Robert Karnes

Career timeline

1. 1917 · Born

   Born in Paducah, Kentucky, USA

2. 1947 · Screen debut

   Miracle on 34th Street (Movie)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1979 · Died

   December 4, 1979

5. 1980 · Latest release

   Bogie (Movie)

Career in numbers

3 1940s

23 1950s

14 1960s

21 1970s

1 1980s

• Drama44
• Crime21
• Action & Adventure19
• Western14
• Mystery13
• Comedy8

Highest-rated title The Twilight Zone 1959 8.5 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Karnes in our catalogue.

Barry Shear

9 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

8 titles together

Robert Douglas

7 titles together

Jack Arnold

7 titles together

Ted Post

6 titles together

Robert Florey

5 titles together

Robert Day

5 titles together

Dean Riesner

4 titles together

John Badham

4 titles together

Robert Altman

4 titles together

1. 1980 Bogie as Chess Player Movie
2. 1979 Benson 7.0 TV
3. 1979 Supertrain as Martin TV
4. 1978 The Clone Master as Trankus Movie
5. 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Sheriff King 7.1 TV
6. 1976 Charlie's Angels as Gordon Sanders 6.7 TV
7. 1975 Baretta 6.5 TV
8. 1974 The Rockford Files as Capt. Hulette 7.6 TV
9. 1974 Police Woman 6.5 TV
10. 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker 7.7 TV
11. 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man as Fire Captain 7.3 TV
12. 1973 Executive Action as Man at Rifle Range 6.5 Movie
13. 1973 Hitched as Sheriff Movie
14. 1973 Police Story as Sgt. Alvarsson 7.0 TV
15. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco 7.1 TV
16. 1972 M*A*S*H as Colonel 8.0 TV
17. 1972 The Rookies 6.9 TV
18. 1972 Emergency! 7.9 TV
19. 1971 Columbo as Sergeant Vernon 8.1 TV
20. 1971 Cannon 6.8 TV
21. 1970 Night Gallery 7.9 TV
22. 1970 McCloud as Matt 7.2 TV
23. 1968 The Mod Squad 6.1 TV
24. 1968 The Name of the Game as Dick Nelson TV
25. 1967 Mannix as Walter Drake 6.9 TV
26. 1967 Ironside 6.8 TV
27. 1966 Mission: Impossible as Dr. Owen Siebert 7.6 TV
28. 1965 The Big Valley as Padre 6.2 TV
29. 1964 Apache Rifles as George, the Sheriff 6.0 Movie
30. 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Colonel Hawks 7.2 TV
31. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Police Sergeant 7.9 TV
32. 1962 The Virginian as Sheriff of Concho 6.5 TV
33. 1961 Ben Casey TV
34. 1961 Dr. Kildare as Monte TV
35. 1960 The Andy Griffith Show as Jack 7.6 TV
36. 1960 Outlaws TV
37. 1959 The Detectives TV
38. 1959 Hawaiian Eye as Walter Krohl TV
39. 1959 The Twilight Zone as Robbins 8.5 TV
40. 1959 Bonanza as Miner 7.5 TV
41. 1959 Rawhide as Sheriff 7.3 TV
42. 1958 Bat Masterson as Landry TV
43. 1958 The Texan TV
44. 1958 Peter Gunn 6.6 TV
45. 1958 Sea Hunt 6.7 TV
46. 1957 26 Men TV
47. 1957 Perry Mason as Det. Purvis 7.7 TV
48. 1957 M Squad as Harry Conklin TV
49. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel as Joe Peavey 7.3 TV
50. 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Jack TV
51. 1957 Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Prof. Alan Templeton Movie
52. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Rider TV
53. 1955 Matinee Theater TV
54. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ed Mungo 7.8 TV
55. 1955 Cheyenne 6.2 TV
56. 1953 Project Moon Base as Sam 3.3 Movie
57. 1953 Vice Squad as Lou (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
58. 1952 Rodeo as Charles Olenick Movie
59. 1950 Three Husbands as Kenneth Whittaker Movie
60. 1949 Trapped as Agent Fred Foreman 6.0 Movie
61. 1947 Captain from Castile as Manuel Perez (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
62. 1947 Miracle on 34th Street as Bellevue Intern #2 (uncredited) 7.4 Movie

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