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John Zaremba
John Zaremba
	Zaremba in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959)
Born	October 22, 1908; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 15, 1986 (aged 78); Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1986
Spouse	Eleanor Zaremba
Children	3

John Zaremba (October 22, 1908 – December 15, 1986) was an American actor most noted for supporting roles on science fiction films and television series.^[1]

Biography

The Chicago-born Zaremba was a journalist for the Grand Rapids Press and Chicago Tribune newspapers until 1949, when he moved to Hollywood and became an actor. In 1962, he appeared as "Stone" on The Virginian in the episode, "It tolls for Thee". He appeared in seven episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and four episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

His regular roles included Dr. Harold Jansen in Ben Casey (1961–1966), Dr. Raymond Swain in The Time Tunnel (1966–1967), and a judge in Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971–1974).^[2] While first appearing as a Captain Martin in a 1963 episode ("A Letter for Fuji") of McHale's Navy, he would make four more recurring appearances in subsequent episodes in 1964 and 1965, all as Admiral Hardesty.

Zaremba was the television spokesman for Hills Brothers Coffee in the 1970s and early 1980s, playing a fictional coffee bean buyer, traveling the world in search of the best quality coffee beans.^[3]

Career

Zaremba appeared in 139 films and television shows.

Film

Pirates of the High Seas (1950, Serial) - Dr. Schmidt [Chapter 10] (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas (1952) - Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Magnetic Monster (1953) - Chief Watson
Human Desire (1954) - 'Russ' Russell, Train Conductor (uncredited)
Tight Spot (1955) - Second Policeman (uncredited)
Cell 2455, Death Row (1955) - District Attorney (uncredited)
5 Against the House (1955) - Robert Fenton (uncredited)
Chicago Syndicate (1955) - Detective Lieutenant Robert Fenton
Apache Ambush (1955) - The President's Secretary (uncredited)
Ransom! (1956) - Telephone Technician (uncredited)
The Houston Story (1956) - Emile Constant
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) - Professor Kanter
He Laughed Last (1956) - Big Dan's Doctor (uncredited)
The Power and the Prize (1956) - Fred Delehanty, Office Worker (uncredited)
Reprisal! (1956) - Mr. Willard (uncredited)
Hit and Run (1957) - Doctor
The Night the World Exploded (1957) - Daniel J. Winters (Assistant Secretary of Defense) (uncredited)
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) - Dr. Judson Uhl
Zero Hour! (1957) - Passenger with Sick Wife (uncredited)
The Power of the Resurrection (1958) - Samuel
Young and Wild (1958) - Sergeant Larsen
Juvenile Jungle (1958) - Mr. Murray (uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) - Assistant District Attorney Heller (uncredited)
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958) - Military Prosecutor (uncredited)
Tarawa Beachhead (1958) - Second Staff Officer Speaking (uncredited)
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) - Police Lieutenant Boyle
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) - Air Admiral (uncredited)
Vice Raid (1960) - Sidney Marsh (uncredited)
Because They're Young (1960) - Mr. Trent (uncredited)
The Gallant Hours (1960) - Major General Millard F. Harmon (uncredited)
Key Witness (1960) - Reporter (uncredited)
The Lawbreakers (1961) - Sergeant John Ervine
Moon Pilot (1962) - Security Officer Conducting Lineup (uncredited)
Dangerous Charter (1962) - FBI Special Agent (shot in 1958)
A Gathering of Eagles (1963) - Flight Surgeon (uncredited)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966) - Ralph's Lawyer (uncredited)
R. P. M. (1970) - President Tyler
Scandalous John (1971) - Wales
The War Between Men and Women (1972) - Minister
Herbie Rides Again (1974) - Lawyer, First Team
Brothers (1977) - Judge #2
Return to Fantasy Island (1978) - Dr. Croyden

Television

I Led Three Lives (1953-1956) (69 episodes) - Special Agent Jerry Dressler
Dragnet (1955) (Season 4 Episode 37: "The Big Watch")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957-1962) (7 episodes)
- (Season 3 Episode 3: "The Perfect Crime") (1957) - Photographer
- (Season 4 Episode 25: "The Kind Waitress") (1959) - Dr. Maxwell
- (Season 6 Episode 2: "The Doubtful Doctor") (1960) - Psychiatrist
- (Season 7 Episode 2: "Bang, You're Dead") (1961) - Market Manager
- (Season 7 Episode 22: "The Big Score") (1962) - Lieutenant Morgan
- (Season 7 Episode 28: "The Kerry Blue") (1962) - Dr. Chaff
- (Season 7 Episode 31: "Most Likely to Succeed") (1962) - Tax Investigator
Zorro (1959) (Season 2 Episode 20: "Spark of Revenge") - Magistrado
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1959) (Season 2 Episode 15: "Earthquake") (broadcast US, 12th December) - Clerk of the Court
Sea Hunt (1959-1961) (6 episodes)
- (Season 2 Episode 28: "Underwater Ejection") (1959) - Dr. Bartock
- (Season 2 Episode 30: "Port Security") (1959) - Charlie Keller
- (Season 3 Episode 1: "Asylum") (1960) - Lee Bellum
- (Season 3 Episode 18: "Cindy") (1960) - Police Chief Coleman
- (Season 3 Episode 39: "Man Overboard") (1960) - George Emerson
- (Season 4 Episode 23: "Baby") (1961) - Dr. Bruney
Maverick (1960) (Season 3 Episode 21: "The People's Friend") - Gantry
Dennis the Menace (1961) (Season 2 Episode 16: "Miss Cathcart's Friend") - Arthur Prilych
Disneyland (1961) - Reverend Graves
Ben Casey (1961-1965) (15 episodes) - Dr. Harold Jensen
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1963) (4 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 4: "I Saw the Whole Thing") (1962) - Richard Anderson
- (Season 1 Episode 6: "Final Vow") (1962) - Mr. Meecham
- (Season 1 Episode 29: "The Dark Pool") (1963) - Coroner
- (Season 2 Episode 7: "Starring the Defense") (1963) - Judge
Perry Mason (1962-1964) (5 episodes)
- (Season 5 Episode 16: "The Case of the Shapely Shadow") (1962) - Autopsy Surgeon
- (Season 5 Episode 30: "The Case of the Lonely Eloper") (1962) - Doctor Wales
- (Season 6 Episode 23: "The Case of the Lover's Leap") (1963) - Medical Examiner
- (Season 7 Episode 15: "The Case of the Capering Camera") (1964) - Coroner's Physician
- (Season 7 Episode 17: "The Case of the Bountiful Beauty") (1964) - Medical Examiner
The Virginian (1962-1967) (5 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 9: "It Tolls for Thee") (1962) - Stone
- (Season 2 Episode 13: "Siege") (1963) - Undertaker
- (Season 3 Episode 8: "A Father for Toby") (1964) - Warden
- (Season 5 Episode 15: "Vengeance Trail") (1967) - Polk
- (Season 6 Episode 11: "To Bear Witness") (1967) - Mayor
The Twilight Zone (1963) (Season 4 Episode 10: "No Time Like the Past") - Horn Player
Burke's Law (1963) (Season 1 Episode 1: "Who Killed Holly Howard?") - Lieutenant Charlie Johnson (uncredited)
McHale's Navy (1963-1965) (5 episodes)
- (Season 2 Episode 13: "A Letter for Fuji") (1963) - Captain Martin
- (Season 2 Episode 34: "Marryin' Chuck") (1964) - Admiral Edgar Hardesy
- (Season 3 Episode 21: "All Chiefs and No Indians") (1965) - Admiral Edgar Hardesy
- (Season 3 Episode 27: "Chuckie Cottontail") (1965) - Admiral Edgar Hardesy
- (Season 3 Episode 32: "All Ahead, Empty") (1965) - Admiral Edgar Hardesy
Lassie (1963-1970) (4 episodes)
- (Season 9 Episode 29: "Weasel Warfare") (1963) - Dr. Temple
- (Season 10 Episode 13: "Day of Darkness") (1963) - Ralph Henderson
- (Season 11 Episode 18: "Lassie and the Girl in the Canyon") (1965) - Dr. Walker
- (Season 16 Episode 14: "The Road Back: Part 1") (1970) - Dr. Kendall
The Fugitive (1964) (Season 1 Episode 25: "Taps for a Dead War") - Druggist
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1965) (2 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 1: "Eleven Days to Zero") (1964) - Dr. Claude Selby
- (Season 2 Episode 2: "Time Bomb") (1965) - Admiral Johnson
Twelve O'Clock High (1964-1966) (5 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 8: "The Hours Before Dawn") (1964) - General Homer Stoneman
- (Season 1 Episode 26: "Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet") (1965) - General Homer Stoneman
- (Season 1 Episode 28: "The Cry of Fallen Birds") (1965) - General Homer Stoneman
- (Season 1 Episode 32: "The Hero") (1965) - General Homer Stoneman
- (Season 3 Episode 2: "Massacre") (1966) - Lieutenant General Owen
Peyton Place (1965) (3 episodes) - Dr. Kessler
- (Season 1 Episode 37) (uncredited)
- (Season 1 Episode 38) (uncredited)
- (Season 1 Episode 47) (uncredited)
The Munsters (1965) (Season 2 Episode 2: "Herman, the Master Spy") - Charlie
The F.B.I. (1965-1972) (4 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 9: "The Exiles") (1965) - Colonel Novin
- (Season 3 Episode 10: "Blueprint for Betrayal") (1967) - Hackett
- (Season 5 Episode 8: "The Challenge") (1969) - Winston Keller
- (Season 8 Episode 11: "Canyon of No Return") (1972) - Hotel Guest
Batman (1966) (2 episodes) - Kolevater
- (Season 1 Episode 7: "Instant Freeze")
- (Season 1 Episode 8: "Rats Like Cheese") (uncredited)
Daniel Boone (1966) (Season 3 Episode 14: "When a King Is a Pawn") - Chaumet
The Time Tunnel (1966-1967) (30 episodes) - Dr. Raymond Swain
The Invaders (1967) (2 episodes)
- (Season 2 Episode 3: "The Watchers") (1967) - General
- (Season 2 Episode 12: "Labyrinth") (1967) - Professor Ed Harrison
Ironside (1967-1971) (4 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 13: "The Past Is Prologue") (1967) - Dr. Michaels
- (Season 2 Episode 26: "Not with a Whimper, But a Bang") (1969) - Dean Morris
- (Season 3 Episode 2: "Goodbye for Yesterday") (1969) - Doctor
- (Season 5 Episode 5: "Ring of Prayer") (1971) - Dr. Ward
The Wild Wild West (1968) (Season 3 Episode 21: "The Night of the Undead") - Dr. Paul Eddington
Mission: Impossible (1968) (Season 3 Episode 11: "The Freeze") - Dr. Jacob Bowman
Lancer (1968-1969) (2 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Escape") (1968) - Hotel Clerk
- (Season 1 Episode 13: "The Wedding") (1969)
Bonanza (1968-1972) (4 episodes)
- (Season 9 Episode 17: "The Thirteenth Man") (1968) - Charles
- (Season 11 Episode 3: "The Silence at Stillwater") (1969) - Dr. Menring
- (Season 14 Episode 3: "The Initiation") (1972) - Judge
- (Season 14 Episode 11: "The Bucket Dog") (1972) - Judge Wilcox
The High Chaparral (1969) (Season 3 Episode 4: "A Piece of Land") - Price
Land of the Giants (1969) (Season 2 Episode 4: "Deadly Pawn") - Dr. Lalor
Get Smart (1970) (Season 5 Episode 22: "Smartacus") - Senator Brookside
All in the Family (1972) (Season 3 Episode 11: "Mike's Appendix") - Anesthetist
Cannon (1972-1975) (3 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 18: "The Kill a Guinea Pig") (1972) - Theodore Croft
- (Season 2 Episode 23: "Press Pass to the Slammer") (1973) - Judge Holcomb
- (Season 5 Episode 2: "The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1") (1975) - Arthur Allen Royce
Columbo (1974) (Season 3 Episode 6: "Mind Over Mayhem") - Coroner
The Streets of San Francisco (1974-1976) (3 episodes)
- (Season 3 Episode 4: "Mask of Death") (1974) - Dr. Thompson
- (Season 4 Episode 16: "The Honorable Profession") (1976) - Mr. Schultz
- (Season 5 Episode 3: "Dead or Alive") (1976) - Mr. Zabrockie
Barnaby Jones (1974-1980) (2 episodes)
- (Season 2 Episode 23: "Image in a Cracked Mirror") (1974) - Mr. Stevenson
- (Season 8 Episode 21: "Deadline for Murder") (1980) - Ralph Luxor
S.W.A.T. (1975) (Season 1 Episode 5: "Hit Men") - Howard Redding
Charlie's Angels (1976-1980) (2 episodes)
- (Season 1 Episode 7: "The Kill an Angel") (1976) - Dr. Stafford
- (Season 4 Episode 14: "Angel's Child") (1980) - Judge Towers
Dallas (1978-1986) (13 episodes) - Dr. Harlen Danvers (1986-final appearance)
Little House on the Prairie (1979-1981) (4 episodes) - Judge Adams
- (Season 6 Episode 3: "The Family Tree") (1979)
- (Season 6 Episode 18: "May We Make Them Proud: Part I") (1980)
- (Season 6 Episode 19: "May We Make Them Proud: Part II") (1980)
- (Season 7 Episode 19: "Blind Justice") (1981)

References

^ "John Zaremba". IMDb. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ "John Zaremba Starred in Hill Bros. Ads: Actor Known for TV Coffee Spots Dies". Los Angeles Times. December 20, 1986. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

External links

[1] "John Zaremba". IMDb. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[etvs-2] Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

[3] "John Zaremba Starred in Hill Bros. Ads: Actor Known for TV Coffee Spots Dies". Los Angeles Times. December 20, 1986. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

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