Jack Richard Collins (August 24, 1918 – January 31, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for playing the recurring role of Mike Brady's boss, Mr. Phillips, in the television series The Brady Bunch, and Peter Christopher's boss, baby-food manufacturer Max Brahms, in the short-lived sitcom television series Occasional Wife. Collins also played San Francisco Mayor Robert Ramsay in Irwin Allen's film The Towering Inferno (1974).
Collins appeared in television programs, the latter including The Phil Silvers Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mission Impossible, The Addams Family, My Favorite Martian, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, Petticoat Junction, The Odd Couple, Adam-12, Mod Squad, Ironside, The Partridge Family, The Waltons, Chico and the Man, Cannon, The Rockford Files, CHiPs, Matt Houston and Dallas.
Collins died on January 31, 2005, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86.
TV and filmography
Rock, Rock, Rock (1956) – Father Bewitched (1965–1972, TV Series) – Mr. Robbins / Jamieson / Mr. Prescott / Joseph Hinkley Sr. / Mr. Harper / Jack Rogers I Dream of Jeannie (1965, TV Series) – General Hadley The Addams Family (1966, TV Series) – Dr. Bird My Favorite Martian (1966, TV Series) – Sam Petticoat Junction (1966, TV Series) – Hubert Thatcher The Lucy Show (1968, TV Series) – Ernie Williams / Rocky Adam-12 (1968, TV Series) – Mr. Purdy Ironside (1968, TV Series) – Corning Bonanza (1969–1972, TV Series) – Mayor Harlow / Mayor / Mayor Ned Blaine / Mayor Corey / Banker The Brady Bunch (1970–1971, TV Series) – Mr. Phillips The Partridge Family (1970–1974, TV Series) – Mayor Towbin / M. C. / Investor Mod Squad (1971, TV Series) – Andy Staton Gunsmoke (1971, TV Series) – J. Stedman Edgecomb The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972, TV series) – Bronco Lewis The Waltons (1972, TV Series) – Col. Tecumseh Henderson The Odd Couple (1972–1974, TV Series) – Albert (Zebra) / Brother Samuel The Other (1972) – Mr. P.C. Pretty Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) – Mr. Reese Here's Lucy (1973) - one episode, "Tipsy through the Tulips" Mission Impossible (1973, TV Series) – Admiral Emperor of the North Pole (1973) – Dispatcher (uncredited) The Sting (1973) – Duke Boudreau Break Up (1973) – Himself The Towering Inferno (1974) – Mayor Ramsay Death Sentence (1974) – Willis Wright Linda Lovelace for President (1975) – Honest John Chico and the Man (1975, TV Series) – Customer Cannon (1975, TV Series) – Mr. Olsen / Edinger Flood! (1976, TV Movie) – Jack Spangler The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977, TV Movie) – Judge Claymore Pete's Dragon (1977) – Fisherman #3 The Rockford Files (1977–1979, TV Series) – Dr. Wetherford / Victor Kreski / Frank Martin / Finn O'Herlihy Goin' Coconuts (1978) – Charlie CHiPs (1979–1981, TV Series) – Store Manager / Lem Dover Dallas (1982–1987, TV Series) – Russell Slater Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) – Baron Von Horsch Matt Houston (1984, TV Series) – Priest The Nest (1988) – Shakey Jake (final film role)
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