James Gregory (actor)

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James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=latimes>Template:Cite news</ref> was an American character actor who played roles such as Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982).

Career

In 1939, he made his Broadway debut in a production of Key Largo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He served from 1941 to 1946 in the United States Navy<ref>Navy profile, navy.togetherweserved.com. Accessed August 6, 2023.</ref> and the United States Marine Corps during World War II.<ref name=latimes/> His early acting work included army training films; one such appearance is excerpted in The Atomic Café (1982). He also worked in radio, including a year (1955–1956) on 21st Precinct.Template:Cn

Gregory was the lead in The Lawless Years, a 1920s-era crime drama which aired 45 episodes on NBC. In the series, which ran from 1959 to 1961, he played NYPD Detective Barney Ruditsky.Template:R

After his appearance as the McCarthyistic Senator Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Gregory starred in the film PT 109 (1963) with Cliff Robertson. He played Dean Martin's spy boss MacDonald, in the Matt Helm film series; in the original Star Trek series in the episode "Dagger of the Mind" (1966), as Dr. Tristan Adams; and in the Elvis Presley film Clambake (1967). In the pilot movie for the 1968 Hawaii Five-O series, Gregory became the first actor to portray State Department official Jonathan Kaye, a recurring character on the series.

Gregory portrayed Nick Hannigan on Detective School.<ref name="etvs">Template:Cite book</ref> He was a semiregular on the TV series Barney Miller as Deputy Inspector Frank Luger. His final acting credit was in a 1986 episode of Mr. Belvedere.

Personal life and death

Gregory was married to Ann Miltner for 58 years.<ref name="latimes" /> He died of natural causes on September 16, 2002, in Sedona, Arizona, aged 90.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Selected TV and filmography

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