Arthur Batanides
{{Short description|American actor (1923–2000)}}
{{refimprove|biography|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox actor
|name = Arthur Batanides
|image = Arthur Batanides in Bonanza (Dark Star).jpg
|caption = Batanides in a 1960 Bonanza episode
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|9}}
|birth_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|1|10|1923|4|9}}
|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation = Actor
|years_active = 1951–1989
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- Anne Rasmussen, 1967–? (divorced, 2 children)
- Midge Ware, 1954–? (divorced, 2 children)
}}
|children = Leslie (daughter), Jason (son) both with Ware
Ann-Charlotte (daughter), Nikos (son), both with Rasmussen
}}
Arthur Batanides (April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000) was an American film and television actor, originally from Tacoma, Washington.
Life and career
Arthur Batanides was born in Tacoma, Washington on April 9, 1923.{{cite news |title=Arthur Batanides; Character Actor in TV Series |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-arthur-batanides/145647209/ |access-date=19 April 2024 |publisher=The Los Angeles Times |date=16 January 2000 |pages=8}} He became enamored with acting after performing stand-up routines in front of fellow GIs in Europe during World War II. He was educated in dramatic art at the Actors' Lab in Los Angeles, followed by extensive stage experience.
Batanides guest starred in such series as Crusader, Tombstone Territory, Zorro, Combat!, The Twilight Zone, The Asphalt Jungle, One Step Beyond, Blue Light, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible, The Silent Force, I Spy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Wild Wild West, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bearcats!, The Odd Couple, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Columbo and Happy Days. He appeared as Bill Golding in the season six, 1963 episode of Perry Mason titled "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe". He played Littleboy Sherman in The Rifleman S5 E24 "Old Man Running" which aired March 17, 1963.
One of his more recognizable roles was that of the unfortunate Starfleet officer/geologist D'Amato in the Star Trek episode "That Which Survives". Among his film credits are The Unearthly (1957), Violent Road (1958), The Leech Woman (1960), Man-Trap (1961), The Maltese Bippy (1969), Evil Roy Slade (1972) and Brannigan (1975). He also appeared as Mr. Kirkland in four of the Police Academy film series, and the sixth installment (City Under Siege) was his final acting appearance.
Batanides died in Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2000, at the age of 76.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Black Tuesday | Reporter at Electrocution | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Hebrew at Rameses' Gate / Hebrew at Golden Calf | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Unearthly | Danny Green | |
| 1958 | Violent Road | Ben | |
| 1959 | Cry Tough | Alvears | |
| 1960 | The Leech Woman | Jerry | |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Legionnaire | Uncredited |
| 1961 | Man-Trap | Cortez | |
| 1969 | The Maltese Bippy | Tony | |
| 1972 | The Cat Ate the Parakeet | Marty | |
| 1975 | Brannigan | Angell | |
| 1985 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | rowspan="4"| Mr. Kirkland | |
| 1986 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | ||
| 1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | ||
| 1989 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | (final film role) |
Selected Television
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| scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1956
| Crusader | Jack Gilliam | Season 2 Episode 2: "Expose" |
| 1957
| Maverick | Norman Brock | Season 1 Episode 14: "Comstock Conspiracy" |
| 1957
| Tee-A-Hah | Season 1 Episode 9: "Apache Vendetta" |
| 1958
| Gus Triano | Season 1 Episode 8: "Rough Buck" |
| 1958
| Police Sergeant | Season 4 Episode 3: "The Jokester" |
| 1959
| Police Detective | Season 4 Episode 23: "I'll Take Care of You" |
| 1959
| Rawhide | Beckstrom | Season 2 Episode 10: "Incident of the Valley in Shadow" |
| 1959
| Dink Saxon | Episode: "A Game of Chance" |
| 1959
| Leader | Season 1 Episode 3: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" |
| 1959
| Zorro | Lazaro | Season 2 Episode 14: "The Runaways" |
| 1960
| Bonanza | Spiro | Season 1 Episode 31: "Dark Star" |
| 1961
| Bonanza | Pablo | Season 2 Episode 20: "The Fugitive" |
| 1961
| Tabal | Season 3 Episode 6: "The Mirror" |
| 1961
| Morrison | Season 1 Episode 6: "The Last Way Out" |
| 1961
| Rawhide | Gypsy | Season 3 Episode 27: "Incident Before Black Pass" |
| 1963
| Bill Golding | Season 6 Episode 13: "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe" |
| 1963
| Combat! | Nader | Season 2 Episode 4: "The Long Way Home: Part 1" |
| 1963
| Combat! | Nader | Season 2 Episode 5: "The Long Way Home: Part 2" |
| 1963
| Man in Bar | Season 2 Episode 28: "Divorce" |
| 1963
| Bernard | Season 3 Episode 9: "Big Max Calvada" |
| 1964
| Arnold | Season 3 Episode 29: "Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail" |
| 1964
| Harry Tinker | Season 4 Episode 8: "The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail" |
| 1964
| Wimpy | Season 1 Episode 19: "Search in a Windy City" |
| 1964
| Ralph Neal | Season 5 Episode 6: "Barney's Bloodhound" |
| 1964
| Gunsmoke | Harv Foster | Season 10 Episode 4: "The Violators" |
| 1965
| Gunsmoke | Feeter Kreb | Season 11 Episode 5: "Taps for Old Jeb" |
| 1965
| Jo-Jo | Season 1 Episode 28: "Sergeant of the Guard" |
| 1965
| Marius Ascoli | Season 1 Episode 8: "The Night of the Dancing Death" |
| 1966
| KAOS Agent #1 | Season 1 Episode 16: "Double Agent" |
| 1966
| Mohan Kiru | Season 3 Episode 7: "The Thor Affair" |
| 1966
| Perault | Season 1 Episode 15: "The Key to the Code" |
| 1966
| Serbulo Varella | Season 14 Episode 22: "The Firebrand" |
| 1966
| I Spy | Rocco | Season 2 Episode 11: "To Florence with Love: Part 1" |
| 1966
| I Spy | Rocco | Season 2 Episode 12: "To Florence with Love: Part 2" |
| 1967
| Scullen | Season 2 Episode 18: "The Night of the Gypsy Peril" |
| 1967
| Fugitive | Season 3 Episode 16: "Gomer the Recruiter" |
| 1967
| Rangah | Season 3 Episode 5: "The Space Primevals" |
| 1967
| Shugo | Season 1 Episode 24: "Invasion from Outer Space: Part 1" |
| 1967
| Shugo | Season 1 Episode 25: "Invasion from Outer Space: Part 2" |
| 1967
| Tino | Season 1 Episode 17: "The Frame" |
| 1968
| Bronson | Season 4 Episode 18: "Gomer Goes Home" |
| 1968
| Sergeant | Season 3 Episode 24: "The Night of the Death-Maker" |
| 1968
| Pylo | Season 4 Episode 12: "The Night of Miguelito's Revenge" |
| 1968
| Luigi | Season 1 Episode 5: "Terror-Go-Round" |
| 1969
| Ziggy | Season 5 Episode 14: "Two on the Bench" |
| 1969
| Kura | Season 3 Episode 17: "Doomsday" |
| 1969
| Father Paolo Dominguin | Season 4 Episode 6: "Commandante" |
| 1969
| Starfleet Officer / Geologist D'Amato | Season 3 Episode 17: "That Which Survives" |
| 1970
| Chief Tekwatana | Season 6 Episode 21: "Readin', Ritin', and Revolt" |
| 1970
| Bates | Season 1 Episode 10: "Take as Directed for Death" |
| 1970
| Lieutenant Kappelo | Season 5 Episode 11: "The Rebel" (uncredited) |
| 1971
| Valenkoff | Season 5 Episode 22: "The Party" |
| 1971
| Consul | Season 3 Episode 20: "The Gunrunner" |
| 1971
| Hopkins | Season 1 Episode 11: "The Big Guns" |
| 1972
| Joe Fort | Season 6 Episode 16: "Stone Pillow" |
| 1972
| Pat the Bartender | Season 3 Episode 8: "Felix's First Commercial" |
| 1973
| Nino Babaloni | Season 3 Episode 17: "Myrna's Debut" |
| 1973
| Mannix | Emmett Trask | Season 6 Episode 16: "The Man Who Wasn't There" |
| 1974
| Mr. Hoffman - Plaintiff Lawyer | Season 4 Episode 22: "One for the Bunny" |
| 1974
| Eddie | Season 1 Episode 8: "The Skin Game" |
| 1974
| Columbo | Murph | Season 3 Episode 6: "Mind Over Mayhem" |
| 1978
| Krug (as Art Batanides) | Season 2 Episode 16: "Death in Disguise" |
| 1978
| Maxwell | Season 3 Episode 11: "Pot of Gold" |
| 1985
| Henry Quincy | Season 4 Episode 8: "Many Happy Returns" |
References
External links
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- {{IBDB name|116807}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Tacoma, Washington
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
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