Jump to content

Robert Bice

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Bice
Bice in The Big Bluff (1955)
Born(1914-03-14)March 14, 1914
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 8, 1968(1968-01-08) (aged 53)
Los Angeles, California
Resting placeEternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Santa Clarita, California
OccupationActor
Years active1943–1967

Robert Bice (March 14, 1914 – January 8, 1968) was an American television and film actor.

Biography

[edit]

Bice was born on March 14, 1914, in Dallas, Texas. He died on January 8, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. Bice was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park in nearby Newhall.[1]

Career

[edit]

Bice appeared in 199 films and television programs between 1943 and 1967. His first film was the comedy horror The Ghost and the Guest (1943) and his career ended with four episodes in the popular western TV series Death Valley Days. Between 1957 and 1964 Bice made seven appearances on Perry Mason as Frank Faulkner, operative for Mason's private detective Paul Drake.

Bice's television credits include The Lone Ranger (1950), The Cisco Kid (1951), The Public Defender (1954), Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), I Love Lucy (1957), M Squad (1957), Fury (1959), Peter Gunn (1960), Bat Masterson (1961), The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961), Rawhide (1961–62), The Rifleman (1959–62), The Untouchables (1961–62),[2] Wagon Train (1959–62), Surfside 6 (1962) and Daniel Boone (1964–1970) and Gunsmoke.

Selected filmography

[edit]

Television

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1961 Rawhide George Kriegel S3:E17, "Incident of the New Start"
1961 Rawhide Rawley S4:E4, "Judgement at Hondo Seco"
1965 Rawhide Coats Watson S7:E21, "The Winter Soldier"

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
  2. ^ Tucker, Kenneth (2011). Eliot Ness and the Untouchables: The Historical Reality and the Film and Television Depictions (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 111. ISBN 9780786488773. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
[edit]