Robert Gerringer (born Robert Geiringer; May 12, 1926 – November 8, 1989) was an American character actor perhaps best known as Dr. Dave Woodard on the soap opera ''

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'', a role he played during 1967. Gerringer left the show because he refused to cross the picket line during a technician's strike; he was replaced by actor Peter Turgeon for six episodes and the character then killed off. Gerringer was born in New York City, the son of Mary Agnes (née Moran), a teacher, and Arthur Joseph Geiringer, a surgeon. He appeared in the film ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...

'' (1973)and ''

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'' as well as in soap operas including '' The Guiding Light'', ''

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'', in which he played Houston attorney Striker Bellman; '' The Doctors'' where he played Detective Cadman in 1970 and ''

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'' until that show's 1984 cancellation. He died from a stroke at age 63 in Damariscotta, Maine.

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Robert Gerringer and Patricia Falkenhain papers, 1930–1990
held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division,

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Clips from ''Texas'' episodes
* 1926 births 1989 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from New York City 20th-century American male actors {{US-tv-actor-1920s-stub