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Victor Lundin was born on December 8, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960) and Batman (1966). He was married to Amelia Pryharski and Christa Friedlander. He died on July 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Lundin was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Dec 8, 1929. His father was from a German American background, and his mother was English. He wanted to work in films from a young age, after enjoying watching them at the cinema where his father worked. While attending Lane Technical College Prep High School, Lundin trained as an opera singer and was on the baseball team. During this time, he would take on small roles in broadcast radio productions being produced in Chicago, such as Mystery Theater and Captain Midnight. He began to play semi-pro baseball as a pitcher for the Skokie Indians, but an injury to his throwing arm in his second game ended his career.

Lundin began to study music at Roosevelt University, but after a year won a part in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's performance of Don Giovanni, which created an opportunity for him to study abroad in Italy. But he turned this down, instead opting to move to California to pursue his acting dream. He went on to attend Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a B.A. in Communications Arts and Literature. He began to find work in Hollywood, not as an actor but as a singer. He appeared on the variety show Hootenanny as a folk musician and made 24 appearances on The Red Rowe Show in this same capacity. He recorded a handful of songs, later explaining, "We had a couple turntable hits, but the distribution was poor. They didn't get enough going in sales to do an album"

While pursuing his acting career, Lundin also worked as a salesman and a food distributor. He became known for his portrayal of tough men on screen, as well as Native Americans. By Lundin's own estimation, he made more than a 100 different film and television appearances from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.[2] These included such roles as Machine Gun Kelly in the 1960s film Ma Barker's Killer Brood. During the early 1960s, he worked with two Academy Award winning directors, Robert Wise and George Stevens. With Wise, he appeared in the director's 1962 film Two for the Seesaw, and in Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told in 1965. Lundin also appeared in a number of other films around this same period, including Promises! Promises! (1963) and Beau Geste (1966). In 1964, he also starred in one of the lead roles in Robinson Crusoe on Mars as Friday. During this period, he also worked as a singing coach, working with Lucille Ball for a period, but he said "I couldn't teach her anything. She was such a heavy smoker; she was like a basso profundo".

Lundin appeared in several 1960's science fiction and superhero television series, such as Batman as one of the Penguin's henchmen, and as Chief Standing Pat in separate episodes. In 1967, he appeared in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Errand of Mercy", the first time that the Klingons made an appearance in the Star Trek franchise. Lundin portrayed the Klingon Lieutenant, and became the first Klingon to be seen on screen by virtue of walking into frame moments before John Colicos' Kor. Lundin had previously auditioned for the role of Spock, which wound up going to Leonard Nimoy instead. He also appeared in other series such as The Time Tunnel and later in his career in Babylon 5. He was a regular at science fiction conventions, and continued to sing professionally, including making an appearance on a cruise in the early 2000s.

 

Actor

"Immortality Sucks"

Revamped

3.1

Video

Professor Van Dyke

2007

 

The Theory of Everything (2006)

The Theory of Everything

4.2

Video

Gene

2006

 

Veterans Day

Short

Eddie Lawton

2006

 

Scarred (2005)

Scarred

3.5

Video

Homeless Man (as Raymond Moses)

2005

 

Fatal Kiss (2002)

Fatal Kiss

4.9

TV Movie

Abraham Van Helsing

2002

 

Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Jerry Doyle, and Andreas Katsulas in Babylon 5 (1993)

Babylon 5

8.4

TV Series

Psi Corps Official

1997

1 episode

 

Super Seal (1975)

Super Seal

6.8

Man on pier (as Victor Charjauros)

1975

 

Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)

Batman

7.5

TV Series

Chief Standing Pat

Octopus

1966–1968

4 episodes

 

Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)

Mannix

7.4

TV Series

Al (as Vic Lundin)

1968

1 episode

 

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.2

TV Series

Alien

Hansjurg

1966–1968

2 episodes

 

Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, and David McCallum in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

7.7

TV Series

Vinay

1967

1 episode

 

Ralph Taeger in Hondo (1967)

Hondo

7.2

TV Series

Silva

1967

2 episodes

 

Star Trek (1966)

Star Trek

8.4

TV Series

Lieutenant

1967

1 episode

 

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

Raymond

1966

1 episode

 

The Time Tunnel (1966)

The Time Tunnel

7.5

TV Series

Karnosu (as Vic Lundin)

1966

1 episode

 

Beau Geste (1966)

Beau Geste

6.1

Vallejo - Legionnaire (as Vic Lundin)

1966

 

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.5

Centurion Guard (uncredited)

1965

 

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

6.4

Friday

1964

 

Jayne Mansfield in Promises..... Promises! (1963)

Promises..... Promises!

5.0

Mrs. Snavely's Gigolo (as Vic Lundin)

1963

 

Island of Love (1963)

Island of Love

5.1

Hood (uncredited)

1963

 

Two for the Seesaw (1962)

Two for the Seesaw

6.6

Beat Singer (uncredited)

1962

 

Tuesday Weld in Follow the Sun (1961)

Follow the Sun

7.4

TV Series

Mickey (as Vic Lundin)

1962

1 episode

 

Cheyenne (1955)

Cheyenne

8.0

TV Series

Deputy (uncredited)

1961

1 episode

 

Don Dorrell and Grant Sullivan in Pony Express (1959)

Pony Express

7.6

TV Series

1960

1 episode

 

Gardner McKay in Adventures in Paradise (1959)

Adventures in Paradise

8.1

TV Series

Califo (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Lurene Tuttle in Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

5.5

Machine Gun Kelly (as Vic Lundin)

1960

 

The Miracle (1959)

The Miracle

5.9

Sergeant (uncredited)

1959

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Hank (as Vic Lundin)

1959

1 episode

 

Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)

General Electric Theater

6.8

TV Series

Captain (as Vic Lundin)

1959

1 episode

 

Richard Carlson in Mackenzie's Raiders (1958)

Mackenzie's Raiders

7.5

TV Series

Quanah Parker (as Vic Lundin)

1958

1 episode

 

Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)

Bronco

7.1

TV Series

Madden (as Vic Lundin)

1958

1 episode

 

Writer

Super Seal (1975)

Super Seal

6.8

screenplay

story (as Victor R. Lundin)

1975

 

Producer

Super Seal (1975)

Super Seal

6.8

producer (as Victor R. Lundin)

1975