Robert Phillips (actor)

Phillips was born in Chicago, Illinois.[2] He was a self-defense instructor while Phillips served in the United States Marine Corps, in which he served in World War II[3] and later played football for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins.[2] Phillips was also a police officer at Los Angeles Police Department and Illinois State Police.[3] He was a personal bodyguard of the 31st Governor of Illinois, Adlai Stevenson II.[3][4][5] Phillips began his film and television career in the 1950s,[2] in which a film producer told him to become a actor.[3]

Phillips attended at a acting school, where he had studied about acting.[3] He retired from being a police officer, in 1963.[3] In his film and television career, Phillips was preferred as a "tough guy",[4] in which he was frequently hired by studios to appear on Lee Marvin's films in Hollywood, California.[5] He then began to appear in two films with actor, Richard Jaeckel, such as, The Dirty Dozen and The Gun Runners.[5] Robert guest-starred in numerous television programs, including, Star Trek: The Original Series (in the episode "The Cage"), Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, Bonanza, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Wild Wild West, Rawhide, Mission: Impossible, The High Chaparral, Mannix, The Fall Guy and Planet of the Apes.[2] His last credit from the western television series Bordertown.[2]

Phillips died in November 5, 2018, at the age of 93.[1][2]

• Robert Phillips at IMDb
• Robert Phillips at the TCM Movie Database
• Robert Phillips at AllMovie
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