Robert Brown is a television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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 from the 1960s

1960s

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 and 1970s

1970s

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Biography

Brown was born in Trenton

Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He guest-starred on numerous television

Television

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 programs, including the role of Peter Coll in the two-part episode "The Mad Dog Coll Story" of the NBC

NBC

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 series The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years is the first television crime drama set during the Roaring 20s, having predated ABC's far more successful The Untouchables with Robert Stack by six months. The 47-episode half-hour series aired nonconsecutively on NBC from April 16 to August 27, 1959, from October 1, 1959, to...

, which aired on July 28 and August 4, 1961. He also had a memorable role on Bewitched

Bewitched

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, playing the role of the come-alive Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial

Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial

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 statue in "Darrin on a Pedestal," which aired on October 22, 1970.

Career

He is most remembered for his starring role as the charismatic, fast-talking Jason Bolt in the 1968–1970 ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 series Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides is an American comedy Western series from Screen Gems that aired on the ABC television network from September 25, 1968 to April 3, 1970...

, with costars Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

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, David Soul

David Soul

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, Bobby Sherman

Bobby Sherman

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, Bridget Hanley

Bridget Hanley

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 and Mark Lenard

Mark Lenard

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. He also starred as Carter Primus in the 1971–1972 syndicated sea adventure series Primus

Primus (TV series)

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. Star Trek fans

Trekkie

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 know Brown from his portrayal of the character Lazarus on the Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

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episode "The Alternative Factor". His only feature film credit is the 1962 film Tower of London

Tower of London (1962 film)

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. He was a close friend of Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor

John Carroll O'Connor best known as Carroll O'Connor, was an American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades...

 and appeared in a 1979 episode of O'Connor's series Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place

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and a 1994 episode of In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (TV series)

In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...

(Poor Relations).

Brown has done voiceover work for radio and television. He is also a writer working on short stories and a novel.

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