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Zacharias was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. He graduated in 1912 from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]].<ref name=obit/> Zacharias served his first cruise aboard the new battleship ''USS Arkansas,'' which escorted [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]] to [[Panama]] to inspect the [[Panama Canal]] before water was turned into it. From 1913 to 1915, Zacharias served aboard the ''USS Virginia.'' He was then stationed for a time on the survey ship ''USS Hannibal.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ussslcca25.com/mcmur-08.htm|title=Our Captain|publisher=usslcca25.com|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> During [[World War I]], he served as a line officer aboard the ''USS Pittsburgh.''<ref name=obit/>

Zacharias was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. He graduated in 1912 from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]].<ref name=obit/> Zacharias served his first cruise aboard the new battleship ''USS Arkansas,'' which escorted [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]] to [[Panama]] to inspect the [[Panama Canal]] before water was turned into it. From 1913 to 1915, Zacharias served aboard the ''USS Virginia.'' He was then stationed for a time on the survey ship ''USS Hannibal.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ussslcca25.com/mcmur-08.htm|title=Our Captain|publisher=usslcca25.com|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> During [[World War I]], he served as a line officer aboard the ''USS Pittsburgh.''<ref name=obit/>

His television series, ''Behind Closed Doors'', is a unique 26-episode program set during the [[Cold War]] hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon (1916-2011) in the role of Commander Matson. The series focuses on how the former [[Soviet Union]] stole [[United States|American]] missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further [[espionage]]. ''Behind Closed Doors'' is based on Zacharias files in naval intelligence and his war-time experiences. He offers comments at the conclusion of each segment.<ref>Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–Present,'' [[New York City]]: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 79.</ref> Before he appeared on ''Behind Closed Doors'', Zacharias had also narrated a radio series entitled ''Secret Missions''.<ref name=obit/> The titles of both programs were taken from books that he had written.<ref>''Behind Closed Doors: The Secret History of the Cold War,'' barnesandnoble.com, accessed October 7, 2009; no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

His television series, ''Behind Closed Doors'', is a unique 26-episode program set during the [[Cold War]] hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon (1916-2011) in the role of Commander Matson. The series focuses on how the former [[Soviet Union]] stole [[United States|American]] missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further [[espionage]]. ''Behind Closed Doors'' is based on Zacharias files in naval intelligence and his war-time experiences. He offers comments at the conclusion of each segment.<ref>Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–Present,'' [[New York City]]: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 79.</ref> Before he appeared on ''Behind Closed Doors,'' Zacharias had also narrated a radio series entitled ''Secret Missions''.<ref name=obit/> The titles of both programs were taken from books that he had written.<ref>''Behind Closed Doors: The Secret History of the Cold War,'' barnesandnoble.com, accessed October 7, 2009; no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

Zacharias retired from the U.S. Navy in 1946 after thirty-four years of service as the result of a heart seizure. He died at his home in West Springfield, [[New Hampshire]], at the age of seventy-one of complications from another heart seizure. He was interred on July 3, 1961, at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. His wife, the former Clara Evans Miller (1897-1992), is interred with him in Arlington. At the time of her death, she was living in Falls Church, Virginia. Their two sons, Ellis M. Zacharias, Jr. (1926-2006) and Jerrold Matthew Zacharias (1927-2020), were both Naval Academy graduates. Ellis, a [[business]]man,<ref>{{cite web|date=January 4, 1989|title=Tulsa Library plans series on Travels with Tulsans|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tulsa-library-plans-series-on-travels-with-tulsans/article_dfa9fc5c-3470-5afa-8797-96661be9ff99.html|publisher=''The Tulsa World''|accessdate=April 14, 2022; under pay wall}}</ref> inventor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Zacharias-Jr-Ellis-M/8688135|title=Ellis M Zacharias Jr Inventor | date=May 8, 1992|website=PatentBuddy|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> and avid amateur [[photographer]], died in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], at the age of eighty.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 20, 2006|title=ZACHARIAS – Ellis M Jr | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/zacharias----ellis-m-jr/article_9236a27a-7e01-5cec-a21d-3169ea2fdfc3.html |publisher=''The Tulsa World''|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> Jerrold Matthew Zacharias (1927-2020),<ref>CPT Jerrold Matthew “Zack” Zacharias Sr. (1927-2020) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed April 14, 2022.</ref> also a career Navy man, received the Navy Cross as a pilot in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/archive/nfl/nflshow.php?id=2448|title=CAPT JERROLD M. ZACHARIAS, USN | publisher=Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc.|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Zacharias-%20Jerrold%20M.pdf|title=Jerrold M. Zacharias, Captain, USN (Ret.) | website=The Golden Eagles Roost | publisher=The Golden Eagles|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref>

Zacharias retired from the U.S. Navy in 1946 after thirty-four years of service as the result of a heart seizure. He died at his home in West Springfield, [[New Hampshire]], at the age of seventy-one of complications from another heart seizure. He was interred on July 3, 1961, at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. His wife, the former Clara Evans Miller (1897-1992), is interred with him in Arlington. At the time of her death, she was living in Falls Church, Virginia. Their two sons, Ellis M. Zacharias, Jr. (1926-2006) and Jerrold Matthew Zacharias (1927-2020), were both Naval Academy graduates. Ellis, a [[business]]man,<ref>{{cite web|date=January 4, 1989|title=Tulsa Library plans series on Travels with Tulsans|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tulsa-library-plans-series-on-travels-with-tulsans/article_dfa9fc5c-3470-5afa-8797-96661be9ff99.html|publisher=''The Tulsa World''|accessdate=April 14, 2022; under pay wall}}</ref> inventor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Zacharias-Jr-Ellis-M/8688135|title=Ellis M Zacharias Jr Inventor | date=May 8, 1992|website=PatentBuddy|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> and avid amateur [[photographer]], died in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], at the age of eighty.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 20, 2006|title=ZACHARIAS – Ellis M Jr | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/zacharias----ellis-m-jr/article_9236a27a-7e01-5cec-a21d-3169ea2fdfc3.html |publisher=''The Tulsa World''|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> Jerrold Matthew Zacharias (1927-2020),<ref>CPT Jerrold Matthew “Zack” Zacharias Sr. (1927-2020) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed April 14, 2022.</ref> also a career Navy man, received the Navy Cross as a pilot in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/archive/nfl/nflshow.php?id=2448|title=CAPT JERROLD M. ZACHARIAS, USN | publisher=Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc.|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Zacharias-%20Jerrold%20M.pdf|title=Jerrold M. Zacharias, Captain, USN (Ret.) |publisher=The Golden Eagles Roost|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref>

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