Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Highest Rated: 96% Wait Until Dark (1967)
Lowest Rated: 25% Airport 1975 (1974)
Birthday: Nov 30, 1918
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
One of the most sophisticated and professional actors of the small screen, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. rose to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of two popular television series: "77 Sunset Strip" (ABC, 1958-1964) and "The FBI" (ABC, 1965-1974). Tall, well spoken and always impeccable in dress and manner, Zimbalist was the epitome of the confident, competent professional man of the period, who viewed each challenge with determination and the occasional wry quip. Both shows would represent the high points of his acting career, but their success would allow him to work at an astonishing rate for the next four decades in television, including a lengthy stint as a voiceover artist in his eighth and ninth decades. A highly admired holdover from the Golden Age of American television, Zimbalist's carriage and talent kept him both active and appreciated, a legacy that most actors would have considered the perfect final act of their careers. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. died at the age of 95, staying active until the very end; his obituaries mentioned that he was watering the lawn at home at the time he died.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 47% | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) | - | 2003 |
| 83% | 77% | The Batman-Superman Movie | Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) | - | 1998 |
| 92% | 67% | Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cab to Canada | Vice Chancellor (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Street Corner Kids 2: A Place Called Elmira | Makenzie (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Street Corner Kids | Marty (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) | $5M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince Valiant: Knight of the Round Table | King Arthur (Voice) | - | 1991 |
| 83% | 65% | Hot Shots! | Wilson (Character) | $68.3M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince Valiant | King Arthur (Voice) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zorro: The Legend Begins | Don Alejandro de la Vega (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Sister | Tom Burroughs (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shooting Stars | Robert Cluso (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Avenging | Jacob Anderson (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gathering, Part II | Victor Wainwright (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best Place to Be | Bill Reardan (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Terror Out of the Sky | David Martin (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Family Upside Down | Mike Long (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Is the Black Dahlia? | Sgt. Harry Hansen (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 25% | 37% | Airport 1975 | Captain Stacy (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI | Lewis Erskine (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 96% | 91% | Wait Until Dark | Sam Hendrix (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harlow | William Mansfield (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Reward | Frank Bryant (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 13% | The Chapman Report | Paul Radford (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | By Love Possessed | Arthur Winner (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Fever in the Blood | Judge Leland Hoffman (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Season in Tyrol | Narrator | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The Crowded Sky | Dale Heath (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Home Before Dark | Jacob "'Jake"' Diamond (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Too Much, Too Soon | Vincent Bryant (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl on the Run | Stuart Bailey (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deep Six | Lt. Blanchard (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Violent Road | George Lawrence (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 40% | 64% | Band of Angels | Lt. Ethan Sears (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Bombers B-52 | Colonel Jim Herlihy (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 71% | 74% | House of Strangers | Tony Monetti (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Visitor | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Babylon 5 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 82% | No Score Yet | Picket Fences | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 95% | 98% | Batman: The Animated Series | Alfred (Voice) | 1992-1995 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heaven Help Us | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Sam Gallagher (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 1990 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zorro | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who's the Boss? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Clarence Hyland (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Charles Cabot (Guest Star) | 1988 1986 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners in Crime | Grant Latham (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scruples | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The FBI | Inspector Lewis Erskine (Character) | 1965-1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Year to Remember | Host | |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Stuart Bailey (Character) | 1958-1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
QUOTES FROM Efrem Zimbalist Jr. CHARACTERS
Alfred Pennyworth says: I can see why Dennis the Menace is one step closer to juvenile hall.
Batman/Bruce Wayne says: The last thing Gotham needs is a vigilante running amuck.
Alfred Pennyworth says: As they say on the streets, I ain't touchin' that one.
Alfred Pennyworth says: (on seeing Batman for the first time) "My *God*!"
Alfred Pennyworth says: [on seeing Batman for the first time] My *God*!
Batman/Bruce Wayne says: You think you know everything about me, don't you?
Alfred Pennyworth says: I diapered your bottom; I bloody well ought to, *sir*!
Arthur Reeves says: [on TV] What kind of city are we running when we depend on the support of a potential madman! [click]
Alfred Pennyworth says: What rot, sir! Why you're the very model of sanity. Oh by the way, I pressed your tights and put away your exploding gas balls.
Batman/Bruce Wayne says: Thank you, Alfred.