Jack Collins (actor)

American actor (1918–2005)

Jack Collins
Collins in Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)
Born	Jack Richard Collins (1918-08-24)August 24, 1918 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2005(2005-01-31) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film, stage and television actor
Years active	1956–1988

Jack Richard Collins (August 24, 1918^[1] – January 31, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actor. He played Mike Brady's boss, Mr. Phillips, in the television series The Brady Bunch, and Peter Christopher's boss, baby-food manufacturer Max Brahms, in the short-lived sitcom television series Occasional Wife.^[2] For filmgoers, Collins is easily best remembered for having played San Francisco Mayor Robert Ramsay in Irwin Allen's all-star-cast, box-office-smash, disaster-movie epic The Towering Inferno (1974).

Biography

Collins made numerous guest appearances in many television shows. He also appeared in several TV commercials. His acting appearances included The Phil Silvers Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mission Impossible, The Addams Family, My Favorite Martian, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, Petticoat Junction, The Odd Couple, Adam-12, Mod Squad, Ironside, The Partridge Family, The Waltons, Chico and the Man, Cannon, The Rockford Files, CHiPs, Matt Houston and Dallas.

Collins died on January 31, 2005, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86.^[1]

TV and filmography

Rock, Rock, Rock (1956) – Father
Bewitched (1965-1972, TV Series) – Mr. Robbins / Jamieson / Mr. Prescott / Joseph Hinkley, Sr. / Mr. Harper / Jack Rogers
I Dream of Jeannie (1965, TV Series) – General Hadley
The Addams Family (1966, TV Series) – Dr. Bird
My Favorite Martian (1966, TV Series) – Sam
Petticoat Junction (1966, TV Series) – Hubert Thatcher
The Lucy Show (1968, TV Series) – Ernie Williams / Rocky
Adam-12 (1968, TV Series) – Mr. Purdy
Ironside (1968, TV Series) – Corning
Bonanza (1969-1972, TV Series) – Mayor Harlow / Mayor / Mayor Ned Blaine / Mayor Corey / Banker
The Brady Bunch (1970-1971, TV Series) – Mr. Phillips
The Partridge Family (1970-1974, TV Series) – Mayor Towbin / M. C. / Investor
Mod Squad (1971, TV Series) – Andy Staton
Gunsmoke (1971, TV Series) – J. Stedman Edgecomb
The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972, TV series) – Bronco Lewis
The Waltons (1972, TV Series) – Col. Tecumseh Henderson
The Odd Couple (1972-1974, TV Series) – Albert (Zebra) / Brother Samuel
The Other (1972) – Mr. P.C. Pretty
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) – Mr. Reese
Here's Lucy (1973) - one episode, "Tipsy through the Tulips"
Mission Impossible (1973, TV Series) – Admiral
Emperor of the North Pole (1973) – Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Sting (1973)^[3] – Duke Boudreau
Break Up (1973) – Himself
The Towering Inferno (1974) – Mayor Ramsay
Death Sentence (1974) – Willis Wright
Linda Lovelace for President (1975) – Honest John
Chico and the Man (1975, TV Series) – Customer
Cannon (1975, TV Series) – Mr. Olsen / Edinger
Flood! (1976, TV Movie) – Jack Spangler
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977, TV Movie) – Judge Claymore
Pete's Dragon (1977) – Fisherman #3
The Rockford Files (1977-1979, TV Series) – Dr. Wetherford / Victor Kreski / Frank Martin / Finn O'Herlihy
Goin' Coconuts (1978) – Charlie
CHiPs (1979-1981, TV Series) – Store Manager / Lem Dover
Dallas (1982-1987, TV Series) – Russell Slater
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) – Baron Von Horsch
Matt Houston (1984, TV Series) – Priest
The Nest (1988) – Shakey Jake (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b "Jack R Collins". FamilySearch. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
^ "Saturday's Highlights". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 19, 1967. p. 43. Retrieved March 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.