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Joe Higgins
Deceased

When Did Joe Higgins Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 72
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn12/07/1925Born inLogansport, Indiana, USADied15/06/1998 (aged 72)Died inLos AngelesWikidataQ3180083 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#111168 ↗

Joseph H. Higgins was an American commercial, film and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Jake Shakespeare in the American legal drama television series Arrest and Trial and for playing the recurring role of Nils Swenson in The Rifleman.

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Filmography44 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1984Laugh BustersMovie—59
1981Hill Street BluesSeriesAnthony56
1979Donovan's KidMovieGreenbush Sheriff54
1978The Small OneMovieGuard (voice)53
1978Record CityMovieDoyle53
1975Sixpack AnnieMovieSheriff Waters50
1975The Man from Clover GroveMovieSheriff Dodd50
1974Movin' OnSeries—49
1973Sigmund and the Sea MonstersSeriesSheriff Chuck Bevans48
1969The Ballad of Andy CrockerMovieMr. Bedecker44
1968Adam-12SeriesSam43
1968The Mod SquadSeries—43
1967Judd, for the DefenseSeries—42
1967IronsideSeries—42
1967The Guns of Will SonnettSeriesBartender42
1967The Perils of PaulineMoviePauline's Foster Father42
1967The Second Hundred YearsSeriesMarshal42
1966That GirlSeries—41
1966The MonkeesSeriesMasseur41
1966Namu, the Killer WhaleMovieBurt41
1966It's About TimeSeriesSergeant41
1965The Big ValleySeriesReferee40
1965Green AcresSeriesSheriff40
1965The Legend of Jesse JamesSeriesBartender40
1965I Dream of JeannieSeriesGarbage Man #240
1964Flipper's New AdventureMovieL.C. Porett39
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeriesMagistrate39
1963Burke's LawSeriesCharlie38
1963Petticoat JunctionSeriesMr. Finchcliff38
1963Arrest and TrialSeriesJake Shakespeare38
1963My Favorite MartianSeriesGuard #138
1963FlipperMovieL.C. Porett38
1962Ensign O'TooleSeriesChief Henly37
1962GeronimoMovieKincaide37
196187th PrecinctSeriesJovial George36
1961The HathawaysSeries—36
1960Peter Loves MarySeriesCaptain Nelson35
1959The Twilight ZoneSeriesBank Guard34
1959The DetectivesSeries—34
1959BonanzaSeriesWaiter34
1958The RiflemanSeriesNils Swenson33
1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries—32
1955GunsmokeSeriesSmithy30
1955CheyenneSeriesJoe30