Robert Urich
Acting Born Dec 19, 1946 Toronto, Ohio 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- The Love Boat (1977) as Jeff Smith
- The Love Boat (1977) as Scott Desmond
- The Love Boat (1977) as Larry Hartman
- The Nanny (1993) as Judge Jerry Moran
- Cheers (1982) as Robert Urich
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Dan Tana
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Manolo Etchahoun
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Davie Stroud
- Soap (1977) as Peter "The Tennis Player"
- Vega$ (1978) as Dan Tanna
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Spenser: For Hire (1985) as Spenser
- Lonesome Dove (1989) as Jake Spoon
- Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
- S.W.A.T. (1975) as Officer Jim Street
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999) as Self
- Magnum Force (1973) as Officer Mike Grimes
- Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998) as Captain Jim Kennedy III
- Carol & Company (1990)
- Tabitha (1977) as Paul Thurston
- Amerika (1987) as Peter Bradford