Monte Markham (born June 21, 1935) is an American

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. He has appeared in films, television series and on

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Early life

Markham was born in

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, the son of Millie Content (

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Willbur) and Jesse Edward Markham Sr., who was a merchant. He attended

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before graduating from the

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with a master's degree in theater. Markham also served 10 years as an officer in the

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during the

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Television

Markham played the dual roles of Luke and Ken Carpenter in the 1967–1968 ABC sitcom '' The Second Hundred Years'', and portrayed Harry Kellem in the original '' Hawaii Five-O''. In 1969–1970, he starred in the television series ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', based on the 1936 movie of the same name. Markham had the title role in '' The New Perry Mason'' (1973–1974). He also had the role of the racing-car-driver-turned-cyborg "Barney Miller" in the second-season episode of ''

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 ...

'' entitled "The Seven Million Dollar Man", which first aired 1 November 1974. On 9 November 1975, in the third-season episode "The Bionic Criminal", Markham reprised the role – although with the character's name changed to "Barney Hiller". The same year Markham also played the dual roles of Vince Barrett and Rick Hatfield in the ''

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 o ...

'' episode "Doomed Alibi" and portrayed the criminally insane character Pike in the episode "Power Play" in the revival of ''

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''. Markham appeared as

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's brother Clayton Hollingsworth on the

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sitcom ''

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'', in two episodes. From 1989–1992, he played the role of Captain Don Thorpe, senior lifeguard on ''

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''. He narrated several documentary series that appeared on the

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in the mid to late 1990s, including ''The Great Ships'', ''Air Combat'', and ''Combat at Sea''.

Stage

One of his earliest stage experiences was at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the summer of 1961, where he played Horatio in ''Hamle''t. Markham made his Broadway debut in 1973 in ''

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'', for which he won the

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. He also appeared on Broadway in '' Same Time, Next Year'' (1975).

Film

Markham's film work includes ''

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'', '' Guns of the Magnificent Seven'', '' Midway'', ''

Airport '77 ''Airport '77'' is a 1977 American air disaster film, and the third installment of the ''Airport'' film series. The film stars a number of veteran actors including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, and Brenda Vac ...

'', and '' We Are Still Here''. He has served as a consultant, director, producer, and narrator for A&E's ''Classroom'', ''The Great Ships'' and ''Air Combat'' series.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Monte Markham interview
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