Robert Karnes

Robert Karnes

Known for
Acting
Born
June 19, 1917
Died
December 4, 1979 (aged 62)
Birthplace
Paducah, Kentucky, USA

Biography

Robert Karnes was an American actor known for his work in film, stage, and television from 1946 to 1979. He appeared in numerous popular TV shows like "Gunsmoke" and "The Twilight Zone," and films including "From Here to Eternity" and "Miracle on 34th Street."

Known For

Filmography

2019
Freeing “Trapped” poster

Freeing “Trapped”

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1980
Bogie poster

Bogie

Movie · as Chess Player

1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang poster

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

Movie · as Poker Player

1979
Benson poster

Benson

TV · 1 ep

1979
Supertrain poster

Supertrain

TV · as Martin · 1 ep

1978
The Clone Master poster

The Clone Master

Movie · as Trankus

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · as Sheriff King · 4 eps

1976
Gable and Lombard poster

Gable and Lombard

Movie · as Gable's Director

1976
Return to Earth poster

Return to Earth

Movie

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Gordon Sanders · 1 ep

1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers poster

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

TV · as Burnside · 1 ep

1975
Man on the Outside poster

Man on the Outside

Movie · as Sergeant

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1974
Indict and Convict poster

Indict and Convict

Movie · as Lt. Daniels

1974
A Case of Rape poster

A Case of Rape

Movie · as Judge

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Capt. Hulette · 1 ep

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV · as Fire Captain · 1 ep

1973
Money to Burn poster

Money to Burn

Movie · as Team Leader

1973
Executive Action poster

Executive Action

Movie · as Man at Rifle Range

1973
Hitched poster

Hitched

Movie · as Sheriff

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · as Sgt. Alvarsson · 1 ep

1972
Scarecrow poster

Scarecrow

Movie · as Minister Dodge

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as Colonel · 2 eps

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Parkes, Parkes (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · 1 ep

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · 1 ep

1971
The Failing of Raymond poster

The Failing of Raymond

Movie · as City Editor

1971
The Harness poster

The Harness

Movie · as Edgar Chappel

1971
The Priest Killer poster

The Priest Killer

Movie · as Hugh O'Flynn

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Grover, Sergeant Vernon · 1 ep

1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law poster

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

TV · as Drunk · 1 ep

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · as Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · 1 ep

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · as Matt · 1 ep

1970
San Francisco International Airport poster

San Francisco International Airport

TV · as Barnes · 1 ep

1969
The Over the Hill Gang poster

The Over the Hill Gang

Movie · as Sheriff

1968
The Helicopter Spies poster

The Helicopter Spies

Movie · as Ship's Captain

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Dick Nelson · 1 ep

1968
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

TV · as Max · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Walter Drake · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Booking Sergeant · 3 eps

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · as Sheriff McCall · 1 ep

1966
One Spy Too Many poster

One Spy Too Many

Movie · as Col. Hawks

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Dr. Owen Siebert · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Padre, Father Estaban, Father Andre, Priest · 1 ep

1964
Apache Rifles poster

Apache Rifles

Movie · as George, the Sheriff

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Colonel Hawks, Captain (uncredited) · 1 ep

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Movie · as Officer Sammy (uncredited)

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Sheriff Ralls, Chief Chuck Abbott · 1 ep

1963
The Lieutenant poster

The Lieutenant

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Sheriff of Concho, Hobey Kendall, Jeffers · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as The Police Sergeant, Sargent · 1 ep

1961
The Crimebusters poster

The Crimebusters

Movie · as John Herlie

1961
Fear No More poster

Fear No More

Movie · as Joe Brady

1961
Five Guns to Tombstone poster

Five Guns to Tombstone

Movie · as Matt Wade

1961
Bachelor Flat poster

Bachelor Flat

Movie · as Police Officer

1961
Anatomy of an Accident poster

Anatomy of an Accident

Movie · as Woody

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as John Hurlie · 2 eps

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
The New Breed poster

The New Breed

TV · as Fred Clinton · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Monte, Harry Buford · 1 ep

1960
Escape to Sonoita

Escape to Sonoita

Movie · as Patrolman

1960
Too Soon to Love poster

Too Soon to Love

Movie

1960
The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Robbins · 1 ep

1959
The Lawless Years poster

The Lawless Years

TV · as Max Fields · 48 eps

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · 2 eps

1959
Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye

TV · as Walter Krohl · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Miner · 1 ep

1958
Hi Grandma!

Hi Grandma!

Movie

1958
Sea Hunt poster

Sea Hunt

TV · 3 eps

1958
Peter Gunn poster

Peter Gunn

TV · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Landry, Marshal · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · 1 ep

1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman poster

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Movie · as Prof. Alan Templeton

1957
Trackdown poster

Trackdown

TV · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Det. Purvis, Deputy D.A. Chamberlin, Deputy D.A. Victor Chamberlin · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Joe Peavey, Vern Potter · 5 eps

1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

1957
M Squad poster

M Squad

TV · as Harry Conklin · 1 ep

1957
The Walter Winchell File poster

The Walter Winchell File

TV · 1 ep

1957
O. Henry Playhouse

O. Henry Playhouse

TV · as Jimmy Wells · 1 ep

1957
26 Men poster

26 Men

TV · 1 ep

1956
Stagecoach to Fury poster

Stagecoach to Fury

Movie · as Talbot

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Rider, Rand Akins · 1 ep

1955
The Silver Star poster

The Silver Star

Movie · as Ward Blythe (as Bob Karnes)

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Roberts, Jep Hunter, Bert, Ben, Fallon, Sterret, Driver, Ross, Charlie, Mr. Lauter, George Chandler · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Ed Mungo, Patrolman, Police Sgt. Henderson, Mr. Simon, The Sergeant · 1 ep

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 4 eps

1954
Riders to the Stars poster

Riders to the Stars

Movie · as Walter Gordon

1953
From Here to Eternity poster

From Here to Eternity

Movie · as Sgt. Turp Thornhill (uncredited)

1953
Vice Squad poster

Vice Squad

Movie · as Lou (uncredited)

1953
Project Moon Base poster

Project Moon Base

Movie · as Sam

1953
I'm the Law poster

I'm the Law

TV · 1 ep

1953
You Are There poster

You Are There

TV · as The Sergeant · 1 ep

1952
Rodeo poster

Rodeo

Movie · as Charles Olenick

1952
The Red Ball Express poster

The Red Ball Express

Movie · as Engineer Captain (uncredited)

1952
Storm Over Tibet poster

Storm Over Tibet

Movie · as Radio Operator

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · as Pilot · 1 ep

1952
Death Valley Days poster

Death Valley Days

TV · as Brandon · 1 ep

1952
The Abbott and Costello Show poster

The Abbott and Costello Show

TV · as Jones · 1 ep

1951
He Ran All the Way poster

He Ran All the Way

Movie · as Police Lieutenant

1951
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison poster

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Movie

1951
According to Mrs. Hoyle poster

According to Mrs. Hoyle

Movie · as Harry "Chip" Rogan

1951
Utah Wagon Train poster

Utah Wagon Train

Movie · as Henchman Jack Scully

1951
Racket Squad poster

Racket Squad

TV · 1 ep

1950
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye poster

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Movie · as Detective Tom Gray

1950
Hills of Oklahoma poster

Hills of Oklahoma

Movie · as Brock Stevens

1950
Three Husbands poster

Three Husbands

Movie · as Kenneth Whittaker

1950
Colt .45 poster

Colt .45

Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)

1949
Trapped poster

Trapped

Movie · as Agent Fred Foreman

1949
All the King's Men poster

All the King's Men

Movie · as Legislator (uncredited)

1948
Call Northside 777 poster

Call Northside 777

Movie · as Pete (uncredited)

1948
Road House poster

Road House

Movie · as Mike

1948
When My Baby Smiles at Me poster

When My Baby Smiles at Me

Movie · as Attendant

1948
The Street with No Name poster

The Street with No Name

Movie · as David Jannings (Uncredited)

1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! poster

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Movie · as Stretch Dominy

1948
Cry of the City poster

Cry of the City

Movie · as Intern

1947
Captain from Castile poster

Captain from Castile

Movie · as Manuel Perez (uncredited)

1947
Miracle on 34th Street poster

Miracle on 34th Street

Movie · as Bellevue Intern #2 (uncredited)

1947
Kiss of Death poster

Kiss of Death

Movie · as Tommy's Henchman (uncredited)

1947
Nightmare Alley poster

Nightmare Alley

Movie · as Joe / Bellhop (uncredited)

1947
Daisy Kenyon poster

Daisy Kenyon

Movie

1946
The Best Years of Our Lives poster

The Best Years of Our Lives

Movie · as Technical Sergeant (uncredited)

1946
The Bamboo Blonde poster

The Bamboo Blonde

Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)