About
Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden. A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois, Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union. He appeared in the first Superman television show...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Beverly Hills, 90210Series • 1990
LassieSeries • 1954
DallasSeries • 1978
Falcon CrestSeries • 1981
Knots LandingSeries • 1979
DynastySeries • 1981
The WaltonsSeries • 1972
MaverickSeries • 1957
Charlie's AngelsSeries • 1976
Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963
NewhartSeries • 1982
Green AcresSeries • 1965
HunterSeries • 1984
The Lucy ShowSeries • 1962
The Lone RangerSeries • 1949
Here's LucySeries • 1968
BensonSeries • 1979
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Eight Is EnoughSeries • 1977
Surfside 6Series • 1960
BroncoSeries • 1958
Adventures of SupermanSeries • 1952
Hardcastle and McCormickSeries • 1983