Rod Colbin
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Born
November 23, 1923
Irving Herbert Lichtenstein
November 23, 1923
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedFebruary 4, 2007 (aged 83)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, Fencing Instructor/Fight Director
Yearsactive1952–1986
Rod Colbin | |
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 Colbin in The Optimist, 1983 | |
| Born | Irving Herbert Lichtenstein November 23, 1923 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 2007 (aged 83) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Fencing Instructor/Fight Director |
| Years active | 1952–1986 |
| Children | 2 |
Rod Colbin (born Irving Herbert Lichtenstein: December 23, 1923 – February 4, 2007) was an American character actor whose career spanned four decades. He was also a fencing instructor who, at one time, served as Katharine Hepburn's personal masseur, and is said to have instructed James Dean and Marlon Brando.[1][2]
Colbin married Annemarie Polonyi on September 16, 1965; they divorced in 1978. He is the father of Kaila Colbin and two other daughters,[3] one of whom died in a fire aged 4.[4][5]
Death
Colbin died in February 2007 in Denver, Colorado, after a series of strokes.[2][1]
