Herb Vigran

Acting • Born 1910-06-05 – Died 1986-11-29

Acting1Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

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).

Filmography

307 credits

Redhead

Movie • 1934

Factory Worker (uncredited)

Public Pigeon No. 1

Movie • 1957

Club Manager

The Ghost Ship

Movie • 1943

Chief Engineer

A Cry in the Night

Movie • 1956

Jensen

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

Movie • 1959

Mr. McCloy (voice)

Who's a Dummy?

Movie • 1941

Bells Are Ringing

Movie • 1960

Barney Lampwick (uncredited)

The Case Against Brooklyn

Movie • 1958

Sergeant

Send Me No Flowers

Movie • 1964

TV Announcer (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Movie • 1951

Stillwell (uncredited)

House of Strangers

Movie • 1949

Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)

Calling Homicide

Movie • 1956

Ray Engel

The Judge

Movie • 1949

Reporter with pipe

The Midnight Story

Movie • 1957

Charlie Cuneo

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Movie • 1954

Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)

The Band Wagon

Movie • 1953

Man on Train (uncredited)

Those High Grey Walls

Movie • 1939

Orderly (uncredited)

What's My Lion?

Movie • 1961

Narrator (voice)

I Died a Thousand Times

Movie • 1955

Art (uncredited)

That Certain Feeling

Movie • 1956

TV Director

And Baby Makes Three

Movie • 1949

Woodley

Redhead

Movie • 1941

Morocco Club bartender

First Monday in October

Movie • 1981

Justice Ambrose Quincy

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

Movie • 1985

Hopps (voice)

Somebody Loves Me

Movie • 1952

Lipscott

Lucky Me

Movie • 1954

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Inside O.U.T.

Movie • 1971

Harry

Jan & Dean: On the Run

Movie • 1966

Harry

Illegal

Movie • 1955

Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)

City of Missing Girls

Movie • 1941

Danny Mason

Dragnet

Movie • 1954

Mr. Archer

Side Street

Movie • 1950

News Photographer

Chase

Movie • 1973

Emergency!

Movie • 1972

Committee Chairman

The Rose Bowl Story

Movie • 1952

Rugger Grady

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Movie • 1964

Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)

Period of Adjustment

Movie • 1962

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Party Girl

Movie • 1958

Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trailer

Movie • 1954

Trailer Salesman (uncredited)

The Mystery Man

Movie • 1935

Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

The Devil and John Q

Movie • 1952

John Q.

Gypsy

Movie • 1962

Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)

Getting Wasted

Movie • 1980

Mr. Kramer

Skybound

Movie • 1935

Grant the Mechanic

All My Sons

Movie • 1948

Wertheimer (uncredited)

Gunsight Ridge

Movie • 1957

R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace

The Payoff

Movie • 1942

Reporter (uncredited)

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Movie • 1948

Man in Subway (uncredited)

Charlotte's Web

Movie • 1973

Lurvy (voice)

The Helen Morgan Story

Movie • 1957

Finney (uncredited)

Three for Jamie Dawn

Movie • 1956

Mr. Robbins

Susan Slept Here

Movie • 1954

Sergeant Sam Hanlon

O. Henry's Full House

Movie • 1952

Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Oklahoma Annie

Movie • 1952

Otto

Monsieur Verdoux

Movie • 1947

Reporter (uncredited)

So This Is Love

Movie • 1953

Club M.C.

The Star

Movie • 1952

Roy

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Movie • 1942

Soapy

Reg'lar Fellers

Movie • 1941

Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer

Happy Landing

Movie • 1934

Radio Operator

Dear Uncle

Movie • 1953

(voice)

It's Always Fair Weather

Movie • 1955

Nashby (uncredited)

Hazard

Movie • 1948

Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)

It All Came True

Movie • 1940

Monks

The Golden Fleecing

Movie • 1940

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Two Girls on Broadway

Movie • 1940

Reporter (uncredited)

Cross-Country Romance

Movie • 1940

Omaha Reporter

Stranger on the Third Floor

Movie • 1940

Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)

Behind the News

Movie • 1940

Reporter #1 on Phone

Hold That Woman!

Movie • 1940

Furniture Company Repossessor

Let's Do It Again

Movie • 1953

Charlie Foster (uncredited)

The Vampire

Movie • 1957

Sgt. George Ryan

The Damned Don't Cry

Movie • 1950

Vito Maggio (uncredited)

Every Girl Should Have One

Movie • 1978

Ambrose

The Great Gildersleeve

Movie • 1942

George, the jeweller

Murder by Invitation

Movie • 1941

Eddie Stats, photographer

Plunderers of Painted Flats

Movie • 1959

Mr. Perry

The Reluctant Astronaut

Movie • 1967

NASA Doctor

The Burning Cross

Movie • 1947

Jim Todd

Last of the Desperados

Movie • 1955

Coroner (bit)

The Gun Runners

Movie • 1958

Freddy (uncredited)

New York Town

Movie • 1941

Barker (uncredited)

Benji

Movie • 1974

Lt. Ted Samuels

Herbie Rides Again

Movie • 1974

Window Washer

Never Wave at a WAC

Movie • 1953

Photographer

The Day of the Wolves

Movie • 1971

The Realtor

Just for You

Movie • 1952

George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)

The Edge of Innocence

Movie • 1957

Cry Baby Killer

Movie • 1958

John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)

White Christmas

Movie • 1954

Novello (uncredited)

The Errand Boy

Movie • 1961

Cigar Smoker in Elevator

Appointment with Danger

Movie • 1950

Policeman

The Brass Bottle

Movie • 1964

Eddie

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Movie • 1943

Orderly (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Movie • 1948

Reporter

Bedtime for Bonzo

Movie • 1951

Lt. Daggett

World Without End

Movie • 1956

Reporter (uncredited)

Hunt the Man Down

Movie • 1950

Collins' Aide (uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong

Movie • 1942

Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)

It Ain't Hay

Movie • 1943

Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)

Blackbeard's Ghost

Movie • 1968

Danny Oly

Night in New Orleans

Movie • 1942

Player (uncredited)

Our Miss Brooks

Movie • 1956

Herb

I Was a Mail Order Bride

Movie • 1982

Casey

The Noose Hangs High

Movie • 1948

Coat Thief (uncredited)

The Loneliest Runner

Movie • 1976

Guard

Behave Yourself!

Movie • 1951

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Her Adventurous Night

Movie • 1946

Cop #2 (uncredited)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

Movie • 1954

Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)

The Wayward Girl

Movie • 1957

Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)

The Flintstones: Little Big League

Movie • 1978

Judge Shale (voice)

The Racket

Movie • 1951

Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)

A Hatful of Rain

Movie • 1957

Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Uranium Boom

Movie • 1956

Hotel Desk Clerk

At Gunpoint

Movie • 1955

Matt, a Saloon Patron

You Can't Run Away from It

Movie • 1956

Detective

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Movie • 1971

Fat

Go, Johnny, Go!

Movie • 1959

Bill Barnett

My Dog, the Thief

Movie • 1969

Helicopter Mechanic

Night Into Morning

Movie • 1951

Joe - the Bartender

The Notorious Mr. Monks

Movie • 1958

Bartender (uncredited)

Amazon Women on the Moon

Movie • 1987

Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

Vagabond Lady

Movie • 1935

Edgar (uncredited)

Hawmps!

Movie • 1976

Smitty

Carnival Nights

Movie • 1968

Policeman

Cancel My Reservation

Movie • 1972

Roscoe Snagby

These Wilder Years

Movie • 1956

Traffic Cop

The Love Bug

Movie • 1968

Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)

Iron Man

Movie • 1951

Melio (uncredited)

Babe

Movie • 1977

Heckler (uncredited)

The Miracle on 34th Street

Movie • 1955

Postal Clerk

Mister Ed

TV • 1961

The Andy Griffith Show

TV • 1960

Bill Medwin

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV • 1959

77 Sunset Strip

TV • 1958

Augie

Remington Steele

TV • 1982

Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck

December Bride

TV • 1954

Eustace

The Odd Couple

TV • 1970

Louie

I Dream of Jeannie

TV • 1965

Judge Hennessey

Hawaii Five-O

TV • 1968

Willie

The Brady Bunch

TV • 1969

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV • 1961

Bernie Quinn

Gilligan's Island

TV • 1964

The Lucy Show

TV • 1962

Postman

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV • 1962

Chico and the Man

TV • 1974

The Jeffersons

TV • 1975

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV • 1964

First Tour Guide

The Flintstones

TV • 1960

Cop (voice)

The Streets of San Francisco

TV • 1972

Max

I Love Lucy

TV • 1951

Julie

Petticoat Junction

TV • 1963

Barney Morgan

Charlie's Angels

TV • 1976

Joe Weatherby

Knots Landing

TV • 1979

Cabbie

The Life Of Riley

TV • 1953

Muley

Surfside 6

TV • 1960

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Doctor

Dragnet

TV • 1951

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Charlie, Bartender

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Judge Brooker

Bewitched

TV • 1964

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Adam-12

TV • 1968

Gus Archer

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV • 1974

Leave It to Beaver

TV • 1957

Stanley the Barber

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Newsman

Nanny and the Professor

TV • 1970

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Marty

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Drummer

The Adventures of Gulliver

TV • 1968

Glum (voice)

Peter Gunn

TV • 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Walt Carter

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV • 1957

Johnson

One Step Beyond

TV • 1959

Grocery Wagon Driver

M Squad

TV • 1957

Danny

Galactica 1980

TV • 1980

Pop

Adventures of Superman

TV • 1952

Cy Horton

Pete and Gladys

TV • 1960

Good Morning World

TV • 1967

Mr. Keith

The Donna Reed Show

TV • 1958

Mr. Sprague

Wendy and Me

TV • 1964

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV • 1958

Bartender (uncredited)

The Dakotas

TV • 1963

Vanished

TV • 1971

Joe Hotchkiss

Cavalcade of America

TV • 1952

Bernie

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

TV • 1968

Tightrope

TV • 1959

26 Men

TV • 1957

Hey, Jeannie!

TV • 1956

Bus driver

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV • 1959

Art (uncredited)

Gang Busters

TV • 1952

Hero

TV • 1966

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

TV • 1950

Cab Driver

Channing

TV • 1963

Manny

Shirt Tales

TV • 1982

Mr. Dinkel (voice)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

TV • 1952

The Policeman

Maverick

TV • 1957

My Three Sons

TV • 1960

Caretaker

Bewitched

TV • 1964

Sam the Bartender

Taxi

TV • 1978

Weldon Manning

Maverick

TV • 1957

Mr. Butler

Dragnet

TV • 1951

Pete Eigen

Hey, Jeannie!

TV • 1956

Weltman

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV • 1955

Postal Clerk

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Card Player

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

Quizmaster (2nd phone caller) (voice)

The Lucy Show

TV • 1962

Dr. Jacoby

Adventures of Superman

TV • 1952

Legs Leamy

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV • 1957

George

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Arthur Wyman

The Andy Griffith Show

TV • 1960

Bellmont Gateman

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

Hank The All Night Disc Jockey (voice)

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

News Editor

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Hendricks

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Monte

TV • 1959

Bartender

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV • 1954

Innkeeper

The Life Of Riley

TV • 1953

Muley Evans

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV • 1955

Joe

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

Mr. Tinmin

Playhouse 90

TV • 1956

Manager

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

TV • 1954

Professor Wirt

Adventures of Superman

TV • 1952

Mortimer Murray

Topper

TV • 1953

Fenster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV • 1955

Stranger with $1000

Father Knows Best

TV • 1954

TV • 1958

Photographer (uncredited)

87th Precinct

TV • 1961

Detective Bartholdi

Lawman

TV • 1958

Walt Perkins

Top Cat

TV • 1961

Space Shuttle Doctor (voice)

The Texan

TV • 1958

Sandy Potts

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

The Mothers-in-Law

TV • 1967

Judge

Dragnet

TV • 1967

Paul Woods

Trackdown

TV • 1957

Bartender (uncredited)

Blondie

TV • 1957

J. Tyler Grant

Hey Mulligan

TV • 1954

Police Captain

Hazel

TV • 1961

Mickey

The Restless Gun

TV • 1957

Jim Pincher

TV • 1954

Helicopter Mechanic (uncredited)

The Doris Day Show

TV • 1968

TV • 1961

First Juror

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV • 1955

Bob Rakle (uncredited)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV • 1964

Barber

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV • 1959

Police Chief Rosenbloom

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV • 1963

George

Chevron Theatre

TV • 1952

Emergency!

TV • 1972

Lou

The Ford Television Theatre

TV • 1952

Andy Thompson

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

Manager of Ice Cream Parlor

Maverick

TV • 1957

Ed Cramer

The Danny Thomas Show

TV • 1953

Baseball Coach

Bewitched

TV • 1964

Sergeant

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV • 1948

The Jack Benny Program

TV • 1950

2nd Policeman

Checkmate

TV • 1960

Herb, Bartender

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV • 1958

Mr. Galt