Robert Mandan

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Robert Mandan born February 2 1932 in Clever Missouri is an American actor most famous for his portrayals of playwright David Allen on the NBC serial From These Roots from 1958 1961 businessman Sam Reynolds serial Search for Tomorrow from 1965 to 1970 and his subsequent satire of the genre playing Chester Tate on the sitcom Soap from 1977 to 1981 on ABC During his time on Search for Tomorrow he appeared in the the Broadway musical Applause He left the serial both due to the tiring of the role and the rigors of doing both the serial and the play Mandan appeared on Match Game in 1978 Super Password in January 1985 and made appearances on The 20000 Pyramid as well as The 25000 Pyramid In addition to hi s Soap years he made some appearances with some of his Soap cast members on All Star Family Feud onehour specials He also played the ineffective but very wellmeaning Colonel Fielding on the television adaptation of the movie Private Benjamin in 1981 a disapproving father James Bradford on ABCs Threes a Crowd opposite John Ritter in 1984 and Peace Corps doctor Bruce Gaines who married Mrs Garrett in her final episodes on The Facts of Life in 1986 In 1991 Mandan reunited with his former TV wife Katherine Helmond from Soap on Whos the Boss He appeared in Married with Children in episode The DArcy Files 1994 He starred in serials more recently playing Mr Jonesy alongside Louise Sorel on Days of our Lives from 1997 to 1998 He gueststarred as a judge on General Hospital in early 2006 He made a memorable appearance in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode Cardassians He also played an auctioneer on the first episode of Sanford and Son and in 1990 he played Maxwell Hammer a friend of Minx in Santa Barbara Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Mandan  licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia