Anthony Call

Anthony Call is an American actor born on August 31, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. The son of actor Abner Biberman, Call studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he trained as a classical pianist before pursuing a career in performance.

Call began his professional career in 1961 with an appearance in the crime drama television series Route 66. The following year he appeared in both Outlaws and The Dick Powell Theatre. Over the course of the 1960s, he accumulated guest-starring credits across a wide range of television programs, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Dakotas, The Twilight Zone, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, The Virginian, Star Trek, and Combat!

Alongside his guest appearances, Call took on recurring roles in several daytime dramas. He portrayed senator Colin Whitney on The Edge of Night from 1970 to 1971 and appeared as Dr. Joe Werner on Guiding Light in 1973. His most prominent television role came when he was cast as Herb Callison on the soap opera One Life to Live, a part he held from 1979 to 1991.

In 1977, Call appeared on Broadway in The Trip Back Down. His performance earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play that same year.