Lou Antonio

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Antonio in 1973.

Lou Antonio (born January 23, 1934) is an American actor and TV director best known for performing in the films Cool Hand Luke and America, America. He also starred in two short-lived TV series, Dog and Cat, and Makin' It.

Antonio's only recurring TV guest role character was on Here Come the Brides, but he made multiple appearances as different characters on 1960s and 1970s series like The Rookies, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, Star Trek (in the memorable episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", in which he played the half-white, half-black alien pursued by the oppositely half-black, half-white alien played by Frank Gorshin), I Dream of Jeannie, and The Defenders. Antonio also played the human version of a chimpanzee turned human on an episode of the supernatural sitcom Bewitched.

As a director, he has mostly worked on TV movies such as Mayflower Madam, and TV series such as The Rockford Files, Dawson's Creek, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and The West Wing.

Antonio was married to fellow Actors Studio member, Lane Bradbury;^[1]^[2] and his brother, Jim Antonio, is also an actor.^[3] He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.^[4]

Filmography

Have Gun-Will Travel (1960)
Macbeth (1961)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Naked City (1961–63)
Breaking Point (1963)
Route 66 (1963)
The Defenders (1962–63)
America, America (1963)
For the People (1965)
12 0'Clock High (1964–65)
The Virginian (1966)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966)
Hawaii (1966)
Hawk (1966)
The Fugitive (1963–66)
The Road West (1967)
The Monkees (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
I Dream of Jeannie (1968)
The Danny Thomas Hour (1968)
Bonanza (1968)
Star Trek (1969)
Gunsmoke (1965–69)
Bewitched (1969)
Gentle Ben (1969)
Sole Survivor (1970)

Here Come the Brides (1969–70)
The Flying Nun (1970)
The Phynx (1970)
The Mod Squad (1970)
Bracken's World (1970)
Storefront Lawyers (1970)
Cannon (1971)
Dan August (1971)
Hawaii Five-O (1971)
Mission: Impossible (1970–72)
Cade's County (1972)
Night Gallery (1973)
Partners In Crime (1973)
The F.B.I. (1971–73)
Insight (1974)
The Snoop Sisters (1973–74)
The Rookies (1973–74)
Dog and Cat (1977)
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Makin' It (1979)
Where The Ladies Go (1980)
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
Face to Face (Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation) (1990)

As director

Heroic Mission (1967)
Then Came Bronson (1969)
The Flying Nun (1969–70)
The Young Rebels (1970)
Getting Together (1971)
The Partridge Family (1971–72)
Banacek (1972)
The Rookies (1973)
Griff (1973) (also writer)
Love Is Not Forever (1974)
Sin American Style (1974)
Amy Prentiss (1974)
Someone I Touched (1975)
McCloud (1972–75)
McMillan & Wife (1975–76)
The Rockford Files (1974–76)
Lanigan’s Rabbi (1976)
Delvecchio (1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976)
Something For Joey (1977)
The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977)
The Gypsy Warriors (1978)
The Critical List (1978)
A Real American Hero (1978)
The Chinese Typewriter (1979)
Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story (1979)
Heaven on Earth (1979)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1979)
The Contender (1980)
We’re Fighting Back (1981)
The Star Maker (1981)
The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid (1981)
Something So Right (1982)
Between Friends (1983)
A Good Sport (1984)
Threesome (1984)
Rearview Mirror (1984)
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
One Terrific Guy (1986)
Shell Game (1987)
Pals (1987)

Mayflower Madam (1987)
The Outside Woman (1989) (also producer)
Dark Holiday (1989) (also executive producer)
Face to Face (Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation) (1990)
Sporting Chance (1990)
This Gun for Hire (1991)
Lies Before Kisses (1991)
The Last Prostitute (1991)
The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
A Taste for Killing (1992)
Nightmare in the Daylight (1992)
The Contender (1993)
Party of Five (1994)
Diagnosis: Murder (1994)
Chicago Hope (1995)
The Cosby Mysteries (1995)
American Gothic (1995)
Picket Fences (1993–96)
Dark Skies (1996)
Mr & Mrs. Smith (1996)
Spy Game (1997)
Roar (1997)
Dawson’s Creek (1998)
Vengeance Unlimited (1998)
To Have & To Hold
Wasteland (1999)
The Force (1999)
Get Real (1999)
Felicity (2000)
The West Wing (2001)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–01)
UC: Undercover (2001)
The Guardian (2001)
First Monday (2002)
The Handler (2003)
Numb3rs (2003)
Reunion (2005)
Boston Legal (2006–07)

References and notes

↑ Lou Antonio & Lane Bradbury at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
↑ "A Dog's Life for Lou," The Robesonian (Sunday, May 1, 1977), p. 13. "Married since 1965 to actress Lane Bradbury, Lou is the father to two daughters."
↑ "A Dog's Life for Lou," The Robesonian (Sunday, May 1, 1977), p. 13. "As a college student, Antonio attended a play in which his brother Jim appeared. He decided that he too should try acting, so he enrolled in two university drama courses and appeared in a number of plays."
↑ "A Dog's Life for Lou," The Robesonian (Sunday, May 1, 1977), p. 13. "He was born in Oklahoma City, where he made a name for himself as a sports reporter on the Daily Oklahoman while still in his teens."

External links

Lou Antonio at the Internet Movie Database
Lou Antonio at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
Lou Antonio at AllRovi

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