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Antoinette Bower is a British-American retired film, television and stage actress, whose career lasted nearly four decades.


Early years

Bower was born in
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to a German mother and an English father. She lived in England, Vienna and Monte Carlo and was educated in England. She moved to Canada in 1953.


Career

Bower has many television guest roles to her credit – between 1958 and 1987, she amassed over 90 appearances on such programs as ''
Ben Casey ''Ben Casey'' is an American medical drama series that aired on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaff ...
'', '' The Fugitive'', ''
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 so ...
'', '' Twelve O'Clock High'', ''
The Invaders ''The Invaders'' is an American science-fiction television series created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, who after stumbling across evidence of an in-progress invas ...
'', ''
Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private in ...
'', '' Mission: Impossible'' (in 4 episodes), ''
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 c ...
'', ''
The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western drama television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour ...
'', ''
The Six Million Dollar Man ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin ...
'', ''
Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theodopolis "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular ''Cannon'' series, ...
'', ''
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 ...
'', ''
Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...
'' (in 3 different roles), ''
Cannon A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...
'', ''
Columbo ''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC fr ...
'', ''
Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to: * ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series * ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productio ...
'', ''
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, sup ...
'' and ''
Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The seri ...
''. In the 1970s and 1980s she appeared in the movies ''
A Death of Innocence ''A Death of Innocence'' is a 1971 American made-for-television drama film directed by Paul Wendkos. Plot A woman attends the murder trial of her daughter. Cast Reception The film was very successful in the ratings being the second most watche ...
'' (1971), ''
Die Sister, Die! ''Die Sister, Die!'' (also known as ''The Companion'') is a 1978 American thriller film (filmed in 1972) directed by Randall Hood. Plot summary Edward (Jack Ging) is tired of the "allowance" granted him by his sister Amanda (Edith Atwater) and b ...
'' (1972, released in 1978), '' Prom Night'' (1980), ''The Cowboy and the Ballerina'' (1984), '' The Evil That Men Do'' (1984) and ''
Club Paradise ''Club Paradise'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole, and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create ...
'' (1986). She played in three episodes between 1967 and 1969 of ''
Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...
'' as an underground agent in Germany. She also co-starred with
Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...
and
Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons, (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and aft ...
in the TV mini-series '' The Thorn Birds'' (1983) and, from 1989 to 1992, was a regular on the Canadian TV series '' Neon Rider''. In 1979, Bower co-starred in four episodes of '' Mutual Radio Theater''.


Personal life

Bower was married to James Francis Gill.


Selected TV and filmography


TV Series - Guest Appearances

*''
The Unforeseen ''The Unforeseen'' was a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1958 to 1960. Premise This anthology series featured stories of suspense or plots with surprise endings. Donald Jack and executive producer Peter Franci ...
'' (episode: "The Key", 1958) *'' Hudson's Bay'' (episodes: "Old Dog", "Civilization", "The Accounting" and "The Duel", 1959) *'' The Tab Hunter Show'' (episode: "Galatea", 1961) *''
Have Gun – Will Travel ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Richard Boone was rated number t ...
'' (episode: "The Piano", 1961) *''
Wagon Train ''Wagon Train'' is an American Western series that aired 8 seasons: first on the NBC television network (1957–1962), and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and became number one in the Nielsen ratings ...
'' (episode: "The Bruce Saybrook Story", 1961) *''
Thriller Thriller may refer to: * Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television ** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre Comics * ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...
'' (episodes: "The Return of Andrew Bentley" & "Waxworks", 1961) *''
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was r ...
'' (episodes: "A Woman's Help", 1961; "The Silk Petticoat", 1962) *''
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 so ...
'' (episode: "The Battle of the Roses", 1963) *''
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, sup ...
'' (episode: " Probe 7, Over and Out", 1963) *''
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 c ...
'' (episodes: "The Case of the Ancient Romeo", 1962; "The Case of the Bluffing Blast", 1963) *'' Twelve O'Clock High'' (episodes: "The Suspected", 1964; "Faith Hope and Sergeant Aronson", 1965; “Twenty-Fifth Mission”, 1966) *''
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is an American spy fiction television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a secret ...
'' (episode: "The Bow-Wow Affair", 1965) *''
The Wild Wild West ''The Wild Wild West'' is an American Western, espionage, and science fiction television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965, to April 11, 1969. Two satirical comedy television film sequels ...
'' (episode: "The Night of Sudden Death", 1965) *''
Ben Casey ''Ben Casey'' is an American medical drama series that aired on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaff ...
'' (episodes: "Journeys End in Lovers Meeting", 1965; "War of Nerves", 1965; "No More, Cried The Rooster - There Will Be Truth", 1965) *'' The Fugitive'' (episodes: "Coralee", 1966; "The Breaking of the Habit" and "The Shattered Silence", 1967) *''
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: " Catspaw"; 1967) *''
The Invaders ''The Invaders'' is an American science-fiction television series created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, who after stumbling across evidence of an in-progress invas ...
'' (episode: "Condition Red", 1967) *''
The F.B.I. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
'' (episodes: "Flight Plan", 1967; "Blueprint for Betrayal", 1967; "The Traitor", 1970; "The Exchange", 1973) *'' Mission: Impossible'' (episodes: "The Slave", 1967; "Phantoms", 1970; "The Party", 1971) *'' Ironside'' (episode: "Tagged for Murder", 1967; "Buddy, Can You Spare a Life?", 1972) *''
Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...
'' (episodes: "Carter Turns Traitor", 1967; "Duel of Honor", 1968; "Is There a Traitor in the House?", 1969) *''
The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western drama television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour ...
'' (episode: "Deathtown", 1968) *''
Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on ...
'' (episode: "Little Girl Lost", 1968) *''
Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private in ...
'' (episodes: "Deadfall: Part 1" and "Deadfall: Part 2", 1968; "Shadow of a Man", 1969) *''
Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to: * ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series * ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productio ...
'' (episode: "Six Kilos", 1969) *''
Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s, with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, an ...
'' (episode: "Valerie of the Dolls", 1969) *''
The Whiteoaks of Jalna ''The Whiteoaks of Jalna'' was a 1972 Canadian television drama miniseries based on the Jalna novels by Mazo de la Roche. At , it set a record expense at the time for a Canadian television miniseries. The series was exported internationally incl ...
'' (4 episodes, 1972) *'' Hawkins'' (episode: "Death and the Maiden," 1973) *'' The Starlost'' (episode: "The Beehive", 1973) *''
Columbo ''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC fr ...
'' (episode: "Negative Reaction", 1974) *''
Cannon A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...
'' (episode: "Point After Death," 1974) *''
The Six Million Dollar Man ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin ...
'' (episode: "A Bionic Christmas Carol", 1976) *''
Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theodopolis "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular ''Cannon'' series, ...
'' (episode: "Photo Must Credit Joe Paxton", 1978) *''
Hart to Hart ''Hart to Hart'' is an American mystery television series that premiered on August 25, 1979, on ABC. The show stars Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, respectively, a wealthy couple who lead a glamorous jetset life ...
'' (episode: "On a Bed of Harts", 1982) *'' Bring 'Em Back Alive'' (episode: "The Pied Piper", 1982) *'' The Thorn Birds'' (2 episodes, 1983) *''
Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The seri ...
'' (episode: "If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly", 1987)


TV Series - Regular Appearances

*'' Neon Rider'' (42 episodes, 1989–92)


TV Movie Appearances

* '' The Scorpio Letters'' (1967) *''The Sunshine Patriot'' (1968) *''See The Man Run'' (1971) *''
A Death of Innocence ''A Death of Innocence'' is a 1971 American made-for-television drama film directed by Paul Wendkos. Plot A woman attends the murder trial of her daughter. Cast Reception The film was very successful in the ratings being the second most watche ...
'' (1971) *'' First, You Cry'' (1978) *''The Cowboy and the Ballerina'' (1984)


Film Appearances

*''
Mutiny on the Bounty The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set h ...
'' (1962 - uncredited) *'' The Mephisto Waltz'' (1971 - uncredited) *''
Superbeast "Superbeast" is a promotional single from Rob Zombie's solo debut, ''Hellbilly Deluxe''. The song was co-written by Charlie Clouser, formerly of Nine Inch Nails. It also appears on Rob Zombie's ''Past, Present & Future (Rob Zombie album), Past, ...
'' (1972) *''
Die Sister, Die! ''Die Sister, Die!'' (also known as ''The Companion'') is a 1978 American thriller film (filmed in 1972) directed by Randall Hood. Plot summary Edward (Jack Ging) is tired of the "allowance" granted him by his sister Amanda (Edith Atwater) and b ...
'' (1972 - not released until 1978)) *'' Prom Night'' (1980) *''
Blood Song ''Blood Song'' (also known as ''Dream Slayer'') is a 1982 American independent slasher film directed Alan J. Levi, produced by Frank Avianca and Lenny Montana, and starring Frankie Avalon and Donna Wilkes. It follows a crippled young woman in ...
'' (1982) *''
Time Walker ''Time Walker'' is a 1982 science fiction horror film directed by Tom Kennedy. Since its release, the film received negative reviews from critics. Under the title ''Being from Another Planet'', it was featured in ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' ...
'' (1982) *'' The Evil That Men Do'' (1984) *''
Club Paradise ''Club Paradise'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole, and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create ...
'' (1986)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bower, Antoinette Living people American television actresses American film actresses German emigrants to the United States People from Baden-Baden 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)