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Anthony Zerbe

Highest Rated: 100% Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Lowest Rated: 20% Listen to Me (1989)

Birthday: May 20, 1936

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA

For over four decades, Emmy-winning actor Anthony Zerbe compiled an impressive list of character turns, frequently on the amoral side, in countless features, including "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "The Omega Man" (1971), "The Dead Zone" (1983), "License to Kill" (1989) and "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003). Classically trained, he imbued a sinuous grace and elegance to nearly every role, no matter how scurrilous or ham-fisted, which elevated him to favored actor status in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Though a frequent go-to for heels and unsavory types, he could also be a warm and caring paternal figure, as evidenced by his veteran cowpoke on "The Young Riders" (ABC, 1988-1992) and numerous other television programs. Rarely off the screen for more than a few months at a time, Zerbe also maintained a busy theater schedule, which included recitations of classic poetry and the works of e.e. cummings, as well as a traveling master class in acting. His innate believability in any role, no matter how fatuous the feature or TV episode, earned him the affection of two generations of character actor aficionados.

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Highest rated movies

100% 95% Cool Hand Luke
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93% 75% Will Penny
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92% 74% American Hustle
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90% 62% The Molly Maguires
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89% 77% The Dead Zone
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87% 77% The Parallax View
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80% 74% The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
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79% 61% Licence to Kill
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79% 63% Who'll Stop the Rain?
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74% 72% The Matrix Reloaded
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Filmography

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60% 56% Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Mr. Crumwald (Character) $12.5K 2014
92% 74% American Hustle Sen. Horton Mitchell (Character) $150.1M 2013
No Score Yet 14% Veritas, Prince of Truth Unknown (Character) - 2006
33% 60% The Matrix Revolutions Councillor Hamann (Character) $139.3M 2003
74% 72% The Matrix Reloaded Councillor Hamann (Character) $281.5M 2003
56% 49% True Crime Henry Lowenstein (Character) $16.6M 1999
55% 44% Star Trek: Insurrection Admiral Matthew Dougherty (Character) $70.2M 1998
33% 32% Touch Father Donahue (Character) $373.1K 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance Sanford "Sandy" Miller (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Seventh Avenue Roger Aiken (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Save a Child Lewis Larson (Character) - 1991
20% 69% Listen to Me Senator McKellar (Character) $3.8M 1989
27% 72% See No Evil, Hear No Evil Sutherland (Character) $45.4M 1989
79% 61% Licence to Kill Milton Krest (Character) $34.7M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Columbo Goes to the Guillotine Max Dyson (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 70% Baja Oklahoma Ole Jeemy Williams (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 77% Onassis: The Richest Man in the World Livanos (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 34% Steel Dawn Damnil (Character) $311.9K 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet P.I. Private Investigations Charles Bradley (Character) $21.3K 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Independence General Grey (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 39% Opposing Force Becker (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 27% Off Beat Mr. Wareham (Character) $4.1M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Police Plaza Yakov Anderman (Character) - 1986
89% 77% The Dead Zone Roger Stuart (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Scree (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 71% Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. Morgan (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 33% Attica Unknown (Character) - 1980
63% 30% The First Deadly Sin Captain Broughton (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Seduction of Miss Leona Clem Steggman (Character) - 1980
79% 63% Who'll Stop the Rain? Antheil (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 61% KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park Abner Devereaux (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 81% Child of Glass Amory Timmons (Character) - 1978
63% 66% The Turning Point Rosie (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Woman Accused Ellen Lange (Character) - 1977
71% 71% Farewell, My Lovely Laird Brunette (Character) - 1975
45% 70% Rooster Cogburn Breed (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret of the Pond Amory Timmons (Character) - 1975
87% 77% The Parallax View Schwartzkopf (uncredited) (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Healers Dr. Albert Scanlon (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Animal Within Narrator - 1974
56% 47% The Laughing Policeman Lt. Nat Steiner SFPD (Character) - 1973
73% 90% Papillon Toussaint Leper Colony chief (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snatched Boone (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Lives Dr. Wellman (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie Fry (Character) - 1972
80% 74% The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Hustler (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hound of the Baskervilles Dr. John Mortimer (Character) - 1972
65% 53% The Omega Man Matthias (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Priest Killer Vincent Wiertel (Character) - 1971
90% 62% The Molly Maguires Tom Dougherty (Character) - 1970
50% 36% They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Rice Weedon (Character) - 1970
63% 86% The Liberation of L.B. Jones Willie Joe Worth (Character) - 1970
93% 75% Will Penny Dutchy (Character) - 1968
100% 95% Cool Hand Luke Dog Boy (Character) - 1967

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet North and South, Book II General Ulysses S. Grant (Character) 1986 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Century City Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
95% 95% Frasier Clifford (Guest Star) 2000
33% 92% Total Recall 2070 Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Mat Matthews (Guest Star) 1994
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Riders Aloysius "Teaspoon" Hunter (Character) 1989-1992
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Max Dyson (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Phillipe Marcel (Guest Star) 1987-1988
No Score Yet 64% Highway to Heaven Jabez Stone (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House on the Prairie Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Centennial Mervin Wendell (Character) 1978-1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Jack Skowron (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet How the West Was Won Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Lt. K.C. Trench (Character) 1975-1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix James Conway (Guest Star) 1969 1972-1973 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paper Moon Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1973-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rookies Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Morris W. Talbot (Guest Star) 1972-1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Eddie Whitney (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Heraclio Cantrell and Father Hernando Cantrell (Guest Star) 1968 1970 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 2nd Reporter (Guest Star) 1963