Phillip Pine (July 16, 1920 – December 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor, writer, film director, and producer. Despite incorrect biographical information repeated on many entertainment sites, he was not related to

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. In a career that spanned seven decades, Pine in 1955 portrayed the outlaw

John Wesley Hardin John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming h ...

in the ninth episode "John Wesley Hardin" of the

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Western television series, ''

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' is the first Western television series written for adults, premiering four days before ''Gunsmoke'' on September 6, 1955. Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western ''Cheyenne''. The series is loosely base ...

'', starring

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in the title role. In a 1957 episode of the same series, Pine again played Hardin. Later that year, he appeared on ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...

'', as “Vint” - a cheating card dealer turned murderer in the episode “Moon”. Pine appeared in two episodes of '' Adventures of Superman'' titled "The Mystery of the Broken Statues" and "The Case of the Talkative Dummy". In the latter, he played a theater usher who was part of a robbery gang (see picture in infobox). He appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' titled "The Ben Courtney Story" and "The Esteban Zamora Story" in 1959. Pine was in the second episode of '' The Outer Limits'' entitled "

The Hundred Days of the Dragon "The Hundred Days of the Dragon" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 23 September 1963, during the first season. Introduction An Asian government develops a reliable means of changing a person's ...

". He also appeared in two episodes of ''

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, su ...

'', "

The Four of Us Are Dying "The Four of Us Are Dying" is episode 13 of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. It originally aired on CBS on January 1, 1960. Opening narration Plot Arch Hammer is a con man who can change his face to look like anyon ...

", and "

The Incredible World of Horace Ford "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" is an episode in season four of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. In this episode, a toy designer fixated on his childhood days finds that he travels back to those times whenever ...

". Pine appeared as mobster Jack Zuta in the third episode of ''

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'' titled "The Jake Lingle Killing" and in 1962 he co-starred in the episode "The Whitey Steele Story". He also appeared in '' The Fugitive''. He made a 1964 appearance as Phillip Stewart in the ''

Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and 4 short stories, all of which involve a cli ...

'' episode, "The Case of the Wednesday Woman". In 1964 Pine guest starred on ''

Combat! ''Combat!'' is an American television drama series that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in ''Combat!'' was depicted on-screen as a stylized bayonet. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American sol ...

'' as Pvt. Steve Cantrell in the third season episode "Birthday Cake". He played a

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submarine captain marooned inside an underwater cave with four other survivors in the 1965 ''

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, M ...

'' episode "And Five of Us Are Left". Pine played a confessed bank robber in the ninth episode of the television series ''

Peter Gunn ''Peter Gunn'' is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, Edie Hart. The series aired on NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and on ABC in 1960–1961. The seri ...

'' entitled "Image of Sally", first aired November 17, 1958. In 1966, Pine played

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in the episode "Samaritans, Mountain Style" of the syndicated series, ''

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'', hosted by Robert Taylor. In the storyline, Carson and Frenchy Gody (

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), a part of the

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(

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) expedition, stop to help a settler in dire straits. In 1967, Pine appeared in an episode of ''

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'' entitled "Genesis". Pine also appeared in an episode of '' Rawhide'' entitled "Incident at Dangerfield Dip". He also played a gangster known only as "Mark" in

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's film noir classic, ''

Murder by Contract ''Murder by Contract'' is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film. Centering on an existentialist hit man assigned to kill a woman, the film i ...

''.New York Times: Philip Pine
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'' (season 5) called "Cry for the Children" as "Eddie Creagan", in an episode of '' Ironside'' (season 3) called "Alias Mrs Braithwaite?" and in ''

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'' (season 1) called "Full Fathom 5". Notably, he played a Japanese man in a later ''Hawaii Five-O'' episode called "Which Way Did They Go?" In 1969, Pine appeared in a ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'' episode of season 3, "

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", as the genocidal Earth warlord Colonel Green. Pine also appeared in the first season of ''

Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was or ...

'' in the episode titled "Murder in the Doll's House" (03/25/1973).

Partial filmography

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The Sailor Takes a Wife ''The Sailor Takes a Wife'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Robert Walker (actor, born 1918), Robert Walker and June Allyson. Plot During World War II, a sailor in New York City who is about to be s ...

'' (1945) - Aide (uncredited) *''

The Street with No Name ''The Street with No Name'' is a 1948 film noir directed by William Keighley. A follow-up to ''The House on 92nd Street'' (1945), it tells the story of an undercover FBI agent, Gene Cordell ( Mark Stevens), who infiltrates a deadly crime gang. Cor ...

'' (1948) - Monk (uncredited) *''

I Shot Jesse James ''I Shot Jesse James'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Samuel Fuller about the murder of Jesse James by Robert Ford and Robert Ford's life afterwards. The story is built around a fictional rivalry between Ford and his eventual kill ...

'' (1949) - Man in Saloon *'' The Set-Up'' (1949) - Souza *'' Red Light'' (1949) - Pablo Cabrillo *'' Battleground'' (1949) - G.I. Non-Com (uncredited) *''

D.O.A. DOA may refer to: * Dead on arrival * Dead or Alive (disambiguation) Film * ''D.O.A.'' (1949 film), a ''film noir'' * ''D.O.A.'' (1988 film), a remake of the 1949 film * '' D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage'' (1980 film), a documentary on the gene ...

'' (1949) - Angelo (uncredited) *'' My Foolish Heart'' (1949) - Sgt. Lucey *''

The Flame and the Arrow ''The Flame and the Arrow'' is a 1950 American Technicolor swashbuckler film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a ...

'' (1950) - One of Dardo's Band (uncredited) *''

Insurance Investigator An insurance investigator examines insurance claims that are suspicious or otherwise in doubt. Investigators in this field have differing specialties and backgrounds. Some insurance companies have their own in-house investigation teams while other ...

'' (1951) - 2nd Hood *''

The Wild Blue Yonder ''The Wild Blue Yonder'' is a 2005 science fiction fantasy film by German director Werner Herzog. It was presented at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award. It was screened in competition at the Mar del Plata Internati ...

'' (1951) - Sgt. Tony *''

Hoodlum Empire ''Hoodlum Empire'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane starring Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler and John Russell.. It was inspired by the Kefauver Committee hearings dealing w ...

'' (1952) - Louis Barretti *''

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'' (1954) - Fiaschetti (uncredited) *''

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues ''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'' is a 1955 independently made, American, black-and-white, science-fiction monster film, produced by Jack Milner and Dan Milner (who also directed), that stars Kent Taylor and Cathy Downs. The film's December ...

'' (1955) - George Thomas *'' The Price of Fear'' (1956) - Vince Burton *''

Men in War ''Men in War'' is a 1957 black and white American war film about the Korean War directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray as the leaders of a small detachment of American soldiers cut off and desperately trying to rejoin th ...

'' (1957) - Sgt. Riordan *''

'' (1957) - Vin *''

Desert Hell ''Desert Hell'' is a 1958 American adventure film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Charles Marquis Warren and Endre Bohem. The film stars Brian Keith, Barbara Hale, Richard Denning, Johnny Desmond, Phillip Pine, Richard Shannon ( ...

'' (1958) - Cpl. Carlo Parini *''

'' (1958) - Marc *''

The Lost Missile ''The Lost Missile'' is a 1958 American science fiction film written by John McPartland and science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby. It was to have been directed by William Berke, who was also the executive producer, but following Berke's sudden de ...

'' (1958) - Dr. Joe Freed *''

The Big Fisherman ''The Big Fisherman'' is a 1959 American historical drama film directed by Frank Borzage about the life of Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus. Starring Howard Keel, Susan Kohner and John Saxon, the production is adapted from the 1948 no ...

'' (1959) - Lucius *''

'', "Birthday Cake" (1964) - Pvt. Steve Cantrell *'' Brainstorm'' (1965) - Dr. Ames *''

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round ''Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' is a 1966 crime film written and directed by Bernard Girard, and starring James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Todd Armstrong, Robert Webber, Rose Marie and Harrison Ford in his film debut. P ...

'' (1966) - George Logan *'' Project X'' (1968) - Dr. Lee Craig *'' Hook, Line & Sinker'' (1969) - Head Surgeon *''The Cat Ate the Parakeet'' (1972) - Earl *''Glass Houses'' (1972) - Ted *''Money to Burn'' (1983) - Dean Hayden *''Run If You Can'' (1988) - Kudelski

References

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''Superman'' episode with Phil Pine
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