Robert Urich
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an American actor. He played the starring role in the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981). He also appeared in other television series over the years including: S.W.A.T. (1975), Soap (1977), and The Lazarus Man (1996), as well as in several feature films including Turk 182!, The Ice Pirates, and Magnum Force. Urich died in 2002 in Thousand Oaks, California. The actor announced in 1996 that he was suffering from synovial cell sarcoma, a rare cancer that attacks the body's joints, for which he underwent several treatments during the last years of his life. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2003 · A Long Way Home as Jack
- 2002 · Night of the Wolf as Purly Owens
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Bill Clayton
- 2002 · The President's Man: A Line in the Sand as President Adam Mayfield
- 2001 · Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actor / Host
- 2001 · Emeril as Jerry McKenney
- 2001 · First Years as
- 2001 · For Love of Olivia as Horton Roundtree
- 1999 · Miracle on the 17th Green as
- 1999 · Final Run as Glen 'Lucky' Singer
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- 1998 · Invasion America as
- 1998 · Love Boat: The Next Wave as Captain Jim Kennedy III
- 1997 · Final Descent as Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
- 1996 · The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue as Mr. Angus Feagan
- 1996 · Captains Courageous as Capt. Matthew Troop
- 1996 · The Lazarus Man as
- 1995 · Jock of the Bushveld as Rocky Mountain Jack
- 1995 · Spenser: A Savage Place as Spenser
- 1995 · A Horse for Danny as Eddie Fortuna
- 1995 · Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland as Himself
- 1994 · Spenser: The Judas Goat as Spenser
- 1994 · A Perfect Stranger as Alex Hale
- 1994 · To Save the Children as Jake Downey
- 1994 · Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes as Spenser
- 1993 · It Had to Be You as Mitch Quinn
- 1993 · Spenser: Ceremony as Spenser
- 1993 · Deadly Relations as Leonard J. Fagot
- 1992 · Crossroads as John Hawkins
- 1992 · The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin as Self - Host
- 1992 · Revolver as Nick Suster
- 1992 · Double Edge as Harry Carter
- 1992 · Blind Man's Bluff as Thomas Booker
- 1992 · Survive the Savage Sea as Jack Carpenter
- 1991 · In a Stranger's Hand as Jack Bauer
- 1991 · Stranger at My Door as Joe Fortier
- 1990 · 83 Hours 'Til Dawn as Bradley Burdock
- 1990 · A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Ross Pegler
- 1990 · American Dreamer as Tom Nash
- 1990 · Carol & Company as
- 1990 · Blind Faith as Rob Marshall
- 1989 · Spooner as Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner
- 1989 · Night Walk as Simon
- 1989 · Murder by Night as Allan Strong
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Jake Spoon
- 1989 · She Knows Too Much as Harry
- 1989 · The Comeback as Scotty Malloy
- 1988 · April Morning as Joseph Simmons
- 1987 · Amerika as Peter Bradford
- 1986 · Young Again as Michael Riley
- 1986 · The Defiant Ones as Johnny 'Joker' Johnson
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as Spenser
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985 · Turk 182! as Terry Lynch
- 1985 · Scandal Sheet as Ben Rowan
- 1984 · His Mistress as Allen Beck
- 1984 · Mistral's Daughter as Jason Darcy
- 1984 · Invitation to Hell as Matt Winslow
- 1984 · The Ice Pirates as Jason
- 1983 · The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More as Self / Various
- 1983 · Princess Daisy as Patrick Shannon
- 1982 · Gavilan as
- 1982 · Take Your Best Shot as Jess Marriner
- 1982 · Cheers as Robert Urich
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Ruben Castle
- 1982 · The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour as
- 1981 · Killing at Hell's Gate as Charles Duke
- 1981 · Sixty Years of Seduction as Self - Presenter
- 1980 · Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier as Rocky Bleier
- 1979 · When She Was Bad... as Bob Morgan
- 1978 · Vega$ as Dan Tanna
- 1978 · Leave Yesterday Behind as David Lyle
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Jeff Smith
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Scott Desmond
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Larry Hartman
- 1977 · Soap as Peter Campbell
- 1977 · Soap as Peter "The Tennis Player"
- 1977 · Tabitha as Paul Thurston
- 1977 · Bunco as Walker
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Dan Tana
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as Officer Jim Street
- 1975 · The Specialists as Dr. William Nugent
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Killdozer as Mack McCarthy
- 1973 · Magnum Force as Officer Mike Grimes
- 1973 · Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Bob Sanders
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Davie Stroud
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Manolo Etchahoun
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Joseph Simmons