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.
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- Born:
- Dec 19, 1946 In Toronto, Ohio
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 85
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie A Long Way Home 2003-01-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Long Way Home | Jack | 2003-01-10 |
| Movie | The President's Man: A Line in the Sand | President Adam Mayfield | 2002-01-20 |
| Movie | Clover Bend | Bill Clayton | 2002-03-20 |
| Movie | Night of the Wolf | Purly Owens | 2002-04-15 |
| Movie | For Love of Olivia | Horton Roundtree | 2001-03-18 |
| Series | First Years | Unknown | 2001-03-19 |
| Movie | Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actor / Host | 2001-11-20 |
| Series | Emeril | Jerry McKenney | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | Final Run | Glen 'Lucky' Singer | 1999-10-10 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
| Movie | Miracle on the 17th Green | 1999-12-19 | |
| Series | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Captain Jim Kennedy III | 1998-04-13 |
| Series | Invasion America | 1998-06-08 | |
| Movie | Final Descent | Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer | 1997-10-12 |
| Series | The Lazarus Man | 1996-02-03 | |
| Movie | Captains Courageous | Capt. Matthew Troop | 1996-04-21 |
| Movie | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | Mr. Angus Feagan | 1996-12-15 |
| Movie | Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland | Himself | 1995-02-27 |
| Movie | A Horse for Danny | Eddie Fortuna | 1995-04-08 |
| Movie | Spenser: A Savage Place | Spenser | 1995-05-20 |
| Movie | Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes | Spenser | 1994-01-02 |
| Movie | To Save the Children | Jake Downey | 1994-04-05 |
| Movie | Spenser: The Judas Goat | Spenser | 1994-12-01 |
| Movie | A Perfect Stranger | Alex Hale | 1994-09-12 |
| Movie | Deadly Relations | Leonard J. Fagot | 1993-05-22 |
| Movie | Spenser: Ceremony | Spenser | 1993-07-23 |
| Series | It Had to Be You | Mitch Quinn | 1993-09-19 |
| Movie | Blind Man's Bluff | Thomas Booker | 1992-02-19 |
| Movie | Double Edge | Harry Carter | 1992-03-22 |
| Movie | Survive the Savage Sea | Jack Carpenter | 1992-01-05 |
| Movie | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin | Self - Host | 1992-06-14 |
| Series | Crossroads | John Hawkins | 1992-09-14 |
| Movie | Stranger at My Door | Joe Fortier | 1991-09-27 |
| Movie | In a Stranger's Hand | Jack Bauer | 1991-09-29 |
| Series | Carol & Company | Unknown | 1990-03-31 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Rob Marshall | 1990-02-11 |
| Movie | A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder | Ross Pegler | 1990-10-04 |
| Series | American Dreamer | Tom Nash | 1990-09-20 |
| Movie | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Bradley Burdock | 1990-11-04 |
| Movie | She Knows Too Much | Harry | 1989-01-29 |
| Movie | The Comeback | Scotty Malloy | 1989-01-08 |
| Series | Lonesome Dove | Jake Spoon | 1989-02-05 |
| Movie | Spooner | Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner | 1989-12-02 |
| Movie | Night Walk | Simon | 1989-10-01 |
| Movie | Murder by Night | Allan Strong | 1989-07-20 |
| Movie | April Morning | Joseph Simmons | 1988-04-24 |
| Series | Amerika | Peter Bradford | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Johnny 'Joker' Johnson | 1986-01-05 |
| Movie | Young Again | Michael Riley | 1986-05-11 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Ben Rowan | 1985-01-21 |
| Movie | Turk 182! | Terry Lynch | 1985-02-15 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Spenser | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | The Ice Pirates | Jason | 1984-03-16 |
| Movie | Invitation to Hell | Matt Winslow | 1984-05-24 |
| Movie | His Mistress | Allen Beck | 1984-10-20 |
| Series | Mistral's Daughter | Jason Darcy | 1984-09-24 |
| Series | Princess Daisy | Patrick Shannon | 1983-11-06 |
| Movie | The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More | Self / Various | 1983-11-29 |
| Movie | Endangered Species | Ruben Castle | 1982-09-10 |
| Series | Cheers | Unknown | 1982-09-30 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Series | Gavilan | 1982-10-26 | |
| Movie | Take Your Best Shot | Jess Marriner | 1982-10-12 |
| Movie | Killing at Hell's Gate | Charles Duke | 1981-10-31 |
| Movie | Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier | Rocky Bleier | 1980-12-07 |
| Movie | When She Was Bad... | Bob Morgan | 1979-11-25 |
| Movie | Leave Yesterday Behind | David Lyle | 1978-05-14 |
| Series | Vega$ | Dan Tanna | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | Bunco | Walker | 1977-01-01 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | Tabitha | Paul Thurston | 1977-05-07 |
| Series | Soap | Peter Campbell | 1977-09-13 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Specialists | Dr. William Nugent | 1975-01-06 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Officer Jim Street | 1975-02-24 |
| Movie | Killdozer | Mack McCarthy | 1974-02-02 |
| Series | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Bob Sanders | 1973-09-26 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Officer Mike Grimes | 1973-12-13 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |