Stewart Moss (November 27, 1937 – September 13, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and director.

Early years Moss was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Irish descent on his father's side and his mother was a daughter of immigrants from Italy. He graduated from Marquette University in 1959. Subsequently, he attended Yale School of Drama on a one-year scholarship.

Career On Broadway, Moss appeared in Seidman and Son (1962).

Moss's film credits included roles in In Harm's Way (1965) (his film debut), Chubasco (1968), Pendulum (1969), the Hitchcock movie Topaz (1969), Zig Zag (1970), Fuzz (1972), Stacey (1973), Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1973), The Bat People (1974), The Last Married Couple in America (1980) and Raise the Titanic (1980). He made eight guest appearances on Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971. He also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, first as murder victim David Cartwell in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Paper Bullets," and Dan Swanson in "The Case of the Dead Ringer," in 1966 when star Raymond Burr doubled as Mason and murderer Grimes. Moss also appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series: "The Naked Time" as Lt. Joe Tormolen, and "By Any Other Name" as Hanar. He appeared in the TV series The Invaders episode titled "Inquisition" as Hadley Jenkins (1968). He also appeared in such TV shows as Wheels, Murder, She Wrote, Hogan's Heroes, Matlock, Riptide, Cagney and Lacey, Magnum, P.I., Barnaby Jones, Baa Baa Black Sheep (in the episode "The Meatball Circus"), The Rockford Files, Cannon, Kojak, The Silent Force, Hawaii Five-O, and Bonanza. Moss appeared in two episodes of Cannon: the 1971 episode "Death Chain" as Don Woodard and the 1973 episode "Trial by Terror" as Ross Vernon.

In 1974, he appeared in the docudrama teleplay The Missiles of October, playing Kenneth O'Donnell, a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy.

In addition to acting, Moss also wrote and directed. He wrote an episode of Trapper John, M.D. called "Old Man Liver", and he directed a stage production of Sweet Charity starring Bebe Neuwirth. He won a Drama-Logue Award for directing the stage production of The Shadow Box at Theatre East.

Marriage and death

In 1968, Moss married actress Marianne McAndrew and co-starred with her in the film The Bat People. Moss died in September 2017 at the age of 79.Remembering Stewart Moss

Autobiography

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1965 In Harm's Way Ensign Balch 1967 Chubasco Les 1969 Pendulum Richard D'Angelo 1969 Topaz Devereaux's colleague in Havana Uncredited1970 Zig Zag Edgar Courtland 1972 Fuzz Det. Hal Willis 1973 Stacey John Chambers 1973 Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls Greg Vaughn 1974 The Bat People Dr. John Beck 1974 Live Again, Die Again Wilson ABC Movie of the Week1974 The Tribe Gato ABC Movie of the Week1980 The Last Married Couple in America Donald 1980 Raise the Titanic Koplin

Television Year Title Role Notes1965 Hogan's Heroes Olsen S1:E4, "The Late Inspector General"1967 Hogan's Heroes Olsen S3:E2, "Some of Their Planes Are Missing"1966 Star Trek: The Original Series Lt. Joe Tormolen S1:E4, "The Naked Time"1968 Star Trek: The Original Series Hanar S2:E22, "By Any Other Name"1969 Hawaii Five-O Ned Horvath S1:E22, "Not That Much Different"1971-73 Cannon David Rackham 3 episodes1971 Dan August Darryl York S1:E20, "Trackdown"1972 Cade's County Jarvis S1:E24, "The Witness"1973-76 The Streets of San Francisco Dr. Kevin Morely 2 episodes1975-76 Fay Dr. Elliott Baines 6 episodes1976 Black Sheep Squadron Lt. Cmdr. Hightower Episode: "The Meatball Circus"1976 The Practice Dan Case S1:E9, "The Nose"1976-78 Barnaby Jones Bill Wayland 2 episodes1977 Kingston: Confidential Ted Drew S1:E2, "Eight Columns Across the Top"1980 Beyond Westworld Foley S1:E1, "Westworld Destroyed"1982 The Devlin Connection Dr. Wade S1:E13, "Jennifer"1983 Cagney & Lacey Joe Price S2:E15, "Jane Doe #37"1985 T. J. Hooker Alan Hartman S4:E17, "Hollywood Starr"1988 Punky Brewster Dr. Davis S4:E14, "Ouch"1986 Matlock Lou Pearson S1:E10, "The Angel"1986 Remington Steele Gerald Steinmetz S4:E16, "Sensitive Steele"1990 Generations Judge Titus 10 episodes1993 Murder, She Wrote Dr. Abner Farrow S9:E13, "Dead Eye"

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