Veteran actor and star of the first-ever Twilight Zone, Earl Holliman, has died. He was 96.
Holliman handed away on Monday, November 25, at his residence in Studio Metropolis, Los Angeles, as confirmed by his partner, Craig Curtis. His niece, Theresa Mullins Harris, additionally introduced the information on her Fb web page.
“I’m very unhappy to report that my Uncle, Earl Holliman handed away this afternoon after a brief sickness. He was 96 years previous, and the final of his siblings,” Harris wrote. “He had an extended great life. His dream at 5 years previous of changing into a film star got here true, greater than he ever might have imagined.”
She added, “He cherished listening to all the nice issues his followers needed to say about him. He shall be missed by all. I’m so glad that I used to be in a position to exit and spend time with him one final time this week.”
Born on September 11, 1928, in Delhi, Louisiana, Holliman had a stint within the U.S. Navy earlier than enrolling on the Pasadena Playhouse to check performing. He landed his first on-screen function reverse Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Scared Stiff (1953). From there, he appeared in lots of extra motion pictures, together with Forbidden Planet (1956), Gunfight on the O.Okay. Corral (1957), The Lure (1959), and extra.
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On tv, Holliman portrayed Sundance in CBS’ Resort de Paree from 1959 to 1960 and Mitch Guthrie in NBC’s Extensive Nation from 1962 to 1963. He additionally appeared within the debut episode of Rod Serling‘s The Twilight Zone, “The place Is Everyone?,” which aired on October 2, 1959.
His most memorable TV function got here as Sergeant Invoice Crowley on the NBC police procedural Police Girl, the place he starred reverse Angie Dickinson. Holliman featured in all 91 episodes of the favored sequence from 1974 to 1978.
Holliman’s different TV credit embrace Marcus Welby, M.D., Gunsmoke, The Six Million Greenback Man,Bonanza, The Fugitive, Dr. Kildare, Empty Nest, Homicide, She Wrote, Caroline within the Metropolis, and Night time Man.
His last on-screen performing function got here within the 2000 film The Excellent Tenant.
He gained a Golden Globe Award for Greatest Supporting Actor – Movement Image for The Rainmaker and likewise earned a nomination for a Golden Globe for Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Supporting Position in a Tv Sequence for his function within the 1992 sitcom Delta.