Monte Markham

Monte Markham
Born	June 21, 1935 (1935-06-21) Manatee County, Florida, USA
Occupation	Actor Television director Television producer
Years active	1966–present
Spouse	Klaire Keevil Hester (1961-present)

Monte Markham (born June 21, 1935) is an American actor. During his career, Markham has appeared in film, in television, and on Broadway.

Markham was born in Manatee County, Florida, the son of Millie Content (née Willbur) and Jesse Edward Markham, Sr., who was a merchant.

Of his television roles, Markham is perhaps most famous for playing the role of Barney Hiller in two episodes of the Six Million Dollar Man. These episodes are titled: The Seven Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Criminal.

He also played Rue McClanahan's gay brother Clayton on The Golden Girls.

Markham made his Broadway debut in 1973 in Irene, for which he won the Theatre World Award. He also appeared on stage in Same Time, Next Year.

Markham's film work includes Hour of the Gun Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Midway, and Airport 77. He has served as a consultant, director, producer, and narrator for A & E's "Classroom" series. His most recent role is a role of doctor in upcoming American silent movie Silent Life.

Partial filmography

• Hour of the Gun (1967)
• Project X (1968)
• Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
• The Astronaut (1972)
• One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
• Ginger in the Morning (1974)
• Midway (1976)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• Separate Ways (1981)
• Hotline (1982)
• Off the Wall (1983)
• Hot Pursuit (1987)
• Piranha (1995)
• Death Takes a Holiday (1971)

Partial TV Work

• Fringe
• Cold Case
• Mission: Impossible
• Here Come the Brides
• The Mod Squad
• The Virginian
• Ellery Queen
• Hogan's Heroes
• The High Chaparral
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Barnaby Jones
• Hawaii Five-O
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• The Invisible Man
• Quincy
• Police Woman
• Trapper John M.D.
• The Incredible Hulk
• Hart to Hart
• The Fall Guy
• Dallas
• Matt Houston
• Simon and Simon
• The Love Boat
• Fantasy Island
• The A-Team
• Finder of Lost Loves
• Hotel
• Murder She Wrote
• The Golden Girls
• Baywatch
• Jack Holborn
• Melrose Place
• Grace Under Fire
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

• He played the title character in the ill-fated 1973 revival of Perry Mason
• He played the dual role of Luke and Ken Carpenter in the 1967-68 ABC sitcom The Second Hundred Years.
• He played the title character of a criminally insane called Pike in the episode Power Play in the 1975 revival of The Invisible Man
• He played Blanche Devereaux' gay brother Clayton opposite Michael Ayr, who played his love interest Doug in this landmark episode on gay marriage; broadcast 1990

External links

• Monte Markham at the Internet Movie Database
• Monte Markham interview http://www.wonderland-site.com/html/interviews4.htm