Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rhodes forged his mother’s signature at fifteen to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he spent two years on a judo team, rose to sergeant, and led a reconnaissance platoon in the Korean War before beginning an acting career with a 1957 debut on Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater. He appeared in five series in 1960 and later became a regular as Mike Makula on Daktari (196…
