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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 5, 1910
Died
November 29, 1986
Place of Birth
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- Herbert Vigran
- Herburt Vigran
- Herb Vigram
Herb Vigran
1.3 Popularity
Biography
A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love Lucy (1951).
Known For
5.9
Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
6.2
Hopps
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
1985
5.8
Casey
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
7.1
Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck
Remington Steele
1982
8.7
Mr. Dinkel (voice)
Shirt Tales
1982
6.3
Justice Ambrose Quincy
First Monday in October
1981
6.1
Pop
Galactica 1980
1980
4.7
Mr. Kramer
Getting Wasted
1980
6.8
Cabbie
Knots Landing
1979
7.2
Weldon Manning
Taxi
1978
Credits
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")
1987
5.9
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
as Hopps
1985
6.2
I Was a Mail Order Bride
as Casey
1982
5.8
Remington Steele
as Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck
1982
7.1
Shirt Tales
as Mr. Dinkel (voice)
1982
8.7
First Monday in October
as Justice Ambrose Quincy
1981
6.3
Galactica 1980
as Pop
1980
6.1
Getting Wasted
as Mr. Kramer
1980
4.7
Knots Landing
as Cabbie
1979
6.8
Taxi
as Weldon Manning
1978
7.2
The Flintstones: Little Big League
as Judge Shale (voice)
1978
7.4
Every Girl Should Have One
as Ambrose
1978
1.0
The Loneliest Runner
as Guard
1976
6.9
Charlie's Angels
as Joe Weatherby
1976
6.7
Hawmps!
as Smitty
1976
4.3
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
Benji
as Lt. Ted Samuels
1974
6.2
Chico and the Man
1974
5.8
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
7.6
Herbie Rides Again
as Window Washer
1974
6.1
Chase
1973
0.0
Charlotte's Web
as Lurvy (voice)
1973
6.8
The Streets of San Francisco
as Max
1972
6.9
Emergency!
as Lou
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Committee Chairman
1972
8.3
The Day of the Wolves
as The Realtor
1971
6.7
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Fat
1971
6.6
Inside O.U.T.
as Harry
1971
0.0
Vanished
as Joe Hotchkiss
1971
5.0
The Odd Couple
as Louie
1970
7.8
Nanny and the Professor
1970
6.0
Love, American Style
as Bill Jenks
1969
6.0
The Brady Bunch
1969
6.7
My Dog, the Thief
as Helicopter Mechanic
1969
6.8
The Mod Squad
as Doctor
1968
6.3
The Doris Day Show
as Dr. Crawford
1968
5.3
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Out-Of-Town Man
1968
5.7
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Herb Mooney
1968
5.7
Adam-12
as Gus Archer
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Salesman
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Sam Conrad
1968
7.0
Hawaii Five-O
as Willie
1968
7.1
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
5.1
The Adventures of Gulliver
1968
6.2
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Danny Oly
1968
6.7
The Mothers-in-Law
as Judge
1967
5.8
Good Morning World
as Mr. Keith
1967
5.3
The Reluctant Astronaut
as NASA Doctor
1967
5.9
Dragnet
as Paul Woods
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as Desk Clerk
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as John Hagen
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as Pete Gulka
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as Mr. Ferguson
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as Al Sousa
1967
6.9
Dragnet
as Erv Fowler
1967
6.9
🎬
Hero
1966
5.0
Jan & Dean: On the Run
as Harry
1966
0.0
I Dream of Jeannie
as Judge Hennessey
1965
7.8
Send Me No Flowers
as TV Announcer (uncredited)
1964
6.7
Gilligan's Island
1964
7.4
Gilligan's Island
as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
1964
7.4
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as First Tour Guide
1964
7.2
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Waiter
1964
7.2
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Barber
1964
7.2
Bewitched
1964
7.9
Bewitched
as Sam the Bartender
1964
7.9
Wendy and Me
1964
0.0
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)
1964
5.6
The Brass Bottle
as Eddie
1964
6.2
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as George
1963
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Barney Morgan
1963
5.8
Temple Houston
1963
5.7
Temple Houston
as Wak
1963
5.7
Channing
as Manny
1963
7.0
The Fugitive
as Marty
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
as Clerk
1963
7.7
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
Gypsy
as Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)
1962
6.4
Period of Adjustment
as Christmas Caroler (uncredited)
1962
5.7
The Lucy Show
as Postman
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Dr. Jacoby
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Umpire
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Vet
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Doctor
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Mr. Vigran
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.8
The Virginian
as Drummer
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Arthur Wyman
1962
6.5
The Errand Boy
as Cigar Smoker in Elevator
1961
6.1
What's My Lion?
as Narrator (voice)
1961
6.0
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Bernie Quinn
1961
7.4
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as First Juror
1961
7.4
Hazel
as Mickey
1961
6.8
Top Cat
as Space Shuttle Doctor (voice)
1961
7.5
87th Precinct
as Detective Bartholdi
1961
7.5
Mister Ed
1961
6.8
Surfside 6
as Al
1960
5.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Bill Medwin
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Bellmont Gateman
1960
7.6
The Flintstones
as Cop (voice)
1960
7.4
My Three Sons
as Caretaker
1960
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
Bells Are Ringing
as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
1960
6.3
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. McCloy (voice)
1959
0.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
5.8
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Police Chief Rosenbloom
1959
5.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Art (uncredited)
1959
6.3
Bonanza
as Card Player
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Bartender
1959
7.5
Tightrope
1959
5.5
Go, Johnny, Go!
as Bill Barnett
1959
5.8
Plunderers of Painted Flats
as Mr. Perry
1959
5.0
One Step Beyond
as Grocery Wagon Driver
1959
5.6
Party Girl
as Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1958
6.8
77 Sunset Strip
as Augie
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Photographer (uncredited)
1958
6.7
Lawman
as Walt Perkins
1958
5.6
The Texan
as Sandy Potts
1958
5.5
The Ed Wynn Show
as Ernest Hinshaw
1958
0.0
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Peter Gunn
1958
6.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Bartender (uncredited)
1958
6.9
The Cry Baby Killer
as John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)
1958
5.5
The Gun Runners
as Freddy (uncredited)
1958
6.0
The Case Against Brooklyn
as Sergeant
1958
5.8
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Bartender (uncredited)
1958
0.0
The Edge of Innocence
1957
0.0
26 Men
1957
4.2
Leave It to Beaver
as Stanley the Barber
1957
7.0
Trackdown
as Bartender (uncredited)
1957
6.4
The Helen Morgan Story
as Finney
1957
5.2
The Restless Gun
as Jim Pincher
1957
3.7
The Restless Gun
as Sheriff Longhorn
1957
3.7
Maverick
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Mr. Butler
1957
6.8
The Wayward Girl
as Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
1957
6.0
Perry Mason
as Charlie, Bartender
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Ernest Pritchard
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Danny
1957
5.2
Gunsight Ridge
as R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace
1957
6.0
A Hatful of Rain
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1957
6.7
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Johnson
1957
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as George
1957
6.2
The Vampire
as Sgt. George Ryan
1957
6.2
The Midnight Story
as Charlie Cuneo
1957
6.1
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Club Manager
1957
6.0
Blondie
as J. Tyler Grant
1957
4.7
You Can't Run Away from It
as Detective
1956
4.7
Playhouse 90
as Manager
1956
7.6
Calling Homicide
as Ray Engel
1956
5.7
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Bus driver
1956
5.5
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Weltman
1956
5.5
A Cry in the Night
as Jensen
1956
5.2
Three for Jamie Dawn
as Mr. Robbins
1956
5.0
That Certain Feeling
as TV Director
1956
5.3
Our Miss Brooks
as Herb
1956
6.2
World Without End
as Reporter (uncredited)
1956
5.8
Uranium Boom
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1956
6.0
At Gunpoint
as Matt, a Saloon Patron
1955
6.3
I Died a Thousand Times
as Art (uncredited)
1955
6.1
Last of the Desperados
as Coroner (bit)
1955
6.0
Illegal
as Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1955
6.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Postal Clerk
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Joe
1955
5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Stranger with $1000
1955
6.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Newsman
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Judge Brooker
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Bob Rakle (uncredited)
1955
6.6
It's Always Fair Weather
as Nashby (uncredited)
1955
7.0
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)
1954
7.0
🎬
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)
1954
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Innkeeper
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Helicopter Mechanic (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Professor Wirt
1954
6.9
White Christmas
as Novello (uncredited)
1954
7.2
December Bride
as Eustace
1954
5.5
Father Knows Best
as George (uncredited)
1954
6.5
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Dragnet
as Mr. Archer
1954
6.2
🎬
Hey Mulligan
as Police Captain
1954
6.7
Susan Slept Here
as Sergeant Sam Hanlon
1954
6.2
Lucky Me
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1954
6.7
The Long, Long Trailer
as Trailer Salesman (uncredited)
1954
6.8
Topper
as Fenster
1953
6.0
The Band Wagon
as Man on Train (uncredited)
1953
7.1
So This Is Love
as Club M.C.
1953
4.5
Let's Do It Again
as Charlie Foster (uncredited)
1953
3.2
General Electric Theater
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as News Editor
1953
6.3
Never Wave at a WAC
as Photographer
1953
4.9
The Life Of Riley
as Muley
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
as Muley Evans
1953
6.0
Dear Uncle
as (voice)
1953
0.0
The Star
as Roy
1952
7.2
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as The Policeman
1952
5.9
The Ford Television Theatre
as Andy Thompson
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Bernie
1952
3.5
Just for You
as George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)
1952
4.8
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Monty Leeds
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Monte
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as 3rd Reporter
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Lt. Richards
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Bartender
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Marc
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Monte - Bartender
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Sam Rawlings
1952
6.3
Somebody Loves Me
as Lipscott
1952
8.5
Adventures of Superman
as Cy Horton
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Legs Leamy
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Mortimer Murray
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Mugsy Maple
1952
6.7
The Rose Bowl Story
as Rugger Grady
1952
3.5
O. Henry's Full House
as Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
1952
6.5
Oklahoma Annie
as Otto
1952
8.0
🎬
Gang Busters
1952
0.0
🎬
The Devil and John Q
as John Q.
1952
0.0
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Pete Eigen
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Eugene Murray
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Jocko Harris
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Sam Phillips
1951
6.4
The Racket
as Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)
1951
6.3
I Love Lucy
as Julie
1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
as Joe
1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
as Al Sparks
1951
7.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Walt Carter
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Hendricks
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jason
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
The Red Skelton Show
as The Judge
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Guest
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Storekeeper
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Man on CBS Studio Tour
1951
7.4
Behave Yourself!
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
6.0
Night Into Morning
as Joe - the Bartender
1951
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Stillwell (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Lt. Daggett
1951
6.0
Hunt the Man Down
as Collins' Aide (uncredited)
1950
6.2
The Jack Benny Program
as Quizmaster (2nd phone caller) (voice)
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Hank The All Night Disc Jockey (voice)
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Man in Life Vest
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Mr. Tinmin
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Carlton Flexstone - Ex-lawyer
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Manager of Ice Cream Parlor
1950
7.8
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Cab Driver
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as The Man in the Dentist's Office
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as The Man with the Money Order
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as The Delivery Man
1950
6.9
The Damned Don't Cry
as Vito Maggio (uncredited)
1950
7.1
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
Appointment with Danger
as Policeman
1950
5.6
Side Street
as News Photographer
1950
6.6
And Baby Makes Three
as Woodley
1949
4.9
House of Strangers
as Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)
1949
6.9
The Judge
as Reporter with pipe
1949
5.7
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Man in Subway (uncredited)
1948
5.3
Hazard
as Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)
1948
8.0
All My Sons
as Wertheimer (uncredited)
1948
6.2
The Noose Hangs High
as Coat Thief (uncredited)
1948
6.8
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
as Reporter
1948
6.0
Monsieur Verdoux
as Reporter (uncredited)
1947
7.7
The Burning Cross
as Jim Todd
1947
5.0
Her Adventurous Night
as Cop #2 (uncredited)
1946
7.0
The Ghost Ship
as Chief Engineer
1943
6.3
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Orderly (uncredited)
1943
5.5
It Ain't Hay
as Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)
1943
6.4
The Great Gildersleeve
as George, the jeweller
1942
5.9
The Payoff
as Reporter (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Secrets of a Co-Ed
as Soapy
1942
2.0
Pardon My Sarong
as Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)
1942
6.5
Night in New Orleans
as Player (Uncredited)
1942
4.0
Who's a Dummy?
1941
0.0
New York Town
as Barker (uncredited)
1941
10.0
Reg'lar Fellers
as Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer
1941
3.9
Murder by Invitation
as Eddie Stats, photographer
1941
5.6
Redhead
as Morocco Club bartender
1941
4.4
City of Missing Girls
as Danny Mason
1941
4.0
Behind the News
as Reporter #1 on Phone
1940
7.0
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)
1940
6.5
The Golden Fleecing
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
5.3
Cross-Country Romance
as Omaha Reporter
1940
6.4
Hold That Woman!
as Furniture Company Repossessor
1940
5.0
Two Girls on Broadway
as Reporter (uncredited)
1940
6.6
It All Came True
as Monks
1940
5.8
Those High Grey Walls
as Orderly (uncredited)
1939
6.2
🎬
Skybound
as Grant the Mechanic
1935
0.0
Vagabond Lady
as Edgar (uncredited)
1935
7.2
The Mystery Man
as Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
1935
5.4
Redhead
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Happy Landing
as Radio Operator
1934
0.0