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:
- 83
- 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 | 2002-03-20 |
| Movie | Night of the Wolf | Purly Owens | 2002-04-15 |
| Series | First Years | Unknown | 2001-03-19 |
| Series | Emeril | Jerry McKenney | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | Dirty Harry: The Original | Unknown | 2001-11-20 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
| Movie | Final Run | Glen 'Lucky' Singer | 1999-10-10 |
| Movie | Miracle on the 17th Green | 1999-12-19 | |
| Series | The Love Boat: The Next Wave | Captain Jim Kennedy III | 1998-04-13 |
| Series | Invasion America | Unknown | 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 | A Horse for Danny | Eddie Fortuna | 1995-04-08 |
| Movie | Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland | Himself | 1995-06-20 |
| Movie | Spenser: A Savage Place | Spenser | 1995-05-20 |
| Movie | To Save the Children | Jake Downey | 1994-04-05 |
| Movie | Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes | Spenser | 1994-01-02 |
| Movie | A Perfect Stranger | Alex Hale | 1994-09-11 |
| Movie | Spenser: The Judas Goat | Spenser | 1994-12-01 |
| 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 | Unknown | 1992-09-14 |
| Movie | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin | Himself / Host | 1992-06-01 |
| Movie | Stranger at My Door | Joe Fortier | 1991-09-27 |
| Movie | In a Stranger's Hand | Jack Bauer | 1991-09-29 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Rob Marshall | 1990-02-11 |
| Series | Carol & Company | Unknown | 1990-03-01 |
| Movie | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Bradley Burdock | 1990-11-04 |
| Series | American Dreamer | Tom Nash | 1990-09-20 |
| Movie | A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder | Ross Pegler | 1990-10-04 |
| 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 | Murder by Night | Allan Strong | 1989-07-20 |
| 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 | 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 | various | 1983-11-29 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Movie | Endangered Species | Ruben Castle | 1982-09-10 |
| Series | Gavilan | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
| Movie | Take Your Best Shot | Jess Marriner | 1982-10-12 |
| Series | Cheers | Unknown | 1982-09-30 |
| Movie | Killing at Hell's Gate | 1981-10-31 | |
| Movie | Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier | Rocky Bleier | 1980-12-07 |
| Movie | When She Was Bad... | Unknown | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | Leave Yesterday Behind | David Lyle | 1978-01-11 |
| Series | Vega$ | Dan Tanna | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | Bunco | Walker | 1977-01-01 |
| Series | Tabitha | Paul Thurston | 1977-05-07 |
| Series | Soap | Peter Campbell | 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 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Officer Jim Street | 1975-02-24 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Killdozer | Mack McCarthy | 1974-02-02 |
| Series | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Unknown | 1973-09-26 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Unknown | 1973-11-21 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Mike Grimes | 1973-12-23 |
| 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 |
