Lee Philips

For people with similar names, see Lee Phillips (disambiguation) and Lee Phillip.

Lee Philips (born Leon Friedman; January 10, 1927 – March 3, 1999) was an American actor, film director, and television director.^[2]

Lee Philips
Lee Phillips in Peyton Place
Born	Leon Friedman^[1] (1927-01-10)January 10, 1927 New York City, U.S.
Died	March 3, 1999(1999-03-03) (aged 72) Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Director

Life and career

Philips was born in New York. His acting career started on Broadway, and peaked with a starring role as Michael Rossi in the film adaptation of Peyton Place opposite Lana Turner.^[3][4] He appeared in the Paddy Chayefsky motion picture, Middle of the Night (1959) as Kim Novak's character's ex-husband, George. The following year, Philips was cast as the compassionate Lieutenant Wood in the episode, "The White Healer", on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews.

Later in the 1960s, his career shifted towards directing, with credits ranging from the television series of Peyton Place to The Dick Van Dyke Show. He still did occasional acting, such as his appearance in 1963 in "Never Wave Goodbye", a two-part episode of The Fugitive. He also guest starred on The Outer Limits in the premiere episode, "The Galaxy Being". Also in 1963, he played a lead role in "Passage on the Lady Anne", an hour-long episode of The Twilight Zone; he returned to the show the following year in the episode "Queen of the Nile", where he played a reporter named Jordan "Jordy" Herrick. He was Juror Number 5 in the Studio One version of Twelve Angry Men. He appeared in Flipper in 1964.

Philips made two guest appearances on Perry Mason in 1965: as Kevin Lawrence in "The Case of the Golden Venom", and, less than nine months later, as Gordon Evans in "The Case of the Fatal Fortune". He played Harlan Fortune in S8 E26 "The Jarbo Pierce Story" on "Wagon Train", 1965. He also guest starred on the Combat!: episode: "A Walk with an Eagle". In 1973 he directed The Girl Most Likely to... starring Stockard Channing.^[5] He directed Dick Van Dyke on several episodes of Diagnosis: Murder.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Georgie Minnelli	Season 2 Episode 27: "Alibi Me"
1957	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Jack Staley	Season 3 Episode 11: "The Deadly"
1957	Peyton Place	Michael Rossi
1958	The Hunters	1st Lt. Carl Abbott
1959	Middle of the Night	George Preisser
1960	Tess of the Storm Country	Eric Thorson
1961	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Fred Sheldon	Season 6 Episode 27: "Deathmate"
1963	Violent Midnight	Elliot Freeman
1965	The Lollipop Cover	Nestor

References

1. Eissner, Bonnie (Fall 2011). (PDF). AU. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
2. O'Day, Billie. "Interesting Woman / Lee's the Actor — But Barbara Gives the Cues" (The Miami News, November 11, 1959, page 3B)
3. "Stellar Team / Lee Philips, as a high school principal, and Lana Turner, shown here in a scene from Peyton Place, form one of the more mature romantic couples in the picture" (Spokane Daily Chronicle, January 23, 1958, page 14)
4. Belser, Lee / International News Service. "Philips Feels Like Neophyte / Actor Gets 'Fidgets' in Film with Lana" (The Miami News, January 16, 1958, page 4A)
5. Witbeck, Chrles {sic}. "Red Badge of Courage / They Finally Got It Right" (Boca Raton News, December 6, 1974, page 8)

External links

• Lee Philips at IMDb
• Lee Philips at the Internet Broadway Database  
• Lee Philips at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

 

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