Logan Ramsey

Logan Carlisle Ramsey Jr. (March 21, 1921 – June 26, 2000) was an American character actor of television and film for nearly 50 years. Early life Ramsey was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Harriet Lillian (née Kilmartin) and Captain Logan Carlisle Ramsey Sr., USN, a Naval Aviator who raised the alarm during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later became the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21). The junior Ramsey served as a Naval Aviator aboard the sunken Block Island'''s namesake carrier, USS Block Island (CVE-106). During down time, Ensign Ramsey would participate in "smokers" (entertainment programs between boxing matches) aboard ship. After the war he moved to New York City and studied acting under famous acting coach Lee Strasberg. Stage, television, and film Logan's Broadway credits include The Great Indoors (1965), In the Summer House (1953), The High Ground (1950), and The Devil's Disciple (1950). Primarily a TV character actor, Ramsey was a frequent guest star on series television during the 1960s and '70s. Ramsey appeared on, among many others: The Edge of Night; Star Trek (as Proconsul Claudius Marcus in "Bread and Circuses", 1968); Mission: Impossible; Hawaii Five-O; M*A*S*H; Maude; Charlie's Angels; Quincy, M.E.; Mork & Mindy; Battlestar Galactica (as Moore in "Experiment in Terra", 1979); Knight Rider; Night Court; Highway to Heaven and the miniseries Testimony of Two Men; The Winds of War and Here Come the Brides.