Christopher Brown Robinson (November 5, 1938 – June 9, 2025) was an American actor,

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, and

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, sometimes credited as Christopher Robinson.

Career

Robinson began his career as an actor in the 1950s. Robinson was a young adult actor and stunt man and appeared in such films of the 1950s as '' Diary of a High School Bride'' and '' Beast from Haunted Cave''. He was in '' Combat!'' Season 1, "The Reunion" in 1962. In the 1960s, he was cast as flight engineer and top turret gunner Technical Sgt. Alexander "Sandy" Komansky on ABC's '' 12 O'Clock High'' in the last two seasons. In 1972, he got the lead as a fanatical snake charmer in the horror movie, ''Stanley''. Robinson played Dr. Rick Webber on ''

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'' from 1978 to 1986. Following this role, he joined '' Another World'' in late 1987, where he played the role of Jason Frame, and was reunited with

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, who had played Lesley on ''General Hospital''. Jason was murdered in early 1989. He then appeared on another

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'' as Jack Hamilton, joining in the early 1990s and leaving after three years. He last appeared in this part in 2005, having made several guest appearances over the years. Robinson returned to ''General Hospital'' after a 16-year absence in 2002, only to see his character of Rick killed off in a controversial storyline that altered the back story. In 2013, he appeared in a 50th-anniversary celebration episode as Rick's spirit, making peace with his old rival Alan Quartermaine when they both appeared to Monica and Alan's sister, Tracy. In 1984, Robinson was a spokesman for Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup. The commercials aired on national television, and began with the quote, "I'm not a doctor, but I do play one on TV". Robinson was replaced in the commercial by Peter Bergman after Robinson's legal difficulties. In 2013, Robinson's son Chris made a documentary film about Robinson's obsession with

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; Robinson invested $100,000 to purchase numerous Beanie Babies as an investment, but lost the money when the value of the items plummeted. His last on-screen performance came in the 2022 feature film ''Just for a Week'' directed by Michael Jason Allen.

Personal life and death

Robinson was the father of Taylor Joseph Robinson, cast as C.J. Garrison in ''The Bold and the Beautiful.'' In 1985, Robinson was convicted of income tax evasion. He was allowed to continue his role on ''General Hospital'' under a prison work-release provision. Robinson was married to artist/actress Jacquie (née Shane) Robinson, and he had five sons from three previous marriages. Robinson died of heart failure in his sleep at his ranch near

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, on June 9, 2025, at the age of 86.

Credits

Actor

* '' Just for a Week'' (2022) as Ted Hurst * '' Yancey McCord: The Killer That Arizona Forgot About'' (2020) as Yarnell Fritzowski * '' Barely Dreaming'' (2021) as Bud Millen * '' Colt .45'' (1960) ( ABC/

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series) (Season 3 Episode 26: "Appointment at Agoura") as outlaw Tom Sanger * '' Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 5: "So Young the Savage Land") as Paul Martin * ''

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'' (1961) (Season 1 Episode 1: "Afternoon of a Cowboy") as Tony Maddox * ''

The Donna Reed Show ''The Donna Reed Show'' is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her Pediatrics, pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage childr ...

'' (1961) (Season 3 Episode 35: "Military School") as Ken * '' Hennesey'' (1961) (Season 2 Episode 12: "The Hat") as Larry Stander * '' Two Faces West'' (1961) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The Wayward") as Gordie * '' Outlaws'' (1961) (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Daltons Must Die, Part 1") as Sonny Buck * '' Sea Hunt'' (1961) (Season 4 Episode 37: "Crime at Sea") as Kelsey * '' Straightaway'' (1961) (Season 1 Episode 3: "The Nobles Oblige") as Harkey * '' The Everglades'' (1961-1962) (2 episodes) **(Season 1 Episode 11: "Good Boy") (1961) as Ralph Martin **(Season 1 Episode 14: "Young Osceola") (1962) as Coley Jarrett * '' The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor'' (1961-1962) (3 episodes) **(Season 2 Episode 15: "The Frightened Ones") (1961) as Brad Snyder **(Season 3 Episode 17: "The Jagged Edge") (1962) as Charles **(Season 3 Episode 29: "Strangers in the House") (1962) as Grant Harper * ''

Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...

'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 3: "A Place to Put a Life") as Arnold Koenig * '' Cain's Hundred'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 22: "The New Order") as Jack Hayes * '' The New Breed'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 36: "Walk This Street Lightly") as Clifford Forbes * '' Combat!'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 13: "Reunion") as Private Paul Villette * ''

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 a ...

'' (1963) (2 episodes) **(Season 1 Episode 17: "Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog") (January 18, 1963) as Rick 'Ricky' Garrison **(Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall") (December 6, 1963) as Terry * '' The Dakotas'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Red Sky Over Bismarck") as Chino James * ''

The Wide Country ''Wide Country'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series that aired on NBC from September 20, 1962, to April 25, 1963. Synopsis The series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respec ...

'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 18: "Speckle Bird") as Gabriel Horn * '' Stoney Burke'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 29: "A Girl Named Amy") as Ross Webster * '' Channing'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 11: "Beyond His Reach") as Jim Wilson * ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...

'' (1963) (Season 8 Episode 20: "The Bad One") as Willie Jett * '' The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 6: "The Day of the Skinners") as Billy Bird * '' G.E. True'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 24: "Ordeal") as Holt * '' The Fugitive'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 8: "See Hollywood and Die") as Miles * ''

Wagon Train ''Wagon Train'' is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on the NBC television network (1957–1962) and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and reached the top of the ...

'' (1963-1964) (3 episodes) **(Season 6 Episode 23: "The Sarah Proctor Story") (1963) as Brad Proctor **(Season 7 Episode 25: "The Duncan McIvor Story") (1964) as Second Lieutenant Brad Carter **(Season 8 Episode 2: "Hide Hunters") (1964) as Gib Ryker * ''

Arrest and Trial ''Arrest and Trial'' is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963–1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 pm Eastern. Overview The majority of episodes consists of two segments. Set in Los Angeles, the ...

'' (1963-1964) (2 episodes) **(Season 1 Episode 3: "Tears from a Silver Dipper") (1963) as Private First Class Al Rogers **(Season 1 Episode 29: "Those Which Love Has Made") (1964) as Bradford Holcombe * '' The Virginian'' (1963-1970) (4 episodes) **(Season 2 Episode 6: "It Takes A Big Man") (1963) as Henry 'Hank' Anders **(Season 3 Episode 2: "Dark Challenge") (1964) as Arnie Hendricks **(Season 7 Episode 1: "Saddle Warmer") (1968) as Coley **(Season 9 Episode 10: "Experiment at New Life" (1970) as Sandy * '' Perry Mason'' (1965) (Season 8 Episode 25: "The Case of the Deadly Debt") as Carl Talbert * '' Twelve O'Clock High'' (1965–1967) (47 episodes) as Technical Sergeant Sandy Komansky (regular role) * '' Custer'' (1967) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Accused") as Lieutenant Tim Rudford * '' Felony Squad'' (1967) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The Desperate Silence") as Vincent Ludi * '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''(1967) (Season 4 Episode 10: "The Survivor School Affair") as John Saimes * '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' (1968) (Season 4 Episode 29: "And Baby Makes Three") as Private Howie Reilly * '' The Invaders'' (1968) (Season 2 Episode 20: "The Organization") as Mike Calvin * '' Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' (1968) (Season 4 Episode 25: "The Death Clock") as Corpsman Mallory * ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom created by Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy which is set in a Prisoner-of-war camp, prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, and centers around a group of Allied prisoner ...

'' (1969) (Season 4 Episode 15: "The Missing Klink") as Karl Wagner * '' Cycle Savages'' (1969) as Romko * ''Like a Mighty Army'' (1970) as Pastor D. James Kennedy * ''

Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective fiction, detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law. They run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, Califor ...

'' (1977) (2 episodes) **(Season 5 Episode 17: "Duet for Dying") as Harley Nelson **(Season 6 Episode 7: "Daughter of Evil") as Harry Blenner * ''

'' (1978-2013) (TV Series) (960 episodes) as Dr. Rick Webber #2 (1978 – November 26, 1986; June 27 – August 9, 2002, April 2, 2013) * ''Young Doctors in Love'' (1982) in cameo appearance * '' Savannah Smiles'' (1982) as Richard Driscoll * ''Amy'' (1981) as Elliot Medford * ''Like Father Like Son'' (1987) (uncredited) as Bobby * ''Viper'' (1988) as James Macalla * '' Another World'' (1988–1989) (20 episodes) as Jason Frame * '' Rez Bomb'' (2008) as Jaws * ''Yancey McCord: The KILLER That Arizona Forgot About'' (2020) as Yarnell Fritzowski

Director

*'' Catch the Black Sunshine'' (1972) *''Thunder County'' (1974) *'' The Intruder'' (1975) *''

'' - "Shadow of Guilt" (1976) episode *''

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'' - "A Touch of Venom" (1975) and "Point After Death" (1976) episodes *''

Baretta ''Baretta'' is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–1974 ABC series, '' Toma'', starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police ...

'' - "Shoes" (1976) episode

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