Ron Masak

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Ronald Alan Masak (born July 1, 1936) is an American actor.

He started as a stage actor, and the bulk of his work was in theater until he transitioned to film and television.

Early life

Floyd Louis Masak and Mildred Alice (Rudy) Masak were born in Chicago, Illinois, to Floyd Louis Masak and Mildred Alice (Rudy) Masak. His mother was of Irish descent, and his father was of Czech Bohemian descent. Karel Masák (1861-1899), his paternal grandfather, was an immigrant from Zvrkovice near Tn nad Vltavou.

Personal life and death

In September 1961, Masak married Kay Knebes; together they had six children. He was also the first cousin of actress Michael Gross of Family Ties and former Saturday Night Live cast member Mary Gross.

Masak served as the honorary sheriff of Tarzana, California, for 35 years.

Masak died in Thousand Oaks, California, at the age of 86.

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Career

The Army provided Masak with a platform from which to display his all-around talents for performing, writing and directing. In 1960-61, he toured the world doing vocal impressions in the all-Army show entitled "Rolling Along".

In 1968, he appeared alongside Vince Lombardi in the short film, Second Effort. That same year, he also appeared in a supporting role in the submarine action film Ice Station Zebra.

In addition to two guest appearances on the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, he also had a role in the pilot film for "Jeannie" star Barbara Eden's subsequent series Harper Valley PTA and worked again with "Jeannie" co-star Larry Hagman in an episode of the crime series The Rockford Files.

Masak's first screen role was as the Harmonica Man in "The Purple Testament", an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1960. Masak appeared as "Mike the boxer" on The Flying Nun, season 1, episode 26 ("Where There's a Will"), which first aired March 13, 1968. Masak appeared as "Officer #2" on Bewitched, Season 7, Episode 4 ("Samantha's Hot Bedwarmer"), first aired on October 15, 1970, he also appeared in season 5 episode 25 as an ice cream shop manager which aired in 1969, (“Samantha’s Power Failure), and in “Irving Bates, Sr.” in Season 6, Episode 23 (“Just a Kid Again”).

Masak had a guest appearance as Beauregard Jackson in the episode "Hurricane" on Land of the Lost. He appeared in the second season of Barney Miller episode of "The Horse Thief" as officer Shriker and was a guest star in the "Welcome Home, Vince" episode of The Feather and Father Gang in 1977 and in the episode "The Two-Million-Dollar Stowaway" of The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978. In 1981, he guest starred on the Magnum, P.I. episode "Skin Deep". He also guest starred on an episode of Quincy, M.E..

Masak was perhaps best known for a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote as the Cadillac convertible-driving Sheriff, Mort Metzger of Cabot Cove, a role which he played from 1988 to 1996. Masak did make appearances as two other characters in the series, in "Footnote to Murder" as Lt. Lyle Meyer and in "No Accounting for Murder" as Marty Giles. By coincidence, he died just nine days after the passing of the show's main star, Angela Lansbury.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, he was dubbed "The King of Commercials" for his many commercials, including voice-over work, most notably for a Vlasic pickles ad. From 1982 to 1983, he voiced "Meatballs" on the CBS cartoon series Meatballs & Spaghetti. He did the voice for Veteran Holt in the video game Medal of Honor: European Assault.

In 1990, Masak was a panelist on the revival of the television game show, To Tell the Truth, and appeared on several other game shows as a panelist (including Match Game, Password Plus, and Super Password). Masak appeared as Eddie Fenelle, a taxi driver, in the Columbo episode Ashes to Ashes (1998).

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