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The series began as an episode of The Rifleman. He performed as an Apache Indian named Sam Buckhart, who had been appointed as a U.S. Īnsara starred in his own ABC-TV series, Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960), with Gina Gillespie and Robert Harland. The couple had one son together, actor Matthew Ansara, who died on June 25, 2001, of a heroin overdose. He also played King Kamehameha in the Jeannie episode 'The Battle of Waikīkī', and in the final season, he played Major Biff Jellico in the episode 'My Sister, the Home Wrecker'. The two later married and Ansara guest-starred on Eden's sitcom I Dream of Jeannie as the Blue Djinn. While making the series, the 20th Century-Fox publicity department arranged a date between Ansara and actress Barbara Eden. However, the popular television series Broken Arrow (1956), wherein he played the lead role of Cochise, raised Ansara's profile and made him a household name. He appeared in a 1951 episode of The Lone Ranger titled 'Trouble at Black Rock.' In 1953, he appeared as Pindarus in Joseph Mankiewicz' big screen adaptation of Julius Caesar, with Marlon Brando, James Mason and John Gielgud.

Career Early work ĭuring the 1950s, Ansara appeared in several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Ansara served as a medic in the army during World War II. He was educated at Los Angeles City College, from which Ansara earned an Associate of Arts degree. He originally wanted to be a physician, but developed a passion for becoming a performer after he began taking acting classes at Pasadena Playhouse to overcome his shyness. They lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, for a decade before moving to California. Michael George Ansara was born in a small village in the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was two years old. Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, and provided the voice for Mr. He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series, Deputy U.S. Michael George Ansara (Ap– July 31, 2013) was an American actor. Freeze on the animated Batman series.Hollywood Walk of Fame, Western Heritage Award, Saturn Award

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The senior Ansara’s many TV appearances also included The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, The Outer Limits, Lost in Space, I Dream of Jeannie with his wife, Hawaii Five-0 and James Michener‘s Centennial miniseries. Their son, Matthew Michael Ansara, died in 2001. An actor, he died of an accidental heroin overdose at age 35. As a teen, he and his family relocated to California, and he entered Los Angeles City College with the intention of becoming a doctor.Ī stint at the Pasadena Playhouse (where fellow students included Charles Bronson, Carolyn Jones and Aaron Spelling) led to roles on stage and in films. with his American parents at the age of 2. He also had major roles in such films as 1953’s Julius Caesar and The Robe (as Judas) 1955’s Jupiter’s Darling (his co-star in that film, swimmer-turned-actress Esther Williams, died in June) 1961’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (he also appeared in the subsequent ABC series) The Comancheros (1961) with John Wayne The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) The Bears and I (1974) The Message (1977) and It’s Alive (1974).Īnsara came to the U.S. PHOTOS: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2013 Ansara is beloved by Star Trek fans as one of only seven actors to play the same character - in his case legendary Klingon warrior Kang - on three versions of the sci-fi series: the original (in the 1968 episode “Day of the Dove”), Deep Space Nine (1994’s “Blood Oath”) and Voyager (1996’s “Flashback”).

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