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Don Ross(1920-2011)

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Don Ross in The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
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Don Ross was born on 4 April 1920 in Missoula, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and The Absent Minded Professor (1961). He died on 15 January 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornApril 4, 1920
DiedJanuary 15, 2011(90)
BornApril 4, 1920
DiedJanuary 15, 2011(90)
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Known for

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
8.0
  • Police Officer
  • 1962
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder
8.0
  • Duane 'Duke' Miller
  • 1959
Fred MacMurray in The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
The Absent Minded Professor
6.7
  • Lenny
  • 1961
Harry Morgan and Jack Webb in Dragnet 1967 (1967)
Dragnet 1967
7.7
TV Series
  • Carl Freeman
  • Don Hale
  • Hotel Desk Clerk
  • Officer Bill Walmsley - Latent Prints
  • Variety Theater manager
  • Man asking question
  • Lab tech
  • Man In Bank
  • Sgt. Wayne Wolfer
  • Charlie King
  • Tom Evans
  • Don Wallace
  • Sgt. Doherty
  • Don Jones
  • John Bingham
  • Off. Barrett
  • Off. Carl Freeman
  • Off. Roy Kiser
  • Frank Silver
  • Sgt. Robert Parker
  • Glen
  • Sgt. Scott
  • Sgt. Dick Reed
  • Officer Howard
  • Monty Warren
  • Jim Barlow
  • Eugene Dickson
  • Bart Emerson
  • Mr. Ainsworth
  • Sgt. Dean Bergman
  • Cameraman
  • Ben Riddle
  • Bill Walmsley
  • Lt. Cal Beeson
  • Tom Tracy

Credits

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Actor

  • Judging Amy (1999)
    Judging Amy
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Unhappy Patient
    • 2002
  • Paul Hogan in Almost an Angel (1990)
    Almost an Angel
    5.6
    • Man at Bar (as Don G. Ross)
    • 1990
  • Heather Tom, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang in The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
    The Bold and the Beautiful
    3.5
    TV Series
    • Charles Barnes
    • 1987
  • Trancers (1984)
    Trancers
    6.0
    • Security Guard
    • 1984
  • The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979)
    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Pilot
    • 1981
  • Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)
    CHiPs
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Mr. Wright
    • 1979
  • James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Debbi Morgan, Georg Stanford Brown, Avon Long, and Beah Richards in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
    Roots: The Next Generations
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Turnkey
    • 1979
  • Kevin Brophy in Lucan (1977)
    Lucan
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Officer Charlie Simms
    • 1978
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Frank Marco (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Jo Ann Harris, Shelly Novack, and Robert Stack in Most Wanted (1976)
    Most Wanted
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Murphy
    • 1977
  • The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
    The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Jury Foreman
    • 1976
  • William Conrad in Cannon (1971)
    Cannon
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Photo Lab Tech
    • Hotel Clerk
    • Guard at Gate
    • 1973–1976
  • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Sawyer
    • Manager at Gloria's Apartment
    • Border Official #1
    • 1973–1975
  • Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner in Switch (1975)
    Switch
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Guard
    • 1975
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Brandt
    • 1974

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Dragnet: Season 2

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Don G. Ross
  • Born
    • April 4, 1920
    • Missoula, Montana, USA
  • Died
    • January 15, 2011
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

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    Appeared in two classic films by two legendary directors back-to-back from 1959 to 1960: A lowlife prisoner in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder; and a non-speaking but memorable role as the used car dealer's mechanic (bringing Janet Leigh her suitcase) in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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