American film and television actor
Philip Sterling
Born (1922-10-09 ) October 9, 1922New York, U.S.
Died November 30, 1998(1998-11-30) (aged 76)[ 1] [ 2] Education University of Pennsylvania [ 3] Occupation(s) Film and television actor Years active 1949–1998 Spouse
Rhona Sterling
(
m. 1969)
[ 4]
Philip Sterling (October 9, 1922 – November 30, 1998) was an American film and television actor. He played Dr. Winston Croft on 28 episodes of the American daytime soap opera The Doctors . He also played Judge Truman Ventnor on 21 episodes in Sisters and Dr. Simon Weiss on 12 episodes in St. Elsewhere .
Sterling guest-starred in numerous television programs including The Golden Girls , M*A*S*H , The Rockford Files , Family Ties , Hart to Hart , Growing Pains , Night Court , The Wonder Years , The A-Team , Diff'rent Strokes and Newhart . He also appeared in a few episodes of Barney Miller , L.A. Law , Matlock , Guiding Light and Hotel . Sterling died in November 1998 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles of complications from myelofibrosis , at the age of 76.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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