Robert Mandan

Known for ActingBorn 1932-02-02Died 2018-04-29Clever, Missouri, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Mandan (born February 2, 1932 in Clever, Missouri) is an American actor, most famous for his portrayals of playwright David Allen on the NBC serial From These Roots from 1958 -1961, businessman Sam Reynolds serial Search for Tomorrow from 1965 to 1970, and his subsequent satire of the genre playing Chester Tate on the sitcom Soap from 1977 to 1981 on ABC. During his time on Search for Tomorrow, he appeared in the the Broadway musical Applause. He left the serial both due to the tiring of the role and the rigors of doing both the serial and the play. Mandan appeared on Match Game in 1978, Super Password in January 1985 and made appearances on The $20,000 Pyramid as well as The $25,000 Pyramid. In addition to hi s Soap years, he made some appearances with some of his Soap cast members on All Star Family Feud one-hour specials. He also played the ineffective but very well-meaning Colonel Fielding on the television adaptation of the movie Private Benjamin in 1981, a disapproving father, James Bradford, on ABC's Three's a Crowd opposite John Ritter in 1984, and Peace Corps doctor Bruce Gaines, who married Mrs. Garrett in her final episodes on The Facts of Life in 1986. In 1991, Mandan reunited with his former TV wife Katherine Helmond from Soap on Who's the Boss?. He appeared in Married with Children in episode The D'Arcy Files (1994). He starred in serials more recently playing Mr. Jonesy alongside Louise Sorel on Days of our Lives from 1997 to 1998. He guest-starred as a judge on General Hospital in early 2006. He made a memorable appearance in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Cardassians". He also played an auctioneer on the first episode of Sanford and Son, and in 1990, he played Maxwell Hammer, a friend of Minx, in Santa Barbara. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Mandan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Kingston

Doc

The Magician

Light Fantastic

Family Law

Hunter

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

ER

Married... with Children

All in the Family

Judging Amy

The Golden Girls

Delta

Murder, She Wrote

Three's Company

The Rockford Files

Mama's Family

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Highway to Heaven

Sanford and Son

Mission: Impossible

Ghost Story

Barney Miller

Stingray

Soap

Search for Tomorrow

Matlock

Petrocelli

Kojak

Intruders

The Facts of Life

You Can't Take it With You

Kingston: Confidential

Vega$

The Manhunter

Police Story

Burke's Law

CHiPs

Maude

Hotel

One Day at a Time

Three's a Crowd

Mannix

Cannon

Private Benjamin

Panic on the 5:22

The Tony Randall Show