Jack Richard Collins (August 24, 1918[1] – January 31, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actor. He played Mike Brady's boss, Mr. Phillips, in the television series The Brady Bunch, and Peter Christopher's boss, baby-food manufacturer Max Brahms, in the short-lived sitcom television series Occasional Wife.[2] For filmgoers, Collins is easily best remembered for having played San Francisco Mayor Robert Ramsay in Irwin Allen's all-star-cast, box-office-smash, disaster-movie epic The Towering Inferno (1974).

Jack Collins
Collins in Bewitched, 1965
Born	Jack Richard Collins (1918-08-24)August 24, 1918 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2005(2005-01-31) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film, stage and television actor
Years active	1956–1988

Collins made numerous guest appearances in many television shows. He also appeared in several TV commercials. His acting appearances included The Phil Silvers Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mission Impossible, The Addams Family, My Favorite Martian, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, Petticoat Junction, The Odd Couple, Adam-12, Mod Squad, Ironside, The Partridge Family, The Waltons, Chico and the Man, Cannon, The Rockford Files, CHiPs, Matt Houston and Dallas.

Collins died on January 31, 2005 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86.[1]

TV and filmography

References

External links

• Jack Collins at IMDb
• Jack Collins at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jack Collins at AllMovie