Herb Vigran
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Born | June 5, 1910 Cincinnati, Ohio |
Died | November 29, 1986 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California |
Herbert "Herb" Vigran (June 5, 1910 - November 29, 1986) was an American well known character actor in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Vigran's family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana where he grew up. He graduated with a law degree from Indiana University Law School but later chose to pursue acting. After starting out on Broadway, he soon moved to Hollywood and performed in radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He later had hundreds of television appearances on shows like Adventures of Superman (six episodes), Dragnet, The Brady Bunch and I Love Lucy. He also provided the voice of "Whitney's" boss on the Arrowhead bottled-water television (animated) and radio commercials in the 1960s.
Vigran died on November 29, 1986 of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 76.