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Born: July 29, 1924

This gentleman is a personal favorite...his body of work is incredible.   By the time he watched the curtain go down for the last time he had enjoyed a career that lasted more than fifty years.  The list below is nowhere near complete and only represents a small portion of this man's amazing resume. 

Because of his powerful voice he began in radio when he was just eleven years old.  He made his start on television in 1951 on "Lux Video Theatre" and would go on to appear in hundreds of television episodes over the next five decades.....During the 1960-1961 television season he had a regular run on the program "Hong Kong."

"The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen"
"The Twilight Zone" - "To Serve Man" 1962, he later spoofed this performance in 1991's Naked Gun 2 1/2
"Dr. Kildare"
"The Dick Powell Theatre"
"The United States Steel Hour"
"The Richard Boone Show"
"Perry Mason"
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"
"Honey West"
"The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"
"Bonanza"
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
"The Big Valley"
"Bewitched"
"The F.B.I."
"The Debbie Reynolds Show"
"Ironside"
"Mannix"
"Columbo"
"The New Perry Mason"
"Gunsmoke"
"Cannon"
"Police Story"
"Medical Center"
"Ellery Queen"
"Barnaby Jones"
"McCloud"
"The Bionic Woman"
"McMillan & Wife"
"Dynasty"
"The Golden Girls"
"Murder, She Wrote"
"Fantasy Island"
"The Love Boat"
"Hotel"
"Batman" (animated, voice of Mayor Hamilton Hill)

His final performance was in the 2003 film The Commission ----

He passed away on this day seven years ago...

In Memoriam Remembers:
Lloyd Bochner

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