Personal Info
Birth date
1923-06-18 (101 Years)
Day of death
2010-10-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also known as
Bob Ellenstein
Robert Ellenstein
Biography
Robert Ellenstein was an American actor. The son of Meyer C. Ellenstein, a Newark dentist, Robert Ellenstein grew up to see his father become a two-term mayor from 1933 to 1941. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II: earning a Purple Heart during his service.
Filmography
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.368
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Overview:
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.Quincy, M.E.
7.5
Overview:
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Magnum, P.I.
7.275
Overview:
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.The Rockford Files
7.5
Overview:
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.Columbo
8.088
Overview:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.Mannix
6.7
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.The Donna Reed Show
6.2
Overview:
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Hawaii Five-O
7.1
Overview:
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".The Wild Wild West
7.5
Overview:
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.The Rifleman
7
Overview:
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.The Philco Television Playhouse
6.286
Overview:
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.Marcus Welby, M.D.
6.5
Overview:
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.ER
7.828
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.The Big Valley
6.1
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.Combat!
7.6
Overview:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.894
Overview:
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Overview:
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Overview:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.The Adventures of Jim Bowie
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.Peter Gunn
6.5
Overview:
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.Mission: Impossible
7.6
Overview:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.Acting
1994ER (1 Episode) as Dr. Swanson
1988Run Till You Fall as Mr. Leopold
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 Episode) as Steven Miller
1987Hooperman (1 Episode) as Judge Oliver Blaustein
1986Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Federation Council President
1985Brewster's Millions as Mr. Carter
1985Moonlighting (1 Episode) as Heinz
1984V (1 Episode) as Gen. Maxwell Larson
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Mr. P
1980Magnum, P.I. (1 Episode) as Saul Greenberg
1979Breaking Up Is Hard to Do as Van Alden
1979Love at First Bite as VW Man
1977CHiPs (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Quincy, M.E. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976The Bionic Woman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975S.W.A.T. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Telezonia as Exclamation Point
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Motel Manager
1972The Rookies (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Columbo (1 Episode) as Stein
1970McCloud (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 Episode) as Dr. William Hall
1968Hawaii Five-O (1 Episode) as Bart Warren
1968The Legend of Lylah Clare as Mike
1968To Die in Paris as Dendier
1967A Bell for Adano as Tomasino
1967Mannix (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Ironside (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1966Mission: Impossible (2, 2, 1 Episode) as Dr. M. Vazan, Deputy Premier Voss, Dr. Emil Gorin
1966Deathwatch as Guard
1965Get Smart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965The Wild Wild West (1, 1 Episode) as Arthur Tickle, Dr. Raker
1965The Big Valley (1, 1 Episode) as Salazar, Dr. Amos Pearce
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 Episode) as Doctor Ieato
1964The Rogues (1 Episode) as Nevsky
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Raskob / Stevenson's attorney, Dendier
1963Mr. Novak (1 Episode) as Philip Goddard
1963Channing (1 Episode) as Maddow
1963The Dakotas (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962Combat! (1, 1 Episode) as Rene, DuBois
1962General Electric True (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Milo Temple
1962The Beachcomber (1 Episode) as Rives
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Cain's Hundred (1 Episode) as James Condon
1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Lenny
1960The Islanders (1 Episode) as Chia
1960Checkmate (1 Episode) as Rudy Pasada
1960Thriller (1 Episode) as Dr. Brauner
1960Pay or Die! as Luigi Di Sarno
1959Hawaiian Eye (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Riverboat (1 Episode) as Sheriff Hezekiah Stone
1959North by Northwest as Licht
1959The Lawless Years (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1959One Step Beyond (1, 1 Episode) as Capt. Peabody, Mr. Tomachek
1959Rawhide as Unknown
195877 Sunset Strip (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Man with a Camera (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Behind Closed Doors (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Rifleman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Donna Reed Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Peter Gunn (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 Episode) as Mr. Sims
1958Too Much, Too Soon as Gerald Frank
1958The Young Lions as Rabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited)
1957The Walter Winchell File (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Perry Mason (1, 1, 1 Episode) as John Addison, Arthur Cartright, Dr. McBride, Medical Examiner
19573:10 to Yuma as Ernie Collins
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 Episode) as Kirsen
1957Mr. Broadway as Unknown
1957The Garment Jungle as Fred Kenner
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Telephone Time (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Illegal as Joe Knight
1955Gunsmoke (1 Episode) as Tewksbury
1954Climax! (1 Episode) as Dr. Bernstein
1954Rogue Cop as Det. Sidney Y. Myers
1954The Whistler (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1954Mandrake the Magician as Wilson
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1, 2, 1, 1 Episode) as Manny Balestrero, Quasimodo, Unknown, Albert Einstein
1948The Philco Television Playhouse (1 Episode) as Dr. Lehmbruck
Directing
1966Love on a Rooftop (1 Episode) ... Director
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1 Episode) ... Director