
Ramon Bieri
Ramon Bieri (born June 16, 1929) was an American actor. A heavy-set character actor, his typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. Bieri was decorated Korean War veteran who began his stage career in 1954, appearing both on and off-Broadway (notably in 'Death of a Salesman' in 1975). In later years he acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen, he made his television debut in 1962 as a bit part player; he went on to have a prolific career as guest star in television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Bieri also starred in his own short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. He had roles in notable films such as Badlands (1973), The Conversation (1974), Sorcerer (1977), and Reds (1981). 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 (segment "Shadow Play")
- 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 · Nero Wolfe as Leo Crown
- 1981 · Bret Maverick as Elijah Crow
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as Mayor John P. Littlefield
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Kutzreba
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Police Captain Frank Browning
- 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 · 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 · Nicole as Malcolm
- 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 · Little House on the Prairie as Liam O'Neill
- 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 John Bates
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Skowlownowski
- 1972 · Search as
- 1972 · Banacek as John Hargroves
- 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