The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from October 10, 1982, to February 17, 1987. Zimbalist had a recurring role as Daniel Chalmers, a white-collar con man, on his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist's 1980s television detective series Remington Steele. Zimbalist was born in New York, grew up on an estate in the Connecticut countryside and received an expensive education in New England. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors. Shauna L Bowling from Central Florida on May 22, 2014: Ah, you're so right, Rachael. ", Efrem Jr.'s mother was famous opera singer Alma Gluck. He was a southern officer in Band of Angels (1957), which starred Clark Gable and Yvonne De Carlo; a playboy army flyer wooing Natalie Wood in Bombers B-52 (1957); and in uniform again on a second world war cruiser in The Deep Six (1958), with Alan Ladd. I agree, #travmaj Thank you for reading and commenting :), #Flourish Anyway - I am always in awe of people who live well and live into their 90's or older. He served as a juror of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962 and 1966. In 1941, he was drafted in the United States Army. [9] He was discharged at the end of the war, and his awards and decorations included the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge, in addition to the Purple Heart he received for a shrapnel wound to his leg during the battle of Hrtgen Forest.[9]. His stepmother was the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist. Nev and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. of En cino, Calif., the actor in the television series "The F.B.I By that time, Efrem Jr. and Emily McNair had two children, Nancy and Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III. Father Daughter Relationship (6) Fear (6) Femme Fatale (6) Fire (6) Fistfight (6) Flashback (6) Henchman (6) Hospital (6) Husband Wife Relationship (6) Hyena (6) . While in the army, Zimbalist got acquainted with the director Garson Kanin, who gave him his first professional acting role in the Broadway play The Rugged Path. In 2008, he appeared in the short film The Delivery, in which he played a professor who helps a young girl in her struggles for literacy. She is buried in Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut near the family's summer home. Getty Images His mother, reasoning. The clothing bills he sent home to be paid didn't win over his parents either. She died in Reno Nevada in 1981 at the age of 66. While playing Bailey, Zimbalist found time to appear in several more films. However, she shares a fair share of relationship with a handful of stars. Remington Steele is an American crime drama television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. Zimbalists parents, Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, were of Jewish descent but on emigrating to America, had left the religion. Each generation remembers him in a different way - series television, stage plays, movies, the opera. Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? It remained his favourite screen role. Efrem Jr. and Maria were both christened there, and the couple placed Efrem in an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. At the end of each episode, after Zimbalist and his fellow G-men had captured that week's mobsters, subversives, bank robbers or spies, the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. For his son, the actor, see, Zimbalist with his violin, circa 19151920, Efrem Zimbalist: A Life. He and his partner Jeff Spencer (played by Roger Smith) operated from an office in the center of Hollywood where, aided by their sometime helper, Kookie, a jive-talking beatnik type who doubled as a parking lot attendant, they tracked down miscreants. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. was born Nov. 30, 1918, in New York with what some might call a silver spoon in his mouth. [15] Zimbalist subsequently spent a week in contact with Hoover in Washington, D.C. and at the F.B.I. Stephanie Zimbalist on the Importance of Trump. "I didn't want to do television, but it was in my contract," Zimbalist recalled. This is the home her sister and husband raised their family in, and hosted her mother and siblings when she brought them over from Romania. However, he was mainly seen in TV movies and series, such as Remington Steele in the 80s (as the silver-tongued con artist Daniel Chalmers), in which his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist starred opposite Pierce Brosnan. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Twilight Zone was Rod Sterling, who also wrote most of the episodes. [8] By the age of nine, Efrem Zimbalist was first violin in his father's orchestra. Academy in Quantico, Virginia. 1947, 1948 and 1949 found him cast in several plays - Androcles and the Lion, Yellow Jack, A Pound on Demand, and Hedda Gabler (appearing with his new wife, Emily). He changed his name to Menotti shortly after his adoption. Zimbalist also appeared in "By Love Possessed," ''Airport 1975," ''Terror Out of the Sky" and "Hot Shots.". Some of them led to arrests, which helped give the show the complete seal of approval of the agency's real-life director, J. Edgar Hoover. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr. In 1956, he married his second wife, Loranda Stephanie Spalding. About. After serving in WW II, in 1945, Efrem Jr. enrolled to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. He also starred as the lead in several feature films for Warners, such as Bombers B-52, The Deep Six, A Fever in the Blood and The Chapman Report. As the heir apparent to wealthy parents, his taste for expensive suits purchased at the best men's shoppes of Hartford and New Haven made him popular at school. With large sums of money changing hands, Alma got her divorce in 1912, leaving the way for Efrem Sr. and Alma to marry. They divorced in 1941. Efrem Jr. was almost 20 years old and had a few regrets after his mother died. I think Troy Donahue was also an actor in the show. In 1957, the actor played Lt. Ethan Sears in the romantic film Band of Angels. Granddaughter Stephanie played the female lead in Remington Steele opposite Pierce Brosnan. He returned home over four years later with Purple Heart Medal for a shrapnel wound in his leg. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s half-sister lived to be 92. to Frank Clarke, April 23, 1923 and divorced 1925, one daughter. "He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends.". He refers to those years as the years he went overboard in his fundamentalist associations. Thanks for reading and commenting. Zimbalist is survived by his three children son Efren, daughters Stephanie an actress and our girl Nancy Zimbalist. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor who is best remembered for his portrayals of Dandy Jim Buckley in the TV series Maverick and the animated character Alfred Pennyworth in the superhero series Batman: The Animated Series and its spin-offs. His suave good looks made him a favorite actor for many. "They showed me in my contract where it said I had to," he recalled. . His charismatic good looks made him memorable as an accomplished actor, appearing first on stage and in several movies, but becoming more widely known for his work on television. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1907 after winning a gold medal and the Rubinstein Prize, and by age 21 was considered one of the world's greatest violinists.[9]. The following is a video of one of the news services announcing his death: When his father Efrem Zimbalist Sr. arrived in the United States in 1911, he was much in demand as a violinist, especially with the orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera House. The repair work failed, and the series ended the following year. Zimbalist died peacefully at his Solvang home of natural causes at the age of 95 on May 2, 2014; he had been outside watering his lawn at his Solvang, Calif., ranch when a handyman found him lying dead in the grass. They boarded Efrem Jr. at a Conservatory in Kiev for one year. Still working on the stepmother who brought a great literary legacy which Efrem Zimbalist III (Skip) carries on to this day. Zimbalist had better luck with "The F.B.I.," which endured for a decade as one of TV's most popular shows. 139142. They started making another kind of movie, Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, in his election campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. In 1959, Zimbalist got an Emmy nomination but after a few sessions, he felt the hours were long and the scripts were bad. In October 1956 their daughter Stephanie was born. Why did Efrem Zimbalist Jr leave Zorro? American Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born on 30th November, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA and passed away on 2nd May 2014 Solvang, California, USA aged 95. Warner Bros. signed him to a contract and cast him in minor film roles. (Lewis Erskine), voice of Alfred the butler on Batman:The Animated Series, Died: May 2, 2014, at age 95 of natural causes. Her school, The Curtis Institute of Music was like a home to the Zimbalist family as they sponsored each new protg, helped produce opera on Broadway (never done before in a stage performance until Menotti) and the endowment this school received when she died supported many graduating talents. Mrs. Zimbalist was a daughter of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, founder of the Curtis Publish ing Company. Victor W. Kwok from Hawaii on May 23, 2014: This is an amazing tribute hub. "When you learn that you inspired someone, it's a huge honor.". Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (ne Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. He died in 1985, at the age of 95. After his wife died in 1950 he gave up acting for a time to teach at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where his father was an artist in residence. He became proficient at violin and composing music with several compositions to his credit. To each of you, please accept my thanks for taking the time to read them. Four years later, the actor played Captain Stacy in Jack Smight's air disaster film and the sequel to the 1970 movie Airport, Airport 1975. (S 1: Ep 9), Episode: "A Little Left of Heaven (Pilot) (S 1:Ep 1), Episode: "Knights of the Round Table, Parts 1 and 2" (S 3: Ep 1 & S 3: Ep 2), Episode: "World's Finest, part 3" (S 2: Ep 18). [15], Zimbalist maintained a strong personal relationship with F.B.I. ("Oh! The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. They had a daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. TimesMojo is a social question-and-answer website where you can get all the answers to your questions. The show was revived in the 1980s as Today's FBI starring Mike Connors. 1957 brought Efrem Jr. a seven year contract with Warner Brothers studio. Alma traveled rarely to see her husband in concert unless it was in New York. ), His own compositions include a violin concerto, a piano concerto (1959), the American Rhapsody, a tone poem called Daphnis and Chloe, a Fantasy on themes from The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (1936), and a piece called Sarasateana, for viola and piano. His mother, reasoning that living amid the musical elite was not the best upbringing for a boy, sent him to boarding schools. Efrem Zimbalist Jr, actor, born 30 November 1918; died 2 May 2014, Suave actor known for his starring roles in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, right, with William Reynolds, left, in a 1968 episode of The FBI. Efrem Jr.'s career was finally taking off. Zimbalist said in an interview in 2004, that fans of the show occasionally approached him to say they had joined the FBI or had become police officers because of his portrayal of the calm and authoritative government agent on the series. Zimbalist had a recurring role as Daniel Chalmers, a white-collar con man, on his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist 's 1980s television detective series Remington Steele. I use to get her mixed up with Stephanie Powers; some shots they look so much alike. Although he continued to consider himself ethnically Jewish, he found himself attracted, along with his wife Alma, to Anglican Christianity, and they regularly attended the Episcopal Church in New Hartford. But yes, now I remember Ephrem Zimblast Jr. as the voice of many shows I watched as a child. Three years later, the actor played The Player King in Hamlet at the same theatre company. Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice: Directed by Vincent McEveety. At at time in history when beatniks ala Dobie Gillis and Maynard were all the crazy, they employed Kookie, a beatnik parking lot attendant, who helped them track down their bad guys. All characters were let go except for Efrem, whose new role was to travel the world as an investigator with his OSS background. He was a political hopeful in A Fever in the Blood (1961), opposite Angie Dickinson one of his few leads, Warners hoping to cash in on his TV fame and a sex therapist in George Cukor's The Chapman Report (1962). Photograph: ABC Photo Archives. Efrem Jr. threw himself into studying and composing music, and became dean of students in 1954. He then went on to produce many operas including The Consul that earned the Pulitzer Prize for Music. . Devika Primi from Dubrovnik, Croatia on May 21, 2014: Hi RachaelOhalloran, I had no idea of this person until now a very interesting write up here and you certainly enlightened me to perfection. [25], He had a nine-year association with the practice of Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. 1956), Occupation: Actor, TV Host (Word From The Holyland on TBN), Author (My Dinner of Herbs, 2003), Singer, Violinist and Composer (8-part choral 150th Psalm, Zimbalist Sonatas), Producer of Lyric Operas for Gian Carlo Menotti - The Consul (1950 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music), The Medium (1949), and The Telephone (1949), Best Known For: his baritone voice, 77 Sunset Strip (Stu Bailey), The F.B.I. When the program's run ended in 1964, Zimbalist segued seamlessly into "The F.B.I." One wonders if his step-grandmother's exposure groomed him to be as successful as she was. For his father, the musician, see, Mary Evertz, "At 65 Still a Sex Symbol: Veteran Actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is Back on Stage,", Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest, "Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Star of '77 Sunset Strip' and 'The F.B.I. Menotti studied at The Curtis Institute of Music at the same time as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber. the following year and that program aired until 1974. Finally, in Love Among the Steele the agency acquires a 1936 Auburn Speedster. I think it is all in his perception, which I'm sorry it was that way, but probably not true on her end. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on May 22, 2014: Thank you to everyone for your comments. While he was away, his father married for the second time in 1943 to Mary Louise Curtis Bok, heir to the Curtis Publishing Company and founder of the Curtis Institute of Music where he was the Director. John Hansen from Australia (Gondwana Land) on May 21, 2014: What a wonderful tribute hub. Studied Transcendental Meditation for 9 years under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and found it a total waste of time. In the same year, he married Stephanie Spaulding, and, thanks to the director Joshua Logan, gained a contract with Warner Bros, which exploited his good looks and suave, though rather bland, personality in secondary roles. At age 12 he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and studied under Leopold Auer. Active on Broadway in the following productions: Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 95, outliving his father's age of 94 by one year. Efrem Jr. kept the tradition going and learned the violin. Zimbalist described the Maharishi Yogi as a "fascinating character", but found the meditation method "was a total waste of energy for me. Those who worked with him were equally admiring of the star's professionalism and likable personality. Coupled with his baritone voice, he easily won over the ladies but he had no interest in the curriculum or in getting a job to support his extravagant lifestyle. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our. The program brought Zimbalist an Emmy nomination in 1959, but after a few seasons he tired of the long hours and what he believed were the bad scripts. going to the movies over 20 years ago. 110. 9-Sep-1944, d. 17-Nov-2012 cancer) Son: Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III (CEO of Active . "We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our beloved father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., today at his Solvang ranch," the actor's daughter Stephanie Zimbalist and son Efrem Zimbalist III said in a statement. Prize for Music a social question-and-answer website where you can get all the answers to your questions had. The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York Curtis Institute of Music at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New.. 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