Herb Vigran

Biography

A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love Lucy (1951).

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

137

Birth Date

1910-06-05 00:00:00

Birth Place

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Known For

• 

  Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
• The Devil and John Q
• 

  What's My Lion?
• Fill 'Er Up
• 

  Dear Uncle
• 

  Who's a Dummy?

Credits

• actors (137 credits)

  • Amazon Women on the Moon

    Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

    Hopps (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • I Was a Mail Order Bride

    Casey

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • First Monday in October

    Justice Ambrose Quincy

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Getting Wasted

    Mr. Kramer

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Flintstones: Little Big League

    Judge Shale (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Every Girl Should Have One

    Ambrose

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Babe

    Heckler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Loneliest Runner

    Guard

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Hawmps!

    Smitty

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Benji

    Lt. Ted Samuels

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Herbie Rides Again

    Window Washer

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Chase

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Charlotte's Web

    Lurvy (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Cancel My Reservation

    Roscoe Snagby

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Emergency!

    Committee Chairman

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Day of the Wolves

    The Realtor

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Fat

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Inside O.U.T.

    Harry

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • My Dog, the Thief

    Helicopter Mechanic

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Love Bug

    Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Carnival Nights

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Blackbeard's Ghost

    Danny Oly

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Reluctant Astronaut

    NASA Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Three Faces of Stanley

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Jan & Dean: On the Run

    Harry

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • That Funny Feeling

    Taxi Driver

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Send Me No Flowers

    TV Announcer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown

    Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Brass Bottle

    Eddie

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Gypsy

    Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Period of Adjustment

    Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Errand Boy

    Cigar Smoker in Elevator

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • What's My Lion?

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Bells Are Ringing

    Barney Lampwick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Tall Story

    Man in Back Seat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    Mr. McCloy (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Go, Johnny, Go!

    Bill Barnett

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Plunderers of Painted Flats

    Mr. Perry

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Fill 'Er Up

    Man

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Party Girl

    Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Cry Baby Killer

    John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Gun Runners

    Freddy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Case Against Brooklyn

    Sergeant

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Notorious Mr. Monks

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Edge of Innocence

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Helen Morgan Story

    Finney (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Wayward Girl

    Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Gunsight Ridge

    R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • A Hatful of Rain

    Man in Elevator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Vampire

    Sgt. George Ryan

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Midnight Story

    Charlie Cuneo

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Public Pigeon No. 1

    Club Manager

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • You Can't Run Away from It

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Calling Homicide

    Ray Engel

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • A Cry in the Night

    Jensen

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • These Wilder Years

    Traffic Cop

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Three for Jamie Dawn

    Mr. Robbins

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • That Certain Feeling

    TV Director (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Our Miss Brooks

    Herb

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • World Without End

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Uranium Boom

    Hotel Desk Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • At Gunpoint

    Matt, a Saloon Patron

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Miracle on 34th Street

    Postal Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • I Died a Thousand Times

    Art (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Last of the Desperados

    Coroner (bit)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Illegal

    Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • It's Always Fair Weather

    Nashby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • White Christmas

    Novello (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Dragnet

    Mr. Archer

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Susan Slept Here

    Sergeant Sam Hanlon

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Lucky Me

    Theatre Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Long, Long Trailer

    Trailer Salesman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Band Wagon

    Man on Train (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • So This Is Love

    Club M.C.

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Let's Do It Again

    Charlie Foster (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Never Wave at a WAC

    Photographer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Dear Uncle

    (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Star

    Roy

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Just for You

    George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Somebody Loves Me

    Lipscott

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • O. Henry's Full House

    Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Rose Bowl Story

    Rugger Grady

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Oklahoma Annie

    Otto

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Devil and John Q

    John Q.

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Racket

    Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Behave Yourself!

    Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Iron Man

    Melio (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Night Into Morning

    Joe - the Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bedtime for Bonzo

    Lt. Daggett

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

    Stillwell (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Hunt the Man Down

    Collins' Aide (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Damned Don't Cry

    Vito Maggio (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Appointment with Danger

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Side Street

    News Photographer

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • And Baby Makes Three

    Woodley

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • House of Strangers

    Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Judge

    Reporter with pipe

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

    Man in Subway (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Hazard

    Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • All My Sons

    Wertheimer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Noose Hangs High

    Coat Thief (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

    Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Burning Cross

    Jim Todd

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Monsieur Verdoux

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Her Adventurous Night

    Cop #2 (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Ghost Ship

    Chief Engineer

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Nobody's Darling

    Photographer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    Orderly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • It Ain't Hay

    Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Great Gildersleeve

    George, the jeweller

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Payoff

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Secrets of a Co-Ed

    Soapy

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Pardon My Sarong

    Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Night in New Orleans

    Player (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Who's a Dummy?

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • New York Town

    Barker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Reg'lar Fellers

    Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Murder by Invitation

    Eddie Stats, photographer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Million Dollar Baby

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Redhead

    Morocco Club bartender

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • City of Missing Girls

    Danny Mason

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Behind the News

    Reporter #1 on Phone

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Golden Fleecing

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Stranger on the Third Floor

    Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Cross-Country Romance

    Omaha Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Hold That Woman!

    Furniture Company Repossessor

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Two Girls on Broadway

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • It All Came True

    Monks

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Those High Grey Walls

    Orderly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Skybound

    Grant the Mechanic

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Vagabond Lady

    Edgar (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Mystery Man

    Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Redhead

    Factory Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Happy Landing

    Radio Operator

    actor

    actors
    1934