Anthony Zerbe

Career timeline

1. 1936 · Born

   Born in Long Beach, California, USA

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Columbo (TV)

4. 2013 · Latest release

   American Hustle (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1950s

12 1960s

24 1970s

16 1980s

7 1990s

3 2000s

1 2010s

• Drama52
• Crime23
• Action & Adventure16
• Thriller15
• Mystery12
• Western11

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Anthony Zerbe in our catalogue.

Lawrence Dobkin

6 titles together

Robert Douglas

5 titles together

Buzz Kulik

4 titles together

William Conrad

4 titles together

Abner Biberman

3 titles together

Robert Day

3 titles together

Barry Shear

3 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

3 titles together

Ted Post

3 titles together

Daniel Petrie

2 titles together

1. 2013 American Hustle as Senator Horton Mitchell 6.9 Movie
2. 2004 Century City as TJ Petowski TV
3. 2003 The Matrix Revolutions as Councillor Hamann 6.8 Movie
4. 2003 The Matrix Reloaded as Councillor Hamann 7.1 Movie
5. 1999 True Crime as Henry Lowenstein 6.5 Movie
6. 1999 Total Recall 2070 6.3 TV
7. 1998 Star Trek: Insurrection as Vice-Adm. Dougherty 6.5 Movie
8. 1997 Asteroid as Dr. Charles Napier 5.7 Movie
9. 1997 Touch as Father Donahue 5.6 Movie
10. 1993 Frasier as Clifford 7.7 TV
11. 1992 Jack's Place TV
12. 1989 The Young Riders as Teaspoon Hunter 7.4 TV
13. 1989 Licence to Kill as Milton Krest 6.4 Movie
14. 1989 Tales from the Crypt as Arnie Grunwald 8.0 TV
15. 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil as Sutherland 6.8 Movie
16. 1987 Steel Dawn as Damnil 5.0 Movie
17. 1986 Opposing Force as Becker 4.4 Movie
18. 1986 Off Beat as Mr. Wareham 4.7 Movie
19. 1985 North and South as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 7.5 TV
20. 1985 The Equalizer as Phillipe Marcel 7.2 TV
21. 1985 A.D. as Pontius Pilatus TV
22. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Mat Matthews 7.5 TV
23. 1984 Highway to Heaven as Jabez Stone 7.4 TV
24. 1984 George Washington as General St. Pierre TV
25. 1983 The Dead Zone as Roger Stuart 7.0 Movie
26. 1981 Nurse as Sam Mancuso TV
27. 1980 The First Deadly Sin as Captain Broughton 5.9 Movie
28. 1978 KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park as Abner Devereaux 5.2 Movie
29. 1978 Centennial as Mervin Wendell 7.7 TV
30. 1978 Who'll Stop the Rain as Antheil 6.4 Movie
31. 1977 The Turning Point as Rosie 6.6 Movie
32. 1977 How the West Was Won as Martin Grey 7.0 TV
33. 1976 Once an Eagle as David Shifkin TV
34. 1975 Rooster Cogburn as Breed 6.5 Movie
35. 1975 Farewell, My Lovely as Brunette 6.7 Movie
36. 1974 The Rockford Files as Jack Skowron 7.6 TV
37. 1974 Paper Moon TV
38. 1974 Harry O as Lt. K.C. Trench TV
39. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Dr. Joshua McQueen 8.0 TV
40. 1974 The Parallax View as Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
41. 1973 The Laughing Policeman as Lt. Nat Steiner SFPD 6.2 Movie
42. 1973 Papillon as Toussaint 7.8 Movie
43. 1973 The Magician as Brad Nicholson TV
44. 1973 Snatched as Boone Movie
45. 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Hustler 6.5 Movie
46. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco 7.1 TV
47. 1971 Columbo as Max Dyson 8.1 TV
48. 1971 Cannon 6.8 TV
49. 1971 The Omega Man as Matthias 6.2 Movie
50. 1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Rice Weedon 5.9 Movie
51. 1970 The Molly Maguires as Dougherty 6.4 Movie
52. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Cord McKenzie 7.2 TV
53. 1968 It Takes a Thief as Johnny O'Farrel 7.2 TV
54. 1967 Will Penny as Dutchy 6.7 Movie
55. 1967 Cool Hand Luke as Dog Boy 7.7 Movie
56. 1967 Mannix as James Conway 6.9 TV
57. 1967 Ironside 6.8 TV
58. 1966 Mission: Impossible as David Redding 7.6 TV
59. 1965 The F.B.I. as Brimmer 5.6 TV
60. 1965 The Wild Wild West as Deke Montgomery 7.6 TV
61. 1965 The Big Valley as Gil Condon 6.2 TV
62. 1964 12 O'Clock High as Captain Burgdorf 7.2 TV
63. 1960 Route 66 6.7 TV
64. 1959 Bonanza as John Spain 7.5 TV
65. 1958 Naked City as Philip Karshow TV
66. 1955 Gunsmoke as Nick Skouras 6.7 TV
67. 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney as Amory Timmons 7.9 TV
68. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV

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