Born 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, American actor Robert Wagner made his uncredited film debut in The Happy Years (1950). His first film for Fox was Halls of Montezuma (1951), a World War II film. Fox gave him his first starring role in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953). Reviews were poor but the movie was only the third ever to be shot in CinemaScope and was a big hit.

Wagner is best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and has a recurring role as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS (2010–2019).

In movies, Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as for A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and its 1983 sequel, Harper (1966), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) and many more.

These vintage photos captured portraits of a very young and handsome Robert Wagner in the 1950s.






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