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Michael Ansara

Michael George Ansara (Arabic: مايكل جورج أنصارا, romanized: Māykal Jōrj ʾAnṣāran; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was a Syrian‐American actor. He was often cast in Arab and Native American roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres, including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction. He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow 1956-1958, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe. Ansara was married three times, each time to an actress. He was first married to Jean Byron, who played Patty Duke's mother on The Patty Duke Show. They divorced in 1956. While starring in the Broken Arrow series, he met and married Barbara Eden. They appeared in the 1961 film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea together, and Ansara appeared in several episodes of Eden's series, I Dream of Jeannie. They had one son together before divorcing in 1974. His final marriage was to Beverly Kushida in 1977, and they remained together until his death in 2013. Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.

Infobox

Born
(1922-04-15)April 15, 1922French Mandate of Syria(present-day Syria)
Died
July 31, 2013(2013-07-31) (aged 91)Calabasas, California, U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, U.S.
Alma mater
Los Angeles City College
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1944–2001
Spouses
mw- Jean Byron (m. 1955; div. 1956) Barbara Eden (m. 1958; div. 1974) Beverly Kushida (m. 1977)
Children
1
Awards
Hollywood Walk of Fame, Western Heritage Award, Saturn Award

Tables

· Filmography › Film
1944
Role(s)
Hamid
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
California Caballero
Notes
Uncredited
1947
Role(s)
Ramon's Radio Man
1949
Role(s)
Rifle Dispenser
Notes
Uncredited
1950
Role(s)
Native Policeman
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Guard
Notes
Uncredited
Kim
Role(s)
Harem Guard
Notes
Uncredited
1951
Role(s)
Manik Rao
Role(s)
Tucsos
Role(s)
Sikh Policeman
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Floyd
Role(s)
House Servant
Notes
Uncredited
1952
Role(s)
The Prophet
Role(s)
Ivan
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Lieutenant Romero
Role(s)
Bernardo Díaz
Role(s)
Guard
Notes
Uncredited
1953
Role(s)
Gus Hanley
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Blacksmith
Role(s)
Captain Florus
Role(s)
Pindarus
Role(s)
De Gama
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Judas
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Prince Belshazzar
Role(s)
Mir Jumla, the Mogul's general
1954
Role(s)
Apache Joe
Role(s)
Opening Narrator
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Count Alesandro Siniscola
Role(s)
Captain Kral
Role(s)
Hittite Commander
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Sergeant Major Puran Singh
Role(s)
Edecon
1955
Role(s)
Maharbal
Role(s)
Floyd 'Zero' Saxon
1956
Role(s)
Count Ridolfi
Role(s)
Angry Horse
Role(s)
Shawnee Jack
Role(s)
Kamiakin
Role(s)
Taskmaster
Notes
Uncredited
1957
Role(s)
Kramer
Role(s)
Delgadito
Role(s)
Zarata
Role(s)
Moki
Notes
Uncredited
1961
Role(s)
Miguel Alvarez
Role(s)
Amelung
1964
Role(s)
Mayor Pablo
1965
Role(s)
Herod's Commander
Role(s)
Prince Dragna
1966
Role(s)
Blas Chavez
Role(s)
Iron Jacket
1968
Role(s)
Count Mario Romano
Role(s)
Captain Ortega
Role(s)
President Eduardo Delgado
Role(s)
Raul Ortega
1969
Role(s)
Major Milos Segora
Role(s)
Colonel Diego
1970
Role(s)
Colonel Rostinov
1972
Role(s)
Morgan Charles
Role(s)
Playboy Speaker
1973
Role(s)
Eamon O'Reilly
1974
Role(s)
The Captain
Role(s)
Oliver Red Fern
1976
Role(s)
Abu Sufyan
1977
Role(s)
John Singing Rock
Role(s)
Daniel Santee
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Role(s)
Chief Coxi
1980
Role(s)
Troido
1981
Role(s)
Prince Sohrab
1984
Access Code
Role(s)
Senator Dales
1985
Role(s)
Lyman Taylor
1986
Role(s)
Mr. Delamo
1987
Role(s)
Senator Bunsen
1990
Role(s)
Chuluha
1998
Role(s)
Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
Notes
Voice, direct-to-video
1999
Role(s)
Murdock Haynes
Notes
Final film role
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1944
Action in Arabia
Hamid
Uncredited
Can't Help Singing
California Caballero
Uncredited
1947
Intrigue
Ramon's Radio Man
1947
Queen Esther: A Story from the Bible
Zabad
1949
Outpost in Morocco
Rifle Dispenser
Uncredited
1950
South Sea Sinner
Native Policeman
Uncredited
The Desert Hawk
Guard
Uncredited
Kim
Harem Guard
Uncredited
1951
Soldiers Three
Manik Rao
Only the Valiant
Tucsos
Smuggler's Island
Sikh Policeman
Uncredited
Bannerline
Floyd
My Favorite Spy
House Servant
Uncredited
1952
Brave Warrior
The Prophet
Diplomatic Courier
Ivan
Uncredited
Yankee Buccaneer
Lieutenant Romero
The Golden Hawk
Bernardo Díaz
Road to Bali
Guard
Uncredited
1953
The Lawless Breed
Gus Hanley
Uncredited
The Bandits of Corsica
Blacksmith
Serpent of the Nile
Captain Florus
Julius Caesar
Pindarus
White Witch Doctor
De Gama
Uncredited
The Robe
Judas
Uncredited
Slaves of Babylon
Prince Belshazzar
The Diamond Queen
Mir Jumla, the Mogul's general
1954
Three Young Texans
Apache Joe
Drums of Tahiti
Opening Narrator
Uncredited
The Saracen Blade
Count Alesandro Siniscola
Princess of the Nile
Captain Kral
The Egyptian
Hittite Commander
Uncredited
Bengal Brigade
Sergeant Major Puran Singh
Sign of the Pagan
Edecon
1955
Jupiter's Darling
Maharbal
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Charlie
New Orleans Uncensored
Floyd 'Zero' Saxon
1956
Diane
Count Ridolfi
The Lone Ranger
Angry Horse
Gun Brothers
Shawnee Jack
Pillars of the Sky
Kamiakin
The Ten Commandments
Taskmaster
Uncredited
1957
Last of the Badmen
Kramer
Quantez
Delgadito
The Tall Stranger
Zarata
The Sad Sack
Moki
Uncredited
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Miguel Alvarez
The Comancheros
Amelung
1964
Quick, Let's Get Married
Mayor Pablo
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Herod's Commander
· Filmography › Television
1951
Role(s)
Decius
Notes
Episode: "That I May See"
Episode: "Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration"
Role(s)
Bulga
Notes
Episode: "The Mine Story"
Hugo
Role(s)
Episode: "The Bodyguard Story"
Chin
Role(s)
Episode: "The One Blue Chip Story"
Kursta
Role(s)
Episode: "The Decoy Story"
Notes
Episode: "Trouble at Black Rock"
1954
Role(s)
Carl Chapman
Notes
Episode: "The Big Rod"
1956
Role(s)
Butcher
Notes
Season 1 Episode 18: "Shopping For Death"
Desar
Role(s)
Season 1 Episode 29: "The Orderly World of Mr. Appelby"
Mr. DeMario
Role(s)
Season 1 Episode 32: "The Baby Sitter"
1956–1958
Role(s)
Broken Arrow
Notes
Cochise
1957
Role(s)
Ogana
Notes
Episode: "Hawkeye's Homecoming"
1959
Role(s)
Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart
Notes
Episode: "The Indian"
Episode: "The Raid"
1959–60
Role(s)
Law of the Plainsman
Notes
Contract role
1960–1961
Role(s)
The Untouchables
Notes
Charlie Steuben
Rafael Torrez
Role(s)
Episode" "The Jamaica Ginger Story"
1960
Role(s)
Docker Mason
Notes
Episode: "The Champ"
1961
Role(s)
Northstar
Notes
Episode: "The Patience Miller Story"
1963
Role(s)
Joseph
Notes
Episode: "Incident of Iron Bull"
1964
Role(s)
Malinoff
Notes
Episode: "Hot Line"
Role(s)
Vince Kabat
Notes
Episode: "The Case of the Antic Angel"
Role(s)
Quarlo Clobregnny
Notes
Episode: "Soldier"
1965–66
Role(s)
The Virginian
Notes
Marshall Merle Frome
Paul Dallman
Role(s)
Episode: "High Stakes"
1965
Role(s)
Thomas Frye
Notes
Episode: "The Bounty"
Role(s)
Sulador
Notes
Episode: "The Arabian Affair"
1966
Role(s)
The Ruler
Notes
Episode: "The Challenge"
Role(s)
Sebastian Drake
Notes
Episode: "The Enchanted Gun"
Role(s)
Rufus the Red
Notes
Episode: "A Most Unusual Wood Nymph"
Role(s)
Vizier
Notes
Episode: The Prisoner of the Zalamar Affair
Role(s)
Capt. Tomas Ruiz
Notes
Episode: "The Killers of the Deep"
Role(s)
Blue Djinn
Notes
Episode: "Happy Anniversary"
1967
Role(s)
Officer Miguel 'Mike' Anza
Notes
Episode: "The Savage Street"
1968
King Kamehameha
Role(s)
Episode: "The Battle of Waikiki"
Role(s)
Commander Kang
Notes
Episode: "Day of the Dove"
Role(s)
Regis
Notes
Episode: "Trek to Terror"
1969
Major Biff Jellico
Role(s)
Episode: "My Sister, the Home Wrecker"
Role(s)
Major Milos Segora
Notes
Television film intended as a television pilot
Role(s)
Murtrah
Notes
Episode: "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth"
1970
Director
Role(s)
Episode: "One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind"
1966–67
Role(s)
Gunsmoke
Notes
Grey Horse
Luke Todd
Role(s)
Episode: "The Returning"
Role(s)
Curator
Notes
Episode: "Secret Weapon"
Episode: "The Kidnappers"
1971
Role(s)
Ray Abruzzi
Notes
Episode: "A Double for Danger"
Role(s)
Paco Morales
Notes
Episode: "Powderkeg"
1972
Role(s)
Albert 'Al' Ferguson
Notes
Episode: "The Year of the Locusts"
Role(s)
Piro Manoa
Notes
Episode: "Death is a Company Policy"
1973
Role(s)
Frank Mulvey
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Ed Stoner
Notes
Episode: "The Western"
Ordeal
Role(s)
Sheriff Peter Geeson
Notes
Television film
1974
Role(s)
Howard Gray Hawk
Notes
Episode: "The Dream"
1975
Role(s)
Diamond Jack Bassiter
Notes
Episode: "Pilot"
1976
Role(s)
Joseph DiMinna
Notes
Episode: "Joey Blue Eyes"
Role(s)
Keith McCallum
Notes
Episode: "Justice Deferred"
1978
Role(s)
Yao/Ancient One
Notes
Voice, television film; uncredited
Role(s)
Lame Beaver
Notes
Miniseries
1979
The Story of Esther
Role(s)
Haman
Notes
Television film
1979–80
Role(s)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Notes
Kane
1980
Role(s)
Nathan McCallister
Notes
Episode: "The Poachers"
Role(s)
Ptolemy
Notes
"My Fair Pharoh/The Power"
1981
Role(s)
Vashtar
Notes
Voice, episode: "Prophecy of Peril"
Role(s)
Hiawatha Smith
Notes
Voice, episode: "Quest of the Red Skull"
1982
Role(s)
Zanko
Notes
Television film
1983, 1993
Role(s)
Reading Rainbow
Notes
Self - Narrator
1984
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
Role(s)
Turk
Notes
Television film
1985
Role(s)
General Mariano
Notes
Episode: "Rape and Revenge, Part 1 & 2"
Role(s)
Sheik Abdullah Casir
Notes
Episode: "Mirage a Trois"
1986
Role(s)
General Warhawk
Notes
Voice, 63 episodes
Role(s)
Cyril Duncan
Notes
Episode: "Miami's Nice"
1987
Role(s)
Sandor Kraken
Notes
Episode: "A Blinding Fear"
1988
Role(s)
Nicholas Rossi
Notes
Episode: "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel"
1992–1994
Role(s)
Batman: The Animated Series
Notes
Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
Voice, episode: "Deep Freeze"
1994
Role(s)
Elric
Notes
Episode: "The Geometry of Shadows"
Role(s)
Kang
Notes
Episodes "Blood Oath"
1996
Jeyal
Role(s)
Episode: "The Muse"
Role(s)
Kang
Notes
Episode: "Flashback"
1997
Role(s)
Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
Notes
Voice, episode: "Cold Comfort"
1999
Role(s)
Voice, episode: "Meltdown"
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1951
Family Theater
Decius
Episode: "That I May See"
Episode: "Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration"
1951
Dangerous Assignment
Bulga
Episode: "The Mine Story"
Hugo
Episode: "The Bodyguard Story"
Chin
Episode: "The One Blue Chip Story"
Kursta
Episode: "The Decoy Story"
1951
The Lone Ranger
Episode: "Trouble at Black Rock"
1954
Dragnet
Carl Chapman
Episode: "The Big Rod"
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Butcher
Season 1 Episode 18: "Shopping For Death"
Desar
Season 1 Episode 29: "The Orderly World of Mr. Appelby"
Mr. DeMario
Season 1 Episode 32: "The Baby Sitter"
1956–1958
Broken Arrow
Cochise
Contract role
1957
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Ogana
Episode: "Hawkeye's Homecoming"
1959
The Rifleman
Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart
Episode: "The Indian"
Episode: "The Raid"
1959–60
Law of the Plainsman
Contract role
1960–1961
The Untouchables
Charlie Steuben
Episode: "Nicky"
Rafael Torrez
Episode The Jamaica Ginger Story"
1960
The Rebel
Docker Mason
Episode: "The Champ"
1961
Wagon Train
Northstar
Episode: "The Patience Miller Story"
1963
Rawhide
Joseph
Episode: "Incident of Iron Bull"
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Malinoff
Episode: "Hot Line"
Perry Mason
Vince Kabat
Episode: "The Case of the Antic Angel"
The Outer Limits
Quarlo Clobregnny
Episode: "Soldier"
1965–66
The Virginian
Marshall Merle Frome
Episode: "Showdown"
Paul Dallman
Episode: "High Stakes"
1965
Branded
Thomas Frye
Episode: "The Bounty"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sulador
Episode: "The Arabian Affair"
1966
Lost in Space
The Ruler
Episode: "The Challenge"
Daniel Boone
Sebastian Drake
Episode: "The Enchanted Gun"
Episode: "The Search"
Bewitched
Rufus the Red
Episode: "A Most Unusual Wood Nymph"
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Vizier
Episode: The Prisoner of the Zalamar Affair
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Capt. Tomas Ruiz
Episode: "The Killers of the Deep"
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
Blue Djinn
Episode: "Happy Anniversary"
1968
King Kamehameha
Episode: "The Battle of Waikiki"
1969
Major Biff Jellico
Episode: "My Sister, the Home Wrecker"
1970
Director
Episode: "One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind"
1966–67
Gunsmoke
Grey Horse
Episode: "Honor Before Justice"
Luke Todd
Episode: "The Returning"
The Time Tunnel
Curator
Episode: "Secret Weapon"
Episode: "The Kidnappers"
1967
The Fugitive
Officer Miguel 'Mike' Anza
Episode: "The Savage Street"
1968
Star Trek
Commander Kang
Episode: "Day of the Dove"
Tarzan
Regis
Episode: "Trek to Terror"
1969
Target: Harry
Major Milos Segora
Television film intended as a television pilot
Land of the Giants
Murtrah
Episode: "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth"
1971
The Mod Squad
Ray Abruzzi
Episode: "A Double for Danger"
Bearcats!
Paco Morales
Episode: "Powderkeg"
· Filmography › Video games
2001
Role(s)
Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
Notes
Final acting role
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2001
Batman: Vengeance
Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
Final acting role
· Filmography › Videos
1997
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
Role(s)
Malfeasor
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1997
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
Malfeasor

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