- Robert Rockwell
Infobox actor
name = Robert Rockwell
birthdate = birth date|1920|10|15|mf=y
location =Chicago, Illinois , U.S.A.
deathdate = death date and age|2003|1|25|1920|10|15
deathplace =Malibu, California , U.S.A.
yearsactive = 1948–1995
spouse = Elizabeth Weiss (1942–2003)Robert Rockwell (
October 15 1920 –January 25 2003 ) was an American actor best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and televisionsituation comedy "Our Miss Brooks ".A native of
Chicago , Robert Rockwell became so identified with the role of Mr. Boynton that other roles, particularly dramatic ones, were often denied him. Still, after beginning his career as a contract player forRepublic Studios he appeared, in the course of a fifty-year acting career, in over 350 television shows and, on stage, oppositeJosé Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of "Cyrano de Bergerac", and withGinger Rogers during the 1960s in aSan Diego production ofWhitfield Cook 's play "A More Perfect Union".Rockwell married Elizabeth Weiss on
September 26 ,1942 and had five children—two daughters, Susan and Alison and three sons, Robert Jr., Jeffrey and Gregory. His granddaughter, Taylor Rockwell, the daughter of actress Allison Rockwell, is a visual effects production assistant. Robert Rockwell studied at thePasadena Playhouse where he received amasters degree .Rockwell was a founding member of the California Artists Radio Theatre. He played standard leads in a couple of
Cold War -era features, including 1949's cult favorite "The Red Menace " wherein he played a war vet who is duped by the Reds. In an early-1950sTV pilot for "The Adventures of Superman", he playedSuperman 's fatherJor-El . He was also seen a number of times on the 1950s TV anthology "The Loretta Young Show ", playing Loretta Young's husband. His appearances in commercials and voiceovers totaled more than 200, most notably as the grandfather treating his grandson to a piece of candy in the " Werthers Original" candy spot.Robert Rockwell died in
Malibu, California at the age of 82.External links
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