Glenn Corbett

Infobox actor
name = Glenn Corbett


caption = Glenn Corbett as Zefram Cochrane
birthname = Glenn Rothenburg
birthdate = birth date|1930|08|17
birthplace = El Monte, California, U.S.A.
deathdate = Death date and age|1993|01|16|1930|08|17
deathplace = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
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occupation = actor
yearsactive = 1950–1993
spouse = Judy Daniels (1957-1993) (his death); 2 children
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Glenn Corbett (born Glenn Rothenburg on August 17, 1930 in El Monte, California; died on January 16, 1993 in San Antonio, Texas) was an actor.

Early life

Glenn's mother abandoned the family when he was 2 years old. John Rothenburg, an auto mechanic, sent his young son to live with his grandparents in Ojai, California. John later remarried, and Glenn returned to live with his father and stepmother until that marriage also ended in divorce.

After his father's second divorce, Glenn went back to his grandparents' house in Ojai. In his early teens, Glenn was known around Ojai for a trigger temper, a love of fast cars, and a taste for beach parties.

Glenn joined the US Navy Seabees at age 17. While in the United States Navy, he met Judy Daniels. He followed Judy to Glendale Junior College (now Glendale Community College) and then to Occidental College. At about this time he donned a "posing strap" and appeared as a model in several "physique" magazines.

Acting career

While at Occidental College, Glenn was cast as one of the defense attorneys in the drama department's production of "The Caine Mutiny". Judy mailed invitations of the performance to 10 Hollywood agents. Two agents attended the performance, and one decided to sign Glenn as a client. Glenn's last name was changed from Rothenburg to Corbett by Max Arno, who was Columbia Pictures' head of talent at that time.

Corbett is probably best known for his regular role as Lincoln Case on "Route 66" as he replaced George Maharis (who played "Buz Murdock") as Martin Milner's "Route 66" co-star during the series' fourth and final season (1963-64). Other regular TV roles were as 'Wes Macauley' on "It's a Man's World" (1962-63), 'Chance Reynolds' in "The Road West" (1966-67), and 'Paul Morgan' on "Dallas" (1983-84; 1986-88).

After Corbett's "Dallas" character ('Paul Morgan') was written off the show, he stayed with the production company, Lorimar, for three more years as its dialogue director, but he is probably remembered by science fiction fans for his guest starring role on the second season "" episode "Metamorphosis" as Zefram Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive.

Personal life

Glenn married Judy Daniels in 1957; he and his wife had two children: Jason, born in 1960, and Jocelyn, born in 1961.

Glenn Corbett died in San Antonio, Texas of lung cancer, aged 62. He is buried in San Antonio.

Brief filmography

* The Crimson Kimono (1959)
* "The Mountain Road" (1961)
* "It's a Man's World" (TV series; 1962-1963)
* "Route 66" (TV series; 1963-1964)
* "Shenandoah" (1965)
* "The Road West" (TV series; 1966-1967)
* "Chisum" (with John Wayne, 1970)
* "Big Jake" (with John Wayne, 1971)
* "The Stranger" (TV series; 1973)
* "Midway" (with Charleton Heston & Henry Fonda, 1976)
* "The Doctors" (TV series; 1976-1981)
* "Dallas" (1983-1984, 1986-1988)

References

* Whitney, D. (1963, July 6-12). "...And He Hasn't Crumbled A Fender Yet!" TV Guide, pp. 10-13

External links

*imdb name|id=0179148|name=Glenn Corbett

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=522673] Find-A-Grave profile for Glenn Corbett