Herbert "Herb" Vigran (June 5, 1910 – November 29, 1986) was a well-known American character actor in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his 50-year career, he made over 350 television and film appearances.
Career[]
Vigran's family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he grew up. He graduated with a law degree from Indiana University Law School but later chose to pursue acting.
After starting out on Broadway, he soon moved to Hollywood and performed in radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He later had hundreds of television appearances on shows like Adventures of Superman (six episodes), Dragnet, The Brady Bunch and I Love Lucy. With his bushy eyebrows and balding pate, he was easily cast in a wide variety of middle-aged "everyman" roles: cops, small-time crooks, judges, jurors, bartenders, repairmen, neighbors, shopkeepers, etc.
In the rock and roll movie Go, Johnny, Go (1959), Vigran played an assistant to promoter Alan Freed and performed dialogue scenes with rock legend Chuck Berry. He also provided the voice of "Whitney's boss" on the Arrowhead bottled-water television (animated) and radio commercials in the 1960s.
Death[]
Vigran was active up until his death from cancer on November 29, 1986 in Los Angeles. He was cremated.
External links[]
- Herb Vigran at the Internet Movie Database
- Herb Vigran at the Internet Broadway Database
- Herb Vigran at Find a Grave