Robert Colbert

Robert Colbert is an American actor best-known for his leading role as Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series The Time Tunnel and his two appearances as Brent Maverick, a third Maverick brother in the ABC/Warner Brothers western Maverick. Early years Colbert began acting when he was a soldier based on the Japanese island of Okinawa. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police unit and also worked as a disc jockey for radio station KSBK in the evenings. A woman in Air Force Special Services heard his voice and recruited him to act in a performance of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He gained acting experience with the Portland (Oregon) Repertory Theater. Film and television career Warner Bros. and Maverick Colbert appeared in a number of minor films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel with the Three Stooges. He was signed to a contract with Warner Bros. and subsequently cast in the feature film A Fever in the Blood (1961) with Jack Kelly and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., along with many guest appearances on Warner Brothers Television series.