'Owen Marshall' TV star Arthur Hill dies at 84

[Janice]

`Owen Marshall' TV star Arthur Hill dies in L.A. at 84


PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. Veteran character actor Arthur Hill is dead at 84.

Hill's dozens of television and movie appearances included the title role in the T-V series "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law."

Hill's friend Walter Seltzer reports the actor died Sunday at a Pacific Palisades care facility after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Hill hadn't worked in the motion picture or television business since 1990. He was a well-known face on T-V, appearing on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Defenders," "Ben Casey," "The Untouchables," "The Nurses," "The F-B-I," "Mission Impossible," "The Fugitive" and "Marcus Welby, M-D."

He was the star of "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" from 1971 to 1974.
Hill also appeared in the films "Harper," "The Ugly American," "The Andromeda Strain" and "A Bridge Too Far."

Born in Saskatchewan, Hill served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied law but was lured to the stage.

[Janice]