Anecdotes

He was severely wounded during his World War II service, at Huertgen Forest.

Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 95, outliving his father's age of 94 by one year. His daughter Stephanie announced the news saying he was 95 years old, a devout Christian. He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends.

Came out of retirement to act with daughter Stephanie Zimbalist in a stage production of "Night of the Iguana" in Ventura, California. (octobre 2004)

His father was Russian-born and his mother was Romanian-born; both were from Jewish families. Zimbalist was an early practitioner and proponent of Transcendental Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, before his conversion to Christianity.

Close friends with then-FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, Zimbalist ended many Quinn Martin productions on Sunday nights with a description of a fugitive wanted by FBI agents, exhorting viewers to be on the lookout. One of the more prominent names from this segment was James Earl Ray, assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Had two children from his marriage to Emily McNair: Nancy Zimbalist (1944-2012) and Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III (born 1947).

Father of Stephanie Zimbalist.

Son of violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. and opera singer Alma Gluck.

In 1935, after accompanying his father on a concert tour of the Soviet Union, he was enrolled by his parents to a boarding school in Kiev, while they visited western Europe. Expected to learn piano in a class of wonderkinds, he was rather handicapped, for the classes were taught in Ukrainian - a language he did not know. He eventually ran off to Moscow, where his elder sister had been lodged with a family. After spending a bad winter in Moscow, (they only had their summer clothing, at the time). He and his sister hid the last of their money in the bottom of a cold-cream jar to prevent confiscation by Russian border officials, and they escaped from Moscow, by train to Paris.

In 2009, FBI Director Robert Mueller presented an honorary Special Agent badge to Zimbalist.

Had appeared in at least one episode in four out of the five seasons of Les enquêtes de Remington Steele (1982), alongside his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7095 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.

Had played the same character (Alfred Pennyworth) on five different series: Batman (1992), Superman (1996), Batman (1997), Static Shock (2000) and La Ligue des justiciers (2001).

During World War II, he met director Joshua Logan in Paris who was taken by his looks and charm.

Occasionally, he does voice-overs, reading Biblical verses, for the Trinity Broadcasting Network, as a commercial-break starts or concludes. (février 2007)

Family plans for him went askew when he was kicked out of Yale University twice.

Younger stepbrother of Marcia Davenport.

Shares the birthday with fellow Batman (1992) actor Kevin Conroy.