Michael Strong

Michael Strong
Michael Strong
	Strong in trailer for Detective Story (1951)
Born	February 8, 1918; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	September 17, 1980 (aged 62); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	American stage, film and television actor
Years active	1948-1980
Spouse(s)	Theda Kropf, Diane Shalet (?-1980) (his death)[1]

Michael Strong (February 8, 1918 – September 17, 1980)[2] was an American stage, film and television actor.

Michael Strong was born in New York City into a Russian Jewish family as Cecil Notopoff and had extensive stage experience. He was a charter member of The Actors Studio and the Lincoln Center Repertory Company.[3] Among his film credits are Point Blank, Patton, and The Great Santini.

He made guest appearances in over 120 television series during his career on shows such as The Green Hornet (in "Hornet Save Thyself"), Decoy, Naked City, The Eleventh Hour, The F.B.I., The Fugitive, I Spy, Mission: Impossible, Columbo (in "Negative Reaction"), The Streets of San Francisco, The Big Valley, Planet of the Apes and Hawaii Five-O. He played Dr. Roger Korby in the Star Trek episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".

On May 31, 1955, the final episode of the CBS-TV series Danger was an adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier story "The Birds" starring Strong and Betty Lou Holland.

Family

His first wife was Theda Kropf. His second wife was actress Diane Shalet.[4] He had two children with Kropf: Paul and Ellen Strong.

He died of cancer in Los Angeles, California on September 17, 1980, aged 62.[5]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	The Sleeping City	Dr. Alex Connell	Uncredited
1951	Detective Story	Lewis Abbott
1960	The Iceman Cometh	Chuck Morello	TV play
1966	Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round	Paul Feng
1967	Point Blank	Stegman
1967	Mission: Impossible s2e7		Episode: "Operation Heart"
1968	Secret Ceremony	Dr. Walter Stevens	Uncredited
1970	Patton	Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver
1974	Columbo	Sergeant Hoffman	Episode: "Negative Reaction"
1979	The Great Santini	Col. Varney

"Diane Shalet Strong (paid obituary)". The New York Times. New York, New York City. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via Legacy.com.
California Death Index and Social Security Death Index, accessed on Ancestry.com
The New York Times obituary, September 22, 1980
Meredith, Jack (December 13, 1969). "Michael Strong a man of many lives in variety of theatrical characters". The Windsor Star. Canada, Ontario, Windsor. p. 39. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
"The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

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