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Robert Lansing 1928 - 1994

Robert Howell Lansing of New York, New York County, NY was born on June 5, 1928 in San Diego, San Diego County, California United States, and died at age 66 years old on October 23, 1994 at New York City, NY in New York City, NY, Manhattan County U.S.A.. Robert Lansing was buried on October 26, 1994 at Union Field Cemetery 82-11 Cypress Ave - Union Field Cemetery, Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Ridgewood, Qns, in Queens County, New York United States.

Robert Howell Lansing

Robert Howell Brown - at birth

New York, New York County, NY 10128

June 5, 1928

San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States

October 23, 1994

New York City, NY in New York City, NY, Manhattan County, U.S.A.

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Introduction

Robert Lansing - Actor Born Robert Howell Brown June 5, 1928 San Diego, California, U.S. Died October 23, 1994 (aged 66) New York City, U.S. Resting place Union Field Cemetery, Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City Occupation Actor Spouse(s) Emily McLaughlin (m. 1956; div. 1968) Gari Hardy Anderson (m. 1969; div. 1971) Anne Pivar (m. 1981) Children 2
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1928

Birthday

June 5, 1928

Birthdate

San Diego, San Diego County, California United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Personal life Lansing had a son, Robert Frederick Orin Lansing, with his first wife, actress Emily McLaughlin; the couple eventually divorced. About a year and a half later, he married Gari Hardy, but this marriage also ended in divorce. The couple had a daughter, Alice Lucille Lansing. His last wife was Anne Pivar, with whom he remained until his death. From 1991 to 1993, he was president of The Players Club, a theatrical fraternal organization founded by Edwin Booth in 1888. A long-time smoker, Lansing died in a Bronx, New York, hospice while undergoing treatment for lung cancer. He was a heavy smoker and one year into his last regular series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. His funeral was at Congregation Rodelph Shalom in Manhattan, after which he was buried at Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens.
Military Service

Lansing served two years in the United States Army and was stationed in Osaka, Japan, where he worked at Armed Forces Radio.[6]
Professional Career

Robert Lansing; born Robert Howell Brown, June 5, 1928 – October 23, 1994) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Lansing is probably best remembered as the authoritarian Brigadier General Frank Savage in 12 O'Clock High (1964), the television drama series about American bomber pilots during World War II. During his long career, which spanned five decades, Lansing appeared in 245 episodes of 73 television series, 11 TV movies, and 19 motion pictures. Other notable television roles included 87th Precinct (1961-62), Automan (1983-84) and The Equalizer (1985-89).
Personal Life & Family

Career Early roles During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he worked under his real name Bob Brown as a radio announcer at WANE in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also was active as an actor in a Fort Wayne theater group. Lansing first appeared on Broadway in the play Stalag 17 (1951) directed by José Ferrer, replacing Mark Roberts in the role of Dunbar at the 48th Street Theater. He gained early acting experience at the Actors Studio. Stage His rugged good looks, commanding stage presence and stentorian voice earned him continuing stage work and throughout his film career he periodically returned to the New York stage, making his last such appearance in 1991. He played the lead in the 1973 Roundabout Theater production of August Strindberg's The Father, staged by Gene Feist. New York Times critic Clive Barnes praised Lansing's "mannered, tortured and racked portrait of the Captain" as "superlative," comparing it favorably with a Michael Redgrave performance years earlier. Also that year he starred with Barbara Bel Geddes in the Broadway production of Jean Kerr's comedy Finishing Touches. In 1977, Lansing appeared in a one-man show as coal miner union leader John L. Lewis. José Ferrer asked Lansing to perform in a series of plays at the New York City Center, including as a Cadet of Gascoyne in Cyrano de Bergerac and as the Marquis of Dorset in Richard III.[citation needed] He appeared in Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer and Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown in the title role. Other stage performances included roles in Charley's Aunt, Elmer Rice's Cue for Passion, The Lovers, and The Cut of the Axe. Off-Broadway, his work included The Father, the "Sea Plays" of Eugene O'Neill and two one-man shows, Damien and The Disciple of Discontent. In 1989, Lansing appeared at the Williamstown Theater Festival in a dramatization of John Brown's Body. The three-person cast also included Christopher Reeve and Laurie Kennedy.
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1994

Death

October 23, 1994

Death date

Lung Cancer (Heavy Smoker)

Cause of death

New York City, NY in New York City, NY, Manhattan County U.S.A.
Death location

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10/26

1994

Gravesite & Burial

October 26, 1994

Funeral date
Union Field Cemetery 82-11 Cypress Ave - Union Field Cemetery, Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Ridgewood, Qns, in Queens County, New York 11385, United States
Burial location
Obituary

Robert Lansing, 66, an Actor On Stage, Screen and Television By Diana Jean Schemo Oct. 25, 1994 Robert Lansing, whose rugged good looks and deep voice served him well on stage and in films and television, died on Sunday at Calgary Hospice in the Bronx. He was 66 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was cancer, said his wife, Ann Pivar. Mr. Lansing starred in the television series "12 O'Clock High" and in Broadway plays including "The Great God Brown," "Suddenly Last Summer" and "The Little Foxes." His film career included roles in "The 4-D Man," "A Gathering of Eagles," "Under the Yum Yum Tree," "The Scalpel" and "The Nest." Mr. Lansing was born in San Diego and began working on Broadway in the 1950's in productions that included "Stalag 17," "Richard III," "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Charlie's Aunt." His natural air of authority proved an asset in his best-known television role, as Brig. Gen. Frank Savage in "12 O'Clock High," the role that won him fame. He also appeared on episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Twilight Zone," "Star Trek," "Simon and Simon," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Law and Order." Mr. Lansing also appeared in Broadway productions of "The Little Foxes" and "Finishing Touches." Off Broadway, he starred in Strindberg's "Father," the "Sea Plays" of Eugene O'Neill and two one-man shows, "Damian" and "The Disciple of Discontent." He also appeared frequently at the Williamstown Theater Festival, the Long Wharf Theater and the Cherry Lane Theater. In a New York Times review of Mr. Lansing's performance in the 1985 television drama "The Cost of Living," Walter Goodman said, "Mr. Lansing, craggy and world-weary, captures the desperation of a man who has so hardened himself against life's buffetings that he no longer knows how to respond to simple affection when it is offered." In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children by previous marriages, Robert Frederick Orin Lansing and Alice Lucille Lansing. Services will be held today at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 3 West 83d Street, Manhattan.

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