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Vance Skarstedt(1922-1984)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.
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Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Vance Skarstedt was born on 22 June 1922 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for No Place to Land (1958), The Slime People (1963) and Man or Gun (1958). He died on 13 December 1984 in Tujunga, California, USA.
BornJune 22, 1922
DiedDecember 13, 1984(62)
BornJune 22, 1922
DiedDecember 13, 1984(62)
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Known for

Mari Blanchard, John Ireland, and Gail Russell in No Place to Land (1958)
No Place to Land
5.5
  • Writer
  • 1958
Judee Morton in The Slime People (1963)
The Slime People
3.0
  • Writer
  • 1963
Macdonald Carey and Audrey Totter in Man or Gun (1958)
Man or Gun
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1958
Ripcord (1961)
Ripcord
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Actor

  • Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)
    Adam-12
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Officer Grant
    • 1970
  • Barbara Bouchet in Stoney (1969)
    Stoney
    4.1
    • Chuck
    • 1969
  • Ursula Andress in Once Before I Die (1966)
    Once Before I Die
    3.9
    • 1966
  • The Walls of Hell (1964)
    The Walls of Hell
    5.2
    • Major Briggs
    • 1964
  • Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)
    The Third Man
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Inspector Kirksgaard
    • 1963
  • G.E. True (1962)
    G.E. True
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Summers
    • 1962
  • Raymie (1960)
    Raymie
    7.0
    • Blake
    • 1960
  • Ernest Borgnine in Pay or Die! (1960)
    Pay or Die!
    6.9
    • Driver (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Officer Larrabee
    • Dispatcher
    • Radio Newscaster ...
    • 1955–1959
  • Jack Webb in Dragnet (1951)
    Dragnet
    7.5
    TV Series
    • 1956–1959
  • The D.A.'s Man (1959)
    The D.A.'s Man
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Ace Ginnis
    • 1959
  • Bat Masterson (1958)
    Bat Masterson
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Sheriff
    • 1959
  • Dale Robertson in Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
    Tales of Wells Fargo
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Crocker
    • 1958
  • Flight (1958)
    Flight
    7.4
    TV Series
    • 1958–1959
  • Target (1958)
    Target
    7.0
    TV Series
    • 1958

Writer

  • Ursula Andress in Once Before I Die (1966)
    Once Before I Die
    3.9
    • screenplay
    • 1966
  • Judee Morton in The Slime People (1963)
    The Slime People
    3.0
    • written by
    • 1963
  • John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)
    Frontier Circus
    7.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1962
  • Ripcord (1961)
    Ripcord
    7.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1961
  • Flight (1958)
    Flight
    7.4
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • 1958–1959
  • Mari Blanchard, John Ireland, and Gail Russell in No Place to Land (1958)
    No Place to Land
    5.5
    • written by
    • 1958
  • Macdonald Carey and Audrey Totter in Man or Gun (1958)
    Man or Gun
    5.9
    • original screenplay
    • 1958
  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1957–1958

Producer

  • Ursula Andress in Once Before I Die (1966)
    Once Before I Die
    3.9
    • associate producer
    • 1966
  • Macdonald Carey and Audrey Totter in Man or Gun (1958)
    Man or Gun
    5.9
    • producer
    • 1958

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Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Stagg Salem
  • Born
    • June 22, 1922
    • San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 13, 1984
    • Tujunga, California, USA

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