Robert Urich

Known For: Acting
Born: December 19, 1946
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ohio
Died: April 16, 2002

Robert Urich

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

A Long Way Home

2003 · Jack

Night of the Wolf

2002 · Purly Owens

Clover Bend

2002 · Bill Clayton

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

2002 · President Adam Mayfield

Dirty Harry: The Original

2001 · Self - Actor / Host

Emeril

2001 · Jerry McKenney

For Love of Olivia

2001 · Horton Roundtree

Miracle on the 17th Green

1999

Final Run

1999 · Glen 'Lucky' Singer

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

1999 · Self

Love Boat: The Next Wave

1998 · Captain Jim Kennedy III

Final Descent

1997 · Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer

Vital Signs

1997

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

1996 · Mr. Angus Feagan

Captains Courageous

1996 · Capt. Matthew Troop

The Lazarus Man

1996 · Lazarus

Jock of the Bushveld

1995 · Rocky Mountain Jack

Spenser: A Savage Place

1995 · Spenser

A Horse for Danny

1995 · Eddie Fortuna

Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland

1995 · Self

Spenser: The Judas Goat

1994 · Spenser

A Perfect Stranger

1994 · Alex Hale

To Save the Children

1994 · Jake Downey

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

1994 · Spenser

A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World

A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World

1993 · Self - Host

The Nanny

1993 · Judge Jerry Moran

It Had to Be You

1993 · Mitch Quinn

Spenser: Ceremony

1993 · Spenser

Deadly Relations

1993 · Leonard J. Fagot

Crossroads

1992 · John Hawkins

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

1992 · Self - Host

Revolver

1992 · Nick Suster

Double Edge

1992 · Harry Carter

Blind Man's Bluff

1992 · Thomas Booker

Survive the Savage Sea

1992 · Jack Carpenter

In a Stranger's Hand

1991 · Jack Bauer

Stranger at My Door

1991 · Joe Fortier

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

1990 · Bradley Burdock

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

1990 · Ross Pegler

American Dreamer

1990 · Tom Nash

Carol & Company

Carol & Company

1990

Blind Faith

1990 · Rob Marshall

Spooner

1989 · Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner

Night Walk

1989 · Simon

Murder by Night

1989 · Allan Strong

Lonesome Dove

1989 · Jake Spoon

She Knows Too Much

1989 · Harry

The Comeback

1989 · Scotty Malloy

April Morning

1988 · Joseph Simmons

Amerika

1987 · Peter Bradford

Young Again

1986 · Michael Riley

The Defiant Ones

1986 · Johnny 'Joker' Johnson

Spenser: For Hire

1985 · Spenser

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 · Self

Turk 182!

1985 · Terry Lynch

Scandal Sheet

1985 · Ben Rowan

His Mistress

1984 · Allen Beck

Mistral's Daughter

1984 · Jason Darcy

Invitation to Hell

1984 · Matt Winslow

The Ice Pirates

1984 · Jason

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More

1983 · Self / Various

Princess Daisy

1983 · Patrick Shannon

Country Gold

1983 · Self

Gavilan

1982 · Robert Gavilan

Take Your Best Shot

1982 · Jess Marriner

Cheers

1982 · Robert Urich

Endangered Species

1982 · Ruben Castle

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

1982

Killing at Hell's Gate

1981 · Charles Duke

Sixty Years of Seduction

Sixty Years of Seduction

1981 · Self - Presenter

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

1980 · Rocky Bleier

When She Was Bad...

1979 · Bob Morgan

Vega$

1978 · Dan Tanna

Leave Yesterday Behind

1978 · David Lyle

The Love Boat

1977 · Jeff Smith, Scott Desmond, Larry Hartman

Soap

1977 · Peter "The Tennis Player"

Tabitha

1977 · Paul Thurston

Bunco

1977 · Walker

Battle of the Network Stars

1976

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Dan Tana

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

S.W.A.T.

1975 · Officer Jim Street

The Specialists

1975 · Dr. William Nugent

Dinah!

1974 · Self

Killdozer

1974 · Mack McCarthy

Magnum Force

1973 · Officer Mike Grimes

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1973 · Bob Sanders

Kung Fu

1972 · Greg Dundee

The F.B.I.

1965 · Davie Stroud

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

Gunsmoke

1955 · Manolo Etchahoun

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Joseph Simmons

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