Personal Info
Birth date
1933-07-30 (92 Years)
Day of death
2020-01-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Edward Byrnes
Ed Byrnes
Edd Byrnes
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edd Byrnes (July 30, 1933 - January 8, 2020) was an American actor known for his starring role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as Vince Fontaine. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edd Byrnes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Love Boat
6.3
Overview:
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.Quincy, M.E.
7.509
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.Maverick
6.782
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.The Virginian
6.344
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Adam-12
6.929
Overview:
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Overview:
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.Married... with Children
7.716
Overview:
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.Charlie's Angels
6.7
Overview:
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.Mannix
6.686
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 Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.822
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Police Woman
6.3
Overview:
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.Cheyenne
5.8
Overview:
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.Surfside 6
5
Overview:
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.Love, American Style
6.056
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.Simon & Simon
6.685
Overview:
A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.Fantasy Island
6.402
Overview:
A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.Telephone Time
6.3
Overview:
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.Kraft Suspense Theatre
5.3
Overview:
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.Alias Smith and Jones
6.9
Overview:
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
7.1
Overview:
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.Burke's Law
6.7
Overview:
Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire, and his son, Peter, who is a detective under his command.Grease
7.375
Overview:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?Vega$
7
Overview:
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
6.6
Overview:
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.Sugarfoot
4.8
Overview:
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.Acting
2017The Grease Story as Vince Fontaine
2013Babes Behind Bars as Unknown
1995Deadly Games (1 Episode) as Johnny Silver
1995Unhappily Ever After (1 Episode) as Fossily
1994Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Cassidy
1993Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1 Episode) as Manley Combs
1991Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (2 Episodes) as Bobby Icovella
1989Troop Beverly Hills as Ross Coleman
1988Party Line as Maitre d'
1987Mankillers as Jack Marra
1987Back to the Beach as Valet
1987Married... with Children (1 Episode) as Edd Byrnes
1986Throb (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Crazy like a Fox (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Murder, She Wrote (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sid Hooper, Kenneth Rundle (uncredited), Freddie Major
1983Erotic Images as Logan Roberts
1981Simon & Simon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Twirl as Bobby Bennett
1979California Fever (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979B. J. and the Bear (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1979$weepstake$ (9 Episodes) as The $weepstake$ MC
1978Vega$ (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Sword of Justice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Grease as Vince Fontaine
1978Fantasy Island (1 Episode) as Neil Martin
1977Telethon as Charlie Burton
1977The Love Boat (1 Episode) as Archie Phillips
1977CHiPs (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Paul Owens
1976Quincy, M.E. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Charlie's Angels (1 Episode) as Ted Burton
1975Mobile Two as Roger Brice
1975Where the Action Is as Eddie Vallance
1974Stardust as TV interviewer
1974Police Woman (1 Episode) as Billy Dodge
1973Wicked, Wicked as Henry Peter 'Hank' Lassiter
1973Thriller (1 Episode) as Eddie Vallance
1973A Gift of Terror as Les Parker
1973Police Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Alias Smith and Jones (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969The Silent Gun as Joe Henning
1969Love, American Style (1 Episode) as Steve
1968Adam-12 (1 Episode) as Skinner
1967Professionals for a Massacre as Chattanooga Jim
1967Any Gun Can Play as Clayton
1967Mannix (0, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Clay
1967Payment in Blood as Stuart
1965Beach Ball as Dick
1965Mister Roberts (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Honey West (1 Episode) as Robin Hood
1964The Secret Invasion as Simon Fell
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 Episode) as Bill Colbert
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Davey Carr
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Paul Perry
1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Alex Newell
1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Kookie
1959Yellowstone Kelly as Anse Harper
1959Up Periscope as Pharmacist Mate Ash
1958Girl on the Run as Kenneth Smiley
195877 Sunset Strip (206 Episodes) as Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III
1958Life Begins At 17 as Jim Barker
1958Marjorie Morningstar as Sandy Lamm
1958The Dick Clark Show (1 Episode) as Self
1958Darby's Rangers as Arnold Dittman
1957Johnny Trouble as Elliott
1957Maverick (2, 1 Episode) as The Kid, Wes Fallon
1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as Borden
1957Reform School Girl as Vince
1957Fear Strikes Out as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
1956Wire Service (1 Episode) as Bob
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Eli
1956The Steve Allen Show (1 Episode) as Self - Recipient
1956Telephone Time (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Cheyenne (2 Episodes) as Benji Danton
1955Navy Log (1 Episode) as Unknown