Herb Vigran

Actor Jun 5 (died age 76) Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA 1934–1987 (53 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love Lucy (1951).

Known For

Film

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)

Film

Monsieur Verdoux

Reporter (uncredited)

Film

White Christmas

Novello (uncredited)

Film

The Love Bug

Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)

Film

Charlotte's Web

Lurvy (voice)

Film

The Band Wagon

Man on Train (uncredited)

Film

Herbie Rides Again

Window Washer

Film

Send Me No Flowers

TV Announcer (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (237)

Movies (131)

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

as Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

5.9

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

1985

as Hopps (voice)

6.2

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982

as Casey

5.6

First Monday in October

1981

as Justice Ambrose Quincy

6.1

Getting Wasted

1980

as Mr. Kramer

4.7

Every Girl Should Have One

1978

as Ambrose

1.0

The Flintstones: Little Big League

1978

as Judge Shale (voice)

7.4

Babe

1977

as Heckler (uncredited)

Hawmps!

as Smitty

The Loneliest Runner

as Guard

Benji

as Lt. Ted Samuels

Herbie Rides Again

as Window Washer

Charlotte's Web

as Lurvy (voice)

Chase

Cancel My Reservation

1972

as Roscoe Snagby

5.3

Emergency!

1972

as Committee Chairman

8.3

Inside O.U.T.

1971

as Harry

The Day of the Wolves

1971

as The Realtor

6.7

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

as Fat

6.6

My Dog, the Thief

1969

as Helicopter Mechanic

6.7

The Love Bug

1968

as Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)

Blackbeard's Ghost

as Danny Oly

Carnival Nights

as Policeman

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967

as NASA Doctor

5.9

Jan & Dean: On the Run

1966

as Harry

Send Me No Flowers

1964

as TV Announcer (uncredited)

6.8

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1964

as Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)

The Brass Bottle

as Eddie

Period of Adjustment

as Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

5.8

Gypsy

1962

as Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

The Errand Boy

1961

as Cigar Smoker in Elevator

What's My Lion?

as Narrator (voice)

Bells Are Ringing

as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)

6.3

Go, Johnny, Go!

1959

as Bill Barnett

5.8

Plunderers of Painted Flats

1959

as Mr. Perry

4.5

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

1959

as Mr. McCloy (voice)

Party Girl

1958

as Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

The Notorious Mr. Monks

1958

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Gun Runners

1958

as Freddy (uncredited)

6.0

Cry Baby Killer

1958

as John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)

5.5

The Case Against Brooklyn

as Sergeant

Public Pigeon No. 1

as Club Manager

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

as Finney (uncredited)

The Vampire

as Sgt. George Ryan

The Midnight Story

as Charlie Cuneo

Gunsight Ridge

as R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace

5.7

The Wayward Girl

1957

as Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)

6.0

A Hatful of Rain

1957

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

6.7

The Edge of Innocence

1957

Uranium Boom

1956

as Hotel Desk Clerk

6.0

You Can't Run Away from It

as Detective

Our Miss Brooks

as Herb

World Without End

as Reporter (uncredited)

That Certain Feeling

as TV Director

A Cry in the Night

as Jensen

These Wilder Years

as Traffic Cop

Three for Jamie Dawn

as Mr. Robbins

Calling Homicide

as Ray Engel

Illegal

as Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)

6.3

It's Always Fair Weather

1955

as Nashby (uncredited)

7.0

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

as Art (uncredited)

6.1

Last of the Desperados

1955

as Coroner (bit)

6.0

At Gunpoint

1955

as Matt, a Saloon Patron

6.3

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955

as Postal Clerk

5.2

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)

7.0

White Christmas

1954

as Novello (uncredited)

Dragnet

as Mr. Archer

Susan Slept Here

as Sergeant Sam Hanlon

6.0

The Long, Long Trailer

1954

as Trailer Salesman (uncredited)

6.9

Lucky Me

1954

as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

6.7

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

as Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)

So This Is Love

as Club M.C.

Dear Uncle

as (voice)

The Band Wagon

as Man on Train (uncredited)

7.2

Let's Do It Again

1953

as Charlie Foster (uncredited)

Never Wave at a WAC

as Photographer

The Rose Bowl Story

as Rugger Grady

The Devil and John Q

as John Q.

O. Henry's Full House

1952

as Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Oklahoma Annie

as Otto

Just for You

as George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)

Somebody Loves Me

as Lipscott

The Star

as Roy

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

as Stillwell (uncredited)

6.3

Behave Yourself!

1951

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

6.0

Night Into Morning

1951

as Joe - the Bartender

5.6

Iron Man

1951

as Melio (uncredited)

6.1

The Racket

1951

as Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)

Bedtime for Bonzo

as Lt. Daggett

The Damned Don't Cry

as Vito Maggio (uncredited)

7.0

Side Street

1950

as News Photographer

6.4

Appointment with Danger

1950

as Policeman

5.5

Hunt the Man Down

1950

as Collins' Aide (uncredited)

And Baby Makes Three

as Woodley

The Judge

as Reporter with pipe

5.2

House of Strangers

1949

as Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)

7.0

All My Sons

1948

as Wertheimer (uncredited)

6.3

The Noose Hangs High

1948

as Coat Thief (uncredited)

6.8

Hazard

1948

as Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)

8.0

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

as Man in Subway (uncredited)

5.3

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

1948

as Reporter

6.0

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

as Reporter (uncredited)

7.7

The Burning Cross

1947

as Jim Todd

5.0

Her Adventurous Night

1946

as Cop #2 (uncredited)

7.0

The Ghost Ship

1943

as Chief Engineer

6.3

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

as Orderly (uncredited)

5.5

It Ain't Hay

1943

as Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)

6.4

Night in New Orleans

1942

as Player (uncredited)

3.6

Pardon My Sarong

1942

as Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)

6.4

The Payoff

1942

as Reporter (uncredited)

5.8

The Great Gildersleeve

1942

as George, the jeweller

Secrets of a Co-Ed

as Soapy

New York Town

as Barker (uncredited)

10.0

Redhead

1941

as Morocco Club bartender

4.5

Reg'lar Fellers

1941

as Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer

3.9

Murder by Invitation

1941

as Eddie Stats, photographer

5.7

Who's a Dummy?

1941

City of Missing Girls

1941

as Danny Mason

4.0

Behind the News

1940

as Reporter #1 on Phone

7.0

Cross-Country Romance

1940

as Omaha Reporter

6.4

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

as Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)

6.4

Two Girls on Broadway

1940

as Reporter (uncredited)

6.6

The Golden Fleecing

1940

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

5.3

Hold That Woman!

1940

as Furniture Company Repossessor

5.0

It All Came True

1940

as Monks

5.9

Those High Grey Walls

1939

as Orderly (uncredited)

6.2

Skybound

1935

as Grant the Mechanic

The Mystery Man

1935

as Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

5.4

Vagabond Lady

1935

as Edgar (uncredited)

7.2

Redhead

1934

as Factory Worker (uncredited)

6.0

Happy Landing

1934

as Radio Operator

Television (106)

Remington Steele

1982

as Seymour Glass / Fred Melneck

7.1

Shirt Tales

1982

as Mr. Dinkel (voice)

Galactica 1980

as Pop

Knots Landing

as Cabbie

Taxi

as Weldon Manning

Charlie's Angels

as Joe Weatherby

The Jeffersons

Chico and the Man

Emergency!

as Committee Chairman

7.9

The Streets of San Francisco

as Max

Vanished

as Joe Hotchkiss

The Odd Couple

as Louie

Nanny and the Professor

Love, American Style

as Bill Jenks

The Brady Bunch

Adam-12

as Salesman

Hawaii Five-O

as Willie

The Doris Day Show

as Dr. Crawford

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Out-Of-Town Man

The Mod Squad

as Doctor

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1968

5.1

The Adventures of Gulliver

as Glum (voice)

The Mothers-in-Law

as Judge

Dragnet

as Desk Clerk

Good Morning World

as Mr. Keith

Hero

I Dream of Jeannie

as Judge Hennessey

Bewitched

as Sam the Bartender

Gilligan's Island

as Lucky (voice) (uncredited)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as Barber

Wendy and Me

The Fugitive

as Marty

Petticoat Junction

as Barney Morgan

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as George

Arrest and Trial

as Clerk

The Dakotas

Temple Houston

Channing

as Manny

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Virginian

as Drummer

The Lucy Show

as Dr. Jacoby

Hazel

as Mickey

Mister Ed

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961

as First Juror

7.5

Top Cat

1961

as Space Shuttle Doctor (voice)

7.5

87th Precinct

1961

as Detective Bartholdi

7.5

The Andy Griffith Show

as Bill Medwin

The Flintstones

as Cop (voice)

My Three Sons

as Caretaker

Checkmate

as Herb, Bartender

Surfside 6

as Al

Pete and Gladys

Bonanza

as Bartender

One Step Beyond

as Grocery Wagon Driver

5.6

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

6.0

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Art (uncredited)

Tightrope

77 Sunset Strip

as Augie

Lawman

as Walt Perkins

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Texan

as Sandy Potts

The Donna Reed Show

as Mr. Sprague

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Mr. Galt

Peter Gunn

The Ed Wynn Show

as Ernest Hinshaw

Perry Mason

1957

as Charlie, Bartender

Maverick

Leave It to Beaver

as Stanley the Barber

6.9

Trackdown

1957

as Bartender (uncredited)

6.4

M Squad

1957

as Danny

5.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Johnson

The Restless Gun

as Jim Pincher

26 Men

Blondie

as J. Tyler Grant

Playhouse 90

as Manager

Hey, Jeannie!

as Bus driver

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Newsman

7.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

as Bob Rakle (uncredited)

6.8

Gunsmoke

1955

as Judge Brooker

6.6

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Postal Clerk

5.4

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Stranger with $1000

Studio 57

December Bride

as Eustace

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Innkeeper

7.8

Father Knows Best

1954

as George (uncredited)

6.5

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as Professor Wirt

Hey Mulligan

as Police Captain

The Life Of Riley

as Muley

Topper

as Fenster

The Danny Thomas Show

1953

as Baseball Coach

6.0

General Electric Theater

Four Star Playhouse

as Monty Leeds

Adventures of Superman

1952

as Mortimer Murray

6.6

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952

as The Policeman

5.9

The Ford Television Theatre

as Andy Thompson

Chevron Theatre

Cavalcade of America

as Bernie

Gang Busters

The Red Skelton Show

as The Judge

I Love Lucy

as Julie

Dragnet

as Jocko Harris

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Walt Carter

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Hank The All Night Disc Jockey (voice)

7.8

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

as Cab Driver

7.1

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

1948

8.0