Acting

Robert Urich

Born December 19, 1946 · Toronto, Ohio

Died April 16, 2002 · aged 55

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. U…

Known For

Magnum Force

Magnum Force · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

The Ice Pirates

The Ice Pirates · 1984

The Ice Pirates

MovieScience FictionAction

In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.

Endangered Species

Endangered Species · 1982

Endangered Species

MovieThrillerDrama

A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

Invitation to Hell

Invitation to Hell · 1984

Invitation to Hell

MovieHorrorTV Movie

Family man Matt Winslow accepts a new job in Silicon Valley and quickly finds that his associates are obsessed with a mysterious local country club whose manager, Jessica Jones, holds sway over the community.

Spooner

Spooner · 1989

An escaped convict starts a new life as a Texas high school English teacher and wrestling coach, attempting to turn a fledgling team into a championship squad. He tries to make a difference in the life of a tough juvenile delinquent and falls in love with a fellow teacher, all while trying to keep out of sight of pursuing lawmen.

When She Was Bad...

When She Was Bad... · 1979

When She Was Bad...

MovieDramaTV Movie

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.

Killdozer

Killdozer · 1974

MovieTV MovieScience Fiction

A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones · 1986

The Defiant Ones

MovieTV MovieDrama

Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escape chained to each other.

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Magnum Force

Magnum Force · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

Officer Mike Grimes

The Ice Pirates

The Ice Pirates · 1984

The Ice Pirates

MovieScience FictionAction

In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.

Jason

Endangered Species

Endangered Species · 1982

Endangered Species

MovieThrillerDrama

A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

Ruben Castle

Invitation to Hell

Invitation to Hell · 1984

Invitation to Hell

MovieHorrorTV Movie

Family man Matt Winslow accepts a new job in Silicon Valley and quickly finds that his associates are obsessed with a mysterious local country club whose manager, Jessica Jones, holds sway over the community.

Matt Winslow

Spooner

Spooner · 1989

An escaped convict starts a new life as a Texas high school English teacher and wrestling coach, attempting to turn a fledgling team into a championship squad. He tries to make a difference in the life of a tough juvenile delinquent and falls in love with a fellow teacher, all while trying to keep out of sight of pursuing lawmen.

Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner

When She Was Bad...

When She Was Bad... · 1979

When She Was Bad...

MovieDramaTV Movie

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.

Bob Morgan

Killdozer

Killdozer · 1974

MovieTV MovieScience Fiction

A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.

Mack McCarthy

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones · 1986

The Defiant Ones

MovieTV MovieDrama

Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escape chained to each other.

Johnny 'Joker' Johnson

April Morning

April Morning · 1988

MovieTV MovieDrama

A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.

Joseph Simmons

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

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

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

MovieThrillerDrama

A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.

President Adam Mayfield

In a Stranger's Hand

In a Stranger's Hand · 1991

In a Stranger's Hand

MovieDramaThriller

Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.

Jack Bauer

Final Descent

Final Descent · 1997

MovieThrillerDrama

An airliner collides with a light plane just after takeoff, causing its elevators to jam in the full climb position. It will crash as soon as the fuel runs out, unless some desperate measure succeeds in bringing the nose down.

Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer

Final Run

Final Run · 1999

MovieActionAdventure

The Grand Royale is a new high-tech passenger train with a computerized engine. On its maiden voyage, it suffers a severe technical failure, killing the controller and gradually increasing its already high speed, at the rate of 2 more miles per minute. With heavily populated areas ahead and the risk of a deadly derailment, every minute counts and once again, it's up to Lucky singer to save the 200 passengers on board.

Glen 'Lucky' Singer

Young Again

Young Again · 1986

MovieFamilyDrama

A 40-year-old bachelor gets his wish to be 17 again, and he goes back to high school where he romances the daughter of the woman he dated in high school the first time.

Michael Riley

Double Edge

Double Edge · 1992

MovieActionThriller

In this fast paced action-thriller, daytime's top star Susan Lucci plays two roles: both a crack FBI agent and the elusive killer-for-hire who she stalks in a deadly game of hide-and-seek. Each driven by an obsession to succeed, the perfectly matched competitors hurtle full-speed through a risky game od double-cross to an unexpected and deadly finish line.

Harry Carter

Turk 182!

Turk 182! · 1985

MovieActionComedy

After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.

Terry Lynch

Clover Bend

Clover Bend · 2002

MovieDramaThriller

When an L.A. cop gets called to a crime scene on his anniversary, he is forced into a shootout that leaves both a criminal and his hostage dead. Soon after, with a troubled yet clear conscience, the officer and his family go on a camping weekend. After they stop at a gas station and end up in the middle of a robbery, fate and a twisted web of revenge have other, more violent plans for them. When the score is finally settled, will anyone be left standing?

Bill Clayton

She Knows Too Much

She Knows Too Much · 1989

She Knows Too Much

MovieDramaComedy

In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.

Harry

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous · 1996

Captains Courageous

MovieActionAdventure

Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. Three months at sea, under a firm but fair Captain Troop (fair wages of $10.50 a month, if you don't work you don't eat). A hard life and a dangerous one, and a lot of growing up to do through hardship and tragedy.

Capt. Matthew Troop

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

83 Hours 'Til Dawn · 1990

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

MovieThrillerTV Movie

A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.

Bradley Burdock

Deadly Relations

Deadly Relations · 1993

Deadly Relations

MovieCrimeThriller

Leonard Fagot has four daughters and loves them so much, that he usurps his control over them. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.

Leonard J. Fagot

Survive the Savage Sea

Survive the Savage Sea · 1992

Survive the Savage Sea

MovieTV MovieDrama

After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spend 37 days adrift in the Pacific with no maps, compass, or navigational instruments.They use every survival technique they can as they battle 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion.

Jack Carpenter

Take Your Best Shot

Take Your Best Shot · 1982

Take Your Best Shot

MovieDramaComedy

An actor whose career has gone flat resolves to pursue a more stable occupation while also trying to save his troubled marriage.

Jess Marriner

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet · 1985

MovieDramaTV Movie

The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.

Ben Rowan

The Love Boat

The Love Boat · 1977

SeriesDramaComedy

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

Jeff Smith

The Nanny

The Nanny · 1993

SeriesComedyFamily

That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Sheffield, his boisterous brood and his wisecracking staff.

Judge Jerry Moran

Cheers

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Robert Urich

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels · 1976

Charlie's Angels

SeriesAction & Adventure

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.

Dan Tana

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke · 1955

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

Manolo Etchahoun

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I. · 1965

SeriesCrimeDrama

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.

Davie Stroud

Vega$

SeriesDramaCrime

Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.

Dan Tanna

Soap

SeriesComedySoap

The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

Peter "The Tennis Player"

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire · 1985

Spenser: For Hire

SeriesDramaCrime

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.

Spenser

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove · 1989

SeriesDramaWestern

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.

Jake Spoon

Love Boat: The Next Wave

Love Boat: The Next Wave · 1998

Love Boat: The Next Wave

In this updated version of the classic "The Love Boat" series, recently divorced former U.S. Navy captain Jim Kennedy III takes the helm of a Caribbean cruise ship - along with its crew mates - on adventuresome voyages that sometimes lead to romance. The series aired on UPN from 1998 to 1999.

Captain Jim Kennedy III

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars · 1976

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, all of which were aired by ABC. In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T. · 1975

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976. Like The Rookies, S.W.A.T. was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.

Officer Jim Street

Tabitha

Tabitha · 1977

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

Tabitha Stephens is the daughter of the bewitching Samantha and her mortal husband, Darrin Stephens. As a young, single working witch, Tabitha adds a little magic and fun to the lives of her relatives and friends.

Paul Thurston

American Dreamer

American Dreamer · 1990

American Dreamer

After the death of his wife, former network correspondent Tom Nash leaves his career to raise his children and writes a column about ordinary people for a Chicago newspaper. His editor frequently tries to lure him back into hard news, while Tom adjusts to his new life in Wisconsin.

Tom Nash

Mistral's Daughter

Mistral's Daughter · 1984

Mistral's Daughter

Mistral's Daughter is a 1984 American television miniseries written by Terence Feely and Rosemary Anne Sisson, based on Judith Krantz's eponymous 1982 novel. The eight-episode serial—starring Stacy Keach, Stefanie Powers, and Lee Remick—follows the lives of women connected to tempestuous painter Julien Mistral, across several decades in France, exploring themes of art, love, and scandal.

Jason Darcy

Amerika

Amerika · 1987

Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.

Peter Bradford

The Lazarus Man

The Lazarus Man · 1996

The Lazarus Man

Shortly after the Civil War, a man pulls himself out of a grave in the South wearing Southern clothing but carrying Northern gold and carrying a US Army revolver. He has no memory save for some gorgeous brunette and being beaten over the head by a man in a derby. He calls himself "Lazarus" after the man Jesus resurrected until he can figure out who he is and why he was buried alive and left for dead.

Lazarus

Gavilan

Gavilan · 1982

SeriesAction & Adventure

Gavilan is an American 1982 TV series directed by Corey Allen that aired on NBC.

Robert Gavilan

Emeril

Emeril is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on NBC in 2001. The series stars chef Emeril Lagasse playing himself as the star of a TV cooking show.

Jerry McKenney

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · 1973

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is an American situation comedy broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1973 fall lineup. It was based on the movie of the same title. It was produced by Screen Gems.

Bob Sanders

Princess Daisy

Princess Daisy · 1983

The lovely Daisy is the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star. After her parents are killed, she flees from her half-brother Ram. She fights her way to the top of the modeling profession and falls in love with a company president. But then, her half-brother arrives on the scene, ready to blackmail and destroy her.

Patrick Shannon

Crossroads

Crossroads · 1992

Johnny Hawkins (Robert Urich) and his 16-year-old son, Dylan (Dalton James), renew their relationship traveling across America on a motorcycle.

John Hawkins

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame · 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

Joseph Simmons