Lee Patterson
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Lee Patterson | |
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Born | Beverly Frankels Atherly Patterson March 31, 1929 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Died | February 14, 2007 | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
Years active | 1953–1994 |
Lee Patterson (
Life and career
Patterson was born in
British career
He moved to the UK, where he specialised in playing virile American types in British films.[citation needed] He appeared in a number of films during the 1950s and 1960s, including The Good Die Young (1954), Above Us the Waves (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), The Key Man (1957), Time Lock (1957) The Golden Disc (1958),
American TV
After moving to the USA in the early 1960s, Patterson worked mainly in television. In 1960, he was cast in two episodes of the
He also appeared in 1965 on the fourth season of Combat! as an O.S.S Officer, Captain Howard in the episode "9 Place Vendee".
Early in 1966, Patterson appeared as Dan Thorne in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Midnight Howler".
Later career
Patterson appeared in
Patterson remained in One Life to Live until 1970, when his character
Patterson then joined the cast of NBC's
He also continued to make appearances in other television shows such as War and Remembrance, Magnum, P.I. and The A-Team, and appeared in movies including Chato's Land (1972) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). His last role was as Sergeant Gaylor in the 1994 film Healer.
Death
Patterson died in
Selected filmography
- Malta Story (1953) – Officer on Back of Truck (uncredited)
- Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) – American Sailor (uncredited)
- 36 Hours (1953) – Joe (uncredited)
- The Good Die Young (1954) – Tod Maslin
- Diamond Expert (1954)
- The Passing Stranger (1954) – Chick
- Above Us the Waves (1955) – Cox
- Faccia da mascalzone (1956)
- Soho Incident (aka Spin a Dark Web) (1956) – Jim Bankley
- Reach for the Sky (1956) – Turner
- Dry Rot (1956) – Danby
- Checkpoint (1956) – Johnny Carpenter
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957) – Duke
- The Key Man (1957) – Lionel Hulme
- The Story of Esther Costello (1957) – Harry Grant
- Time Lock (1957) – Colin Walker
- Natlogi betalt (1957) – Johnny Williams
- The Flying Scot (1957) – Ronnie
- The Golden Disc (1958) – Harry Blair
- The Spaniard's Curse (1958) – Mark Brett
- Man with a Gun (1958) – Mike Davies
- The Desperate Men (aka Cat & Mouse) (1958) – Rod Fenner
- Breakout (1959) – George Munro
- Jack the Ripper (1959) – Sam Lowry
- Deadly Record (1959) – Trevor Hamilton
- The White Trap (1959) – Paul Langley
- Third Man on the Mountain (1959) – Klaus Wesselhoft
- Please Turn Over (1959) – Rod, the Wrestler (uncredited)
- October Moth (1960) – Finlay
- The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) – Reldresal
- The Ceremony (1963) – Nicky
- The Search for the Evil One (1969) – Becker
- Chato's Land (1972) – George Dunn
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) – Phoenix Six Captain
- Death Wish 3 (1985) – TV Newscaster
- Bullseye! (1990) – Darrell Hyde
- Healer (1994) – Sergeant Gaylor (final film role)
References
- ^ a b Soap Opera Digest, Vol. 32, No. 44, 30 October 2007, page 17.
- Soaps.com. 2007-10-23. Archived from the originalon 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2007-10-26.