with Warner Brothers lapsed, Brown made two films for Walt Disney Studios, including Summer Magic with Hayley Mills and Burl Ives. He appeared in other television series too, such as Redigo, starring Richard Egan as a New Mexico rancher. He contracted to Universal Pictures for the 1965 NBC Western television series Laredo, set on the Mexican border in and about Laredo, Texas. Brown appeared in the pilot for Police Woman, starring Angie Dickinson. Brown appeared in several exploitation films such as Foxy Brown, Chrome and Hot Leather, and Act of Vengeance. Soap operas Brown also appeared on several soap operas. On Days of Our Lives, he played Dr. Greg Peters from 1972-1979 who was involved in a romance with Amanda Howard (Mary Frann). He was Laurie Brooks' attorney, Robert Laurence, on The Young and the Restless (1981-1982) when she was on trial for the murder of her former mother-in-law, Vanessa Prentiss. He would return briefly to "Y&R" in between soap stints in the late 1980s. Brown replaced John Shearin as Roger Forbes on Loving during its early days, but was written out after only a couple of months. From 1986-1987, he played Charles Sanders, former ambassador to Mendorra, on One Life to Live. The character had a heart attack and died on the evening of his wedding to Lee Halpern. He subsequently played Blake Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful, the ex-husband of Dr. Taylor Hamilton Hayes. Personal life Brown was married five times. His wives were: Diane Jergens, an actress; they wed on September 6, 1958, in Las Vegas and divorced in June 1960. Sandy Edmundson, a model; they wed on May 26, 1964, in Palos Verdes and divorced in 1969. They had a son. Liliane Alice Yvette Safargy, a model; they wed on November 14, 1971, in Beverly Hills and divorced in September 1974. Mary Kathleen Gauba, they wed on November 29, 1986, in Santa Fe and divorced in 1999. Kerstin Kern; they wed on September 6, 2008, in Newbury Park, California. Brown had three children as follows: Matthew, born 1965, by Sandy Edmudson Joshua, by Amber Karlson, with whom Brown lived from 1974 until 1979. Christi, by Merle Pertile. Brown's brother, Phil, worked as an NBC Television West Coast operations coordinator in Burbank, California. Filmography Notes References External links Obituary - Hollywood Reporter 1935 births 2016 deaths 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American