Michael Ansara (; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was a Syrian‐American actor. He was often cast in Arab and Native American roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres, including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction.

He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow 1956-1958, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe.

Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.

Feature films

Year Title Role Notes 1944 Action in Arabia Hamid Uncredited Can't Help Singing California Caballero Uncredited1947 Intrigue Ramon's Radio Man 1947 Queen Esther: A Story from the Bible Zabad 1949 Outpost in Morocco Rifle Dispenser Uncredited 1950 South Sea Sinner Native Policeman Uncredited The Desert Hawk Guard Uncredited Kim Harem Guard Uncredited 1951 Soldiers Three Manik Rao Only the Valiant Tucsos Smuggler's Island Sikh Policeman Uncredited Bannerline Floyd My Favorite Spy House Servant Uncredited 1952 Brave Warrior The Prophet Diplomatic Courier Ivan Uncredited Yankee Buccaneer Lieutenant Romero The Golden Hawk Bernardo Díaz Road to Bali Guard Uncredited 1953 The Lawless Breed Gus Hanley Uncredited The Bandits of Corsica Blacksmith Serpent of the Nile Captain Florus Julius Caesar Pindarus White Witch Doctor De Gama Uncredited The Robe Judas Uncredited Slaves of Babylon Prince Belshazzar The Diamond Queen Mir Jumla, the Mogul's general 1954 Three Young Texans Apache Joe Drums of Tahiti Opening Narrator Uncredited The Saracen Blade Count Alesandro Siniscola Princess of the Nile Captain Kral The Egyptian Hittite Commander Uncredited Bengal Brigade Sergeant Major Puran Singh Sign of the Pagan Edecon 1955 Jupiter's Darling Maharbal Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Charlie New Orleans Uncensored Floyd 'Zero' Saxon 1956 Diane Count Ridolfi The Lone Ranger Angry Horse Gun Brothers Shawnee Jack Pillars of the Sky Kamiakin The Ten Commandments Taskmaster Uncredited 1957 Last of the Badmen Kramer Quantez Delgadito The Tall Stranger Zarata The Sad Sack Moki Uncredited 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Miguel Alvarez The Comancheros Amelung 1964 Quick, Let's Get Married Mayor Pablo 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Herod's Commander Harum Scarum Prince Dragna 1966 ...And Now Miguel Blas Chavez Texas Across the River Iron Jacket 1968 The Destructors Count Mario Romano Sol Madrid Captain Ortega Daring Game President Eduardo Delgado The Pink Jungle Raul Ortega 1969 Target: Harry Major Milos Segora Guns of the Magnificent Seven Colonel Diego 1970 The Phynx Colonel Rostinov 1972 Dear Dead Delilah Morgan Charles Stand Up and Be Counted Playboy Speaker 1973 The Doll Squad Eamon O'Reilly 1974 It's Alive The Captain The Bears and I Oliver Red Fern 1976 The Message Abu Sufyan 1977 The Manitou John Singing Rock Day of the Animals Daniel Santee Mission to Glory: A True Story Chief Coxi 1980 Beyond Evil Troido 1981 The Guns and the Fury Prince Sohrab 1984 Access Code Senator Dales 1985 KGB: The Secret War Lyman Taylor 1986 Knights of the City Mr. Delamo 1987 Assassination Senator Bunsen 1990 Border Shootout Chuluha 1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze Voice, direct-to-video 1999 The Long Road Home Murdock Haynes Final film role

Television films + Television films of Michael Ansara Date Title Role Notes March 27, 1962 Adam MacKenzie, Frontier Doctor Adam MacKenzie Proposed Wagon Train spin off 1964 The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk Ogana January 7, 1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation Pucci 1969 Target: Harry Major Milos Segora April 16, 1971 Powderkeg Paco Morales Pilot movie for Bearcats! February 16, 1973 Call to Danger Frank Mulvey October 30, 1973 Ordeal Sheriff Peter Geeson January 9, 1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town Reynolds May 4, 1975 The Barbary Coast Diamond Jack Bassiter Pilot movie for Barbary Coast September 6, 1978 Dr. Strange Voice of Yao/Ancient One 1979 The Story of Esther Haman 1982 Bayou Romance Zanko 1984 The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins Turk

Recurring television roles + Recurring series roles of Michael Ansara Year(s) Series Role Episodes 1956–1958 Broken Arrow Cochise 72 episodes 1959–1960 Law of the Plainsman Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart 30 episodes 1979–1980 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Kane 3 episodes 1986 Rambo: The Force of Freedom Voice of General Warhawk 63 episodes

Television guest appearances + Television guest appearances of Michael Ansara Date Series Episode Role February 8, 1951 The Lone Ranger "Trouble at Black Rock" Walker March 25, 1951 Family Theater "Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration" Decius November 21, 1951 Family Theater "That I May See" March 10, 1952 Dangerous Assignment "The Bodyguard Story" Hugo April 14, 1952 Dangerous Assignment "The One Blue Chip Story" Chin May 1, 1952 Dangerous Assignment "The Mine Story" Bulga June 16, 1952 Dangerous Assignment "The Decoy Story" Kursta December 31, 1954 Dragnet "The Big Rod" Carl Chapman January 29, 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Shopping For Death" Butcher April 15, 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Orderly World of Mr. Appelby" Desar May 6, 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Baby Sitter" Mr. DeMario April 3, 1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans "Hawkeye's Homecoming" Ogana February 17, 1959 The Rifleman "The Indian" Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart June 9, 1959 The Rifleman "The Raid" Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart October 2, 1960 The Rebel "The Champ" Docker Mason November 3, 1960 The Untouchables "Nicky" Charlie Steuben February 2, 1961 The Untouchables "The Jamaica Ginger Story" Rafael Torrez January 11, 1961 Wagon Train "The Patience Miller Story" Northstar October 3, 1963 Rawhide "Incident of Iron Bull" Joseph November 9, 1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Hot Line" Malinoff April 16, 1964 Perry Mason "The Case of the Antic Angel" Vince Kabat September 19, 1964 The Outer Limits "Soldier" Quarlo Clobregnny April 14, 1965 The Virginian "Showdown" Marshall Merle Frome February 21, 1965 Branded "The Bounty" Thomas Frye October 29, 1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. "The Arabian Affair" Sulador January 2, 1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "The Killers of the Deep" Capt. Tomas Ruiz March 2, 1966 Lost in Space "The Challenge" The Ruler March 3, 1966 Daniel Boone "The Search" Sebastian Drake March 5, 1966 Gunsmoke "Honor Before Justice" Grey Horse September 12, 1966 I Dream of Jeannie "Happy Anniversary" Blue Djinn September 20, 1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. "The Prisoner of the Zalamar Affair" Vizier October 13, 1966 Bewitched "A Most Unusual Wood Nymph" Rufus the Red November 16, 1966 The Virginian "High Stakes" Paul Dallman November 17, 1966 Daniel Boone "The Enchanted Gun" Sebastian Drake November 25, 1966 The Time Tunnel "Secret Weapon" Curator February 18, 1967 Gunsmoke "The Returning" Luke Todd March 14, 1967 The Fugitive "The Savage Street" Officer Miguel 'Mike' Anza March 24, 1967 The Time Tunnel "The Kidnappers" Curator January 2, 1968 I Dream of Jeannie "The Battle of Waikiki" King Kamehameha February 9, 1968 Tarzan "Trek to Terror" Regis November 1, 1968 Star Trek "Day of the Dove" Commander Kang January 26, 1969 Land of the Giants "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth" Murtrah December 9, 1969 I Dream of Jeannie "My Sister, the Home Wrecker" Major Biff Jellico January 23, 1970 The Name of the Game "The Takeover" Ben Kaliman May 19, 1970 I Dream of Jeannie "One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind" Director February 23, 1971 The Mod Squad "A Double for Danger" Ray Abruzzi September 12, 1972 Hawaii Five-O "Death is a Company Policy" Piro Manoa December 9, 1972 The Streets of San Francisco "The Year of the Locusts" Albert 'Al' Ferguson February 23, 1973 Mission: Impossible "The Western" Ed Stoner January 31, 1974 Chopper One "The Bust-Out" Vic Altmann November 23, 1974 Nakia "The Dream" Howard Gray Hawk January 30, 1976 The Rockford Files "Joey Blue Eyes" Joseph DiMinna February 22, 1976 Kojak "Justice Deferred" Keith McCallum October 1, 1978 Centennial Only the Rocks Live Forever" Lame Beaver May 10, 1980 Fantasy Island "My Fair Pharoh/The Power" Ptolemy October 19, 1980 CHiPs "The Poachers" Nathan McCallister October 31, 1981 Thundarr the Barbarian "Prophecy of Peril" Vashtar, voice December 5, 1981 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends "Quest of the Red Skull" Hiawatha Smith, voice November 2, 1985 Hunter "Rape and Revenge, Part 1 & 2" General Mariano December 2, 1985 Hardcastle and McCormick "Mirage a Trois" Sheik Abdullah Casir January 10, 1986 The Fall Guy "Miami's Nice" Cyril Duncan April 29, 1987 The New Mike Hammer "A Blinding Fear" Sandor Kraken December 18, 1988 Murder, She Wrote "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" Nicholas Rossi September 7, 1992 Batman: The Animated Series "Heart of Ice" Voice of Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries March 27, 1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Blood Oath Kang November 16, 1994 Babylon 5 "The Geometry of Shadows" Elric November 26, 1994 Batman: The Animated Series "Deep Freeze" Voice of Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries April 29, 1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "The Muse" Jeyal September 11, 1996 Star Trek: Voyager "Flashback" Kang October 11, 1997 The New Batman Adventures "Cold Comfort" Voice of Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries February 13, 1999 Batman Beyond "Meltdown" Voice of Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2001 Batman: Vengeance Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries Final acting role

Videos Year Title Role Notes 1997 Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard Malfeasor

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