Chris Robinson

Christopher Brown Robinson (November 5, 1938 – June 9, 2025) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director, sometimes credited as Christopher Robinson.

Career Robinson began his career as an actor in the 1950s. Robinson was a young adult actor and stunt man and appeared in such films of the 1950s as Diary of a High School Bride and Beast from Haunted Cave. He was in Combat! Season 1, "The Reunion" in 1962. In the 1960s, he was cast as flight engineer and top turret gunner Technical Sgt. Alexander "Sandy" Komansky on ABC's 12 O'Clock High in the last two seasons. In 1972, he got the lead as a fanatical snake charmer in the horror movie, Stanley.

Robinson played Dr. Rick Webber on General Hospital from 1978 to 1986.

His last on-screen performance came in the 2022 feature film Just for a Week directed by Michael Jason Allen.

Personal life and death Robinson was the father of Taylor Joseph Robinson, cast as C.J. Garrison in The Bold and the Beautiful.

He was married to actress Phyllis Yarwood, whom he cast in a few of his movies.

In 1985, Robinson was convicted of income tax evasion. He was allowed to continue his role on General Hospital under a prison work-release provision.

Robinson was married to artist/actress Jacquie (née Shane) Robinson, and he had five sons from three previous marriages.

Robinson died of heart failure in his sleep at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, on June 9, 2025, at the age of 86.

Credits Actor

Just for a Week (2022) as Ted Hurst Yancey McCord: The Killer That Arizona Forgot About (2020) as Yarnell Fritzowski Barely Dreaming (2021) as Bud Millen Colt .45 (1960) (ABC/Warner Brothers series) (Season 3 Episode 26: "Appointment at Agoura") as outlaw Tom Sanger Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1960) (Season 5 Episode 5: "So Young the Savage Land") as Paul Martin Bus Stop (1961) (Season 1 Episode 1: "Afternoon of a Cowboy") as Tony Maddox The Donna Reed Show (1961) (Season 3 Episode 35: "Military School") as Ken Hennesey (1961) (Season 2 Episode 12: "The Hat") as Larry Stander Two Faces West (1961) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The Wayward") as Gordie Outlaws (1961) (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Daltons Must Die, Part 1") as Sonny Buck Sea Hunt (1961) (Season 4 Episode 37: "Crime at Sea") as Kelsey Straightaway (1961) (Season 1 Episode 3: "The Nobles Oblige") as Harkey The Everglades (1961-1962) (2 episodes) (Season 1 Episode 11: "Good Boy") (1961) as Ralph Martin (Season 1 Episode 14: "Young Osceola") (1962) as Coley Jarrett The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1961-1962) (3 episodes) (Season 2 Episode 15: "The Frightened Ones") (1961) as Brad Snyder (Season 3 Episode 17: "The Jagged Edge") (1962) as Charles (Season 3 Episode 29: "Strangers in the House") (1962) as Grant Harper Empire (1962) (Season 1 Episode 3: "A Place to Put a Life") as Arnold Koenig Cain's Hundred (1962) (Season 1 Episode 22: "The New Order") as Jack Hayes The New Breed (1962) (Season 1 Episode 36: "Walk This Street Lightly") as Clifford Forbes Combat! (1963) (Season 1 Episode 13: "Reunion") as Private Paul Villette The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (2 episodes) (Season 1 Episode 17: "Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog") (January 18, 1963) as Rick 'Ricky' Garrison (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall") (December 6, 1963) as Terry The Dakotas (1963) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Red Sky Over Bismarck") as Chino James The Wide Country (1963) (Season 1 Episode 18: "Speckle Bird") as Gabriel Horn Stoney Burke (1963) (Season 1 Episode 29: "A Girl Named Amy") as Ross Webster Channing (1963) (Season 1 Episode 11: "Beyond His Reach") as Jim Wilson Gunsmoke (1963) (Season 8 Episode 20: "The Bad One") as Willie Jett The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963) (Season 1 Episode 6: "The Day of the Skinners") as Billy Bird G.E. True (1963) (Season 1 Episode 24: "Ordeal") as Holt The Fugitive (1963) (Season 1 Episode 8: "See Hollywood and Die") as Miles Wagon Train (1963-1964) (3 episodes) (Season 6 Episode 23: "The Sarah Proctor Story") (1963) as Brad Proctor (Season 7 Episode 25: "The Duncan McIvor Story") (1964) as Second Lieutenant Brad Carter (Season 8 Episode 2: "Hide Hunters") (1964) as Gib Ryker Arrest and Trial (1963-1964) (2 episodes) (Season 1 Episode 3: "Tears from a Silver Dipper") (1963) as Private First Class Al Rogers (Season 1 Episode 29: "Those Which Love Has Made") (1964) as Bradford Holcombe The Virginian (1963-1970) (4 episodes) (Season 2 Episode 6: "It Takes A Big Man") (1963) as Henry 'Hank' Anders (Season 3 Episode 2: "Dark Challenge") (1964) as Arnie Hendricks (Season 7 Episode 1: "Saddle Warmer") (1968) as Coley (Season 9 Episode 10: "Experiment at New Life" (1970) as Sandy Perry Mason (1965) (Season 8 Episode 25: "The Case of the Deadly Debt") as Carl Talbert Twelve O'Clock High (1965–1967) (47 episodes) as Technical Sergeant Sandy Komansky (regular role) Custer (1967) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Accused") as Lieutenant Tim Rudford Felony Squad (1967) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The Desperate Silence") as Vincent Ludi The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1967) (Season 4 Episode 10: "The Survivor School Affair") as John Saimes Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1968) (Season 4 Episode 29: "And Baby Makes Three") as Private Howie Reilly The Invaders (1968) (Season 2 Episode 20: "The Organization") as Mike Calvin Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968) (Season 4 Episode 25: "The Death Clock") as Corpsman Mallory Hogan's Heroes (1969) (Season 4 Episode 15: "The Missing Klink") as Karl Wagner Cycle Savages (1969) as Romko Like a Mighty Army (1970) as Pastor D. James Kennedy Barnaby Jones (1977) (2 episodes) (Season 5 Episode 17: "Duet for Dying") as Harley Nelson (Season 6 Episode 7: "Daughter of Evil") as Harry Blenner General Hospital (1978-2013) (TV Series) (960 episodes) as Dr. Rick Webber #2 (1978 – November 26, 1986; June 27 – August 9, 2002, April 2, 2013) Young Doctors in Love (1982) in cameo appearance Savannah Smiles (1982) as Richard Driscoll Amy (1981) as Elliot Medford Like Father Like Son (1987) (uncredited) as Bobby Viper (1988) as James Macalla Another World (1988–1989) (20 episodes) as Jason Frame Rez Bomb (2008) as Jaws Yancey McCord: The KILLER That Arizona Forgot About (2020) as Yarnell Fritzowski

Director Catch the Black Sunshine (1972) Thunder County (1974) The Intruder (1975) Barnaby Jones - "Shadow of Guilt" (1976) episode Cannon - "A Touch of Venom" (1975) and "Point After Death" (1976) episodes Baretta - "Shoes" (1976) episode