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:
- 62
- 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Miracle on the 17th Green | 1999-12-19 | |
| Series | Invasion America | 1998-06-08 | |
| Movie | Final Descent | Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer | 1997-10-12 |
| Series | The Lazarus Man | 1996-02-03 | |
| Movie | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | Mr. Angus Feagan | 1996-12-15 |
| Movie | Captains Courageous | Capt. Matthew Troop | 1996-04-21 |
| Movie | A Horse for Danny | Eddie Fortuna | 1995-04-08 |
| Movie | Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland | Himself | 1995-02-27 |
| 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 | A Perfect Stranger | Alex Hale | 1994-09-12 |
| Movie | Spenser: The Judas Goat | Spenser | 1994-12-01 |
| Movie | Spenser: Ceremony | Spenser | 1993-07-23 |
| Movie | Deadly Relations | Leonard J. Fagot | 1993-05-22 |
| Series | It Had to Be You | Mitch Quinn | 1993-09-19 |
| Movie | Survive the Savage Sea | Jack Carpenter | 1992-01-05 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Blind Faith | Rob Marshall | 1990-02-11 |
| Series | Carol & Company | Unknown | 1990-03-01 |
| Movie | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Bradley Burdock | 1990-11-04 |
| Movie | She Knows Too Much | Harry | 1989-01-29 |
| Movie | Murder by Night | Allan Strong | 1989-07-20 |
| Series | Lonesome Dove | Jake Spoon | 1989-02-05 |
| Movie | April Morning | Joseph Simmons | 1988-04-24 |
| Series | Amerika | Peter Bradford | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | Young Again | Michael Riley | 1986-05-11 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Johnny 'Joker' Johnson | 1986-01-05 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Ben Rowan | 1985-01-21 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| 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 |
| Series | Mistral's Daughter | Jason Darcy | 1984-09-24 |
| Movie | His Mistress | Allen Beck | 1984-10-20 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Take Your Best Shot | Jess Marriner | 1982-10-12 |
| Movie | Killing at Hell's Gate | Charles Duke | 1981-10-31 |
| Movie | Leave Yesterday Behind | David Lyle | 1978-05-14 |
| Series | Vega$ | Dan Tanna | 1978-09-20 |
| Series | Tabitha | Paul Thurston | 1977-05-07 |
| Series | Soap | Peter Campbell | 1977-09-13 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| 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 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Officer Jim Street | 1975-02-24 |
| Movie | Killdozer | Mack McCarthy | 1974-02-02 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Mike Grimes | 1973-12-13 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |