Philip Sterling

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Philip Sterling (October 9, 1922 – November 30, 1998) was an American film and television actor. He played Dr. Winston Croft on 28 episodes of the American daytime soap opera ''The Doctors''. He also played Judge Truman Ventnor on 21 episodes in ''Sisters'' and Dr. Simon Weiss on 12 episodes in ''St. Elsewhere''.

Sterling guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''The Golden Girls'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Family Ties'', ''Hart to Hart'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Night Court'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''The A-Team'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'' and ''Newhart''. He also appeared in a few episodes of ''Barney Miller'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Matlock'', ''Guiding Light'' and ''Hotel''. Sterling died in November 1998 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles of complications from myelofibrosis, at the age of 76.