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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: |
| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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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) |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 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" |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
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