Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe is the Emmy Award-winning American actor who played Dougherty in .
== Early life ==
Zerbe was born in Long Beach, California. In 1958, Zerbe joined the California Air National Guard, transferring to the Air Force Reserve in 1960 without serving on active duty. He was discharged in 1968.
In 1960, following his stint with the Air Force, Zerbe studied acting under . He began appearing on television in 1962 and had a number of TV roles throughout the 1960s before breaking into film in 1967.
He is the brother-in-law of Salome Jens as he has been married to her sister, Arnette Jens, since 1962.
== Film work ==
Zerbe made his feature film debut playing Dog Boy in (1967, featuring guest stars Lou Antonio and Morgan Woodward). Zerbe made his next film appearance in the 1968 western Will Penny, along with Roy Jenson and William Schallert. In 1970, Zerbe was seen in (with Samantha Eggar), The Liberation of L.B. Jones, and (alongside Jeff Corey). He then played what is perhaps his best known film role, that of post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in (1971, featuring Brian Tochi). 
In 1973, Zerbe was one of many Star Trek alumni to appear in . His co-stars included guest stars Bill Mumy and Gregory Sierra and Original Series guest stars William Smithers, Ron Soble, and Victor Tayback. That same year, Zerbe had a supporting role in the crime drama The Laughing Policeman, along with Joanna Cassidy and the aforementioned Gregory Sierra. Zerbe then made an uncredited appearance in (1974, with Kenneth Mars and William Daniels).
Zerbe's subsequent film credits include (1975, with Jon Lormer and Andrew Prine), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978, with David Opatoshu and Gail Strickland), David Cronenberg's (1983, with Hélène Udy), P.I. Private Investigations (1987, with Clayton Rohner, Robert Ito, and Phil Morris), and (1987, alongside Christopher Neame), (1988) with Lilyan Chauvin, Timothy Dang and Tom Schanley, and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989, with Louis Giambalvo, Zach Grenier, and Joel Swetow). In addition, Zerbe played the henchman Milton Krest in (1989, featured Cary-Hiroyuki).
Outside of Insurrection, Zerbe appeared in only two other feature films during the 1990s, including 1999's True Crime (with Michael McKean, William Windom, and Jack Kehler). He played Councillor Hamann in and in 2003.
== Television work ==
Zerbe has several television credits to his name. Besides several appearances on Mission: Impossible and (including an episode titled "Talbot" opposite his sister-in-law, Salome Jens) and a recurring role on The Equalizer (starring Robert Lansing and Keith Szarabajka), Zerbe starred as Lieutenant K.C. Trench on the crime series Harry O during the 1975-1976 television season. He was brought aboard the show for the second season, replacing Henry Darrow as the main character's contact and foil. Zerbe won an Emmy Award for his performance on Harry O in 1976.
Zerbe co-starred with William Shatner in a 1972 made-for-TV adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. In 1977, he had a role in the acclaimed mini-series How the West Was Won, along with Parley Baer, Paul Fix, David Huddleston, Roy Jenson, and Richard Kiley. He also appeared in the 1978 mini-series Centennial. His co-stars on that series included Sally Kellerman, Michael Ansara, Brian Keith, Morgan Woodward, and James Sloyan. The same year, he played the villainous inventor Abner Devereaux in , starring the rock band KISS as well as guest actor Terry Lester. 
In 1986, Zerbe was a guest star on another mini-series, North and South, Book II. Joining him for this series were Jonathan Frakes, David Ogden Stiers, Jean Simmons, William Schallert, Kurtwood Smith, and Leon Rippy. This was followed by several movie and television appearances, including a starring role on the series The Young Riders (1989-1992) as Pony Express supervisor "Teaspoon" Hunter. He has since guest-starred on such series as Tales from the Crypt (with Bibi Besch and John Savage), (with Gwynyth Walsh), and (starring Kelsey Grammer).
== External links ==
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