Marc Singer

For the filmmaker of the same name, see Marc Singer (documentarian).

Marc Singer
Marc Singer at the 2011 WonderCon
Born	(1948-01-29) January 29, 1948 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Citizenship	Canada United States
Occupation(s)	Film, television, stage actor
Years active	1973–present
Spouse	Haunani Minn ​ ​ (m. 1974; died 2014)​
Parents	Jacques Singer Leslie Wright
Relatives	Lori Singer (sister)

Marc Singer (born January 29, 1948) is a Canadian-American actor best known for his roles in the Beastmaster film series, as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series V, and as Matt Cantrell in Dallas.

Early life

Singer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has two brothers (Claude and Gregory) and one sister, Lori, an actress and cellist. His father, Jacques Singer, was a symphony conductor; his mother, Leslie (née Wright), a concert pianist.

Career

Before the height of his career, Singer appeared in the sequel to the miniseries Roots as Col. Warner's elder son Andy. He had originally auditioned for the role of Jim Warner, but the producers felt he was better suited for the Andy Warner role.

In the 1970s, Singer had a small breakthrough role in the Planet of the Apes TV series playing a gladiator.

He found fame in the early '80s with the film The Beastmaster and its sequels, in which he played the title role, Dar, and as Mike Donovan in the 1983 miniseries V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and the TV series V: The Series.

Other roles include the 1982 film If You Could See What I Hear (where he portrayed blind musician Tom Sullivan), Body Chemistry, Something for Joey (as football star John Cappelletti), Watchers II, High Desert Kill, The Fighter, Go Tell the Spartans and Dead Space, as well as General Klaus Von Kraut in A Man Called Sarge.

Singer voiced the character of Man-Bat on Batman: The Animated Series. He has guest-starred on television series, such as Barnaby Jones, where he played in the episode titled “Trap Play” (01/07/1975). This is a role he played alongside Nick Nolte in the earlier years. He also appeared in another episode of Barnaby Jones, titled “Price of Terror” (10/10/75). He also starred as Matt Cantrell in season nine ("the dream season") of Dallas; The Twilight Zone; The Hitchhiker; Simon & Simon; Murder, She Wrote; The Young and the Restless; The Ray Bradbury Theater and Highlander: The Series.

Singer is active in theater and played Petruchio in the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, as well as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac. Both Taming of the Shrew and Cyrano were filmed.

Singer appeared in the last episode of season 2 of the new version of V, airing on March 15, 2011; however, instead of reprising his role of Mike Donovan, he plays a new character called Lars Tremont. He was in a recurring role as General Matthew Shrieve on The CW television series Arrow's third season.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Go Tell The Spartans	Captain Al Olivetti
1982	If You Could See What I Hear	Tom Sullivan
	The Beastmaster	Dar
1988	Born to Race	Kenny Landruff
1990	A Man Called Sarge	Colonel Klaus Von Kraut
	Body Chemistry	Tom Redding
	In the Cold of the Night	Ken Strom
	Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective	Detective Dan Turner
	Watchers II	Paul Ferguson
1991	Dead Space	Commander Steve Krieger
	Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time	Dar
	Ultimate Desires	Jonathan Sullivan
1992	The Berlin Conspiracy	Harry Spangler
	Sweet Justice	Steve Colton
1994	Silk Degrees	Baker
1995	Victim of Desire	Peter Starky
	Savate	Ziegfeld Von Trotta
	Droid Gunner	Jack Ford
1996	Street Corner Justice	Mike Justus
1997	Lancelot: Guardian of Time	Lancelot du Lac
2001	L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve	Sam Steele
2002	Angel Blade	Dr. Martin Gites
	Determination of Death	Reese Williams
2004	What Lies Above	Curt Seavers
2008	Eagle Eye	Explosives Developer
2009	Dragonquest	Maxim
2011	Life at the Resort	Thomas Warfield
2013	House Hunting	Charlie Hays
	The Last Letter	Mr. Haynes
2014	The Palmer Supremacy	Roger Towne
2024	Agent Recon	Colonel Green	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Columbo	Young TV Doctor	Episode: "Double Shock"
1974	Cyrano de Bergerac	Christian de Neuvillette	Television film
	Planet of the Apes	Dalton	Episode: "The Gladiators"
	Nakia	Reed	Episode: "No Place to Hide"
	Hawaii Five-O	Randy	Episode: "Bomb, Bomb, Who's Got the Bomb?"
	Things in Their Season	Andy Gerlach	Television film
1975	Barnaby Jones	Father Tanner	Episode: "Trap Play"
	Journey from Darkness	David Hartman	Television film
	Hawaii Five-O	Jeff Heywood	Episode: "Target? The Lady"
	Barnaby Jones	Tally Morgan	Episode: "The Price of Terror"
1976	The Rookies	Blair Winfield	Episode: "Journey to Oblivion"
	Jigsaw John	Wade Bedell	4 episodes
	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	Television film
1977	Something for Joey	John Cappelletti	Television film
	The Feather and Father Gang	Tim Donahue	Episode: "Never Con a Killer"
	79 Park Avenue	Ross Savitch	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1978	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		Episode: "Class Underachiever"
	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Jason Cole	Television film
	Visions		Episode: "Escape"
1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Andy Warner	Miniseries, 4 episodes
	The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan	David Reynolds	Television film
1980	The Contender	Johnny Captor	Miniseries, 5 episodes
1981	For Ladies Only	Stan Novak	Television film
1982	Paper Dolls	Wesley Miles	Television film
	CHiPs	Spectator	Episode: "Something Special"
1983	V	Mike Donovan	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1984	Her Life as a Man	Mark Rogers	Television film
	V: The Final Battle	Mike Donovan	Miniseries, 3 episodes
	The Love Boat	John Neary	2 episodes
1984-1985	V	Mike Donovan	19 episodes
1985	The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible	Adam	Voice, episode: "The Creation"
1986	Dallas	Matt Cantrell	12 episodes
1987	Hotel	Lieutenant Commander Tom Hardison	Episode: "Past Tense"
	Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn	Bruce	Television film
1988	The Twilight Zone	Ed Hamler/Monty Hanks	Episode: "Extra Innings"
	Simon & Simon	Ray McGuinness	Episode: "Love Song of Abigail Marsh"
1989	Murder, She Wrote	Rick Barton	Episode: "The Search for Peter Kerry"
	The Hitchhiker	Robert Lewis	Episode: "Code Liz"
	High Desert Kill	Brad Mueller	Television film
1991	Deadly Game	Jake Kellogg	Television film
1992	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Commander Trask	Episode: "The Long Rain"
	Batman: The Animated Series	Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat	Voice, 3 episodes
	Highlander: The Series	Caleb Cole	Episode: "Mountain Men"
1993	The Sea Wolf	Johnson	Television film
	The Adventures of the Black Stallion		Episode: "Legends Never Die"
1994	Sirens	Bruce Weber	2 episodes
1996	Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus	Dar	Television film
	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Montague, Mitchell Stramm	Voice, 2 episodes
1998	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Bob	Voice, episode: "Honey, It's Doomsday"
1999	The Young and the Restless	Chet	12 episodes
2001-2002	Beastmaster	Dartanus	6 episodes
2005	Duck Dodgers	Kirk Manlord	Voice, episode: "Bonafide Heroes"
2006	Lesser Evil	Captain Varney	Television film
2010	The Republic	Frank Alden	Television film
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Kenneth Richards	Episode: "See No Evil"
	V	Lars Tremont	Episode: "Mother's Day"
2015	Arrow	General Matthew Shrieve	5 episodes
2016	Beauty & the Beast	Peter Braxton	4 episodes
2020	AJ and the Queen	Bob	Episode: "Columbus"

References

2. Demetria Fulton; previewed Marc Singer on Barnaby Jones, in the episode titled “Trap Play” (01/07/1975). Marc Singer also appeared in another episode of Barnaby Jones, titled “Price of Terror” (10/10/1975).

External links

• Marc Singer at IMDb
• Marc Singer at AllMovie
• Saving the World's All in a Day's Work for Marc Singer - People.com