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Lyle Stathem Bettger was an American character actor who had roles in Hollywood films and television from the 1950s onward, often portraying villains. One such role was the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).
Birth Name
Lyle Stathem Bettger
Born
Saturday, 13 February 1915
Died
Wednesday, 24 September 2003
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NCIS | Stephen 'Steve' Morley | 2003 |
| Police Story | Commander Tully / Sergeant Allison | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Capt. Groden | 1973 |
| The Seven Minutes | Frank Griffith | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Leighton Willard | 1971 |
| The Hawaiians | Janders | 1970 |
| Impasse | Hansen | 1969 |
| The Outcasts | Sheriff | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Jonathan Kaye / Otis Klepper / Malcolm Rhodes / Karl Norton / Joe Fletcher / General Dexter / Dr. Fleming / Dr. Dimitri Sartain / Dave DiMarco / Admiral Dean | 1968 |
| Mannix | Julian Mallory | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NCIS | Stephen 'Steve' Morley | 2003 |
| Police Story | Commander Tully / Sergeant Allison | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Capt. Groden | 1973 |
| The Seven Minutes | Frank Griffith | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Leighton Willard | 1971 |
| The Hawaiians | Janders | 1970 |
| Impasse | Hansen | 1969 |
| The Outcasts | Sheriff | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Jonathan Kaye / Otis Klepper / Malcolm Rhodes / Karl Norton / Joe Fletcher / General Dexter / Dr. Fleming / Dr. Dimitri Sartain / Dave DiMarco / Admiral Dean | 1968 |
| Mannix | Julian Mallory | 1967 |
| Ironside | Louis Blaine | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Tate | 1967 |
| The Fastest Guitar Alive | Charlie | 1967 |
| Return of the Gunfighter | Clay Sutton | 1966 |
| NET Playhouse | James Mackay | 1966 |
| The Time Tunnel | Maj. Hoffman | 1966 |
| Nevada Smith | Jack Rudabough | 1966 |
| Johnny Reno | Mayor Jess Yates / Jess Yates | 1966 |
| Blue Light | The Colonel | 1966 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Sheriff | 1965 |
| Town Tamer | Lee Ring aka Marshal Les Parker / Lee Ring | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Joseph Montgomery / Lehman Henderson | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dr. King | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Ted Johnson | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Brigham | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Captain Donahue | 1963 |
| Grindl | Norman | 1963 |
| Combat! | Capt. Brauer | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Seth Wheeler | 1962 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Duff McIntyre | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Vince Ober | 1960 |
| Guns of the Timberland | Clay Bell | 1960 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Sheriff Max Chaffee | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Phil Ross | 1959 |
| Laramie | Calvin Hawks / Frank Mannus / John McCambridge / Leland Emory / Sheriff Grant McClintock | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Aces Thompson | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Lem Partridge / Jed Ferguson | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Dan Madox / Major Victor Darius / Richard Whiting | 1959 |
| Gundown at Sandoval | (archive footage) | 1959 |
| Grand Jury | Harry Driscoll | 1959 |
| Pursuit | Police captain | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Jay Jefferson / Holt Coyle | 1958 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Sam Larsen / Sam Farrell | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Joe Trumbell | 1957 |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Ike Clanton | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | John Wesley Hardin / LaPorte | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Harry Driscoll | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Griff Evans / U.S. Marshal John Welker | 1956 |
| Showdown at Abilene | Dave Mosely | 1956 |
| The Lone Ranger | Reece Kilgore | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Marshal Mark Strett | 1955 |
| Warner Brothers Presents | Harry Parker | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Polk | 1955 |
| The Sea Chase | Chief Officer Kirchner | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Lester Miller | 1955 |
| Destry | Decker / Phil Decker | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Al Barko | 1954 |
| Drums Across the River | Frank Walker | 1954 |
| Carnival Story | Frank Colloni | 1954 |
| Forbidden | Justin Keit / Justin | 1953 |
| The Great Sioux Uprising | Stephen Cook | 1953 |
| All I Desire | Dutch Heinemann | 1953 |
| The Vanquished | Roger Hale | 1953 |
| Hurricane Smith | Clobb | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Simon / Willis | 1952 |
| Denver & Rio Grande | Johnny Buff | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Major Ben Roberts | 1952 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Klaus | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Self - Host / Sheriff Matt Saver | 1951 |
| Dear Brat | Mr.Baxter / Baxter | 1951 |
| The First Legion | Dr. Peter Morrell | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Joe | 1950 |
| Union Station | Joe Beacom | 1950 |
| No Man of Her Own | Stephen 'Steve' Morley | 1950 |
