12 Facts About Mike Road

Mike Road got his start as an actor in school plays while in Malden High School, which led to him joining a theatre troupe in Boston.

In 1955, Mike Road made his directorial debut in Sweden with the film The Magnificent Lie, starring Signe Hasso.

Mike Road guest starred twice on Maverick as Bart Maverick's rival Pearly Gates.

Mike Road appeared in the series The Alaskans and Lawman, and in other venues: Sea Hunt, Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Wild, Wild West, and Alias Smith and Jones.

Mike Road was cast as a bandit-turned-storekeeper in the segment "Arizona Anderson", which aired on February 14,1960.

Mike Road was the voice of Ugh the Giant Caveman on Space Ghost and Dino Boy, Zandor on The Herculoids, John Butler on Valley of the Dinosaurs, and Reed Richards on The New Fantastic Four in 1978.

Mike Road performed guest voices on The Funky Phantom, Speed Buggy and Godzilla.

Mike Road retired from voice acting after reprising his role as Zandor in Hanna-Barbera's Space Stars in 1981.

Mike Road returned to directing plays on the stage in the 1970s.

In 1973, Mike Road won the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Come Slowly Eden.

Mike Road directed Toni Gerry in the drama one-woman play Hanna Speaks in 1988.

Mike Road died on April 14,2013, at the age of 95 in Los Angeles.