Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. honored by FBI
Posted June 08, 2009 11:00 pm
LOS ANGELES -- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. finally got his badge.
The actor who portrayed cool and canny Inspector Lewis Erskine on the TV series "The F.B.I." in the 1960s and 1970s was named an honorary special agent Monday -- the FBI's highest civilian honor.
The 91-year-old actor was presented with the badge by FBI Director Robert Mueller. He praised Zimbalist as an icon who inspired a generation of FBI agents.
Zimbalist said he was humbled and called the agency America's "guardian."
The show ran on television in the U.S. from 1965 to 1974.
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