
| Soldiers of Fortune | 1955 | TV Series | Randall |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Petersen |
| Mandrake the Magician | 1954 | TV Movie | Wilson |
| Rogue Cop | 1954 | Det. Sidney Y. Myers | |
| ER | 1998 | TV Series | Dr. Swanson |
| Civil Wars | 1992 | TV Series | |
| Run Till You Fall | 1988 | TV Movie | Mr. Leopold |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | 1988 | TV Series | Judge Harding |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1987 | TV Series | Steven Miller |
| Hooperman | 1987 | TV Series | |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | Federation Council President | |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985 | TV Series | Mr. P |
| Brewster's Millions | 1985 | Mr. Carter | |
| Moonlighting | 1985 | TV Series | Heinz |
| V | 1984 | TV Series | Gen. Maxwell Larson |
| Lottery! | 1983 | TV Series | |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1981 | TV Series | Saul Greenberg |
| CHiPs | 1979 | TV Series | Whaley |
| A Man Called Sloane | 1979 | TV Series | Dr. Davis |
| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | 1979 | TV Movie | Van Alden |
| Love at First Bite | 1979 | VW Man | |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1978 | TV Series | Bart Warren |
| Quincy M.E. | 1978 | TV Series | Bert |
| Switch | 1978 | TV Series | Board Member |
| The Bionic Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Henry Klempt |
| McCloud | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Capt. Maxwell Hellman / Andrews |
| S.W.A.T. | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Algrin |
| The Rockford Files | 1974 | TV Series | Motel Manager |
| The Rookies | 1974 | TV Series | Professor |
| Telezonia | 1974 | Short | Exclamation Point |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1969-1974 | TV Series | Dr. Delatour / Dr. William Hall |
| Columbo | 1973 | TV Series | Stein |
| Wheeler and Murdoch | 1972 | TV Movie | Galvin |
| Mission: Impossible | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Deputy Premier Voss / Vincent Vochek / Dr. M. Vazan / ... |
| Ironside | 1967-1971 | TV Series | James B. Gerard / Mike / Sidney / ... |
| Death Valley Days | 1964-1970 | TV Series | Levi Spiegelberg / Hastings |
| Paris 7000 | 1970 | TV Series | |
| It Takes a Thief | 1969 | TV Series | Jan Vladyk |
| Mannix | 1969 | TV Series | Macklin Reeves |
| The Wild Wild West | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Dr. Horatio Occularis II / Dr. Theobald Raker / Arthur Tickle / ... |
| The Big Valley | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Dr. Amos Pearce / Salazar |
| To Die in Paris | 1968 | TV Movie | Dendier |
| The Legend of Lylah Clare | 1968 | Mike | |
| A Bell for Adano | 1967 | TV Movie | |
| The Virginian | 1967 | TV Series | Milo Temple |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Doctor Ieato / David Lewin |
| Deathwatch | 1966 | Guard | |
| Bonanza | 1966 | TV Series | Harry Fitts |
| Combat! | 1965-1966 | TV Series | DuBois / Rene |
| Get Smart | 1966 | TV Series | Alex |
| The Donna Reed Show | 1965 | TV Series | Dean Whittaker |
| Mr. Novak | 1965 | TV Series | Philip Goddard |
| The Rogues | 1964 | TV Series | Nevsky |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Dendier / Raskob / Stevenson's attorney |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1964 | TV Series | Ambassador |
| Breaking Point | 1963 | TV Series | Bascom |
| The Defenders | 1963 | TV Series | Anton Lazlov |
| Channing | 1963 | TV Series | Maddow |
| The Untouchables | 1959-1963 | TV Series | Peepers / Mr. Kalinak / Felix Burke |
| Alcoa Premiere | 1961-1963 | TV Series | Mr. Baker / Colonel Dimitrievich |
| The Dakotas | 1963 | TV Series | Judge |
| G.E. True | 1962 | TV Series | Mark |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1962 | TV Series | Ferini |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | 1962 | TV Series | Dr. Allen |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love on a Rooftop | 1967 | TV Series 1 episode |
Known for movies
North by Northwest (1959)
as Licht
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
as Federation Council President
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
as Ernie Collins
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as Mr. Carter
