Vaughn,+Robert

Dates: 1932 - Dates in Ridgefield: 1981- nonfiction actor, political activist Robert Francis Vaughn, Ph.D., may best be known for his starring role in //The Man From U.N.C.L.E.//, one of the most popular television shows in the 1960s. Less well-known, perhaps, is the fact that he completed a Ph.D. in communications from the University of Southern California in 1970. His thesis, on the blacklisting of Hollywood entertainers during the McCarthy era, was published in 1972 as //Only Victims:// //A Study of Show Business Blacklisting.// He made his television debut in 1955 in the TV series, //Medic.// In 1978 he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for //Washington Behind Closed Doors,// and in 1965 he won Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Award. His career in film includes roles in //The Magnificent Seven// (1960)//;// //Bullett// (1969); and //The Bridge// //at Ramagen// (1969). (For a complete list of his film and television credits, see [|www.imdb.com] .) In 2008 he published his autobiography, //A Fortunate Life//. A long-time member of the Democratic Party, he was active in the Vietnam War-era peace group, Another Mother for Peace, and, with Dick Van Dyke and Carl Reiner, was a founder of Dissenting Democrats. He moved to Ridgefield in 1981 with his actress wife, Linda Staab, and he is on the Board of Directors of the Ridgefield Playhouse. **Titles: ** //Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting, //1972 //A Fortunate Life, //200 (2008) --Sources: Wikipedia; [|www.staging.ctpost.com]
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