David Froman

David Froman was the veteran television actor and drama instructor who played K'Nera in the first season episode . He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Lt. Bob Brooks on from 1986 through 1994.
Froman was born in Miami, Oklahoma. He was a full-time speech and theater faculty member at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 1961 through 1969. Between 1980 and 1984, he appeared on the soap opera The Edge of Night, and made his film debut in (1982, with guest star William Sadler). Froman's only other feature film credit was (1987, featuring Ronny Cox, David L. Lander, and Irene Tsu).
In 1986, Froman guest-starred on an episode of , which starred William Shatner and James Darren. He again worked with James Darren the following year when Darren directed him in a two-parter of . Lance LeGault was a regular on this series, while s Ethan Phillips appeared in Froman's first episode.
Other television shows Froman appeared on include (directed by Winrich Kolbe), (starring James B. Sikking and Barbara Bosson), (which featured Madge Sinclair), (starring Chad Allen, in an episode directed by Robert Scheerer), (with Mary Carver and Michael Forest), (working with director Corey Allen, Larry Drake, Richard Lineback, and Richard Lynch), (with Kirstie Alley, Charles Esten, Kelsey Grammer, and Paul Willson), and (with Christopher Carroll and Andreas Katsulas). He also appeared in (1986, with Jack Blessing and Anne Haney).
Froman began appearing on Matlock in 1986, beginning with the show's third episode, "The Stripper." This episode also guest-starred the aforementioned Anne Haney. He acted in fifty-six of the show's 195 episodes, the last of which was 1994's "The Dare" directed by Leo Penn. By this time, Daniel Roebuck had become a regular on the series.
After Matlock ended its run in 1994, Froman returned to Miami, Oklahoma, and rejoined the faculty at A&M College, where he remained as a full-time instructor until 2002. He also worked with the Miami Little Theatre for many years. In August 2007, he continued working at A&M College as a part-time drama instructor, where he remained until his death from cancer on 8 February 2010. He was 71 years old. (McKinney, Roger. "Television actor David Froman dies at 71." , 9 February 2010)
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