Joe Higgins
Biography
Joe Higgins was an American actor who began performing at age nine in Logansport, Indiana, and later worked in radio in Dayton, Ohio. He started screen work in 1960 as Nils Swenson, a blacksmith he played repeatedly on the western series The Rifleman. He then made guest appearances in a range of other television series and appeared in films such as Flipper (1963) and its sequel Flipper's New Adventure (1964). He also co-starred as Jake Shakespeare in the legal drama Arrest and Trial and played a local sheriff on Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. From 1969 to 1975 he portrayed a sheriff in Chrysler Corporation's Dodge Division television commercials, earning a Clio Award for those performances. He also worked as a spokesman for General Electric.
72years old at death
- Born Logansport
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 16 years1962 to 1978
Every film, newest first
- 1978The Small OneIMDb rating 7.5
- 1964Flipper's New AdventureIMDb rating 6.0
- 1963FlipperIMDb rating 6.1
- 1962GeronimoIMDb rating 5.8
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Big break
Higgins played a sheriff in Chrysler's Dodge commercials from 1969 to 1975, and the work won him a Clio Award. Being seen in those ads led to his casting as the sheriff in the NBC pilot of Cat Ballou.
A change of course
General Electric took Higgins on as a spokesman in 1976. Clarence M. Kelley, who led the Kansas City Police Department and then the Federal Bureau of Investigation, later asked him to serve on a crime prevention task force.
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Worked with
Joe Higgins shares two films with Luke Halpin, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Luke Halpin's page
Denver Pyle's page
Adam West's page
John Anderson's page
Hal Smith's page
Chuck Connors's page
Don BluthDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Don Bluth
Jack CuttingDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Jack Cutting
Wolfgang ReithermanDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Wolfgang Reitherman
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