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7 | Michael George Ansara (April 15, 1922 -- July 31, 2013) was a Syrian-born American stage, screen and voice actor. |
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9 | He first rose to prominence in the 1950s as the Native American Cochise on ''Series/BrokenArrow''. He also played Apache Marshal Sam Buckhart in ''Law of the Plainsman'', a spin-off of ''Series/TheRifleman''. During filming, Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox set up a date between him and actress Creator/BarbaraEden, who would eventually play Jeannie on ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''. The two eventually got married and had a son together. |
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11 | Among sci-fi fans, he's famous for playing the Klingon captain Kang in the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Day of the Dove", a role he would reprise decades later on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. |
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13 | But it was his portrayal of ComicBook/MrFreeze in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse which would garner him the greatest acclaim of all. Starting in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce "Heart of Ice"]], he changed Freeze from a silly and unremarkable one-shot villain from UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} into a [[TragicVillain tragic]] AntiVillain. |
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15 | He passed away in July 2013 at age 91. |
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18 | !!Notable credits: |
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21 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
22 | * ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1953}}'' (1953) |
23 | * ''Film/TheRobe'' (1953) |
24 | * ''Film/{{The Ten Commandments|1956}}'' |
25 | * ''Film/TheSadSack'' (1957) |
26 | * ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' (1961) |
27 | * ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold'' (1965) |
28 | * ''Film/TexasAcrossTheRiver'' (1966) |
29 | * ''Film/ItsAlive'' (1974) |
30 | * ''Film/DayOfTheAnimals'' (1977) |
31 | * ''Film/TheManitou'' (1978) |
32 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero'' (1998) |
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35 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
36 | * ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' - "The Big Rod" in the 1950s TV series |
37 | * ''Series/BrokenArrow'' (1956 TV series) |
38 | * ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' - "The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby", "The Baby Sitter", "Shopping for Death" |
39 | * ''Series/TheRifleman'' - "The Indian", "The Raid" |
40 | * ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' - "Hot Line" |
41 | * ''Series/TheUntouchables'' - "Nicky", "The Jamaica Ginger Story" |
42 | * ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' - "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S2E1Soldier Soldier]]" |
43 | * ''Series/KraftSuspenseTheatre'' - "A Truce to Terror" |
44 | * ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' - Acted in "Happy Anniversary", "The Battle of Waikiki", and "My Sister, the Homewrecker"; directed "One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind" |
45 | * ''Series/LostInSpace'' - "The Challenge" |
46 | * ''Series/TheTimeTunnel'' - "The Kidnappers" |
47 | * ''Series/LandOfTheGiants'' - "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth" |
48 | * ''Series/TheFugitive'' - "The Savage Street" |
49 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' - "Day of the Dove" |
50 | * ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' - "The Year of the Locusts" |
51 | * ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' - "Death Is a Company Policy" |
52 | * ''Series/MissionImpossible'' - "The Western" |
53 | * ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' - "[[Recap/TheRockfordFilesS2E16JoeyBlueEyes Joey Blue Eyes]]" |
54 | * ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' - "Justice Deferred" |
55 | * ''Series/BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' - Kane during the 1979-80 season |
56 | * ''Series/ReadingRainbow'' - Narrated two books |
57 | * ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' (as the series' BigBad, General Warhawk) |
58 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' - "Heart of Ice", "Deep Freeze", "Cold Comfort" |
59 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' - "Blood Oath" |
60 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' - "Flashback" |
61 | * ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' - "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" |
62 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'' - "The Geometry of Shadows" |
63 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' - "Meltdown" |
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