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name: "Michael Strong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-strong"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1918"
died: "29 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:09:13.995673+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."
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# Michael Strong

Actor. Born 8 February 1918 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Died 29 September 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 29 September 1980

## Biography

Michael Strong (born Cecil Natapoff) was an American stage, film and television actor. Born in New York City on 8 February 1918, he graduated from Brooklyn College and trained at the Actors Studio. He was a member of the original Lincoln Center Repertory Company and appeared in numerous Broadway productions from the late 1930s onwards.

Strong's film credits include *Detective Story* (1951), *Point Blank* (1967), *Patton* (1970) as Brigadier General Hobart Carver, and *The Great Santini* (1979). On television he appeared in series such as *Star Trek* (1966) as Dr Roger Korby, *Mission: Impossible*, *Columbo* and *Hawaii Five-O*. He also had recurring roles in daytime serials including *The Edge of Night* and *Peyton Place*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Patton* (1970), Fi1m 82, as Brigadier General Hobart Carver — [page](https://film.one/film/patton.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek* (1966), Roger Korby
- *Columbo* (1971), Sergeant Hoffman
- *Point Blank* (1967), Stegman
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Herman Lower
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Barsky, Stephan Gomalk, Yorgi Petrosian, Police Chief Petrovitch
- *Detective Story* (1951), Lewis Abbott
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Grayson, Harry Maguire, Meredith Howell
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976)

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