Robert Bice
Robert Bice was an American television and film actor.
Biography
Birth
Bice was born on March 14, 1914, in Dallas, Texas.
Career
Bice appeared in 199 films and television programs between 1943 and 1967. His first film was the comedy horror The Ghost and the Guest 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, an operative for Mason's private detective Paul Drake.
Bice's television credits include The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, The Public Defender, Have Gun - Will Travel, I Love Lucy, M Squad, Fury, Peter Gunn, Bat Masterson, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, The Rifleman including as Hallager in S1 E40 "The Mind Reader", The Untouchables, Wagon Train, Surfside 6 and Daniel Boone and Gunsmoke.
Death
He died on January 8, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. Bice was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park in nearby Newhall.
Selected filmography
The Ghost and the Guest - Smoothie LewisAppointment in Berlin - Radio Man Fighting Valley - Paul JacksonThe Iron Major - High School Coach Gildersleeve on Broadway - Eddie, the Bellhop Gangway for Tomorrow - Stooge The Ghost Ship - Raphael - the Steward Passport to Destiny - German Troop Leader Dragon Seed - Lao Ta Tan - Eldest SonThirty Seconds Over Tokyo - 'Jig' WhiteG.I. War Brides - Bill Sears The Mysterious Mr. Valentine - DoctorThe Beginning or the End - Co-Pilot The Sea of Grass - Brewton Ranch Hand The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer - Policeman at Airport The Red Stallion - Ho-NaAssigned to Danger - Frankie MantellRaw Deal - Ship's Crewman Canon City - MorganHollow Triumph - Maxwell's Thug In This Corner - Cmdr. HarrisJoan of Arc - Dying English Archer He Walked by Night - Detective with Capt. Breen Let's Live a Little - Elevator Operator Bride of Vengeance - Guard Susanna Pass - Bob OliverIllegal Entry - Ken Too Late for Tears - Policeman Flaming Fury - Arthur Latch - Lab Technician Bandit King of Texas - Henchman GusThe James Brothers of Missouri - Frank JamesThieves' Highway - Announcer Johnny Holiday - Policeman Life of St. Paul Series - Roman SoldierBells of Coronado - Jim RussellBunco Squad - Drake - aka The SwamiBetween Midnight and Dawn - Detective Hit Parade of 1951 - Cowboy The Jackpot - Policeman in Bookie Raid Under Mexicali Stars - Deputy BobCounterspy Meets Scotland Yard - Agent FieldsThe Flying Missile - Airbase Military Police Officer Al Jennings of Oklahoma - Pete KincaidCry Danger - Castro's Gunman The Living Christ Series - MatthewTales of Robin Hood - Will ScarletGunplay - Sam MartinA Millionaire for Christy - Reporter with Tape Recorder The Well - Manager of Packard Construction Company The Racket - Police Dispatcher The Big Night - Taxi Driver Night Stage to Galveston - Captain YanceyRed Snow - Chief NanuLoan Shark - Steve Casmer Desert Pursuit - Tomaso Cripple Creek - James Sullivan - Assayer Junction City - BleakerCaptain Pirate - Lieutenant Captive Women - BramHorizons West - Townsman Invasion U.S.A. - George SylvesterHiawatha - WabeekStar of Texas - Henchman Al SladeThe Blue Gardenia - Policeman On Top of Old Smoky - Kirby Port Sinister - George BurtThe Marksman - Kincaid - HenchmanThe 49th Man - Detective Tarzan and the She-Devil - Maka, Vargo's Safari Boss Gun Belt - Wells Fargo Guard Bandits of the West - Henchman DutchThe Moonlighter - Bar X Man in Lynch Mob Paris Model - Jack ParmaleeMan Crazy - Narrator The Wild One - Wilson Trader Tom of the China Seas - Payne The Golden Idol - Gate Guard Riot in Cell Block 11 - Cell Block Guard Yankee Pasha - Sentry Johnny Dark - Guard The Far Country - Miner The Adventures of Hajji Baba - Musa The Snow Creature - FleetSign of the Pagan - ChilotheThe Violent Men - Tony Day of Triumph - Zealot The Steel Cage - Convict in Mess Hall Bowery to Bagdad - Duke DolanMany Rivers to Cross - Punishment Party Member Three for the Show - Sgt. Charlie O'Hallihan Dial Red O - Sgt. Tony ColumboThe Big Bluff - Dr. HarrisonFoxfire - Walt WhitmanThe Gun That Won the West - Chief Red CloudTrial - Abbott Teen-Age Crime Wave - Highway Patrol Officer Smith The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell - Naval Officer Aide Over-Exposed - Patrolman Outside Office Building Calling Homicide - Det. Johnny Phipps The Ten Commandments - Sergeant The White Squaw - Cowhand Dance with Me, Henry - Policeman Hold That Hypnotist - Reporter The Helen Morgan Story - Guard Jailhouse Rock - Bardeman - TV Studio Manager Diamond Safari - ReubensGoing Steady - Coach Space Master X-7 - Officer The Case Against Brooklyn - Policeman It! The Terror from Beyond Space - Maj. John PurdueThe Buccaneer - Militia Man Revolt in the Big House - Guard Good Day for a Hanging - Griswald Ocean's 11 - Deputy Ada - Member of the State Legislature