Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series Maverick and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in Batman...
Stephanie Zimbalist, Nancy Zimbalist, Efrem Zimbalist III
Parents
Efrem Zimbalist, Alma Gluck
Siblings
Marcia Davenport
Nicknames
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Awards
Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer – Male (1959)
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Male, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Dramatic or Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance By A Supporting Actor In A Com...
Movies
“Androcles And The Lion” (1946), “Hedda Grabler” (1948), “The Consul” (1950), " The F.B.I." (1965-1974), “The Legend Of The Prince Valiant” (1991-1993), "Batman: The Animated Series" (1990)
TV Shows
“Airport 1975” (1974), “The Best Place To Be” (1974), “Beyond Witch Mountain” (1982), “The Avenging” (1982), “Remington Steele” (1983-1987)
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Deep smooth voice
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Quote
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Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again -- for the same reason. This time I quit.
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As for the year 2000 being the time for Armageddon, Jesus himself said: "Even the son doesn't know. Only the father knows." So if Jesus didn't know, you can be sure I've got no idea.
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I happen to believe that the liberating movements of our time are devised and thought up, not for the people they are supposed to champion, but to splinter society. In the case of women's liberation, if the state gets the women out of the house working, they can get to the children and bring them up. I thing that has been the game plan all along.
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I don't even know the people who are making movies today. I stopped going to the movies over 20 years ago. The movies I used to be fanatic about they stopped making. They started making another kind of movie, and it's not my kind of world.
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Fact
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His daughter Nancy Zimbalist died in 2012.
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In 2009, FBI Director Robert Mueller presented an honorary Special Agent badge to Zimbalist.
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Close friends with then-FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, Zimbalist ended many Quinn Martin productions on Sunday nights with a description of a fugitive wanted by FBI agents, exhorting viewers to be on the lookout. One of the more prominent names from this segment was James Earl Ray, assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 95, outliving his father's age of 94 by one year. His daughter Stephanie announced the news saying he was 95 years old, a devout Christian. He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends.
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7095 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.
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Occasionally, he does voice-overs, reading Biblical verses, for the Trinity Broadcasting Network, as a commercial-break starts or concludes. [February 2007]
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Came out of retirement to act with daughter Stephanie Zimbalist in a stage production of "Night of the Iguana" in Ventura, California. [October 2004]
Children from his marriage to Emily McNair: Nancy Zimbalist and Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III.
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His father was Russian-born and his mother was Romanian-born; both were from Jewish families. Zimbalist was an early practitioner and proponent of Transcendental Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, prior to his conversion to Christianity.
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In 1935, after accompanying his father on a concert tour of the Soviet Union, he was enrolled by his parents to a boarding school in Kiev, while they visited western Europe. Expected to learn piano in a class of wonderkinds, he was rather handicapped, for the classes were taught in Ukrainian - a language he did not know. He eventually ran off to Moscow, where his elder sister had been lodged with a family. After spending a bad winter in Moscow, (they only had their summer clothing, at the time). He and his sister hid the last of their money in the bottom of a cold-cream jar to prevent confiscation by Russian border officials, and they escaped from Moscow, by train to Paris.
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He was severely wounded during his World War II service, at Huertgen Forest.
Alfred Pennyworth
Piedmont Police Chief
Frankie
...
The Street Corner Kids: The Sequel
1995
Makenzie
Turbocharged Thunderbirds
1994-1995
TV Series
Jeff Tracy / The Hood / Cyric Mazard / ...
The Nanny
1994
TV Series
Theodore Timmons
Heaven Help Us
1994
TV Series
Martin Kitteridge
Burke's Law
1994
TV Series
Sam Gallagher
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
1993
Video Game
Wolfgang (voice)
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991-1993
TV Series
King Arthur
Trade Winds
1993
TV Mini-Series
Christof Philips
Murder, She Wrote
1988-1992
TV Series
Adam Quatrain / Richard Thompson Grant / Gen. Marcus Havermeyer
Hot Shots!
1991
Wilson
Zorro
1990
TV Series
Don Alejandro de la Vega
Who's the Boss?
1990
TV Series
Robert Robinson
Streets
1989
TV Series
Hunter
1988
TV Series
Clarence Hyland
Hotel
1984-1988
TV Series
Charles Cabot / Alexander Heath
American Playhouse
1987
TV Series
Col. Francis Chesney
Remington Steele
1983-1987
TV Series
Daniel Chalmers
Finder of Lost Loves
1985
TV Series
Judge Alex Hale
Cover Up
1984
TV Series
E.G. Dawson
Partners in Crime
1984
TV Series
Grant Latham
Hardcastle and McCormick
1984
TV Series
Emmett Parnell
The Love Boat
1984
TV Series
Senator Dan Whitman
The Tempest
1983
Video
Prospero
Fantasy Island
1983
TV Series
Marshall Baldwin
Insight
1963-1983
TV Series
Booth / God (T. Lord) / Fleming / ...
Shooting Stars
1983
TV Movie
Robert Cluso
Baby Sister
1983
TV Movie
Tom Burroughs
Charley's Aunt
1983
TV Movie
Colonel Francis Chesney
The Avenging
1982
Jacob Anderson
Family in Blue
1982
TV Movie
Marty Malone
Beyond Witch Mountain
1982
TV Movie
Bolt
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1982
TV Series
Aristotle
Scruples
1980
TV Mini-Series
Ellis Ikehorn
The Gathering, Part II
1979
TV Movie
Victor Wainwright
The Best Place to Be
1979
TV Movie
Bill Reardan
Terror Out of the Sky
1978
TV Movie
David Martin
A Family Upside Down
1978
TV Movie
Mike Long
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
TV Movie
Sgt. Harry Hansen
Airport 1975
1974
Captain Stacy
The F.B.I.
1965-1974
TV Series
Inspector Lewis Erskine
Wait Until Dark
1967
Sam Hendrix
The Reward
1965
Frank Bryant
Harlow
1965/II
William Mansfield
Rawhide
1965
TV Series
Jeff McKeever
The Reporter
1964
TV Series
Charles Durwood
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series
Stranger
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
TV Series
John Ferris
77 Sunset Strip
1958-1964
TV Series
Stuart Bailey
Stu Bailey
Sandy the Executioner
The Chapman Report
1962
Paul Radford
Hawaiian Eye
1959-1962
TV Series
Stuart Bailey
Bronco
1961
TV Series
Edwin Booth
By Love Possessed
1961
Arthur Winner
A Fever in the Blood
1961
Judge Leland Hoffman
The Crowded Sky
1960
Dale Heath
The Alaskans
1960
TV Series
John Conrad
Maverick
1957-1958
TV Series
Dandy Jim Buckley
Home Before Dark
1958
Jacob 'Jake' Diamond
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Maverick
1958
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
Documentary
Himself
TV Land Moguls
2004-2009
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Brothers Warner
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Actor
Batman: Behind the Mystery
2003
Video short
Himself
Praise the Lord
1981-2003
TV Series
Himself
Hollywood Behind the Badge: A Century of Cops and Detectives
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Narrator
Vicki!
1994
TV Series
Himself
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
Documentary
Himself / Narrator (voice)
A Year to Remember
1991
TV Series documentary
Himself - Host (1999)
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1991
TV Special
Himself
Hot Shots: The Making of an Important Movie
1991
Video documentary short
Himself
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards
1988
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1986
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
You Are the Jury
1984-1986
TV Series
Himself - Host / Narrator
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
1985
TV Special
Himself
50th Presidential Inaugural Gala
1985
TV Movie
Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1984
TV Movie
Himself
The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1983
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Xpose
1982
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Narrator
The Anita Bryant Spectacular
1980
TV Special
Himself - Dancer
The Mike Douglas Show
1964-1979
TV Series
Himself - Actor / Himself
The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1978
TV Special
Himself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special
ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration
1978
TV Special
Himself
The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1977
TV Special
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1972-1976
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Dinah!
1975
TV Series
Himself
Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary
1972
TV Special
Himself
Your FBI
1972
Documentary short
Narrator
The Joey Bishop Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
Season in Tyrol
1969
Documentary short
Narrator (voice)
Password All-Stars
1965
TV Series
Himself
The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1963
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
Here's Hollywood
1962
TV Series
Himself
Person to Person
1961
TV Series documentary
Himself
What About Linda?
1961
TV Special
Himself
The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1959
TV Special
Himself - Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2015
TV Special
Himself - In Memoriam
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - In Memoriam
The Making of 'Midway'
2001
Video documentary short
Stacy (scene from "Airport 1975")
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Video documentary
Stuart Bailey
Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI
1967
TV Movie
Lewis Erskine
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1994
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Television
On 1 February 1994. At 7095 Hollywood Blvd.
1959
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Most Promising Newcomer - Male
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1978
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special
A Family Upside Down (1978)
1969
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best TV Star - Male
The F.B.I. (1965)
1968
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Supporting Actor
Wait Until Dark (1967)
1959
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Supporting Actor
Home Before Dark (1958)
1959
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
1958
Golden Laurel
Laurel Awards
Top New Male Personality
9th place.
Known for movies
The F.B.I. (1965-1974) as Inspector Lewis Erskine
77 Sunset Strip (1958-1964) as Stuart Bailey / Stu Bailey / Sandy the Executioner
Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) as Alfred Pennyworth / Antoine / Cop / Frankie / Getaway Pilot / Judge / Piedmont Police Chief / Security Guard
$5 Million
