Arthur Batanides (April 9, 1923 - January 10, 2000) was an American actor best known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986), and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989).
He was married to Anne Rasmussen and Midge Ware and had four children, two with Rasmussen and two with Ware.
Batanides died in 2000 at the age of 76 from natural causes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1954: Black Tuesday as Reporter at Electrocution (Uncredited Role)
- 1956: The Ten Commandments as Hebrew at Ramses' Gate (uncredited)
- 1957: The Unearthly as Danny Green
- 1958: Violent Road as Ben
- 1959: Cry Tough as as Alvears
- 1960: The Leech Woman as Jerry
- 1960: Spartacus as Legionaire (uncredited)
- 1961: Man Trap as Cortez
- 1969: The Maltese Bippy as Tony
- 1971: The Feminist And The Fuzz as Joe
- 1971: Whats A Nice Girl Like You as Flint
- 1972: The Cat Ate The Parakeet as Marty
- 1972: Evil Roy Slade as Lee
- 1972: The Heist as Frank D'Amico
- 1975: Brannigan as Angell
- 1976: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Dawson
- 1977: The Last Hurrah as Ben Morrow
- 1985: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment as Old Man Kirkland
- 1986: Police Academy 3: Back in Training as Mr. Kirkland
- 1987: Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol as Kirkland
- 1989: Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Kirkland
Television Roles
- 1956: I Spy as Adjutant Dore
- 1956: Crusader as Jack Gilliam
- 1956-1959: Playhouse 90 as Vito/Archer/Watkins/Van Dyke/First Photographer/Fensky (6 episodes)
- 1957: Navy Log as Goetz
- 1957: The Silent Service as Orv Loesch
- 1957: Broken Arrow as Vasco
- 1957: Tombstone Territory as Tee-A-Hah
- 1957: Maverick as Norman Brock
- 1957: Men Of Annapolis as Digby
- 1958: Decoy as Herbert Carson
- 1958: The Millionaire as Lt. Walker
- 1958: Colt 45 as Frank Fowler
- 1958: State Trooper as Nick Shawn
- 1958: US Marshal as Getaway Driver
- 1958: Peter Gunn as Gus Triano
- 1958: Alcoa Theatre as Frankie
- 1958: Man With A Camera as Phil Pike
- 1958-1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Police Detective/The Police Sergeant (2 episodes)
- 1958-1959: Richard Diamond Private Detective as Wally/Chip Cooper (2 episodes)
- 1958-1959: Mike Hammer as Jack Slade/Ben Keller (2 episodes)
- 1959: Border Patrol as Callivarso
- 1959: Zorro as Lazaro
- 1959: The Thin Man as Steve Bledsoe
- 1959: Yancy Derringer as Dink Saxon
- 1959: The Thin Man as Det. Grey
- 1959: Colonel Humphrey Flack as Gangster
- 1959: Whirlybirds as Walt
- 1959: One Step Beyond (1959) as Const. Gaisingh
- 1959: Twenty One Beacon Street as Howard Schwartz
- 1959: The Lawless Years as Joe Angelo
- 1959: Lawman as Vince Semby
- 1959: Lock Up as Harry Williams
- 1959-1961: Rawhide as Gypsy/Beckstrom (2 episodes)
- 1959-1961: The Twilight Zone as Tabal/Leader (2 episodes)
- 1960: Mr. Lucky as Bruce
- 1960: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Vince
- 1960: Johnny Staccato as Louie Socorro
- 1960: Wanted: Dead or Alive as Allen Stokes
- 1960: Not For Hire as Rooney
- 1960: M Squad as Joe the Peddler
- 1960: The Chevy Mystery Show as Manny
- 1960: Johnny Midnight as Sgt. Sam Olivera/Sgt. Lupo Olivera (8 episodes)
- 1960: Riverboat as Matt Jennings/Shag Ryan (2 episodes)
- 1960: Dante as Police Lt. Farrow
- 1960: Stagecoach West as Boone
- 1960-1961: Bonanza as Pablo/Spiro (2 episodes)
- 1960-1961: The Detectives as Buck Huston/Wilding/Crawford/Anthony Silvano (4 episodes)
- 1961: Route 66 as Joe Goss
- 1961: The Islanders as Del Loya
- 1961: The Brothers Brannagan as Barney Kazinsky
- 1961: The Asphalt Jungle as Morrison
- 1961: Target The Corrupters as Pete Mazzera
- 1961: Follow The Sun as Lloyd
- 1961: Adventures In Paradise as Brimmer
- 1962: Eighty Seventh Precinct as Clay Boudreau
- 1962: The Beachcomber as Mahkei/Lah-Ring (2 episodes)
- 1963: Perry Mason as Bill Golding
- 1963: GE True as Lee Ralston
- 1963: The Defenders as Det. Bryan
- 1963: The Rifleman as Littleboy Sherman
- 1963: Alcoa Premiere as Ray
- 1963: Ben Casey as Gus
- 1963: Combat as Nader
- 1963-1964: The Great Adventure as Lt. Gomez/Pouliades (2 episodes)
- 1963-1964: The Dick Van Dyke Show as Harry Tinker/Arnold/Bernard/Man in Bar (4 episodes)
- 1963-1964: The Bill Dana Show as lefty/Augie (2 episodes)
- 1964: The Fugitive as Wimpy
- 1964: The Outer Limits as Lt. Gavin
- 1964: Dr. Kildare as Mr. Freedman
- 1964: Kraft Suspense Theatre as 1st Detective
- 1964: The Rogues as Akhim
- 1964: The Andy Griffith Show as Ralph Neal
- 1964-1965: Gunsmoke as Feeter Kreb/Harv Foster (2 episodes)
- 1965: Burke's Law as Spanjard
- 1965: Honey West as 'Chico'
- 1965: A Man Called Shenandoah as Larson
- 1965-1968: The Wild Wild West as Pylo/Sergeant/Scullen/Marius Ascoli (4 episodes)
- 1965-1969: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Ziggy/Bronson/Fugitive/Jo-Jo (4 episodes)
- 1966: Get Smart as KAOS Agent #1
- 1966: Death Valley Days as Serbulo Varella
- 1966: Blue Light as Perault
- 1966: Jericho as Martini
- 1966: Insight as Tom
- 1966: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Mohan Kiru
- 1966: Run Buddy Run as Woodrow
- 1966-1967: I Spy as Rocco/Heavy #1/Constantinos/Hamid (5 episodes)
- 1967: The Time Tunnel as Batu
- 1967: The Green Hornet as Shugo
- 1967: Lost in Space as Rangah
- 1967: Cimarron Strip as Woods
- 1967: Accidental Family as Joe
- 1967-1972: Mission: Impossible as Joe Fort/Valenoff/Lt. Kappelo/Father Paolo Dominguin/Kura/Tino (6 episodes)
- 1968: Land of the Giants as Luigi
- 1969: Star Trek: The Original Series as D'Amato
- 1969: The Mod Squad as Frank Devon
- 1970: It Takes a Thief as 2nd Passenger
- 1970: Daniel Boone as Chief Tekwatana
- 1970: Room 222 as Dan Highland
- 1970: The Silent Force as Bates
- 1970: The Name Of The Game as Det. Sgt. Bonelli
- 1971: Hawaii Five-O as Consul
- 1971: Bearcats! as Hopkins
- 1972: The Streets of San Francisco as Maitre'd
- 1972-1973: The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Dr. March/Jake (2 episodes)
- 1972-1974: The Odd Couple as Plaintiff Lawyer/Nino Babaloni/Bartender (3 episodes)
- 1973: Mannix as Emmett Trask
- 1973: McCloud as Andy Falco
- 1973: Ironside as Sgt. Manny Mankiewicz
- 1974: Columbo as Murph
- 1974: Korg 70000 BC as Jared
- 1974-1983: Happy Days as Eddie/Referee/The Claw/Louie (5 episodes)
- 1975-1977: Police Story as Gamboa/Munroe (2 episodes)
- 1977: Blanskys Beauties as Ritchie
- 1977: Man from Atlantis as Police Detective
- 1977: Lucan as Detective
- 1978: Wonder Woman as Maxwell/Krug
- 1978-1981: Lou Grant as Driver/Jesse Ryan/Bartender/Stranger (4 episodes)
- 1979-1980: The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo as Pickpocket Francis/Max (2 episodes)
- 1980: Galactica 1980 as Cabbie
- 1982: Quincy, M.E. as John Cole
- 1985: Knight Rider as Henry Quincy
