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Eddie Firestone. Actor: Duel. Eddie Firestone was born on 11 December 1920 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Duel (1971), The Untouchables (1959) and The Great Locomotive Chase (1956). He was married to Mary Jean Sisich. He died on 1 March 2007 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- December 11, 1920
- March 1, 2007
Long-time character actor Eddie Firestone made his onscreen debut in the 1949 TV series "Mixed Doubles" and continued to have a prolific career that eventually spanned five decades. The San Francisco native continued acting in the 1950s, picking up bit parts on television series and in films like "Dragnet," "The Millionaire," and "Joe Butterfly ...
Actor. Specializing in playing winos and other disheveled, unsavory characters, he appeared in hundreds of television shows and films beginning in the late 1940s. He is perhaps best remembered by many for his recurring role as 'Hap' in the 1960s television series Gunsmoke. He studied at Northwestern University and...
Cause of death: respiratory and heart failure: ... 1949-1990: Eddie Firestone (December 11, 1920 – March 1, 2007) was a United States radio, television, and film actor.
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Eddie Firestone (December 11, 1920 (San Francisco, California) – March 1, 2007 (Sherman Oaks, California) was an American character actor who appeared in several films and television shows from 1949 to the mid-1980s. Firestone had appeared in such films as One Minute to Zero, Good Morning, Miss Dove, The Law and Jake Wade, The Mountain Road, Panic in the City, A Man Called Gannon, Duel, Murduck's Gang, and Invisible Strangler. As a guest star, he appeared in such television shows as the original and 1966 versions of Dragnet, Studio One, Peter Gunn, Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, I Dream of Jeannie, Rawhide, Hogan's Heroes, Ironside, Hawaii Five-O, Mayberry R.F.D., The Streets of San Francisco, Shazam!, The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Galactica 1980 and Dallas. He also appeared in several TV movies and in one of the How the West Was Won miniseries.
On March 1, 2007, Eddie Firestone died in Sherman Oaks, California, from heart failure.
•Duel: A Convseration with Director Steven Spielberg (2004) (V)
•I Take These Men (1983) (TV)
•Conquest of the Earth (1981) (TV)
•Standing Tall (1978) (TV)
•How the West Was Won (1977) (mini)
•The Sad and Lonely Saturdays (1976) (TV)
•Dallas playing "Robert 'Rabbit' Hutch" in episode: "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" (episode # 13.19) 23 February 1990
•Dallas playing "Robert 'Rabbit' Hutch" in episode: "The Crucible" (episode # 13.18) 16 February 1990
•Dallas playing "Alfred Brindle" in episode: "The Brothers Ewing" (episode # 8.20) 15 February 1985
•Dallas playing "Alfred Brindle" in episode: "Sins of the Father" (episode # 8.19) 8 February 1985
•Knight Rider playing "Sammy Phillips" in episode: "Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular" (episode # 1.5) 22 October 1982
•Quincy, M.E. playing "Man" in episode: "Guns Don't Die" (episode # 7.10) 13 January 1982
Mar 1, 2007 · 1952. Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode) as Young Father. 1952. We're Not Married! as Man in Radio Station (uncredited) 1951. Dragnet ( 3 episodes) 1948. Studio One ( 1 episode) as Hanson. Eddie Firestone (December 11, 1920 – March 1, 2007) was an American radio, television, and film actor who accumulated over 200 total credits during his ...
Firestone's expansive career included over 125 television series and movies during his career, spanning a 51 year career from 1949 to 1990. He passed away on March 1, 2007 due to respiratory and heart failure, and was interred Pierce Brothers Vallhalla Memorial Park in Hollywood, California .
