--- name: "Jason Evers" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jason-evers" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 January 1922" died: "13 March 2005" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T16:48:05.434595+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jason Evers Actor. Born 2 January 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 13 March 2005. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 January 1922, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 13 March 2005 - **Active:** 1966–1971 - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1970s 77 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Evers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16089 ## Biography Jason Evers (born Herb Evers) was an American actor. He was born in New York City on 2 January 1922 and died in Los Angeles on 13 March 2005. After leaving high school to serve in the United States Army during the Second World War, Evers began his career on Broadway before moving to Hollywood. His first substantial television role came in the 1960 western series *Wrangler*. He later starred as Professor Jason Howe in the 1963–64 ABC drama *Channing* and appeared as Dr Bill Cortner in the cult film *The Brain That Wouldn't Die* (1962). Evers accumulated numerous guest roles across American television, including appearances in *Star Trek* (1968), *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967–69), *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971) as E-2, and later series such as *Knight Rider* and *Murder, She Wrote*. He continued working in film and television until the early 1990s. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), Fi1m 77, as E-2 — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Rael — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) ## Complete filmography (83) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Almost Finished* (2025), as (Archival Footage) - *Basket Case 2* (1990), as Lou - *Matlock* (1986), series, as Dr. Jim Lord - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Marshall MacGill - *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor - *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Taggart - *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Herb Bremen, Edward Grant - *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Warren Avery - *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, Actor - *Golden Gate* (1981), as Harry Stillwell - *Big Shamus, Little Shamus* (1979), series, Actor - *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Harrison - *Barracuda* (1978), as Dr. Elliot Snow - *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor - *A Piece of the Action* (1977), as Ty Shorter - *CHiPs* (1977), series, as Fred Gesslin - *The Fantastic Journey* (1977), series, as Atar - *The Fantastic Journey* (1977), as Atar - *Claws* (1977), as Jason Monroe - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Dr. Peter James - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Larry Fallon - *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor - *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Alan Grant - *Switch* (1975), series, as Capt. Topping - *Fer-de-Lance* (1974), as Commander Kirk - *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Brad Davies, Paul Silvan — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md) - *Kodiak* (1974), series, as Darcy - *The Manhunter* (1974), series, Actor - *Shadow of Fear* (1974), as Martin Forester - *Happy Days* (1974), series, Actor - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Gil Turner - *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor - *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor - *Cannon* (1971), series, as Art Miller - *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), as E-2 — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *The Young Lawyers* (1969), as Michael Cannon - *Medical Center* (1969), series, as Ken Palmer - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Charles Irwin, Wallis, Lt. Dexter - *The Illustrated Man* (1969), as Simmons - *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor - *The Green Berets* (1968), as Capt. Coleman - *P.J.* (1968), as Jason Grenoble - *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor - *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, as James Sonnett - *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor - *Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion* (1967), as Ramón - *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor - *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Maj. Dan Keller - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Walter Townsend, Ray Dunson, Deetrich — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor - *The Green Hornet* (1966), series, as Dirk - *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Rael — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) - *Tarzan* (1966), series, as Ramon - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Allen Bennett, Captain Thomas - *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, as Commander Beech - *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Colter, George Akers - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Garret Hamilton - *Branded* (1965), series, Actor - *Channing* (1963), series, as Professor Joseph Howe - *The Best Years* (1963), as Professor Joseph Howe - *Combat!* (1962), series, as Pvt. Jim Culley - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Sheriff Harry Lundy - *House of Women* (1962), as Dr. Conrad - *The Brain That Wouldn't Die* (1962), as Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers) - *Bus Stop* (1961), series, Actor - *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Steve Janos - *Tallahassee 7000* (1961), series, Actor - *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor - *Wrangler* (1960), series, as Pitcairn - *Pretty Boy Floyd* (1960), as Sheriff Blackie Faulkner - *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Rick Leyton - *The Rebel* (1959), series, as George Tess - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Tom Blackwell, J.D. Lambert - *New York Confidential* (1959), series, Actor - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Stuart Benton, Clint Robert Miller, Roy Galen - *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor - *The Phil Silvers Show* (1955), series, as Lieutenant (uncredited) - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Ben, Collie, Charlie Ross - *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor - *Guadalcanal Diary* (1943), as Bit Role (uncredited) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jason-evers