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Milton Selzer
Milton Selzer & Tippi Hedren in Marnie - trailer (cropped screenshot)
Born	(1918-10-25)October 25, 1918 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 21, 2006(2006-10-21) (aged 87) Oxnard, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film, stage, television actor
Years active	1954–1995
Spouse	Alice Hickox ​(m. 1953)​
Children	1

Milton Selzer (October 25, 1918 – October 21, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

Early life

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Selzer and his family moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he was raised. After graduating from Portsmouth High School, he attended the University of New Hampshire before serving in World War II.

Career

Selzer's acting career began with small parts on Broadway. After moving to Hollywood in 1960, he began a prolific career as a character actor making many guest appearances in film and television.

Stage

Selzer's Broadway credits include Tiger at the Gates (1955), Once Upon a Tailor (1954), Arms and the Man (1950), and Julius Caesar (1950).

Television

Selzer's many television roles included appearances on The Twilight Zone, where he portrayed an alien in "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby", and as the miserly son-in-law in "The Masks". He appeared as Dr. Nobel in an episode of Have Gun Will Travel, He appeared in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle in 1961. He made two memorable guest appearances on Perry Mason; in 1963 he played defendant and title character Dr. Aaron Stuart in "The Case of the Decadent Dean," and in 1964 he played murder victim Dr. Max Taylor in "The Case of the Bullied Bowler".

From 1965–67, he made seven guest appearances as Professor Parker in Get Smart followed by roles on That Girl, The Rat Patrol, Hogan's Heroes, and The Bold Ones: The Protectors. In the many crime shows of the 1960s and 1970s, Selzer would often portray unsympathetic characters who would also possess sad and often pathetic qualities. He was a regular on the 1973 situation comedy Needles and Pins as Julius Singer.

He made his last onscreen appearance in the 1995 television film Cagney & Lacey: Together Again.

Film

Selzer's film career includes roles in The Young Savages (1961) opposite Burt Lancaster, In Enemy Country (1968), The Buddy System (1984) and Sid and Nancy (1986).

Death

On October 21, 2006, four days before his 88th birthday, Selzer died of pulmonary complications.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. ^ Lentz, Harris M. III (October 24, 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 335–336. ISBN 978-0786452118. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
2. Mitchell, Ronald M. "Obituaries for November 3, 2006". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
3. "("Milton Selzer"". Playbill Vault. Retrieved April 29, 2017.

External links

• Milton Selzer at IMDb
• Milton Selzer at the Internet Broadway Database
• Milton Selzer at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

• 1918 births
• 2006 deaths
• Male actors from Lowell, Massachusetts
• American male film actors
• American male stage actors
• American male television actors
• Male actors from New Hampshire
• People from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• Military personnel from New Hampshire
• American military personnel of World War II
• University of New Hampshire alumni
• American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
• The New School alumni
• Jewish American male actors
• 20th-century American male actors
• 20th-century American Jews
• 21st-century American Jews