
David Spielberg
Actor
Born: March 6, 1939 (77 years old)
Died: June 1, 2016
Place of birth: Weslaco, Texas, USA
Biography
David Spielberg (March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016) was an American television and film actor. Spielberg was born in Weslaco, Texas, and was a resident of Mercedes, Texas. His father was a Romanian-Jewish immigrant, and his mother was a Mexican-American teacher. After serving in the United States Navy for two years, he enrolled in the University of Texas. Two summers' acting experience in New York City led him to drop out of the university and move to New York to pursue a career in acting. He was not related to American film director Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's screen debut was in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972). He also appeared in Newman's Law (1974), Law and Disorder (1974), Hustle (1975), American Raspberry (1977), The Choirboys (1977), Real Life (1979), Winter Kills (1979), Christine (1983), The Stranger (1987), Alice (1990), and Red Ribbon Blues (1996).
Filmography (49)
- Family Law (1999, ★ 8.2)
- The Rockford Files (1974, ★ 7.6)
- Airwolf (1984, ★ 7.6)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987, ★ 8.4)
- Highway to Heaven (1984, ★ 7.4)
- The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000, ★ 8.1)
- The West Wing (1999, ★ 8.2)
- ER (1994, ★ 7.8)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
- Northern Exposure (1990, ★ 7.9)
- Alice (1990, ★ 6.4)
- Christine (1983, ★ 6.9)
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972, ★ 7.3)
- seaQuest DSV (1993, ★ 7.1)
- Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
- Family Ties (1982, ★ 7.2)
- Punky Brewster (1984, ★ 7.3)
- Hunter (1984, ★ 7.1)
- Magnum, P.I. (1980, ★ 7.3)
- Matlock (1986, ★ 7.1)
- Monsters (1988, ★ 7.1)
- Winter Kills (1979, ★ 5.8)
- American Raspberry (1977, ★ 5.1)
- Night of Terror (1972, ★ 5.9)
- Silent Predators (1999, ★ 5.1)
- Mother Knows Best (1997, ★ 5.2)
- The Stranger (1987, ★ 6)
- The Hunter (1980, ★ 5.9)
- Real Life (1979, ★ 6.5)
- Where Are My Children? (1994, ★ 5.9)