Person
Robert Ellenstein
Acting · 1923–2010 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Robert Ellenstein was an American actor. The son of Meyer C. Ellenstein, a Newark dentist, Robert Ellenstein grew up to see his father become a two-term mayor from 1933 to 1941. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II: earning a Purple Heart during his service.
Known for
Columbo
Stein
Perry Mason
John Addison
Robert Montgomery Presents
Manny Balestrero
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Steven Miller
ER
Dr. Swanson
The Rifleman
1958
Murder, She Wrote
Mr. P
Mannix
1967
Get Smart
Alex
Ironside
1967
Filmography
- 1994ERDr. Swanson
- 1988Run Till You FallMr. Leopold
- 1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationSteven Miller
- 1987HoopermanJudge Oliver Blaustein
- 1986Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeFederation Council President
- 1986L.A. LawDr. Peter Lacker (uncredited)
- 1985Brewster's MillionsMr. Carter
- 1985MoonlightingHeinz
- 1984VGen. Maxwell Larson
- 1984Murder, She WroteMr. P
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Saul Greenberg
- 1979Breaking Up Is Hard to DoVan Alden
- 1979Breaking Up Is Hard to DoVan Alden
- 1979Love at First BiteVW Man
- 1977CHiPs
- 1976Quincy, M.E.
- 1976The Bionic Woman
- 1975S.W.A.T.
- 1974TelezoniaExclamation Point
- 1974The Rockford FilesMotel Manager
- 1972The Rookies
- 1971ColumboStein
- 1970McCloud
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Dr. William Hall
- 1968Hawaii Five-OBart Warren
- 1968The Legend of Lylah ClareMike
- 1968To Die in ParisDendier
- 1967A Bell for AdanoTomasino
- 1967Mannix
- 1967Ironside
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleDr. M. Vazan
- 1966Love on a RooftopDirector
- 1966DeathwatchGuard
- 1965Get SmartAlex
- 1965The Wild Wild WestArthur Tickle
- 1965The Big ValleySalazar
- 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Doctor Ieato
- 1964The RoguesNevsky
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreRaskob / Stevenson's attorney
- 1963Mr. NovakPhilip Goddard
- 1963ChanningMaddow
- 1963The Dakotas
- 1962Combat!Rene
- 1962General Electric True
- 1962The VirginianMilo Temple
- 1962The BeachcomberRives
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961Cain's HundredJames Condon
- 1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold RothsteinLenny
- 1960The IslandersChia
- 1960CheckmateRudy Pasada
- 1960ThrillerDr. Brauner
- 1960Pay or Die!Luigi Di Sarno
- 1959The GazeboBen
- 1959Hawaiian Eye
- 1959RiverboatSheriff Hezekiah Stone
- 1959North by NorthwestLicht
- 1959The Lawless Years
- 1959One Step BeyondCapt. Peabody
- 1959Rawhide
- 195877 Sunset Strip
- 1958Man with a Camera
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- 1958Behind Closed Doors
- 1958The Rifleman
- 1958The Donna Reed Show
- 1958Peter Gunn
- 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveMr. Sims
- 1958Too Much, Too SoonGerald Frank
- 1958The Young LionsRabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited)
- 1957The Walter Winchell File
- 1957Perry MasonJohn Addison
- 19573:10 to YumaErnie Collins
- 1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveKirsen
- 1957Mr. Broadway
- 1957The Garment JungleFred Kenner
- 1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- 1956Telephone Time
- 1955IllegalJoe Knight
- 1955GunsmokeTewksbury
- 1954Climax!Dr. Bernstein
- 1954Rogue CopDet. Sidney Y. Myers
- 1954The Whistler
- 1954Mandrake the MagicianWilson
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsManny Balestrero
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseDr. Lehmbruck
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