![Robert Rockwell](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hArAXLyizNHS4T7pz5rBQhQYDPp.jpg)
Robert Rockwell
Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden.
A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois, Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union. He appeared in the first Superman television show episode as Clark Kent's father, Jor-El in 1952. He appeared in a 1959 Perry Mason episode "The case of the Deadly Toy" as love interest to the defendant Claire Allison as Dick Benedict. He starred in the 1961 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile" as an Air Force officer court-martialled on a murder charge. He later starred in the 1962 Perry Mason episodes "The Case of the Lurid Letter" as Everett Rixby, a high school principal, and the murderer Cole B. Troy in "The Case of the Shapely Shadow". He also appeared as Ed Purvis in the 1965 episode Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Candy Queen".
Rockwell starred in his own ABC western-themed television series, The Man from Blackhawk in the 1959-1960 season. Rockwell was cast as the Blackhawk Insurance Company's key investigator, Sam Logan, who is assigned to weed out fraud in the payment of claims. He also played Sam Thompson in Thompson's Ghost, Tom Bennett in The Bill Cosby Show[4]:106 and Officer Russo in Adam-12.
In 1967 he played a littering tourist in the Lassie episode "Lassie's Litter Bit", an iconic episode which earned a trip for Lassie to the White House to shake hands with then First Lady "Ladybird" Johnson who had used the famous collie in her Keep America Beautiful Campaign.
Rockwell was a founding member of the California Artists Radio Theatre. He played standard leads in a couple of anti-Communist-era features, including Republic's The Red Menace, in which he is cast as a returning veteran of World War II, who is duped by communists.
Later in his career, he appeared on episodes of Petticoat Junction, Growing Pains, and Beverly Hills, 90210. His appearances in commercials and voiceovers totaled more than 200, most notably as the armchair grandfather treating his grandson to a piece of candy in the 1995 version of the Werthers Original candy spot.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 11.024 |
Birthday | 1920-10-15 |
Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Also Known As | Bob Rockwell, |
![Unmasked](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/weGmEd6ZBOMFzJyJC6aCVqK3xtK.jpg)
1950
![Unmasked](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/weGmEd6ZBOMFzJyJC6aCVqK3xtK.jpg)
Unmasked
5.15/10
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her wh...
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Unmasked
![The Red Menace](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/g4g0surmlqGxdJokgw2r0v4NUQ7.jpg)
1949
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The Red Menace
4.1/13
A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
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![Our Miss Brooks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ijyQkKF8IdXQJkofYPjs7Z2D6gx.jpg)
1956
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Our Miss Brooks
6.2/9
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1950
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Trial Without Jury
0/0
A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.
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1950
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Federal Agent at Large
4.8/2
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1950
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Destination Big House
0/0
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1968
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Sol Madrid
6.3/3
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1950
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Lonely Heart Bandits
6.5/1
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1949
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The Blonde Bandit
5.8/5
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1995
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Perfect Alibi
3.5/1
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1949
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6/2
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1952
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Just for You
4.8/3
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![Women from Headquarters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yyh73578QkEXHjzSZ48F6JJEDyZ.jpg)
1950
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Women from Headquarters
4/1
Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when her friend Ruby gets involved with a petty crook, Max Ta...
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1969
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6/1
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1948
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You Gotta Stay Happy
6.4/11
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![Turn the Other Cheek](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6sOLfaoUcKwu8XvD7eyrDDWcMhO.jpg)
1958
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Turn the Other Cheek
0/0
Molly's upset now her best friends Carol and Sue can't play together. Molly's dad suggests that the catty squabble can be solved by following Jesus's...
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![The War of the Worlds](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gzc75Za4ArqfXIIr7STNnIE5rnA.jpg)
1953
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6.8/605
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![Hell Hath No Fury](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gn8910mMcWlJHBeE9Z3iVwrM6sB.jpg)
1991
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8.7/3
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![The Prince Who Was a Thief](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mineOvyNItNwVeZZ0HsbEzNyoAd.jpg)
1951
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4.9/7
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![Prisoners in Petticoats](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/e42ZudxlYncOoQ6hYMqZ0JpdRny.jpg)
1950
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Prisoners in Petticoats
6/1
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![Belle of Old Mexico](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iX3BQQqdgvJQuvcdx21MWMvSnjT.jpg)
1950
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Belle of Old Mexico
0/0
Wealthy Kip Artmitage III (Robert Rockwell) honors his late wartime friend's request to look after the friend's "little sister."
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![The Frogmen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nFdHsoCgCr1bhDWtRokdkZhp3af.jpg)
1951
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The Frogmen
5.9/22
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![Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/znHUVQS50bcOZWq4fNn1NlwqmoV.jpg)
1968
![Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/znHUVQS50bcOZWq4fNn1NlwqmoV.jpg)
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0/0
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![Destination: America](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eWCn5NRYp6PYxvA4whoGrQdgPfr.jpg)
1987
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Destination: America
0/0
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1983
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5/4
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1981
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4.3/3
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![Golden Gate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1Dtq9lKSY9yry4Mvn0raNSRzgBu.jpg)
1981
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Golden Gate
0/0
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![Espionage Target: You](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8QqEnh12uMtpNE6iXNQEunb8J3O.jpg)
1964
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Espionage Target: You
0/0
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![A Letter to Nancy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a6hSnVugd3FiPuUSAOtFNm4WUOj.jpg)
1965
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A Letter to Nancy
0/0
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![Lassie: The miracle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rOwLNFGCq3OSfbnn3zVPJ60bYqT.jpg)
1970
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0/0
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