Logan Ramsey
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Logan Ramsey | |
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 Ramsey as Claudius Marcus in Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Bread and Circuses" | |
| Born | Logan Carlisle Ramsey Jr. March 21, 1921 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 26, 2000 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1948–2000 |
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Logan Carlisle Ramsey Jr. (March 21, 1921 – June 26, 2000) was an American character actor of television and film for nearly 50 years.
Early life
Ramsey was born in
Stage, television, and film
Logan's Broadway credits include The Great Indoors (1965), In the Summer House (1953), The High Ground (1950),[3] and The Devil's Disciple (1950).[4]
Primarily a TV character actor, Ramsey was a frequent guest star on series television during the 1960s and '70s. Ramsey appeared on, among many others: The Edge of Night; Star Trek (as Proconsul Claudius Marcus in "Bread and Circuses", 1968); Mission: Impossible; Hawaii Five-O; M*A*S*H; Maude; Charlie's Angels; Quincy, M.E.; Mork & Mindy; Battlestar Galactica (as Moore in "Experiment in Terra", 1979); Knight Rider; Night Court; Highway to Heaven and the miniseries Testimony of Two Men; The Winds of War and Here Come the Brides.
Ramsey's film roles included Banning (1967), the Monkees film Head (1968), Childish Things (1969), The Reivers (1969), The Traveling Executioner (1970), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Jump (1971), John Witter in the original Walking Tall film trilogy, Some Call It Loving (1973), Busting (1974), Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Treasure of Matecumbe (1976), Mean Dog Blues (1978), Any Which Way You Can (1980, as the husband of his real wife Anne Ramsey), The Beast Within (1982), Joysticks (1983), Scrooged (1988, with his wife Anne Ramsey), and Pass the Ammo (1988).
Personal life
Ramsey was married to actress Anne Ramsey from 1954 until her death from cancer in 1988.[5]
Death
On June 26, 2000, Ramsey died from a
Selected filmography
- A Face in the Crowd (1957) - TV Director (uncredited)
- The Hoodlum Priest (1961) - George Hale
- Something Wild (1961) - Bit Part (uncredited)
- Banning (1967) - Doc Brewer
- How to Steal the World (1968) - Ship's Captain
- Head (1968) - Off. Faye Lapid
- Pendulum (1969) - Detective Jelinek
- Childish Things (1969) - Mr. Simmons
- The Reivers (1969) - Walter Clapp
- The Traveling Executioner (1970) - La Follette
- Jump (1971) - Babe Duggers
- The Sporting Club (1971) - Scott
- What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) - Detective Sgt. West
- Glass Houses (1972)
- Outside In (1972) - Uncle Albert
- Walking Tall (1973) - John Witter
- Some Call It Loving (1973) - Carnival Doctor
- Busting (1974) - Dr. Berman
- Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) - Deputy Coroner
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975) - Commissioner
- Walking Tall Part 2 (1975) - John Witter
- Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) - Coley
- Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977) - John Witter
- Mean Dog Blues (1978) - Edmund Oberlin
- Any Which Way You Can (1980) - Luther Quince
- The Beast Within (1982) - Edwin Curwin
- Joysticks (1983) - Mayor Neville
- Say Yes (1986) - George
- Pass the Ammo (1988) - Jim Bob Collins
- Dr. Hackenstein (1988) - Xavier Rhodes
- Scrooged (1988) - Man in Shelter
- Meet the Hollowheads (1989) - Top Drone
- Brehon Somervell
References
- ^ Logan Ramsey Biography (1921-2000)
- ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
- ^ "("Logan Ramsey" search results)". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Broadway Openings: The Devil's Disciple" (PDF). Billboard. February 4, 1950. p. 55. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9781557835239. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links
- Logan Ramsey at IMDb
- Logan Ramsey at Memory Alpha
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