Milton Selzer (Professor Parker) Has Died

[Zoneboy]

Character actor Milton Selzer passed away on October 21st at the age of 87.
Possessing one of TV's more identifiable mugs, Jewish-American character actor Milton Selzer was here, there and everywhere in the 1960s and 1970s, playing a host of usually unsympathetic mobsters, gamblers, and crooks with a sad, almost pathetic quality in about every popular crime story offered, notably "The Untouchables" (1959), "The Fugitive" (1963), "Hawaii Five-O" (1968) and "Mission: Impossible" (1966). Always in demand with his trademark glum face, bulb nose and spoon-shaped ears, Selzer went on to enjoy a five-decade plus career.

In later years Selzer managed a few regular series roles including "Needles and Pins" (1973) and "The Famous Teddy Z" (1989). Broaching 80 years old, he officially retired in the late 1990s and passed away of pulmonary and stroke complications at age 87 in Oxnard, California.