Phillip Pine
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Pine c. 1950
Born(1920-07-16)July 16, 1920
Hanford, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 22, 2006(2006-12-22) (aged 86)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1945–2005

Phillip Pine (July 16, 1920 – December 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor, writer, film director, and producer.[1] Despite incorrect biographical information repeated on many entertainment sites, he was not related to Robert Pine or Chris Pine.[2]

Pine played John Wesley Hardin in a 1955 episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (John Wesley Hardin, S1 E9). In a 1957 episode of the same series, Pine again played Hardin (The Time for All Good Men, S2 E39). Later that year, he appeared on Gunsmoke, as “Vint” - a cheating card dealer turned murderer in the episode “Moon”.

Pine appeared in two episodes of Adventures of Superman titled "The Mystery of the Broken Statues" and "The Case of the Talkative Dummy". In the latter, he played a theater usher who was part of a robbery gang (see picture in infobox). He appeared in three episodes of Wagon Train titled "The Ben Courtney Story", "The Esteban Zamora Story" in 1959 and “The Dr. Swift Cloud Story” in 1960 (as Straight Arrow). Pine was in the second episode of The Outer Limits entitled "The Hundred Days of the Dragon". He also appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone, "The Four of Us Are Dying", and "The Incredible World of Horace Ford". Pine appeared as mobster Jack Zuta in the third episode of The Untouchables titled "The Jake Lingle Killing" and in 1962 he co-starred in the episode "The Whitey Steele Story". He also appeared in The Fugitive. He made a 1964 appearance as Phillip Stewart in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Wednesday Woman". In 1964 Pine guest starred on Combat! as Pvt. Steve Cantrell in the third season episode "Birthday Cake". He played a World War II submarine captain marooned inside an underwater cave with four other survivors in the 1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "And Five of Us Are Left".

Pine played a confessed bank robber in the ninth episode of the television series Peter Gunn entitled "Image of Sally", first aired November 17, 1958.

Phillip Pine played Kid Curry in the episode "Kid Curry" on the TV series Tales of Wells Fargo (1959).


In 1967, Pine appeared in an episode of The Invaders entitled "Genesis". Pine also appeared in an episode of Rawhide entitled "Incident at Dangerfield Dip". He also played a gangster known only as "Mark" in Irving Lerner's film noir classic, Murder by Contract.[3]

He appeared in an episode of Kojak (season 5) called "Cry for the Children" as "Eddie Creagan", in an episode of Ironside (season 3) called "Alias Mrs Braithwaite?" and in Hawaii Five-O (season 1) called "Full Fathom 5". Notably, he played a Japanese man in a later Hawaii Five-O episode called "Which Way Did They Go?"

In 1969, Pine appeared in a Star Trek episode of season 3, "The Savage Curtain", as the genocidal Earth warlord Colonel Green. Pine also appeared in the first season of Barnaby Jones in the episode titled "Murder in the Doll's House" (03/25/1973).

Partial filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1958Alfred Hitchcock PresentsVictor ManettSeason 3 Episode 36: "The Safe Place"
1959Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)Tom Dunnseason2 episode 4 : "Breakout"
1967MannixSeason 1 Episode 5: "Make It Like It Never Happened"
1969Star Trek: The Original SeriesCol. GreenS3:E22, "The Savage Curtain"

References

  1. ↑ "Philip Pine Filmography". Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Phillip Pine". S&C Inspiration Journal. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ↑ New York Times: Philip Pine
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