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Robert Urich
Robert Urich

Robert Urich

ActingBorn December 19, 1946Died April 16, 2002 (age 55)Toronto, Ohio

Biography

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.

Filmography

2003Movie
2002
Night of the Wolf

as Purly Owens

Movie
2002
Clover Bend

as Bill Clayton

Movie
2002
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

as President Adam Mayfield

Movie
2001
Dirty Harry: The Original

as Self - Actor / Host

Movie
2001
Emeril

as Jerry McKenney

TV
2001
For Love of Olivia

as Horton Roundtree

Movie
1999
Final Run

as Glen 'Lucky' Singer

Movie
1998
Invasion America

as Briggs (Voice)

Movie
1998
Love Boat: The Next Wave

as Captain Jim Kennedy III

TV
1997
Final Descent

as Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Captains Courageous

as Capt. Matthew Troop

Movie
1996
The Lazarus Man

as Lazarus

TV
1995
Jock of the Bushveld

as Rocky Mountain Jack

Movie
1995Movie
1995
A Horse for Danny

as Eddie Fortuna

Movie
1994Movie
1994
A Perfect Stranger

as Alex Hale

Movie
1994
To Save the Children

as Jake Downey

Movie
1993
The Nanny

as Judge Jerry Moran

TV
1993
It Had to Be You

as Mitch Quinn

TV
1993Movie
1993
Deadly Relations

as Leonard J. Fagot

Movie
1992
Crossroads

as John Hawkins

TV
1992
Revolver

as Nick Suster

Movie
1992
Double Edge

as Harry Carter

Movie
1992
Blind Man's Bluff

as Thomas Booker

Movie
1992
Survive the Savage Sea

as Jack Carpenter

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Stranger at My Door

as Joe Fortier

Movie
1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as Bradley Burdock

Movie
1990
American Dreamer

as Tom Nash

TV
1990
Blind Faith

as Rob Marshall

TV
1989
Spooner

as Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner

Movie
1989
Night Walk

as Simon

Movie
1989
Murder by Night

as Allan Strong

Movie
1989
Lonesome Dove

as Jake Spoon

TV
1989Movie
1989
The Comeback

as Scotty Malloy

Movie
1988
April Morning

as Joseph Simmons

Movie
1987
Amerika

as Peter Bradford

TV
1986
Young Again

as Michael Riley

Movie
1986
The Defiant Ones

as Johnny 'Joker' Johnson

Movie
1985TV
1985Movie
1985
Turk 182!

as Terry Lynch

Movie
1985
Scandal Sheet

as Ben Rowan

Movie
1984
His Mistress

as Allen Beck

Movie
1984
Mistral's Daughter

as Jason Darcy

TV
1984
Invitation to Hell

as Matt Winslow

Movie
1984Movie
1983
Princess Daisy

as Patrick Shannon

TV
1983Movie
1982
Gavilan

as Robert Gavilan

TV
1982
Take Your Best Shot

as Jess Marriner

Movie
1982
Cheers

as Robert Urich

TV
1982
Endangered Species

as Ruben Castle

Movie
1981
Killing at Hell's Gate

as Charles Duke

Movie
1981
Sixty Years of Seduction

as Self - Presenter

Movie
1979
When She Was Bad...

as Bob Morgan

Movie
1978
Vega$

as Dan Tanna

TV
1978Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Jeff Smith

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Scott Desmond

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Larry Hartman

TV
1977
Soap

as Peter "The Tennis Player"

TV
1977
Tabitha

as Paul Thurston

TV
1977
Bunco

as Walker

Movie
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Dan Tana

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
S.W.A.T.

as Officer Jim Street

TV
1975
The Specialists

as Dr. William Nugent

Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
Killdozer

as Mack McCarthy

Movie
1973
Magnum Force

as Officer Mike Grimes

Movie
1973TV
1972
Kung Fu

as Greg Dundee

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Davie Stroud

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Manolo Etchahoun

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Joseph Simmons

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 19, 1946
Day of DeathApril 16, 2002
Place of BirthToronto, Ohio
Popularity1.0