( CNN ) -- Former television host and actor Gary Collins has died of natural causes in Mississippi , Harrison County Deputy Coroner Brian Switzer said Saturday . He was 74 . Collins was known as a TV and radio personality and was married to former Miss America Mary Anne Mobley . He was an actor in the television series `` The Sixth Sense '' and `` Born Free '' in the 1970s and `` Iron Horse '' and `` The Wackiest Ship in the Army '' in the 1960s . His biography on the entertainment industry 's IMDb.com states he became interested in acting after he enlisted in the Army and became a radio and television host for the Armed Forces Network . He made appearances in such popular TV shows as `` Charlie 's Angels '' and `` Fantasy Island . '' People we 've lost in 2012 : The lives they lived .
He starred in `` The Sixth Sense '' and `` The Sixth Sense '' in the 1960s . He also had a regular role in `` The Sixth Sense '' in the 1970s . His interest in acting began in the Army when he was an Army host .