Ramon Bieri
June 16, 1929 (95 years old) in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Heavy-set American character actor whose typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. A decorated Korean War veteran, Bieri appeared on stage from 1954, both on ('Death of a Salesman', 1975) and off-Broadway. He latterly acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen from 1962 as a bit part player, he went on to have a prolific career as guest star of 1970's and 80's TV shows. Bieri also starred in his own, somewhat short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71.
Known For
Credits
- 1997 · Cracker as
- 1996 · Ghosts of Mississippi as James Holley
- 1996 · Profiler as Monte Drake
- 1994 · ER as Mr. Bartok
- 1991 · Love, Lies and Murder as Howard
- 1989 · The Final Days as Judge John J. Sirica
- 1988 · Vibes as Eli Diamond
- 1988 · Juarez as Lt. C.P. Hardin
- 1987 · The Sicilian as Quintana
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Carly's Web as
- 1986 · Oceans of Fire as Chuck Horn
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Vernon Weeks
- 1986 · The Richest Cat in the World as Oscar Kohlmeyer
- 1986 · Blacke's Magic as
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · The Zoo Gang as Pa Donnely
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Pat Phillips
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Capt. Frank Browning
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Nick Zavakis
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1984 · Hunter as Charlie Coster
- 1984 · Grandview, U.S.A. as Mr. Pearson
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Gene Galecki
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Al Farland
- 1982 · Knight Rider as 'Acid' John Byrock
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Matt Houston as Insp. Cory McFadden
- 1981 · Reds as Police Chief
- 1981 · Bret Maverick as Elijah Crow
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as Mayor John P. Littlefield
- 1981 · Nero Wolfe as Leo Crown
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Kutzreba
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · A Christmas Without Snow as Henry Quist
- 1980 · Palmerstown, U.S.A. as
- 1979 · Joe's World as Joe Wabash
- 1979 · When She Was Bad... as Dr. Gilbert
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Commissioner Bergstrom
- 1979 · The Frisco Kid as Mr. Jones
- 1978 · Nicole as Malcolm
- 1978 · The Eddie Capra Mysteries as
- 1978 · True Grit: A Further Adventure as Sheriff Ambrose
- 1978 · The Amazing Spider-Man as
- 1978 · A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Babe Ruth
- 1977 · CHiPs as
- 1977 · Sorcerer as Corlette
- 1977 · Panic in Echo Park as
- 1977 · The San Pedro Bums as Sgt. Yost
- 1977 · The Rhinemann Exchange as Daniel Meehan
- 1977 · How the West Was Won as
- 1977 · How the West Was Won as General Sheridan
- 1977 · Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected as
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Yanos Barzak
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Jake Garfield
- 1976 · McNaughton's Daughter as Randall Jardine
- 1976 · Demon and the Mummy as
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Bo Rile
- 1975 · Kate McShane as Ben
- 1975 · Switch as Jack Gaynor
- 1975 · Bronk as
- 1975 · Crossfire as Captain McCardle
- 1974 · The Gun as Walt Kelsy
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Sheriff Homer Prouty
- 1974 · Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Captain Joe Baker
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1974 · The Manhunter as
- 1974 · Lucas Tanner as Craig Willeman
- 1974 · The Conversation as Man at Party (uncredited)
- 1974 · It's Good to Be Alive as Walter O'Malley
- 1974 · Badlands as Cato
- 1973 · Outrage as Deputy Tottif
- 1973 · The Magician as Lt. Phil Corcoran
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Lt. Hager
- 1973 · Hunter as Mishani
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Banacek as John Hargroves
- 1972 · Search as
- 1972 · The Honkers as Jack Ferguson
- 1971 · Sarge as Barney Verick
- 1971 · Nichols as Cutler
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Brother John as Orly Ball
- 1971 · The Andromeda Strain as Major Manchek
- 1971 · Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Chief Dewey
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · R.P.M. as Brown
- 1970 · The Grasshopper as Roosevelt Dekker
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1969 · Room 222 as
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Michael Briggs
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · Mannix as Peters
- 1967 · Mannix as Carl Meiss
- 1967 · Ironside as Frank Clausen
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Colonel Rodriguez
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Colonel Jaroslav Sardner
- 1965 · Hogan's Heroes as Steiner
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Hanker
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Jonas Holt
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Forbes
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jarvis
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as John Sontag
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Doyle
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Musgrove
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Big Thicket