Anthony Jared Zerbe (born May 20, 1936, in Long Beach, California) is an American actor known for his intense and versatile performances on stage, television, and film. The son of Arthur LeVan Zerbe and Catherine Scurlock, he grew up in California,
graduated from Newport Harbor High School, and earned a degree from Pomona College in 1958 before studying acting at the Stella Adler Studio in New York. He served in the United States Air Force from 1959 to 1961 before launching his professional acting career, making his New York stage debut in The Cave Dwellers in 1961.
Movies
- 1967 Cool Hand Luke
- 1967 Will Penny
- 1970 The Molly Maguires
- 1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
- 1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
- 1971 The Omega Man
- 1972 The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Movie)
- 1972 The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
- 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
- 1973 Papillon
- 1973 She Lives! (TV Movie)
- 1973 Carola (TV Movie)
- 1973 The Laughing Policeman
- 1974 The Parallax View
- 1975 Farewell, My Lovely
- 1975 Rooster Cogburn
- 1977 The Turning Point
- 1978 Child of Glass (TV movie)
- 1978 Who’ll Stop the Rain
- 1978 Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
- 1980 Attica (TV Movie)
- 1980 The First Deadly Sin
- 1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
- 1983 Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- 1983 The Dead Zone
- 1986 Off Beat
- 1986 Opposing Force
- 1987 P.I. Private Investigations
- 1987 Steel Dawn
- 1989 Listen to Me
- 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)
- 1989 Licence to Kill
- 1997 Touch
- 1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
- 1999 True Crime
- 2003 Behind the Broken Words
- 2003 The Matrix Reloaded
- 2003 The Matrix Revolution
- 2007 Veritas, Prince of Truth
- 2013 American Hustle
- 2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
- 2016 The Investigation
Zerbe became a sought-after television guest star in series such as Mission: Impossible, Columbo, Gunsmoke, and The Virginian, and won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1976 for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Lieutenant K.C. Trench in Harry O. His notable film roles include Matthias in The Omega Man (1971),
Milton Krest in Licence to Kill (1989), Admiral Matthew Dougherty in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Councillor Hamann in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003).
TV
- Naked City (TV series) (1963)
- The Big Valley (TV series) (1965)
- Mission: Impossible: “The Photographer” (1967)
- The Wild Wild West: “The Night of The Legion of Death” (1967)
- The Virginian (1968)
- Gunsmoke: “Blood Money” (1968)
- Mission: Impossible: “Live Bait” (1969)
- Mission: Impossible: “The Amnesiac” (1969)
- Bonanza: “A Ride in the Sun” (1969)
- Mannix: “Death in a Minor Key” (1969)
- Gunsmoke: “Noonday Devil” (1970)
- Mission: Impossible: “The Amateur” (1970)
- Mission: Impossible: “The Connection” (1971)
- Ironside: “The Killer Priest Series” (1971)
- Mannix: “Cry Silence” (1972)
- Cannon (1972, 1973) 3 episodes
- The Streets of San Francisco (1973)
- Gunsmoke: “Talbot” (1973)
- Kung Fu (1973 and 1974)
- Hawaii Five-O (1974)
- Harry O (1975–1976) 30 episodes
- Once an Eagle (1976)
- How the West Was Won (1976–1977)
- The Red Hand Gang (1977)
- The Rockford Files: “The Gang at Don’s Drive-In” (1978)
- Centennial (1978)
- Little House on the Prairie “The Wild Boy” (1982)
- George Washington (1984)
- A.D. (miniseries) (1985)
- Highway to Heaven (1985)
- Dream West (1986)
- One Police Plaza (1986)
- North and South, Book II (1986)
- The Equalizer: “Memories of Manon” (1987)
- The Equalizer: “The Mystery of Manon” (1988)
- Baja Oklahoma (1988)
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
- Columbo: “Columbo Goes to the Guillotine” (1989)
- The Young Riders (1989–1992)
- Murder, She Wrote: “Murder of the Month Club” (1994)
- Tales from the Crypt: “Revenge is the Nuts” (1994)
- Walker Texas Ranger: “Break In” (1996)
- Asteroid (1997)
- Frasier: “RDWRER” (2000)
- Judging Amy: “Accountability” (2004)
Beyond screen work, he has been active in regional theater, including serving as artistic director for the “Reflections, A New Plays Festival” at the GeVa Theatre in Rochester, New York. He married actress Arnette Jens (sister of Salome Jens) on October 7, 1962, and they have two children, Jennet and Jared LeVan.
Further Reading
Sources
- Wikipedia “Anthony Zerbe” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Zerbe
- IMDB ” “Anthony Zerbe” https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001875/
- Film Reference “Anthony Zerbe Biography (1936-)” http://www.filmreference.com/film/23/Anthony-Zerbe.html
- TCM “Anthony Zerbe” https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/212366%7C14460/Anthony-Zerbe/#overview
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- I Am Legend Wiki “Jonathan Matthias” https://imlegend.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Matthias
- The Face and the Voice “Anthony Zerbe in Kung Fu” https://thefaceadthevoice.blogspot.com/2009/10/anthony-zerbe-in-kung-fu.html
