on his birthday, Robert Lansing (Born Robert Howell Brown: June 5, 1928; Died: October 23, 1994; at age 66).

Robert Lansing was best known for his role as Brigadier General Frank Savage (1964-1965) on the ABC TV military drama show "12 O'Clock High (1964-1967)".

He played Detective Steve Carella on the NBC TV crime drama show "87th Precinct (1961-1962)", Peter Murphy and Mark Wainwright on the ABC TV spy drama show "The Man Who Never Was (1966-1967)", Control on the CBS TV crime drama show "The Equalizer (1985-1989)" and Police Captain Paul Blaisdell (1993-1994) on the Prime Time Entertainment Network TV crime drama show "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1997)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Camera Three", "The Big Story", "Kraft Theatre", "Armstrong Circle Theatre", "The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen", "CBS Repertoire Workshop", "Deadline", "Dow Hour of Great Mysteries", "Moment of Fear", "One Step Beyond", "Thriller", "The Law and Mr. Jones", "Michael Shayne", "Outlaws", "General Electric Theater", "Checkmate", "The Tall Man", "The DuPont Show of the Week", "Saints and Sinners", "The United States Steel Hour", "Sam Benedict", "The Eleventh Hour", "Temple Houston", "The Twilight Zone", "Wagon Train", "Channing", "Slattery's People", "Daniel Boone", "The Loner", "Branded", "The Monroes", "The High Chaparral", "The Virginian", "Cimarron Strip", "Ironside", "Star Trek: The Original Series", "Mod Squad", "Journey to the Unknown", "The Name of the Game", "Gunsmoke", "Medical Center", "The Flying Nun", "The Interns", "Mannix", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "The Doris Day Show", "Insight", "Bonanza", "The Evil Touch", "The Rookies", "Great Performances", "Automan", "Simon & Simon", "Hotel", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Monsters", "Against the Law", "Law & Order" and "Murder, She Wrote".

He played Dr. Scott Nelson in the movie "4D Man (1959)", Hank Donner in "Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)" and Control in "Memories of Manon (1987)" and "The Equalizer: The mystery of Manon (1988)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "The Pusher (1960)", "A Gathering of Eagles (1963)", "Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)", "Calhoun: County Agent (1964)", "An Eye for an Eye (1966)", "The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966)", "It Takes All Kinds (1969)", "The Grissom Gang (1971)", "Killer by Night (1972)", "The Astronaut (1972)", "Wild in the Sky (1972)", "Thirty Dangerous Seconds (1973)", "Crime Club (1975)", "Widow (1976)", "Acapulco Gold (1976)", "Bittersweet Love (1976)", "Scalpel (a.k.a. False Face) (1977)", "The Deadly Triangle (1977)", "Empire of the Ants (1977)", "S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980)", "Island Claws (1980)", "The Nest (1988)" and "After School (1988)" and "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)".