Robert Urich
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 19, 1946
- Died
- Apr 16, 2002 (aged 55)
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ohio
- Credits
- 94
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Long Way Home
2003Movie
Jack
Night of the Wolf
2002Movie
Purly Owens
Clover Bend
2002Movie
Bill Clayton
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
2002Movie
President Adam Mayfield
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001Movie
Self - Actor / Host
Emeril
2001TV
Jerry McKenney
For Love of Olivia
2001Movie
Horton Roundtree
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999Movie
Final Run
1999Movie
Glen 'Lucky' Singer
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999TV
Self
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998TV
Captain Jim Kennedy III
Final Descent
1997Movie
Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
Vital Signs
1997TV
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996Movie
Mr. Angus Feagan
Captains Courageous
1996Movie
Capt. Matthew Troop
The Lazarus Man
1996TV
Lazarus
Jock of the Bushveld
1995Movie
Rocky Mountain Jack
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995Movie
Spenser
A Horse for Danny
1995Movie
Eddie Fortuna
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
1995Movie
Self
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994Movie
Spenser
A Perfect Stranger
1994Movie
Alex Hale
To Save the Children
1994Movie
Jake Downey
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994Movie
Spenser
A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World
1993Movie
Self - Host
The Nanny
1993TV
Judge Jerry Moran
It Had to Be You
1993TV
Mitch Quinn
Spenser: Ceremony
1993Movie
Spenser
Deadly Relations
1993Movie
Leonard J. Fagot
Crossroads
1992TV
John Hawkins
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992Movie
Self - Host
Revolver
1992Movie
Nick Suster
Double Edge
1992Movie
Harry Carter
Blind Man's Bluff
1992Movie
Thomas Booker
Survive the Savage Sea
1992Movie
Jack Carpenter
In a Stranger's Hand
1991Movie
Jack Bauer
Stranger at My Door
1991Movie
Joe Fortier
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990Movie
Bradley Burdock
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990Movie
Ross Pegler
American Dreamer
1990TV
Tom Nash
Carol & Company
1990TV
Blind Faith
1990TV
Rob Marshall
Spooner
1989Movie
Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner
Night Walk
1989Movie
Simon
Murder by Night
1989Movie
Allan Strong
Lonesome Dove
1989TV
Jake Spoon
She Knows Too Much
1989Movie
Harry
The Comeback
1989Movie
Scotty Malloy
April Morning
1988Movie
Joseph Simmons
Amerika
1987TV
Peter Bradford
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987Movie
Self
Young Again
1986Movie
Michael Riley
The Defiant Ones
1986Movie
Johnny 'Joker' Johnson
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
Spenser
Night of 100 Stars II
1985Movie
Self
Turk 182!
1985Movie
Terry Lynch
Scandal Sheet
1985Movie
Ben Rowan
His Mistress
1984Movie
Allen Beck
Mistral's Daughter
1984TV
Jason Darcy
Invitation to Hell
1984Movie
Matthew Winslow
The Ice Pirates
1984Movie
Jason
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983Movie
Self / Various
Princess Daisy
1983TV
Patrick Shannon
Country Gold
1983Movie
Self
Gavilan
1982TV
Robert Gavilan
Take Your Best Shot
1982Movie
Jess Marriner
Cheers
1982TV
Robert Urich
Endangered Species
1982Movie
Ruben Castle
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
1982TV
Killing at Hell's Gate
1981Movie
Charles Duke
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981Movie
Self - Presenter
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980Movie
Rocky Bleier
When She Was Bad...
1979Movie
Bob Morgan
Vega$
1978TV
Dan Tanna
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978Movie
David Lyle
The Love Boat
1977TV
Jeff Smith, Scott Desmond, Larry Hartman
Soap
1977TV
Peter "The Tennis Player"
Tabitha
1977TV
Paul Thurston
Bunco
1977Movie
Walker
Battle of the Network Stars
1976TV
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
Dan Tana
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
S.W.A.T.
1975TV
Officer Jim Street
The Specialists
1975Movie
Dr. William Nugent
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Killdozer
1974Movie
Mack McCarthy
Magnum Force
1973Movie
Officer Mike Grimes
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973TV
Bob Sanders
Kung Fu
1972TV
Greg Dundee
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Davie Stroud
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Manolo Etchahoun
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Joseph Simmons