Robert Urich
- Acting
- December 19, 1946 · Toronto, Ohio, USA
- April 16, 2002
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Long Way Home · Jack
- Night of the Wolf · Purly Owens
- Clover Bend · Bill Clayton
- The President's Man: A Line in the Sand · President Adam Mayfield
- Dirty Harry: The Original · Self
- Emeril · Jerry McKenney
- For Love of Olivia · Horton Roundtree
- Miracle on the 17th Green
- Final Run · Glen 'Lucky' Singer
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn · Self
- Love Boat: The Next Wave · Captain Jim Kennedy III
- Final Descent · Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
- Vital Signs
- The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue · Mr. Angus Feagan
- Captains Courageous · Capt. Matthew Troop
- The Lazarus Man · Lazarus
- Jock of the Bushveld · Rocky Mountain Jack
- Spenser: A Savage Place · Spenser
- A Horse for Danny · Eddie Fortuna
- Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland · Self
- Spenser: The Judas Goat · Spenser
- A Perfect Stranger · Alex Hale
- To Save the Children · Jake Downey
- Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes · Spenser
- A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World · Self
- The Nanny · Judge Jerry Moran
- It Had to Be You · Mitch Quinn
- Spenser: Ceremony · Spenser
- Deadly Relations · Leonard J. Fagot
- Crossroads · John Hawkins
- Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin · Self
- Revolver · Nick Suster
- Double Edge · Harry Carter
- Blind Man's Bluff · Thomas Booker
- Survive the Savage Sea · Jack Carpenter
- In a Stranger's Hand · Jack Bauer
- Stranger at My Door · Joe Fortier
- 83 Hours 'Til Dawn · Bradley Burdock
- A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder · Ross Pegler
- American Dreamer · Tom Nash
- Carol & Company
- Blind Faith · Rob Marshall
- Spooner · Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner
- Night Walk · Simon
- Murder by Night · Allan Strong
- Lonesome Dove · Jake Spoon
- She Knows Too Much · Harry
- The Comeback · Scotty Malloy
- April Morning · Joseph Simmons
- Amerika · Peter Bradford
- The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson · Self
- Young Again · Michael Riley
- The Defiant Ones · Johnny 'Joker' Johnson
- Spenser: For Hire · Spenser
- Night of 100 Stars II · Self
- Turk 182! · Terry Lynch
- Scandal Sheet · Ben Rowan
- His Mistress · Allen Beck
- Mistral's Daughter · Jason Darcy
- Invitation to Hell · Matthew Winslow
- The Ice Pirates · Jason
- The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More · Self / Various
- Princess Daisy · Patrick Shannon
- Country Gold · Self
- Gavilan · Robert Gavilan
- Take Your Best Shot · Jess Marriner
- Cheers · Robert Urich
- Endangered Species · Ruben Castle
- The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
- Killing at Hell's Gate · Charles Duke
- Sixty Years of Seduction · Self
- Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier · Rocky Bleier
- When She Was Bad... · Bob Morgan
- Vega$ · Dan Tanna
- Leave Yesterday Behind · David Lyle
- The Love Boat · Jeff Smith, Scott Desmond
- Soap · Peter "The Tennis Player"
- Tabitha · Paul Thurston
- Bunco · Walker
- Battle of the Network Stars