Rod Colbin (born Irving Herbert Lichtenstein: December 23, 1923 â February 4, 2007) was an American character actor whose career spanned four decades. He was also a fencing instructor who, at one time, served as Katharine Hepburn's personal masseur, and is said to have instructed James Dean and Marlon Brando.
Colbin married Annemarie Polonyi on September 16, 1965; they divorced in 1978. He is the father of Kaila Colbin and two other daughters, one of whom died in a fire aged 4.
Colbin died in February 2007 in Denver, Colorado, after a series of strokes.