Michael George Ansara (1922 - 2013)

Born 15 Apr 1922 in Saydnaya, Rif Daimashq, Syria

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Patricia Clare — married 23 Oct 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Husband of Imogene Audette (Burkhart) Byron — married 15 May 1949 (to 1956) in Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 31 Jul 2013 at age 91 in Calabasas, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Mike Ansara is Notable.

Michael Ansara was born in Saydnaya, Syria. Christian community north of Damascus, the the East of the Damascus-Aleppo Highway.

(Contributed by Lilly Martin)

Michael Ansara, 91, a Syrian-born actor often cast as a Native American in TV westerns and who starred as Cochise in "Broken Arrow" and Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in "Law of the Plainsman" before playing the memorable Klingon Kang in "Star Trek," died Wednesday at his home in Calabasas, according to family spokesman Michael Druxman. No cause was given.

Ansara was born April 15, 1922, in Syria and moved with his family to New England as a young child, Druxman said.

The family lived in Massachusetts and New Hampshire before moving to Los Angeles. Ansara studied at LA. City College and the Pasadena Playhouse.

He had small parts in films and TV series in the early 1950s before landing the role of the Apache chief in "Broken Arrow" in 1956. The series ran on ABC for two years, and in 1959 he starred as an Apache who became a lawman in "Law of the Plainsman," a spinoff of the popular ABC western "The Rifleman."

After "Law of the Plainsman" ended in 1960, Ansara made frequent appearances on television into the '90s. His many credits include "Rawhide," "Daniel Boone," "Gunsmoke," "McMillan and Wife," "Police Story," "Rambo" and the miniseries "Centennial." He also was the voice of Mr. Freeze in various animated "Batman" series.

Ansara first played Kang on the original "Star Trek" series in 1968 and was brought back for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (as Kang and, later, as the Tavnian Jeyal) and "Star Trek: Voyager."

He was married to actress Jean Bryon of "The Patty Duke Show" before marrying Barbara Eden, the star of "I Dream of Jeannie." Ansara and Eden had one son, Matthew. The couple divorced in 1973, and their son died of an accidental drug overdose in 2001. Ansara is survived by his third wife, actress Beverly Kushida, and a sister.

Sources

Year: 1930; Census Place: Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: 1300; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 899.0; FHL microfilm: 2341035

Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_418; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 60-846

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