Ronald Alan Masak (July 1, 1936 - October 20, 2022) was an American actor best known for Murder, She Wrote (1985-1996), Ice Station Zebra (1968), and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970).
He was married to Kay Knebes and they had six children. His cousins were Michael Gross and Mary Gross.
Masak died in 2022 at the age of 86 from natural causes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1968: Ice Station Zebra as Paul Zabrinczski
- 1968: Second Effort as Ron
- 1969: Daddys Gone A Hunting as Paul Fleming (Uncredited Role)
- 1969: A Time For Dying as Sam the Bartender
- 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! as Lt. Laurence Ruff
- 1971: Assault On The Wayne as CPO Corky Schmidt
- 1971: Evel Knievel as Pete
- 1971: The Marriage Of A Young Stockbroker as 1st Baseball Fan
- 1972: Heat Of Anger as Police Sergeant
- 1974: The Man From Clover Grove as Claude Raintree (also writer0
- 1977: In The Glitter Palace as Fred Ruggiero
- 1978: Laserblast as Sheriff
- 1978: No Margin Of Error as Onorato
- 1978: Harper Valley PTA as Herbie Maddox
- 1979: Pleasure Cove as Joe
- 1980: The Aliens Are Coming as Harve Nelson
- 1980: Police Story Confessions Of A Lady Cop as Dimaggio
- 1981: The Kid From Nowhere as Olympics Announcer
- 1982: The Neighborhood as Nick Riccardo
- 1983: Heart Like A Wheel as Yankee Announcer Mel Allen (uncredited)
- 1989: Listen to Me as Monica's Father
- 1995: Cops N Roberts as Vince Palermo
- 1996: Adventures Of Nicholas At Roaring Camp as Narrator
- 1997: When Time Expires as TV Evangelist
- 1998: No Code Of Conduct as Julian Disanto
- 2000: The Thundering8th as Spike Sills
- 2002: The Stoneman as Det. Lt. J.D. Hill
- 2006: The Benchwarmers as Principal
- 2011: My Trip To The Dark Side as Mr. James Griffin
- 2014: My Trip Back To The Dark Side as Mr. James Griffin
- 2018: Angels On Tap as Jud
- 2020: The Last Page Of Summer as Dan
Television Roles
- 1958: The Spade Cooley Show as Elvis
- 1960: The Twilight Zone as Harmonica Man
- 1967-1968: The Second Hundred Years as Cop (2 episodes)
- 1968: The Monkees as The Count
- 1968: The Flying Nun as Mike
- 1968: Premiere as Sgt. Ford
- 1968: Get Smart as Schlermer
- 1968: The Good Guys as Andy Gardner
- 1968-1969: I Dream of Jeannie as MacWhorter/Joe (2 episodes)
- 1969: Mayberry R.F.D. as Jim
- 1969-1970: Bewitched as Police Officer #2/Clancey/Irving Bates Sr./Buck (5 episodes)
- 1970: Nanny and the Professor as Frankie
- 1970: Arnie as Gabe
- 1970: Nancy as Hawkins
- 1970-1973: Love, American Style as Mr. Posniak/Patrolman/Harve/Charlie Burrows (4 episodes)
- 1971: The Young Lawyers as F.P. Expert
- 1971: Ironside as Michaels
- 1971: Marcus Welby, M.D. as Stan Krause
- 1971-1972: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Stan Krause (2 episodes)
- 1971: The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Ed Mims
- 1971: Funny Face as Husband
- 1971: Mc Millian And Wife as 1st Policeman
- 1971: Insight as Joe Salsa
- 1971: Mission: Impossible as Ed Campbell
- 1972: Mannix as Barry Gates
- 1972: Longstreet as Vic
- 1972: The Bob Newhart Show as Mike Mitchell
- 1973: Medical Center as Anesthesiologist
- 1973: Love Thy Neighbor as Charlie Wilson
- 1974: Good Times as Sloane
- 1974: Emergency! as Bob
- 1974: Land Of The Lost as Beauregard Jackson
- 1975: Police Woman as Pincus
- 1975: The Law as Matt Lee
- 1975: Barney Miller as Officer Shriker
- 1975-1978: Police Story as Chuck Onorato/Gino Panelli/Officer Jerry Toppazini/Det. Vukouich/Elgort/Dr. Willard Melrose (6 episodes)
- 1976: Good Heavens as Buck
- 1976: Mc Naughtons Daughter as Sam Bacon
- 1976: Once An Eagle as Maynard Lambert
- 1976: Barnaby Jones as Albert Woods
- 1976-1984: This Is The Life as Claude the Clown (2 episodes)
- 1977: The Feather And Father Gang as Arnold
- 1977: The Rockford Files as Virgil Cheski
- 1978: Alice as J.W.
- 1978: Wonder Woman as Duane
- 1979: Supertrain as Fred
- 1979: Eischied as Chuck Murray
- 1979-1981: Quincy, M.E. as Dick Wilcox/Ed Shannon (2 episodes)
- 1981: Magnum, P.I. as J.J. Stein
- 1981: Jessica Novak as Sgt. Galvin
- 1981: Private Benjamin as Sgt. Bender
- 1982: Meatballs And Spaghetti as Meatballs
- 1984: Goodnight Beantown as Capt. Brolley
- 1984: The Yellow Rose as Johnny Tupeio
- 1984: Jennifer Slept Here as Maloney
- 1984: ER as Rudy
- 1985: Diff'rent Strokes as Ray Harris
- 1985: Falcon Crest as Doug Eberhart
- 1985: Remington Steele as Harry Cranston
- 1985-1996: Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Mort Metzger/Marty Giles/Lt. Meyer (41 episodes)
- 1986: The Real Ghostbusters as Slug/Toy Ghost
- 1986-1988: Webster as Woody Feldman (4 episodes)
- 1987: Starman as Henry Bridges
- 1987: The Law And Harry Mc Graw as Lt. Briggs
- 1987: Bustin Loose as Sgt. McCall
- 1988: Shes The Sheriff as the Governor
- 1991: They Came From Outer Space as Ron Smeckles
- 1998: Columbo as Eddie Fenelle
- 2006: American Dragon: Jake Long as Marty
- 2008: Cold Case as Gus Medica
- 2015: The Bold and the Beautiful as Scott
Video Game Roles
- 2005: Medal Of Honor European Assault as Veteran Holt
Shorts
- 1964: Handling Marital Conflicts as Mr. Addams (uncredited)
- 1976: Jeremiah Of Jacobs Neck as Chief Tom Rankin
- 1977: The Banana Company as Muldoon
- 1980: The Further Adventures Of Wally Brown as Warren Burdett
Music Videos
- 2012: Lose Yourself as Mr. Griffin
Writer
- 1982: Ya Gotta Believe
