Education: Yale. The son of concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist and opera singer Alma Gluck, he showed an early interest in the theater and trained for the stage at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. After returning from WW II service with a Purple Heart, he appeared in many plays and made his film debut in 1949. But following the sudden death of his first wife, he gave up acting and for several years devoted his time to music research. He returned to acting in the late 50s and emerged a star on TV, in the "77 Sunset Strip" and "The FBI" series and in a succession of films in which he has typically played dependable, trustworthy leading men.

Filmography Efrem Zimbalist

• 1949 House of Strangers performer
• 1957 Band of Angels performer
• 1957 Bombers B-52 performer
• 1958 The Deep Six performer
• 1958 Home Before Dark performer
• 1958 Too Much, Too Soon performer
• 1960 The Crowded Sky performer
• 1961 By Love Possessed performer
• 1961 A Fever in the Blood performer
• 1962 The Chapman Report performer
• 1965 Harlow Magna version
• 1965 The Reward performer
• 1967 Wait Until Dark performer
• 1974 Airport 1975 performer
• 1978 Terror Out of the Sky performer