Wagner's performance would earn him an Emmy nomination for Best TV Actor. Amid a real-life homicide investigation, Robert Wagner is reprising his role on NCIS as DiNozzo Senior. [9], Wagner made Sail a Crooked Ship but his part in The Interns went to James MacArthur. It's "a very novel way for us," executive producer Steven D. Binder interjected, with Cardea adding that Wagner's episode is "a very unusual departure for us.". Consider this article your source of good news! Wagner's friend and agent Albert Broccoli suggested that he audition to play James Bond, but he decided it was not right for him. There was a chance to get some training in B pictures. [citation needed], In 1967, Lew Wasserman of Universal convinced Wagner to make his television series debut in It Takes a Thief (1968–1970) on ABC-TV. This section is a work in progress page. He stops by NCIS as Tony's father for the 250th episode. Plus, the EPs hope to get Joe Spano back as Fornell. The couple announced their separation on June 20, 1961 and divorced on April 27, 1962. It was directed by Blake Edwards, who wanted Wagner for the lead in The Great Race (1965), but Jack L. Warner overruled him.[11]. [10], During the making of the series he made a film for Universal, the comedy Don't Just Stand There! Albert had been a childhood hero of Wagner, after he watched the movie Brother Rat along with a few others. [6], "You were part of 20th Century Fox", he said. When I wasn't working, I was on the road, going out and selling movies or dancing on the stage and meeting the public. The studio then had him perform a similar function in another war movie, The Frogmen (1951), again with Widmark; the cast also included another young male under contract to the studio, Jeffrey Hunter, with whom Wagner would often work. One day, smiling Joe Juvenile with no talent was doing a role intended for John Wayne. Wagner's film career received a boost after his role in the Austin Powers series of spy spoofs starring Mike Myers. Another member of the DiNozzo family is returning to the series in Season 17. In films, Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as for A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and its 1983 sequel, Harper (1966), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) and many more. Robert Wagner on "NCIS" (too old to reply) WQ 3.0 2010-01-12 22:22:13 UTC. He had a larger part in The Condemned of Altona (1962), a commercial and critical disappointment despite being directed by Vittorio de Sica and co-starring Sophia Loren. More popular was Winning (1969), a racing car drama where Wagner supported Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Executive producers Frank Cardea and Steven Binder have revealed popular guest star Robert Wagner won’t be reprising his role as Tony Dinozzo Sr in NCIS ’s 18th season. In 2005, Wagner became the television spokesman for the Senior Lending Network, a reverse mortgage lender and in 2010 he began serving as a spokesman for the Guardian First Funding Group, also a reverse mortgage lender. [40] They had a daughter, Courtney. [citation needed], In partial payment for starring together in the Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg production of the TV movie The Affair, Wagner and Natalie Wood were given a share in three TV series that the producers were developing for ABC. For Tom Mankiewicz he played a supporting part in Delirious (1991). Reviews were poor but the movie was only the third ever to be shot in CinemaScope and was a big hit. In this series, he acted with Fred Astaire, who played his father. NCIS (2010 – Current) TV… Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. Bears and Cubs (2019)… Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. Death from Above (2018)… Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. "[5], Wagner's first film for Fox was Halls of Montezuma (1951) a World War II film. Wagner has guest-starred in 13 episodes of NCIS[29] as Anthony DiNozzo Sr., the father of Anthony DiNozzo Jr., played by Michael Weatherly. Follow me on Instagram. We'll have to wait and see if his episode addresses it. Roland Kibbee wrote the part for me, and I would have missed all that if I hadn't listened to Lew. He's not the only actor returning. Sure I'd like to do a Clint Eastwood, grizzled, down-and-out guy, but there aren't many scripts like that... What has been projected for me is an international quality that can take me anywhere and get me into all kind of involvements; to do otherwise would mean a character role. Posted on Feb 9, 2017 | 09:40am Actor Robert Wagner's return to NCIS was two-fold in the aptly titled " Nonstop," as Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. struck up a romance with Judith McKnight (Jessica Walter) while also joining the Sherlock Consortium on a new case. He reunited with McQueen, along with Paul Newman and Faye Dunaway, in the disaster film The Towering Inferno released in the same year. "I was 19 years old. [20] He also had a supporting role in I Am the Cheese (1983). [16], Wagner and Wood acted with Laurence Olivier in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), as part of Olivier's television series Laurence Olivier Presents for the UK's Granada Television. Robert Wagner will have dueling appearances on CBS this week: As handcuffed character on "NCIS" Tuesday and subject of Saturday night's "48 Hours" segment on … The addendum stated that she might have sustained some of the bruises on her body before she went into the water and drowned. Who is Robert Wagner? He reveals embarrassing facts about DiNozzo, Jr. This appeared confirmed when he was the lead in Stopover Tokyo (1957). With Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama. "[57] The amended document included a statement that the circumstances of how Wood ended up in the water are "not clearly established". Robert John Wagner Jr. (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor of stage, screen, and television, best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). Robert Wagner is back! It was not a success. [7], Also popular was a Western, Broken Lance (1954), where Wagner supported Spencer Tracy for director Edward Dmytryk, appearing as Tracy's son. The friendship started in the early 1960s, where he also co-starred in a couple of Albert's movies. While popular, critical reception was poor and Wagner later joked his wig in the movie made him look like Jane Wyman. Wagner has appeared in 13 episodes and was last seen in Season 16's "Bears and Cubs." On January 14, 2013, the Los Angeles County coroner's office offered a 10-page addendum to Wood's autopsy report. He was the romantic male lead in Stars and Stripes Forever (1952), a biopic about John Philip Sousa starring Clifton Webb. His paternal grandparents were German and his maternal grandparents were Norwegian. [21], He played an insurance investigator in the short-lived TV series Lime Street (1985). He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and made twelve guest appearances (2010-2019) as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS. The film was a flop. Solo was never made, and The Comancheros was made instead with John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. According to Davern, Wagner was responsible for Wood's death. He has visited Europe more than once, and has connections in the art world that even NCIS utilizes upon occasion. On November 29, 1981, Wood drowned near the yacht Splendour while it was moored near Catalina Island; also on board were Wagner; Christopher Walken, who was co-starring with her in the motion picture Brainstorm; and Dennis Davern, the Splendour's captain. [10], Wagner's first marriage to Wood had broken up, and he relocated to Europe. Whenever Robert Wagner comes on NCIS, it's always a must-see episode. ", And it sounds like Senior's appearance will be a bit different this time. Wagner signed with Universal Pictures in 1966, starring opposite future wife Jill St. John in the films How I Spent My Summer Vacation, a made-for-TV movie released in the United Kingdom as Deadly Roulette, and Banning (1967). Wagner appeared in the series pilot, City Beneath the Sea (1971), that was not picked up. [14], He was a regular in the BBC/Universal World War II prisoner-of-war drama Colditz (1972–1974) for much of its run. Weatherly had previously appeared as Wagner in the TV movie The Mystery of Natalie Wood. [18], Wagner's third successful series was Hart to Hart, which co-starred Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander and was broadcast on ABC-TV from 1979 to 1984. After the end of the series, the two remained friends until Albert's death on May 26, 2005. He had a small role in The Longest Day (1962), produced by Daryl Zanuck for Fox. [34] He also claimed a four-year romantic relationship with Barbara Stanwyck after they acted together in the movie Titanic (1953). As of June 2011, Guardian First Funding was acquired by Urban Financial Group, who continue to use Mr. Wagner as their spokesperson.[26][27]. He graduated from Saint Monica Catholic High School in 1949. Sonja Flemming/CBS NCIS fans will see Anthony DiNozzo — Senior, that is — again in Season 17 Robert Wagner is returning to the CBS drama "in … Robert John Wagner Jr. was born on February 10, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, to Thelma Hazel Alvera (Boe), a telephone operator, and Robert John Wagner Sr., a traveling salesman. His return to America found him playing in the theatre for the first time with the lead role in Mister Roberts for one week at a holiday resort just outside Chicago. He was teamed with Jeffrey Hunter in a Western, White Feather (1955). [citation needed]. That was in a dog called Stopover Tokyo. [49] The autopsy report revealed that Wood had bruises on her body and arms as well as an abrasion on her left cheek. [46] The couple now resides in Aspen, Colorado, where they built a vacation home in 1995. Back at Fox he was in Between Heaven and Hell (1956), a war movie, and The True Story of Jesse James (1957), playing the leading role for director Nicholas Ray (Jeffrey Hunter was Frank). [10], Considerably more popular was The Pink Panther (1963), a massive hit, although Wagner's part was very much in support to those of David Niven, Capucine, Peter Sellers, and Claudia Cardinale. In 2007, Wagner had a role in the BBC/AMC series Hustle. [12] The disciplines of the theatre were not his forté and Wagner was glad to be back in Hollywood to find a good supporting role in the modern-day private investigator hit, Harper (1966), starring Paul Newman. [10], By the mid-1970s, Wagner's television career was at its peak with the CBS-TV television series Switch (1975–1978, opposite Eddie Albert, Sharon Gless, and Charlie Callas) after re-signing a contract with Universal in 1974. Robert Wagner's paternal grandparents were from Germany[1][2] and his maternal grandparents were Norwegian. [citation needed], In January 1961, Wagner and Wood formed their own company, Rona Productions, named after the first two letters of both their first names. [8], He supported Robert Mitchum in a Korean War movie, The Hunters (1958), and appeared with a number of Fox contractees in a World War II drama, In Love and War (1958); the latter was a hit. Wagner was a longtime friend of Astaire, having gone to school with Astaire's eldest son, Peter. [36], In 1956, when he was 26 years old, Wagner became involved with 18-year-old actress Natalie Wood, and was married on December 28, 1957 in Scottsdale, Arizona. CBS. Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers played "Jonathan" and "Jennifer" in 110 episodes of the hit series Hart to Hart. Then TV struck. [58], On February 1, 2018, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department named Wagner a "person of interest" in the investigation into Wood's death. [15] Only one reached the screen, the very successful TV series Charlie's Angels, for which Wagner and Wood had a 50% share, though Wagner was to spend many years in court arguing with Spelling and Goldberg over what was defined as profit. [23] Wagner played Love Letters on stage with Stefanie Powers. But no one will begrudge RJ [Wagner] a nickel. [50][54][55][56], In 2012, Los Angeles County Chief Coroner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran amended Wood's death certificate and changed the cause of her death from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven. Rona signed a three-picture deal with Columbia pictures for Wagner's services, which was to start with Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) and The Interns. [48] According to Wagner, when he went to bed, Wood was not there. [59] Though he was in the same location as Wood when she died, Wagner has denied any involvement. 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