Robert Lansing Overview:

Actor, Robert Lansing, was born Robert Howell Brown on Jun 5, 1928 in San Diego, CA. Lansing died at the age of 66 on Oct 23, 1994 in New York City, NY .

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Seven Things to Know About

By Rick29 on Jun 11, 2020 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

1. was born Robert Howell Brown, but had to change his name when he joined the Actors' Equity Association because another actor was named Robert Brown. According to Allan T. Duffin's The 12 O'Clock High Logbook, he took his last name from Lansing, Michigan, as he was about to board a ... Read full article


as The Man Who Never Was

By Rick29 on Dec 20, 2018 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

as Murphy. With an enemy agent hot on his trail, spy Peter Murphy () ducks into a late-night Berlin bar. As he ponders his next move, he hears a loud drunkard and turns around to see a man who could be his twin. Murphy goes up to the building's roof and watches the man... Read full article


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Robert Lansing Quotes:

Sgt. Banning: Well, sir, I used to be a pretty slow "walker" myself. I mean, you really had to build a fire under my tail to get me to move. And then one day, General Hewett came to talk to us. And he built one hell of a fire. Only he didn't build it under my tail - he built a fire inside of me.
Col. Jim Caldwell: Sergeant, if I'm reading you right, you think I've been building the wrong kind of fires around here.
Sgt. Banning: Sir, that's really not for me to judge.


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Robert Lansing Facts
1991 to 1993: President of The Players, the famous theatrical club in New York City.

Rugged American leading man of 50s Broadway and 60s standard film and TV action drama -- the star of several TV series ("12 O'Clock High" (1964) and "The Man Who Never Was" (1966) among others).

The "Assignment: Earth" episode of "Star Trek" (1966), in which Lansing plays a human raised on a distant planet and sent to Earth as a troubleshooter, was written as the springboard for a spin-off series. The new series was to feature more adventures of Gary Seven (Lansing) and Roberta Lincoln (Teri Garr), but it never came about.

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