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Robert Mandan
Actor
Died April 29, 2018 (86 years)
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Robert Mandan (born February 2, 1932 in Clever, Missouri) is an American actor, most famous for his portrayals of playwright David Allen on the NBC serial From These Roots from 1958 -1961, businessman Sam Reynolds serial Search for Tomorrow from 1965 to 1970, and his subsequent satire of the genre playing Chester Tate on the sitcom Soap from 1977 to 1981 on ABC. During his time on Search for Tomorrow, he appeared in the the Broadway musical Applause. He left the serial both due to the tiring of the role and the rigors of doing both the serial and the play.
Mandan appeared on Match Game in 1978, Super Password in January 1985 and made appearances on The $20,000 Pyramid as well as The $25,000 Pyramid. In addition to hi s Soap years, he made some appearances with some of his Soap cast members on All Star Family Feud one-hour specials.
He also played the ineffective but very well-meaning Colonel Fielding on the television adaptation of the movie Private Benjamin in 1981, a disapproving father, James Bradford, on ABC's Three's a Crowd opposite John Ritter in 1984, and Peace Corps doctor Bruce Gaines, who married Mrs. Garrett in her final episodes on The Facts of Life in 1986.
In 1991, Mandan reunited with his former TV wife Katherine Helmond from Soap on Who's the Boss?. He appeared in Married with Children in episode The D'Arcy Files (1994). He starred in serials more recently playing Mr. Jonesy alongside Louise Sorel on Days of our Lives from 1997 to 1998. He guest-starred as a judge on General Hospital in early 2006.
He made a memorable appearance in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Cardassians".
He also played an auctioneer on the first episode of Sanford and Son, and in 1990, he played Maxwell Hammer, a friend of Minx, in Santa Barbara.
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Filmography
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic · as Stanton Vandermint |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Dr. Wendice |
| 1997 | The MatchMaker · as McGlory Senior |
| 1995 | Sherman Oaks (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Last Resort · as Hemlock |
| 1994 | Weird Science (TV Series) · as Principal Farber |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as John Doe |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) · as Kotan Pa'Dar |
| 1992 | The Nutt House · as Mr. Henderson |
| 1992 | Intruders (1992) (TV Series) · as Dr. Stanley Epstein |
| 1991 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) · as McKenzie Ballard |
| 1987 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love · as Dr. Michaels |
| 1987 | Married... with Children (TV Series) · as Walter Traugott |
| 1987 | My Two Dads (TV Series) · as Louis J. Frazier |
| 1986 | Foofur (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Steven |
| 1985 | Stingray (1985) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Irving Randolph |
| 1984 | Who's the Boss? (TV Series) · as Reed Hamilton |
| 1984 | Three's a Crowd (TV Series) · as James Bradford |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Maxwell Hammer |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Mama's Family (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · as Senator Wingwood |
| 1982 | Zapped! · as Walter Johnson |
| 1981 | Mr. Merlin (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Private Benjamin (TV Series) · as Lawrence Fielding |
| 1980 | Too Close for Comfort (TV Series) · as Bill Rush |
| 1979 | You Can't Take It with You · as Anthony Kirby |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) · as King Xerxes |
| 1977 | MacArthur · as Representative Martin |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Captain Rosicker |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Irwin Budge |
| 1977 | Soap (TV Series) · as Chester Tate |
| 1976 | Most Wanted (TV Series) · as Fred Watson |
| 1976 | Three's Company (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Charlie Huntsinger |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Charles Blackhorn |
| 1973 | The Norliss Tapes · as George Rosen |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Dr. Michael Clossen |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as College Dean Raymond Carson |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment · as Dr. Barr |
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs · as Mr. Brill |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Walter Jerrold |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Dockmaster |
| 1972 | Maude (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Mr. Morrison |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Alex |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Hawk (TV Series) · as Inspector Hahn |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) · as Steven 'Jonesy' Jones |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as William McGrath |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Judge Bryant |