Stuart Nisbet

{{distinguish|text=the Scottish guitarist Stuart Nisbet (of China Crisis, The Proclaimers)}}

{{Short description|American character actor and former President of the Nesbitt/Nisbet Society of North America}}

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{{Infobox person

|name=Stuart Nisbet

|image=Stuart_Nisbet_in_The_Virginian_1970.jpg

|caption=Nisbet in The Virginian, 1970

|birth_date=January 17, 1934

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2016|06|23|1934|01|17}}

|death_place=Glendale, California, U.S.

|occupation=Actor

}}

Stuart Nisbet (January 17, 1934 – June 23, 2016) was an American character actor and former President of

the Nesbitt/Nisbet Society of North America.{{cite book|last1=Rolinson|first1=Raymond Nisbet|last2=Nesbitt|first2=Mark|title=Nesbitt & Nisbet Artists|date=2008|publisher=Nesbitt/Nisbet Society|isbn=9781897875124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dnwhenNjWlYC&q=%22Stuart+Nisbet%22&pg=PP2|access-date=10 December 2016|language=en}}

Early life

Born in Los Angeles, California, Nisbet studied theater at Los Angeles City College and California State University, Los Angeles.{{cite journal|title=Stuart Nisbet, 82|journal=Classic Images|date=August 2016|issue=494|page=54}}

Career

Nisbet guest starred on such television shows as Mama's Family; Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law; Little House on the Prairie; Quincy, M.E. (in 2 episodes); Three's Company; McMillan & Wife; Emergency!; The Rockford Files; Kolchak: The Night Stalker; Happy Days; Adam-12 (in 2 episodes); Columbo (in 2 episodes); Cannon; Mannix (in 5 episodes); Night Gallery; Bonanza (in 9 episodes); Laredo, McCloud; The Partridge Family; Love, American Style (in 2 episodes); The Name of the Game; Dragnet (in 8 episodes); The Golden Girls; Get Smart (in 3 episodes); Mayberry R.F.D.; The Wild Wild West; The Monkees; Dundee and the Culhane, Mission: Impossible; Bewitched; My Three Sons; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; The Fugitive; Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.; The Munsters; Dennis the Menace (as Mr. Wade), and The Dukes Of Hazzard. Nisbet appeared in several roles in a total of 19 episodes of the western TV series The Virginian. He appeared in 6 episodes of Barnaby Jones and 9 of Bonanza.

For more than 20 years, Nisbet ran the Baker-Nisbet casting agency, which he co-founded, in Hollywood.{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016 |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476670317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZEwDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Stuart+Nisbet%22&pg=PT308 |access-date=21 January 2019 |language=en}}

Death

Nisbet died on June 23, 2016, at Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, California. He was 82. He was survived by his wife, children and grandchildren.{{cite news|last1=Lincoln|first1=Ross A.|title=Character actor Stuart Nisbet dead at 82|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/character-actor-stuart-nisbet-dead-at-82|access-date=22 January 2017|work=Fox News Entertainment|date=July 1, 2016}}

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1962Third of a ManUncredited
1963The Quick and the Dead
1966For Pete's Sake
rowspan="5" |1967Hot Rods to HellSurgeonUncredited
| The Ride to Hangman's TreeRussellUncredited
| In the Heat of the NightShuie
| GamesDetective
| The MonkeesBartenderS2:E13, "Monkees in Texas"
rowspan="4" |1968Yours, Mine and OursMan of the Cloth
| The Shakiest Gun in the WestMan Going UpstairsUncredited
| Dragnet 1968Gideon C. DenglePoses as Policeman and Fire Chief
| The Virginian (TV series)Bartendersaison 6 episode 24 (The handy man)
1969Angel in My PocketSheriff{{cite book|last=Reid|first=John Howard|title=Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdFd2yqpxYUC&pg=PA10|access-date=22 November 2014|year=2005|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781411635227|pages=10–12}}
rowspan="4"|1969Love Is a Funny ThingUncredited
| The Virginian (TV series)Burtsaison 7 episode 18 (The price of love)
| The Virginian (TV series)Bartendersaison 7 episode 21 (Eileen)
| The Virginian (TV series)Bartsaison 7 episode 24 (the girl in the shadows)
1970The Virginian (TV series)Bartsaison 8 episode 24 (the gift)
1971How to Frame a FiggGentry Groat
1972The LonersBridegroom
rowspan="3"|1973SlitherBuddy
| The Mad BomberAttorney
| Your Three Minutes Are UpDr. Claymore
rowspan="4" |1974Thunderbolt and LightfootCouple at Station #2
| The LawLieutenant Norland
| EarthquakeLoudspeaker VoiceVoice, Uncredited
| The Missiles of OctoberReporter #2TV movie
1975Hearts of the WestLucky
1977Oh, God!DoormanUncredited
1978Mr. Too LittleMissionary Worker
1982Madame's PlaceJohn GilhooeyEpisode: "In Love, Engaged, Crazy"
1989The Fabulous Baker BoysVeterinarian
1989Mama’s FamilyBurt CooperEpisode: "Mr Wrong"
1994Police Academy: Mission to MoscowAnchor Person #2
1995Murder in the FirstHarve
1995Casino''LA Banker

References

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