Martin E. Brooks (born 1925) is an American character actor known for playing scientist Dr. Rudy Wells in the television series
The Six Million Dollar ManThe Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a fictional cyborg working for the OSI...
and its
spin-offA spin-off is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one, such as television series based on a pre-existing one, or a new company formed from a university research group or business incubator...
,
The Bionic WomanThe Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. It starred Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, a tennis professional who was nearly killed in a skydiving accident, and was rebuilt by Oscar Goldman and Dr. Rudy Wells , who had also rebuilt The Six...
, from 1975 onward (a role originally portrayed by
Martin Balsam- Early life :Balsam was born in The Bronx to Jewish parents Lillian and Albert Balsam, who was a manufacturer of ladies sportswear. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he participated in the drama club...
and then by
Alan OppenheimerAlan Oppenheimer is an American voice actor who has had an active career in cartoons since the 1970s.-As a character actor:...
).
Brooks reprised the role of Wells in three television movies:
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987),
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) and
Bionic Ever After? (1994).
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Martin E. Brooks (born 1925) is an American character actor known for playing scientist Dr. Rudy Wells in the television series
The Six Million Dollar ManThe Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a fictional cyborg working for the OSI...
and its
spin-offA spin-off is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one, such as television series based on a pre-existing one, or a new company formed from a university research group or business incubator...
,
The Bionic WomanThe Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. It starred Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, a tennis professional who was nearly killed in a skydiving accident, and was rebuilt by Oscar Goldman and Dr. Rudy Wells , who had also rebuilt The Six...
, from 1975 onward (a role originally portrayed by
Martin Balsam- Early life :Balsam was born in The Bronx to Jewish parents Lillian and Albert Balsam, who was a manufacturer of ladies sportswear. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he participated in the drama club...
and then by
Alan OppenheimerAlan Oppenheimer is an American voice actor who has had an active career in cartoons since the 1970s.-As a character actor:...
).
Brooks reprised the role of Wells in three television movies:
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987),
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) and
Bionic Ever After? (1994). His other television roles include Ted Burton in
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, Mike Snow in
Hunter, Dr. Arthur Bradshaw in
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, Deputy D.A. Chapman in
McMillan & Wife, and Edgar Randolf in the soap opera
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, in a story arc involving J. R. Ewing.