Emerging from an Irish-Dutch family and educated at Rockhurst High School and College, where he excelled in football, Engel entered the entertainment world after a stint in a warehouse. His broadcasting break came at Kansas City’s KCMO, leading to a network role on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, and the original voice of Sky King in the mid-1940s. Transitioning to the screen, he debuted in… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Spartacus 1960 Strangers on a Train 1951 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Take the Money and Run 1969 Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
The Vendor Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Burt / Clyde Quinn Series ★ 8.1 The Untouchables 1959
Fire Chief Dawson (uncredited) Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Luther Series ★ 7.6 The Wild Wild West 1965
President Ulysses S. Grant ★ 6.9 D.O.A. 1949
Police Captain (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Some Came Running 1958
Sheriff (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Piano Thief (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 Adam-12 1968
Elmo Constant ★ 7 Executive Suite 1954
Jimmy Farrell (uncredited) Series ★ 7 The Lucy Show 1962
Police Officer Series ★ 6.9 Mannix 1967
Stanley Blake (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Mad Magician 1954
Detective (uncredited) Series ★ 7 Barnaby Jones 1973
Salesman Series ★ 6.8 The Invaders 1967
Dr. Frederick Rogers Series ★ 7 Dragnet 1967
Art Turnbull Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Hoffer Series ★ 6.8 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955
Zack Herrick ★ 6.7 The Golden Blade 1953
★ 6.6 The Law and Jake Wade 1958
Avery Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Barney Wingate ★ 6.4 Shakedown 1950
Waiter Captain (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Outrage 1950
Sheriff Charlie Hanlon ★ 6.5 M 1951
Police Chief Regan ★ 6.3 One Girl's Confession 1953
Bar Manager (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Black Castle 1952
Burgher Series ★ 6.2 Cheyenne 1955
U.S. Marshal Thad Veck ★ 6.3 Hell Bent for Leather 1960
Blacksmith (uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
Colonel (uncredited) Series ★ 6.2 My Favorite Martian 1963
Police Captain ★ 6.4 Suddenly 1954
Driver Asking Slim for Directions (uncredited) ★ 5.6 The Flight That Disappeared 1961
Floyd Jamison ★ 5.8 A Bullet for Joey 1955
Truck Driver (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Switchblade Sisters 1975
Jobo ★ 6 Three Violent People 1956
Carpetbagger Series ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965
Sam Whitman ★ 5.5 Vicki 1953
Detective (uncredited) ★ 5.1 The Three Stooges in Orbit 1962
Welby ★ 5.6 The Magnetic Monster 1953
Gen. Behan ★ 5.6 The Colossus of New York 1958
Police Inspector ★ 6.1 Viva Las Vegas 1964
Mr. Baker (uncredited) ★ 5.7 The Last Movie 1971
Harry Anderson ★ 5.7 Not of This Earth 1957
Desk Sergeant ★ 5.8 The Man from Planet X 1951
Tommy the Constable ★ 5.6 Kingdom of the Spiders 1977
Mayor Connors ★ 3.8 Killers from Space 1954
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