A favourite with Golden Globe voters in the late 1950s and 1960s, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. has died at his home in Solvang. He was 95. The father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, he won a Globe in 1959 as Most Promising Newcomer and was nominated twice more, most recently in 1969 as Best TV Actor for his role in the long-running series FBI. Born in New York City in 1918 and surrounded by people of wealth and privilege throughout his childhood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. trained at both the Yale School of Drama and the Neighborhood Playhouse, and was an NBC radio page at the onset. Following war service in which he earned a Purple Heart, he had his first professional role in his Broadway production of "The Rugged Path" (1945). He continued with the American Repertory Theatre performing in such classics as "Henry VIII," "Androcles and the Lion" and "Hedda Gabler". Despite second leads in decent films such as Band of Angels with Clark Gable, Too Much, Too Soon with Errol Flynn and what was probably his best movie role in Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn, it was television that made the better use of his refined, unshowy acting style. His roles as smooth private investigator Stu Bailey on 77 Sunset Strip and dogged inspector Lewis Erskine on The FBI made him famous internationally. He also had a recurring role in his daugher's TV series Remington STeele.