Anthony Eisley (January 19, 1925 â€" January 29, 2003) was an American
actor best known as one of the detective leads, Tracy Steele, in the
ABC/Warner Brothers television series Hawaiian Eye. Early in his
career, he was credited as Fred Eisley and later was sometimes billed
as Tony Eisley.Born Frederick Glendinning Eisley in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, his father was a general sales manager for a large
corporation.Following service in the United States Navy, he took drama
classes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and then
landed his first acting job in a Pennsylvania stock company production
of A Slight Case of Murder. Eisley also acted in touring company
productions of Mister Roberts, Picnic, and The Desperate Hours.His
first on-screen role was as a military policeman in the 1952 movie
Fearless Fagan. In 1953, he began appearing on television. In 1958, he
was cast in the episode "The Trial" of the American Civil War drama
Gray Ghost with Tod Andrews. Eisley was in the 1959 Roger Corman film
The Wasp Woman, which he described as "a hell of a lot of fun".
Eisley's big break was being discovered in a Pasadena, California
production of Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? where he was signed to
a contract with Warner Bros. In the days of Tab, Ty, and Rock, Warner
Bros. did not want a leading man with the name of "Fred" so they
changed his first name to "Anthony". In 1959, Eisley played Carter
Henry (as Fred Eisley), The Young Philadelphians (1959).
actor best known as one of the detective leads, Tracy Steele, in the
ABC/Warner Brothers television series Hawaiian Eye. Early in his
career, he was credited as Fred Eisley and later was sometimes billed
as Tony Eisley.Born Frederick Glendinning Eisley in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, his father was a general sales manager for a large
corporation.Following service in the United States Navy, he took drama
classes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and then
landed his first acting job in a Pennsylvania stock company production
of A Slight Case of Murder. Eisley also acted in touring company
productions of Mister Roberts, Picnic, and The Desperate Hours.His
first on-screen role was as a military policeman in the 1952 movie
Fearless Fagan. In 1953, he began appearing on television. In 1958, he
was cast in the episode "The Trial" of the American Civil War drama
Gray Ghost with Tod Andrews. Eisley was in the 1959 Roger Corman film
The Wasp Woman, which he described as "a hell of a lot of fun".
Eisley's big break was being discovered in a Pasadena, California
production of Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? where he was signed to
a contract with Warner Bros. In the days of Tab, Ty, and Rock, Warner
Bros. did not want a leading man with the name of "Fred" so they
changed his first name to "Anthony". In 1959, Eisley played Carter
Henry (as Fred Eisley), The Young Philadelphians (1959).
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