Phillip Pine

Phillip Pine (July 16, 1920 – December 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor, writer, film director, and producer. Despite incorrect biographical information repeated on many entertainment sites, he was not related to Robert Pine or Chris Pine. In a career that spanned seven decades, Pine in 1955 portrayed the outlaw John Wesley Hardin in the ninth episode "John Wesley Hardin" of the ABC/Desilu Western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role. In a 1957 episode of the same series, Pine again played Hardin. Later that year, he appeared on Gunsmoke, as “Vint” - a cheating card dealer turned murderer in the episode “Moon”. Pine appeared in two episodes of Adventures of Superman titled "The Mystery of the Broken Statues" and "The Case of the Talkative Dummy". In the latter, he played a theater usher who was part of a robbery ...