# Philip Sterling

Philip Sterling (October 9, 1922 – November 30, 1998) was an American film and television actor. He played Dr. Winston Croft on 28 episodes of the American daytime soap opera The Doctors. He also played Judge Truman Ventnor on 21 episodes in Sisters and Dr. Simon Weiss on 12 episodes in St. Elsewhere.
Sterling guest-starred in numerous television programs including The Golden Girls, M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files, Family Ties, Hart to Hart, Growing Pains, Night Court, The Wonder Years, The A-Team, Diff'rent Strokes and Newhart. He also appeared in a few episodes of Barney Miller, L.A. Law, Matlock, Guiding Light and Hotel. Sterling died in November 1998 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles of complications from myelofibrosis, at the age of 76.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
| 1968 | The Detective | Reporter | uncredited |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Mr. Miller | |
| 1971 | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | District Attorney Goodman | |
| 1973 | Pueblo | Court of Inquiry Member | TV movie |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Sidney | |
| 1975 | Hester Street | Mr. Lipman | |
| 1975 | First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson | Rachel's Doctor | TV movie |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 | Benny Cummings | TV movie |
| 1976 | Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence | Richmond | TV movie |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Colonel Bar-Lev | TV movie |
| 1977 | Audrey Rose | Judge Langley | |
| 1977 | The November Plan | | TV movie |
| 1978 | Dr. Scorpion | Adm. Gunwilder | TV movie |
| 1978 | Dr. Strange | Dr. Frank Taylor, Chief of Psychiatry | TV movie |
| 1978 | Rainbow | Arthur Freed | TV movie |
| 1978 | A Question of Love | | TV movie |
| 1978 | The Lazarus Syndrome | Septical Doctor | TV movie |
| 1979 | Meteor | Russian Representative | |
| 1979 | Promises in the Dark | Dr. Frucht | |
| 1980 | This Year's Blonde | Dr. Freed | TV movie |
| 1980 | The Competition | Mr. Dietrich | |
| 1981 | Murder in Texas | Dr. Helpern | TV movie |
| 1981 | Born to Be Sold | Sergeant Prill | TV movie |
| 1982 | Million Dollar Infield | Harry Ephron | TV movie |
| 1982 | The Wall | Reb Mazur | TV movie |
| 1982 | Divorce Wars: A Love Story | Max Bernheimer | TV movie |
| 1983 | Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess | Joseph Schenck | TV movie |
| 1984 | Best Kept Secrets | | TV movie |
| 1985 | Tomboy | Earl Delarue | |
| 1985 | Movers & Shakers | Other Executive | |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Max Adler | TV movie |
| 1986 | Vital Signs | Tommy | TV movie |
| 1986 | Killer in the Mirror | Judge Alex W. Kessel | TV movie |
| 1986 | Circle of Violence: A Family Drama | Jim McLane | TV movie |
| 1987 | Backfire | Dr. Creason | |
| 1988 | Nightingales | Sam Steiner | TV movie |
| 1988 | Fatal Judgement | Judge Josiah Clay | TV movie |
| 1989 | From the Dead of Night | Professor Martin Corning | TV movie |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder | Mel Singer | TV movie |
| 1990 | The Death of the Incredible Hulk | Dr. Ronald Pratt | TV movie |
| 1990 | Sisters | Sy Rosen | TV movie |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Winston | |
| 1990 | A Girl of the Lamberlost | Mr. Henley (Music Teacher) | TV movie |
| 1993 | Stone Soup | Old Mike | |
| 1998 | My Giant | Uncle Nate | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
| 1949 | Studio One in Hollywood | Benny Lewis | 1 episode |
| 1949 | Hands of Mystery | | 2 episodes |
| 1949 | Kraft Television Theatre | | 1 episode |
| 1950 | Suspense | Ciro | 1 episode |
| 1950 | Stage 13 | | 1 episode |
| 1950 | The Clock | | 1 episode |
| 1951–1952 | Treasury Men in Action | | 2 episodes |
| 1952 | The Big Story | Bernard Beckwith | 1 episode |
| 1956 | As the World Turns | Rev. George Booth (1976–1979) | unknown episodes |
| 1957 | The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | | 1 episode |
| 1958 | Decoy | Sergeant Basilio | 1 episode |
| 1958 | The Edge of Night | Vic Ratner | 1 episode |
| 1958–1959 | True Story | Fred Carter/Sandy Sanford | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Deadline | Johnson | 1 episode |
| 1962–1987 | Guiding Light | George Hayes/Kaz Kazolowsi | 3 episodes |
| 1962 | Naked City | Officer Schulberg/Job Advisor | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | Somerset | Rafe Carter (1970–1971) | unknown episodes |
| 1970–1971 | Another World | Rafe Carter | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | The Doctors | Dr. Winston Croft | 28 episodes |
| 1974 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Harry Prosnick | 1 episode |
| 1974 | The Wide World of Mystery | Jenkins | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Harry O | Maxie Reardon | 1 episode |
| 1975–1982 | Barney Miller | Mr. Buckholtz/Noel Cadey/Mitchell Warner/Judge Philip Paul Gibson/Frank Rilling, F.B.I./Howard Spangler | 6 episodes |
| 1975 | Doctors' Hospital | Dr. Miller | 1 episode |
| 1976 | City of Angels | Michael Brimm | 7 episodes |
| 1976 | Switch | Boyle | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Bernie Hollan | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Maude | Detective Bronson | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Kingston: Confidential | Shiller | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Rafferty | | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Fish | Roland | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Family | Victor Harris | 1 episode |
| 1978 | The Rockford Files | County Supervisor Tom Nardoni | 1 episode |
| 1978 | Rhoda | Phillip Cooper | 1 episode |
| 1979 | The White Shadow | Lee Burns | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Hart to Hart | Dr. Selman | 1 episode |
| 1981 | It's a Living | John | 1 episode |
| 1981 | M*A*S*H | Dr. Myron 'Bud' Herzog | 1 episode |
| 1981 | House Calls | | 1 episode |
| 1981 | Diff'rent Strokes | Conroy | 1 episode |
| 1982–1984 | Family Ties | Mr. Winkler | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | Today's F.B.I. | Dr. Harker | 1 episode |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | John Seward | 1 episode |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Grant Eldridge | 2 episodes |
| 1983–1988 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Simon Weiss | 12 episodes |
| 1983 | Mr. Smith | | 1 episode |
| 1983 | Emerald Point N.A.S. | Hurley | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Night Court | Leonard Blum | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Simon & Simon | Birddog Hansen | 1 episode |
| 1984–1989 | Newhart | Attorney Nelson/Mr. Grad | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Magnum, P.I. | Harry Clayborn | 1 episode |
| 1985–1986 | Hotel | Sylvester Sullivan/Dr. Greenblatt | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | The Paper Chase | | 1 episode |
| 1985 | Stir Crazy | | 1 episode |
| 1986 | Growing Pains | Dr. Miller | 1 episode |
| 1986–1989 | Matlock | Prosecutor/Thomas Freemont/Kenneth Roberts | 3 episodes |
| 1986–1987 | The Golden Girls | Dr. Barensfeld/Dr. Ashley | 2 episodes |
| 1988–1993 | L.A. Law | Judge Jonathan Cramer | 4 episodes |
| 1988 | A Year in the Life | Ned | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Almost Grown | Mel | 1 episode |
| 1989 | The Wonder Years | Grandpa Pfeiffer | 1 episode |
| 1990 | The Hogan Family | Mr. Hayes | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Anything but Love | | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Capt. Sam Cohen | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Thirtysomething | Rabbi Frankel | 1 episode |
| 1991–1995 | Sisters | Judge Truman Ventnor | 21 episodes |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | Albert Bloom | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Murder One | Frederick Hartman | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Caroline in the City | Arnie Glickman | 1 episode |