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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-06-05 (114 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Herb Vigran

Biography:

A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love Lucy (1951).

Known For

Acting

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon as Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

1985

1982

Remington Steele as Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck
Shirt Tales as Mr. Dinkel (voice)

1981

First Monday in October as Justice Ambrose Quincy

1980

Getting Wasted as Mr. Kramer

1979

Knots Landing as Cabbie

1978

The Flintstones: Little Big League as Judge Shale (voice)
Taxi as Weldon Manning

1976

Hawmps! as Smitty
Charlie's Angels as Joe Weatherby

1975

1974

Benji as Lt. Ted Samuels
Herbie Rides Again as Window Washer

1973

Charlotte's Web as Lurvy (voice)

1972

Emergency! as Committee Chairman
Emergency! as Committee Chairman
Emergency! as Lou

1971

Inside O.U.T. as Harry
The Day of the Wolves as The Realtor
Vanished as Joe Hotchkiss

1970

1969

My Dog, the Thief as Helicopter Mechanic
Love, American Style as Bill Jenks

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost as Danny Oly
Hawaii Five-O as Willie
The Mod Squad as Doctor
Adam-12 as Gus Archer
Mayberry R.F.D. as Out-Of-Town Man
Mayberry R.F.D. as Herb Mooney
The Doris Day Show as Dr. Crawford
Adam-12 as Sam Conrad
Adam-12 as Salesman

1967

Good Morning World as Mr. Keith
Dragnet as Paul Woods
Dragnet as John Hagen
Dragnet as Mr. Ferguson
Dragnet as Pete Gulka
Dragnet as Erv Fowler
Dragnet as Desk Clerk
Dragnet as Al Sousa

1966

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Judge Hennessey

1964

Send Me No Flowers as TV Announcer (uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)
Bewitched as Sam the Bartender
Gilligan's Island as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)

1963

Petticoat Junction as Barney Morgan
The Fugitive as Marty
Channing as Manny

1962

Period of Adjustment as Christmas Caroler (uncredited)
Gypsy as Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)
The Lucy Show as Postman
The Virginian as Drummer
The Lucy Show as Dr. Jacoby
The Virginian as Arthur Wyman
The Lucy Show as Umpire
The Lucy Show as Doctor
The Lucy Show as Mr. Vigran

1961

What's My Lion? as Narrator (voice)
The Errand Boy as Cigar Smoker in Elevator
The Dick Van Dyke Show as Bernie Quinn
87th Precinct as Detective Bartholdi
Top Cat as Space Shuttle Doctor (voice)
Hazel as Mickey
The Dick Van Dyke Show as First Juror

1960

Bells Are Ringing as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show as Bill Medwin
The Flintstones as Cop (voice)
My Three Sons as Caretaker
The Andy Griffith Show as Bellmont Gateman

1959

Go, Johnny, Go! as Bill Barnett
One Step Beyond as Grocery Wagon Driver
Bonanza as Card Player
Bonanza as Bartender
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Police Chief Rosenbloom

1958

Party Girl as Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Gun Runners as Freddy (uncredited)
The Cry Baby Killer as John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks as Bartender (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Bartender (uncredited)
The Ed Wynn Show as Ernest Hinshaw
77 Sunset Strip as Photographer (uncredited)
Lawman as Walt Perkins
The Texan as Sandy Potts

1957

Public Pigeon No. 1 as Club Manager
The Midnight Story as Charlie Cuneo
Gunsight Ridge as R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace
The Vampire as Sgt. George Ryan
The Wayward Girl as Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
A Hatful of Rain as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Perry Mason as Charlie, Bartender
Leave It to Beaver as Stanley the Barber
M Squad as Danny
Maverick as Mr. Butler
Perry Mason as Ernest Pritchard
Trackdown as Bartender (uncredited)
Blondie as J. Tyler Grant
The Restless Gun as Jim Pincher
The Restless Gun as Sheriff Longhorn

1956

Calling Homicide as Ray Engel
That Certain Feeling as TV Director
Three for Jamie Dawn as Mr. Robbins
World Without End as Reporter (uncredited)
Uranium Boom as Hotel Desk Clerk
Hey, Jeannie! as Bus driver
Hey, Jeannie! as Weltman
Playhouse 90 as Manager

1955

I Died a Thousand Times as Art (uncredited)
Illegal as Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather as Nashby (uncredited)
Last of the Desperados as Coroner (bit)
At Gunpoint as Matt, a Saloon Patron
Gunsmoke as Judge Brooker
Screen Director's Playhouse as Stranger with $1000
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Bob Rakle (uncredited)

1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)
Lucky Me as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Dragnet as Mr. Archer
The Long, Long Trailer as Trailer Salesman (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here as Sergeant Sam Hanlon
White Christmas as Novello (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)
December Bride as Eustace
Father Knows Best as George (uncredited)
Hey Mulligan as Police Captain
The Wonderful World of Disney as Helicopter Mechanic (uncredited)

1953

The Band Wagon as Man on Train (uncredited)
So This Is Love as Club M.C.
Dear Uncle as (voice)
Let's Do It Again as Charlie Foster (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC as Photographer
The Life Of Riley as Muley Evans
Topper as Fenster

1952

Somebody Loves Me as Lipscott
The Rose Bowl Story as Rugger Grady
O. Henry's Full House as Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
The Star as Roy
Just for You as George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)
Four Star Playhouse as Monty Leeds
Four Star Playhouse as 3rd Reporter
Four Star Playhouse as Lt. Richards
Four Star Playhouse as Bartender
Four Star Playhouse as Monte - Bartender
Four Star Playhouse as Sam Rawlings
Adventures of Superman as Mortimer Murray
Adventures of Superman as Mugsy Maple

1951

Bedtime for Bonzo as Lt. Daggett
Behave Yourself! as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Racket as Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)
Night Into Morning as Joe - the Bartender
I Love Lucy as Julie
Dragnet as Pete Eigen
Dragnet as Eugene Murray
Dragnet as Jocko Harris
Dragnet as Sam Phillips
The Red Skelton Show as Man on CBS Studio Tour
The Red Skelton Show as Storekeeper
I Love Lucy as Al Sparks

1950

Side Street as News Photographer
The Damned Don't Cry as Vito Maggio (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down as Collins' Aide (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program as Quizmaster (2nd phone caller) (voice)
The Jack Benny Program as Hank The All Night Disc Jockey (voice)
The Jack Benny Program as Man in Life Vest
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as The Man with the Money Order
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as The Man in the Dentist's Office
The Jack Benny Program as Carlton Flexstone - Ex-lawyer

1949

House of Strangers as Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)
The Judge as Reporter with pipe

1948

All My Sons as Wertheimer (uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Man in Subway (uncredited)
Hazard as Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High as Coat Thief (uncredited)

1947

Monsieur Verdoux as Reporter (uncredited)
The Burning Cross as Jim Todd

1946

Her Adventurous Night as Cop #2 (uncredited)

1943

The Ghost Ship as Chief Engineer
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Orderly (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay as Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)

1942

The Payoff as Reporter (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve as George, the jeweller
Pardon My Sarong as Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans as Player (Uncredited)

1941

Redhead as Morocco Club bartender
City of Missing Girls as Danny Mason
Reg'lar Fellers as Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer
Murder by Invitation as Eddie Stats, photographer
New York Town as Barker (uncredited)

1940

The Golden Fleecing as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway as Reporter (uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance as Omaha Reporter
Stranger on the Third Floor as Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)
Behind the News as Reporter #1 on Phone
Hold That Woman! as Furniture Company Repossessor

1939

Those High Grey Walls as Orderly (uncredited)

1935

The Mystery Man as Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Skybound as Grant the Mechanic
Vagabond Lady as Edgar (uncredited)

1934

Redhead as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Happy Landing as Radio Operator