Robert Karnes
Born Jun 19 1917• Died Dec 04 1979
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Biography
Robert Karnes was an American actor known for his work in film, stage, and television from 1946 to 1979. He appeared in numerous popular TV shows like "Gunsmoke" and "The Twilight Zone," and films including "From Here to Eternity" and "Miracle on 34th Street."
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Robert Karnes's Credits
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The Fugitive
Sheriff Ralls
Perry Mason
Det. Purvis
Columbo
Grover
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Owen Siebert
M*A*S*H
Colonel
The Waltons
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Police Sergeant
Ironside
The Andy Griffith Show
Jack
Mannix
Walter Drake
Charlie's Angels
Gordon Sanders
Emergency!
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Peavey
The Twilight Zone
Robbins
The Rockford Files
Capt. Hulette
The Virginian
Sheriff of Concho
The Six Million Dollar Man
Fire Captain
Dr. Kildare
Monte
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Rider
Matinee Theater
Police Woman
Cannon
Hawaiian Eye
Walter Krohl
Ben Casey
Rawhide
Sheriff
Cheyenne
The Name of the Game
Dick Nelson
The Big Valley
Padre
The Rookies
McCloud
Baretta
Night Gallery
M Squad
Harry Conklin
Benson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ed Mungo
Bat Masterson
Landry
Trackdown
Peter Gunn
Sea Hunt
The Mod Squad
Gunsmoke
Roberts
The Streets of San Francisco
The Texan
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Colonel Hawks
The Abbott and Costello Show
Jones
Police Story
Sgt. Alvarsson
Cavalcade of America
Pilot
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Jack
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Sheriff King
Cain's Hundred
John Hurlie
The New Breed
Fred Clinton
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Drunk
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Detectives
Outlaws
The Outsider
Max
Cimarron Strip
26 Men
The Lawless Years
Max Fields
The Lieutenant
Racket Squad
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Turp Thornhill (uncredited)
I'm the Law
The Walter Winchell File
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Officer Sammy (uncredited)
Death Valley Days
Brandon
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Burnside
Miracle on 34th Street
Bellevue Intern #2 (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Technical Sergeant (uncredited)
San Francisco International Airport
Barnes
All the King's Men
Legislator (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley
Joe / Bellhop (uncredited)
Call Northside 777
Pete (uncredited)
Cry of the City
Intern
Kiss of Death
Tommy's Henchman (uncredited)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Detective Tom Gray
The Street with No Name
David Jannings (Uncredited)
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
The Helicopter Spies
Ship's Captain
Vice Squad
Lou (uncredited)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Poker Player
Kung Fu
Parkes
Captain from Castile
Manuel Perez (uncredited)
The Over the Hill Gang
Sheriff
The Red Ball Express
Engineer Captain (uncredited)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Alan Templeton
O. Henry Playhouse
Jimmy Wells
The Harness
Edgar Chappel
Trapped
Agent Fred Foreman
Stagecoach To Fury
Talbot
The Priest Killer
Hugh O'Flynn
Three Husbands
Kenneth Whittaker
Road House
Mike
Hitched
Sheriff
He Ran All the Way
Police Lieutenant
Indict and Convict
Lt. Daniels
Bogie
Chess Player
Return to Earth
Bachelor Flat
Police Officer
The Failing of Raymond
City Editor
The Clone Master
Trankus
Utah Wagon Train
Henchman Jack Scully
A Case of Rape
Judge
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Harry "Chip" Rogan
Executive Action
Man at Rifle Range
Man on the Outside
Sergeant
The Silver Star
Ward Blythe (as Bob Karnes)
One Spy Too Many
Col. Hawks
Gable and Lombard
Gable's Director
Apache Rifles
George, the Sheriff
Hi Grandma!
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Attendant
Money to Burn
Team Leader
Rodeo
Charles Olenick
Riders to the Stars
Walter Gordon
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Stretch Dominy
Too Soon to Love
Scarecrow
Minister Dodge
Hills of Oklahoma
Brock Stevens
Colt .45
Henchman (uncredited)
Anatomy of an Accident
Woody
Storm Over Tibet
Radio Operator
Fear No More
Joe Brady
Escape to Sonoita
Patrolman
Project Moon Base
Sam
Five Guns to Tombstone
Matt Wade
The Crimebusters
John Herlie
Freeing “Trapped”
Self (archive footage)