Donald Briggs

• Name — Donald Briggs • Born — 28 January 1911 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 3 February 1986 • Place of death — Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Other Names — Don Briggs • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1928–1976 • Spouse — Audrey Christie (m. married 1959) • Children — 1

Briggs was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Woodland Hills, California, at age 75. He was a graduate of Senn High School in Chicago and worked at KYW radio in 1928.

While Briggs was in the Army he worked with Glenn Miller, serving as his executive officer in charge of production, and he was production engineer for The Army Hour radio program. Briggs played the title roles in The First Nighter Program, The Sheriff, Perry Mason, and The Adventures of Frank Merriwell.

Briggs was married to actress Audrey Christie. They had a son and a daughter. Although both of them were from Chicago, they met only when they were in a touring company of the play Without Love. After marriage, they generally maintained separate careers, only occasionally working together on television or in stock theater.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1949 — Volume One — Episode: "Number Two" • 1949–1951 — Suspense — Henry Lord / Mark — 3 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1949–1952 — Kraft Theatre — 3 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1949–1956 — Studio One — Michael / Sgt. Honey Joey / Ned Beaumont — 4 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1950 — Stage 13 — Episode: "No More Wishes" • 1950 — Pulitzer Prize Playhouse — Episode: "The Canton Story"; credited as Don Briggs • 1951 — Cameo Theatre — 2 episodes • 1951–1952 — Tales of Tomorrow — Herbert Rand / Will Jethroe — 2 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1951–1954 — The Web — 3 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1951–1957 — Robert Montgomery Presents — 3 episodes • 1952 — Schlitz Playhouse — Leo — Episode: "Autumn in New York" • 1952 — Joan of Arc — TV movie; credited as Don Briggs • 1953 — Lux Video Theatre — Scott Henderson — Episode: "This Is Jimmy Merrill"; credited as Don Briggs • 1954 — Ethel and Albert — Episode: "Episode #2.22" • 1954 — Treasury Men in Action — Episode: "The Case of the Tailor-Made Money" • 1954 — Martin Kane — Joe Mann — Episode: "The Milk Bottle Burglar"; credited as Don Briggs • 1955 — The Stranger — Episode: "Court of No Appeal" • 1955 — Captain Video and His Video Rangers — Tor — Episode: "The Swordsmen of Lyra"; credited as Don Briggs • 1955 — The United States Steel Hour — Truck Rogers — Episode: "Hung for a Sheep"; credited as Don Briggs • 1955 — I Spy — Ronge — Episode: "The Redl Story" • 1955 — Matinee Theatre — Stephen — Episode: "The Touchstone; credited as Don Briggs • 1955 — Star Tonight — 2 episodes; as Don Briggs • 1955–1956 — The Big Story — 2 episodes • 1955–1960 — Armstrong Circle Theatre — Tom Foley / Lewis Stidman — 5 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1956 — Chevron Hall of Stars — Cameron — Episode: "Moment of Fear" • 1958 — Decoy — Logan — Episode: "Earthbound Satellite"; credited as Don Briggs • 1959 — Deadline — Sam Day / FBI Man — 2 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1961 — Naked City — Jerry Bagger — Episode: "Ooftus Goofus"; credited as Don Briggs • 1962 — I'm Dickens, He's Fenster — Finkel — Episode: "Here's to the Three of Us" • 1962–1963 — The Lucy Show — Eddie Collins — 7 episodes; credited as Don Briggs • 1964 — The Fugitive — Whit Pearson — Episode: "When the Bough Breaks" • 1964 — Gunsmoke — Deggers — Episode: "Hammerhead"; credited as Don Briggs • 1965 — Hazel — Bill Gollard — Episode: "Champagne Tony"; credited as Don Briggs • 1965 — The Wild Wild West — Sheriff Cantrell — Episode: "The Night of the Fatal Trap"; credited as Don Briggs • 1965 — My Favorite Martian — General — Episode: "Who's Got a Secret?"; credited as Don Briggs • 1966 — Run, Buddy, Run — Charles Druten — Episode: "The Death of Buddy Overstreet"; credited as Don Briggs • 1967 — Iron Horse — Marshal — Episode: "Volcano Wagon" • 1967 — Batman — Irving Irving — Episode: "Caught in the Spider's Den" • 1968 — The Felony Squad — Harold Pardway — Episode: "Man on Fire"; credited as Don Briggs • 1969 — Bonanza — Clint Murray — Episode: "Erin"; credited as Don Briggs • 1969 — Lancer — Marshal Thurman — Episode: "Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls"; credited as Don Briggs • 1970 — Here's Lucy — Mr. Huntington — Episode: "Lucy the Crusader" • 1972 — Lassie — Major Merrill — Episode: "Peace Is Our Profession: Part 3" • 1974 — Run, Joe, Run — Deputy Morris — Episode: "Homecoming" • 1975 — Police Story — Mullins — Episode: "To Steal a Million" Source: