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Janos Prohaska(1919-1974)

  • Actor
  • Stunts
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Janos Prohaska in Land of the Giants (1968)
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Janos Prohaska was born on 10 October 1919 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Bewitched (1964) and Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962). He was married to Irene Knoke. He died on 13 March 1974 in Bishop, California, USA.
BornOctober 10, 1919
DiedMarch 13, 1974(54)
BornOctober 10, 1919
DiedMarch 13, 1974(54)
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Known for

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Actor
Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
Bewitched
7.6
TV Series
  • Bear
  • Gorilla
  • Do-Do Bird
  • Dodo Bird
Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo
6.1
  • Circus Performer
  • 1962
The Outer Limits (1963)
The Outer Limits
8.1
TV Series
  • Allen as Thetan
  • Darwin the Monkey
  • The Mikie (Alien Microbe)

Credits

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Actor

  • Primal Man
    TV Series
    • 1974
  • Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann in Zandy's Bride (1974)
    Zandy's Bride
    6.4
    • Bear (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Bob Denver, William Cort, Ivor Francis, Jeannine Riley, Lori Saunders, Forrest Tucker, and Lynn Wood in Dusty's Trail (1973)
    Dusty's Trail
    5.2
    TV Series
    • The Bear
    • Bear
    • Hercules (The Bear) ...
    • 1973
  • Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz, and Gale Gordon in Here's Lucy (1968)
    Here's Lucy
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Black Bear
    • Gorboona
    • 1969–1973
  • Cleavon Little, Joan Van Ark, Nancy Fox, Reva Rose, and James Whitmore in Temperatures Rising (1972)
    Temperatures Rising
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Gorilla
    • 1973
  • Barney and Me (1973)
    Barney and Me
    TV Special
    • Barney, The Bear
    • 1973
  • Help, Inc. (1972)
    Help, Inc.
    TV Movie
    • Gorilla (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Stuart Margolin and Julie Newmar in Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Millard the Bear
    • Tiny the Gorilla
    • 1970–1972
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
    Bewitched
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Bear
    • Gorilla
    • Do-Do Bird ...
    • 1967–1972
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
    Escape from the Planet of the Apes
    6.3
    • Heloise (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
    The Red Skelton Hour
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Buster the Boxing Bear
    • Giant Teddy Bear-Silent Spot
    • Halloween Ghoulie-Silent Spot ...
    • 1961–1971
  • Andy Griffith in Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
    Mayberry R.F.D.
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Bear
    • 1970
  • The Andy Williams Show (1969)
    The Andy Williams Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Cookie Bear
    • 1969–1970
  • Katia Christine, Ian McShane, Karin Schubert, Seyna Seyn, Josiane Tanzilli, and Morgana Taylor in Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
    Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
    4.4
    • Gorilla (as Janos Prohanska)
    • 1970
  • Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)
    Land of the Giants
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Gorilla
    • Bobo - Gorilla
    • 1969–1970

Stunts

  • Hang 'Em High (1968)
    Hang 'Em High
    7.0
    • stunts: hanged man (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, and Melvyn Douglas in Advance to the Rear (1964)
    Advance to the Rear
    5.9
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    7.4
    • stunt double: Arnold Stang
    • stunt double: Peter Falk (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1963

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Here's Lucy: Lucy Plays Cops And Robbers
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Here's Lucy: Lucy Plays Cops And Robbers

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Janos Prohanska
  • Born
    • October 10, 1919
    • Budapest, Hungary
  • Died
    • March 13, 1974
    • Bishop, California, USA(plane crash)
  • Spouse
    • Irene KnokeJune 29, 1969 - March 13, 1974 (his death)
  • Children
    • Robert Prohaska
  • Other works
    Starred in an unsold sitcom pilot called "The Bear and I" as the titular ursine character whom almost everyone thinks is a guy in a fur suit. Only a kiddie show host, played by Soupy Sales, knows that the creature really is a talking bear.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Died in a plane crash, along with his son, Robert Prohaska, while working on the ABC TV series Up from the Ape (1975) (aka "Primal Man").
  • Trademark
    Playing Gilligan's Island Gorilla, Ape, Orangutan, Lion, and Spider and Dusty's Trail Bears and Gorilla (in Gorilla Suits and Bear Suits)

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