Monte Markham
| Monte Markham | |
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 Markham (left) with Ed Begley in 1969. |
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| Born | ) June 21, 1935 Manatee County, Florida, USA |
| Occupation | Actor Television director Television producer |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Spouse(s) | Klaire Keevil Hester (1961-present) |
Monte Markham (born June 21, 1935) is an American actor. During his career, Markham has appeared in film, in television, and on Broadway.
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Life and career
Markham was born in Manatee County, Florida, the son of Millie Content (née Willbur) and Jesse Edward Markham, Sr., who was a merchant.[1]
Of his television roles, Markham is perhaps most famous for playing the role of racing-car-driver-turned-cyborg Barney Miller in the second-season episode of The Six Million Dollar Man entitled "The Seven Million Dollar Man," which first aired November 1, 1974. (Markham reprised the role—albeit with a character name change to Barney Hiller—in the third-season episode "The Bionic Criminal," which first aired just over a year later, on November 9, 1975.)
He also played Rue McClanahan's gay brother Clayton on the NBC sitcom, The Golden Girls, and the title character in The New Perry Mason.
Markham made his Broadway debut in 1973 in Irene, for which he won the Theatre World Award. He also appeared on stage in Same Time, Next Year.
Markham's film work includes Hour of the Gun, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Midway and Airport 77. He has served as a consultant, director, producer, and narrator for A&E's "Classroom" and "The Great Ships" series.
His most recent role is a role of doctor in upcoming American silent movie Silent Life.
Partial filmography
- Hour of the Gun (1967)
- Project X (1968)
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
- The Astronaut (1972)
- One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
- Ginger in the Morning (1974)
- Midway (1976)
- Airport '77 (1977)
- Separate Ways (1981)
- Hotline (1982)
- Off the Wall (1983)
- Hot Pursuit (1987)
- Piranha (1995)
- Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
Partial TV Work
- Fringe
- Thriller
- Cold Case
- Mission: Impossible
- Here Come the Brides
- The Mod Squad
- The Virginian
- Ellery Queen
- Hogan's Heroes
- The High Chaparral
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Barnaby Jones
- Hawaii Five-O
- The Six Million Dollar Man
- The Invisible Man
- Quincy, M.E.
- Police Woman
- Trapper John, M.D.
- The Incredible Hulk
- Hart to Hart
- The Fall Guy (Two episodes as Charles Ryker)
- Dallas
- Matt Houston
- Simon & Simon
- The Love Boat
- Love, American Style
- Fantasy Island
- The A-Team
- Finder of Lost Loves
- Hotel
- Murder, She Wrote
- The Golden Girls (as Blanche Devereaux' gay brother Clayton in an episode on same-sex marriage, 1990)
- Baywatch
- Jack Holborn
- Melrose Place
- Grace Under Fire
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- The Littlest Hobo (series premiere episode "Smoke")
- He played the title character in the ill-fated 1973 revival of Perry Mason.
- He played the dual role of Luke and Ken Carpenter in the 1967-68 ABC sitcom, The Second Hundred Years.
- He played the title character of the criminally insane character called Pike in the episode "Power Play" in the 1975 revival of The Invisible Man.
References
External links
- Monte Markham at the Internet Movie Database
- Monte Markham at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Monte Markham interview http://www.wonderland-site.com/html/interviews4.htm