Robert W. Courtleigh (October 23, 1916 â€" November 21, 2004) was an
American television and film actor.He was born in Rye, New York, a
suburb of Westchester County. His mother, Edna, was an ex-Gibson Girl,
and his father was William Courtleigh, an acclaimed Broadway actor,
member of the Lamb's Club, and co-creator of the Actors' Equity
Association.Courtleigh got his start in the 1950s science fiction
television series Atom Squad playing character Steve Elliott alongside
Bob Hastings and Bram Nossem. This role led to Courtleigh being chosen
as an honorary delegate to the ninth annual World Science Fiction
Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Among Courtleigh's other
television roles were an episode of Men into Space in the 1960s, the
part of the evil stepmother's groom in Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella, a CBS TV special starring Lesley Ann Warren; several
appearances in Hallmark Hall of Fame productions; and supporting roles
in the Sylvester Stallone drama F.I.S.T. and Winter Kills, a John
Huston thriller.
American television and film actor.He was born in Rye, New York, a
suburb of Westchester County. His mother, Edna, was an ex-Gibson Girl,
and his father was William Courtleigh, an acclaimed Broadway actor,
member of the Lamb's Club, and co-creator of the Actors' Equity
Association.Courtleigh got his start in the 1950s science fiction
television series Atom Squad playing character Steve Elliott alongside
Bob Hastings and Bram Nossem. This role led to Courtleigh being chosen
as an honorary delegate to the ninth annual World Science Fiction
Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Among Courtleigh's other
television roles were an episode of Men into Space in the 1960s, the
part of the evil stepmother's groom in Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella, a CBS TV special starring Lesley Ann Warren; several
appearances in Hallmark Hall of Fame productions; and supporting roles
in the Sylvester Stallone drama F.I.S.T. and Winter Kills, a John
Huston thriller.
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