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Robert Dryden(1917-2003)

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Robert Dryden was born on 8 February 1917 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for I Spy (1955), Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950) and The Jackie Gleason Show (1966). He died on 16 December 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornFebruary 8, 1917
DiedDecember 16, 2003(86)
BornFebruary 8, 1917
DiedDecember 16, 2003(86)
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Known for

I Spy (1955)
I Spy
7.4
TV Series
  • General Beck
Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950)
Armstrong Circle Theatre
7.6
TV Series
  • Father Venici
  • Ernesto Aguilar
  • Herb Tyler
Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Jane Kean, and Sheila MacRae in The Jackie Gleason Show (1966)
The Jackie Gleason Show
7.9
TV Series
  • Bob Mathews
  • Frank
  • Garcon
  • Gustav Steinhart
  • Hotel Porter
  • Landlord
  • Postman
  • Racoon Brother
  • Racoon Brother Rocky
  • Salesman
  • Superintendent
Naked City (1958)
Naked City
8.2
TV Series
  • Police Surgeon
  • Attendant
  • Man in TV Door
  • Medical Examiner

Credits

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Actor

  • SuperBook (1981)
    SuperBook
    6.7
    TV Series
    • (voice)
    • 1983
  • The Flying House (1982)
    The Flying House
    6.6
    TV Series
    • (voice)
    • 1982
  • Paul's Case (1980)
    Paul's Case
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Theater Manager
    • 1980
  • One Who Was There (1979)
    One Who Was There
    5.8
    Short
    • 1979
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Belushi's Doctor (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • The Happy Hooker (1975)
    The Happy Hooker
    3.8
    • Mr. Gordon
    • 1975
  • Zero Mostel in Foreplay (1975)
    Foreplay
    3.9
    • Pharmacist
    • 1975
  • The American Parade (1974)
    The American Parade
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Esquire Chip
    • 1974–1975
  • Telly Savalas in Kojak (1973)
    Kojak
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Mr. Majors (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Man on a Swing (1974)
    Man on a Swing
    6.6
    • Mr. Dawson
    • 1974
  • Taking Off (1971)
    Taking Off
    7.3
    • Dr. Bronson
    • 1971
  • Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Jane Kean, and Sheila MacRae in The Jackie Gleason Show (1966)
    The Jackie Gleason Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Racoon Brother
    • Superintendent
    • Postman ...
    • 1966–1968
  • NBC Experiment in Television (1967)
    NBC Experiment in Television
    6.7
    TV Series
    • The Diary
    • 1968
  • Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)
    The Defenders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Arthur Tennant (as Bob Dryden)
    • 1965
  • George Maharis and Martin Milner in Route 66 (1960)
    Route 66
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Attorney Warren
    • Hollis
    • 1963–1964

Additional Crew

  • Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More (1965)
    For a Few Dollars More
    8.2
    • english voice dubbing (uncredited)
    • 1965

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Bob Dryden
  • Born
    • February 8, 1917
    • New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 16, 2003
    • New York City, New York, USA(Parkinson's disease)
  • Other works
    Robert Dryden also was one of the voice performers on the popular "National Lampoon Radio Hour" show of the 1970's. One of his roles was that of "Humphrey C. Cornholt" in the "High School Confidential: The Case of the Mad Vandal" episode.

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    Robert Dryden was one of radio's busiest and most versatile character actors throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He was frequently heard on such classic radio shows as Gangbusters, The FBI In Peace And War, Studio One, The Ford Theater, Casey Crime Photographer, Mollee Mystery Theater and many other dramatic programs as well as on numerous soap operas. In the 1970s Dryden starred with Peg Lynch on Lynch's Little Things In Life radio series and was a frequent performer on Himan Brown's CBS Mystery Theater series.

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