Bert Remsen, né Herbert Birchell Remsen, est un acteur américain né le 25 février 1925 à Glen Cove, Long Island ; mort le 22 avril 1999 à Sherman Oaks, Californie. Il tourna régulièrement avec Robert Altman.

Biographie

Remsen was born in Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island, the son of Helen (née Birchell) and Winfred Herbert Remsen. He played character roles in numerous films directed by Robert Altman, including: Brewster McCloud (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), California Split (1974), Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), A Wedding (1978), Commander Kates in Code of Silence, "Dallas" as Harrison 'Dandy' Dandridge (1987) and Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1990), and in "Baby Blue Marine" with Jan-Michael Vincent.

He also appeared in various television guest-starring roles, including the role of Jim Ford in the episode "Pete Henke" of the 1958 NBC western series, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards. He was a regular in the cast of the short-lived 1976 NBC dramatic television series Gibbsville.

After suffering an injury on the set of a television show, Remsen had moved away from acting. He was hired as the casting director on Brewster McCloud when Altman talked him into taking a role in the film.

He was briefly married to actress Katherine MacGregor, who played Mrs. Oleson in the NBC television series, Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon.

His daughter, with wife Barbara Joyce Dodd, a casting director, is actress Kerry Remsen.