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:
- 89
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy 2021-09-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Self | 2021-09-09 |
| Movie | A Long Way Home | Jack | 2003-01-10 |
| Movie | Clover Bend | Bill Clayton | 2002-03-20 |
| Movie | The President's Man: A Line in the Sand | President Adam Mayfield | 2002-01-20 |
| 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 |
| Series | Emeril | Jerry McKenney | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actor / Host | 2001-11-20 |
| Movie | Final Run | Glen 'Lucky' Singer | 1999-10-10 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self | 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 |
| Movie | Captains Courageous | Capt. Matthew Troop | 1996-04-21 |
| Series | The Lazarus Man | 1996-02-03 | |
| 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 | Jock of the Bushveld | Rocky Mountain Jack | 1995-12-22 |
| 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 | Revolver | Nick Suster | 1992-04-19 |
| Series | Crossroads | John Hawkins | 1992-09-14 |
| Movie | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin | Himself / Host | 1992-06-14 |
| 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 | 1990-03-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Lonesome Dove | Jake Spoon | 1989-02-05 |
| Movie | The Comeback | Scotty Malloy | 1989-01-08 |
| Movie | She Knows Too Much | Harry | 1989-01-29 |
| Movie | Murder by Night | Allan Strong | 1989-07-20 |
| Movie | Night Walk | Simon | 1989-10-01 |
| Movie | Spooner | Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner | 1989-12-02 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Movie | Endangered Species | Ruben Castle | 1982-09-10 |
| Movie | Take Your Best Shot | Jess Marriner | 1982-10-12 |
| Series | Cheers | Unknown | 1982-09-30 |
| Series | Gavilan | 1982-10-26 | |
| Movie | Sixty Years of Seduction | Self - Presenter | 1981-05-04 |
| 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 | Tabitha | Paul Thurston | 1977-05-07 |
| Series | Soap | Peter "The Tennis Player" | 1977-09-13 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Larry Hartman | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
| Movie | The Specialists | Dr. William Nugent | 1975-01-06 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Officer Jim Street | 1975-02-24 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host / Various | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Killdozer | Mack McCarthy | 1974-02-02 |
| Series | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Bob Sanders | 1973-09-26 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Mike Grimes | 1973-12-13 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Davie Stroud | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Manolo Etchahoun | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
