# Jack Collins (actor)

Jack Richard Collins (August 24, 1918 – January 31, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actor. He played Mike Brady's boss, Mr. Phillips, in the television series The Brady Bunch, and Peter Christopher's boss, baby-food manufacturer Max Brahms, in the short-lived sitcom television series Occasional Wife. For filmgoers, Collins is easily best remembered for having played San Francisco Mayor Robert Ramsay in Irwin Allen's all-star-cast, box-office-smash, disaster-movie epic The Towering Inferno (1974).

## Biography

Collins made numerous guest appearances in many television shows. He also appeared in several TV commercials. His acting appearances included The Phil Silvers Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mission Impossible, The Addams Family, My Favorite Martian, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, Petticoat Junction, The Odd Couple, Adam-12, Mod Squad, Ironside, The Partridge Family, The Waltons, Chico and the Man, Cannon, The Rockford Files, CHiPs, Matt Houston and Dallas.
Collins died on January 31, 2005, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86.

## TV and filmography

* Rock, Rock, Rock (1956) – Father
* Bewitched (1965-1972, TV Series) – Mr. Robbins / Jamieson / Mr. Prescott / Joseph Hinkley, Sr. / Mr. Harper / Jack Rogers
* I Dream of Jeannie (1965, TV Series) – General Hadley
* The Addams Family (1966, TV Series) – Dr. Bird
* My Favorite Martian (1966, TV Series) – Sam
* Petticoat Junction (1966, TV Series) – Hubert Thatcher
* The Lucy Show (1968, TV Series) – Ernie Williams / Rocky
* Adam-12 (1968, TV Series) – Mr. Purdy
* Ironside (1968, TV Series) – Corning
* Bonanza (1969-1972, TV Series) – Mayor Harlow / Mayor / Mayor Ned Blaine / Mayor Corey / Banker
* The Brady Bunch (1970-1971, TV Series) – Mr. Phillips
* The Partridge Family (1970-1974, TV Series) – Mayor Towbin / M. C. / Investor
* Mod Squad (1971, TV Series) – Andy Staton
* Gunsmoke (1971, TV Series) – J. Stedman Edgecomb
* The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972, TV series) – Bronco Lewis
* The Waltons (1972, TV Series) – Col. Tecumseh Henderson
* The Odd Couple (1972-1974, TV Series) – Albert (Zebra) / Brother Samuel
* The Other (1972) – Mr. P.C. Pretty
* Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) – Mr. Reese
* Here's Lucy (1973) - one episode, "Tipsy through the Tulips"
* Mission Impossible (1973, TV Series) – Admiral
* Emperor of the North Pole (1973) – Dispatcher (uncredited)
* The Sting (1973) – Duke Boudreau
* Break Up (1973) – Himself
* The Towering Inferno (1974) – Mayor Ramsay
* Death Sentence (1974) – Willis Wright
* Linda Lovelace for President (1975) – Honest John
* Chico and the Man (1975, TV Series) – Customer
* Cannon (1975, TV Series) – Mr. Olsen / Edinger
* Flood! (1976, TV Movie) – Jack Spangler
* The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977, TV Movie) – Judge Claymore
* Pete's Dragon (1977) – Fisherman #3
* The Rockford Files (1977-1979, TV Series) – Dr. Wetherford / Victor Kreski / Frank Martin / Finn O'Herlihy
* Goin' Coconuts (1978) – Charlie
* CHiPs (1979-1981, TV Series) – Store Manager / Lem Dover
* Dallas (1982-1987, TV Series) – Russell Slater
* Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) – Baron Von Horsch
* Matt Houston (1984, TV Series) – Priest
* The Nest (1988) – Shakey Jake (final film role)