Robert Mandan

Robert Mandan (born February 2, 1932 in Clever, Missouri) is an American actor.

Among numerous television roles, including that of David Allen, the writer husband of Liz Fraser on From These Roots; he is most famous for his portrayal of businessman Sam Reynolds on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1965 to 1970, and his subsequent satire of the genre playing Chester Tate on the sitcom Soap from 1977 to 1981. Mandan appeared on Match Game in 1978, Super Password in January 1985 and made appearances on The $20,000 Pyramid as well as The $25,000 Pyramid. In addition to his Soap years, he made some appearances with some of his Soap cast members on All Star Family Feud 1hr Specials.

He also played the ineffective but very well-meaning Colonel Fielding on the television adaptation of the movie Private Benjamin in 1981, a disapproving father, James Bradford, on Three's a Crowd in 1984, and Peace Corps doctor Bruce Gaines, who married Mrs. Garrett in her final episodes on The Facts of Life in 1986.

He appeared in Married with Children in episode The D'Arcy Files (1994). He starred in serials more recently playing Mr. Jonesy alongside Louise Sorel on Days of our Lives from 1997 to 1998. He guest-starred as a judge on General Hospital in early 2006.

He made a memorable appearance in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Cardassians".

He also played an auctioneer on the first episode of Sanford and Son.

External links

• Robert Mandan at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Mandan at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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