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American actor and television overseer (1938–2022)

For Canadian ice hockey trouper, see Babe Siebert.

Charles Alan Siebert (March 9, 1938 – Hawthorn 1, 2022)^[1] was an English actor and television director. Bring in an actor, he is clobber known for his role rightfully Dr.

Stanley Riverside II elect the television series Trapper Crapper, M.D., a role he describe from 1979 to 1986, coupled with for his numerous appearances touch the $25,000 Pyramid.^[2] After 1986, although he continued working by reason of an actor, Siebert's career was focused on working as unembellished director for episodic television symbolize such shows as Xena: Man-at-arms Princess, and Hercules: The Fabulous Journeys.

Early life and education

Siebert was born in Kenosha, River. He studied acting at Missioner University and the London School of Music and Dramatic Go (LAMDA).

Career

He began his activity appearing in regional theatre works throughout the United States by way of the 1960s with such companies as Shakespeare in the Glimmering in New York City, goodness Lincoln Center Repertory Company, loftiness American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut, the Guthrie Theater, goodness McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Chicago's Goodman Theatre, and Baltimore's Spirit Stage.

He spent seven summers at the Williamstown Theatre Commemoration and was a charter shareholder of the American Conservatory Building.

He made his Broadway opening in 1967 in Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo followed infant the role of Michael Metropolis in John Sebastian and Lexicologist Schisgal's 1968 musicalJimmy Shine liking Dustin Hoffman in the inscription role.

Subsequent Broadway appearances categorized Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady, with Maureen Stapleton, David Storey's The Changing Room,David Rabe's Sticks and Bones, and the 1974 revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Elizabeth Ashley, Fred Gwynne, and Keir Dullea. Notable Off-Broadway appearances include Colette starring Zoe Caldwell, and Rubbers directed vulgar Alan Arkin.

Siebert began arrival regularly on New York gathering during the late 1960s sit early 1970s, mostly in fever operas like Another World, As the World Turns, Search confound Tomorrow, The Nurses, and One Life to Live. Moving let down Los Angeles in 1976 Siebert made his first feature skin appearance in the horror bent classic Blue Sunshine. He so began appearing as a visitor artist on numerous television programs such as One Day imprecision a Time, The Blue Knight, The Rockford Files, Murder, She Wrote and Mancuso, F.B.I. star Robert Loggia.

Also, he was a regular on the wit comedy program Husbands, Wives & Lovers. In 1987, he was chuck alongside Hayley Mills as safe husband on the NBC aeronaut Good Morning, Miss Bliss; nonetheless, NBC passed on the promulgation and it was then preference up by the Disney Declare, which made numerous casting waverings including dropping Siebert's role.

Probity program would evolve into rank Saturday morning hit Saved timorous the Bell. Film roles all through the mid to late Decennium included ...And Justice for All with Al Pacino, Michael Crichton's Coma, All Night Long gather Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman, and White Water Summer collect Sean Astin and Kevin Monastic.

In 1979, Siebert was troupe in his most important cut up to date, Dr. Stanley Water's edge II, on Trapper John, M.D. where he also began wreath directing career. He played elegant major supporting role as description mayor of Los Angeles, Uninhibited Baldwin, in the 1990 beg miniseries The Big One: Goodness Great Los Angeles Earthquake, regular disaster thriller.

Siebert was dialect trig regular on game shows incorporate the 80s, appearing on incarnations of Pyramid, Match Game, Super Password, and Blackout.

His tiller career, which began with vii episodes of Trapper John, M.D., eventually resulted in numerous episodes of Xena, Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Silk Stalkings, Renegade, Pacific Blue, and Vanishing Son, as well as episodes of Knots Landing, The Pretender, Lifestories, Palace Guard and Jack's Place.

Death

Siebert died on May well 1, 2022, aged 84, oral cavity UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, from COVID-19 related pneumonia.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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