Bert Remsen
Actor
Biography
Bert Remsen (February 25, 1925 – April 22, 1999) was an American actor. Born in Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island, he played character roles in numerous films directed by Robert Altman, including: Brewster McCloud (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), California Split (1974), Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), A Wedding (1978), "Dallas" as Harrison 'Dandy' Dandridge (1987) and Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will? (1990).
After suffering an injury on the set of a television show, Remsen had moved away from acting. He was hired as the casting director on Brewster McCloud when Altman talked him into taking a role in the film. He was briefly married to Little House on the Prairie actress Katherine MacGregor.
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Filmography
Maverick
as Riverboat Poker Player 1994
Conspiracy Theory
as Alice's Father 1997
Dick Tracy
as Bartender 1990
The Player
as Bert Ramsen 1992
Forces of Nature
as Ned 1999
Nashville
as Star 1975
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
as Bart Coyle 1971
Code of Silence
as Commander Kates 1985
TerrorVision
as Grampa 1986
Places in the Heart
as Tee Tot Hightower 1984
Only the Lonely
as Spats 1991
Joshua Tree
as Woody Engstrom 1993
California Split
as Helen Brown 1974
Dead Ringer
as Daniel 'Dan' Lister, Bartender 1964
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Bartender (Crutch) 1976
Brewster McCloud
as Douglas Breen 1970