Ramon Bieri
Acting • Born 1929-06-16 – Died 2001-05-27
Biography
Ramon Bieri (born June 16, 1929) was an American actor. A heavy-set character actor, his typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. Bieri was decorated Korean War veteran who began his stage career in 1954, appearing both on and off-Broadway (notably in 'Death of a Salesman' in 1975). In later years he acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen, he made his television debut in 1962 as a bit part player; he went on to have a prolific career as guest star in television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Bieri also starred in his own short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. He had roles in notable films such as Badlands (1973), The Conversation (1974), Sorcerer (1977), and Reds (1981). In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71.
Filmography
116 credits
The Andromeda Strain
Movie • 1971
Major Manchek
Badlands
Movie • 1974
Cato
The Richest Cat in the World
Movie • 1986
Oscar Kohlmeyer
Crossfire
Movie • 1975
Captain McCardle
Sorcerer
Movie • 1977
Corlette
A Christmas Without Snow
Movie • 1980
Henry Quist
The Frisco Kid
Movie • 1979
Mr. Jones
Reds
Movie • 1981
Police Chief
Nicole
Movie • 1976
Malcolm
Outrage!
Movie • 1973
Deputy Tottif
Brother John
Movie • 1971
Orly Ball
It's Good to Be Alive
Movie • 1974
Walter O'Malley
R.P.M.
Movie • 1970
Brown
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Movie • 1978
Babe Ruth
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Movie • 1971
Chief Dewey
Lucas Tanner
Movie • 1974
Craig Willeman
The Gun
Movie • 1974
Walt Kelsy
The Honkers
Movie • 1972
Jack Ferguson
Juarez
Movie • 1988
Lt. C.P. Hardin
Grandview, U.S.A.
Movie • 1984
Mr. Pearson
Oceans of Fire
Movie • 1986
Chuck Horn
The Grasshopper
Movie • 1970
Roosevelt Dekker
The Sicilian
Movie • 1987
Quintana
Vibes
Movie • 1988
Eli Diamond
The Conversation
Movie • 1974
Man at Party (uncredited)
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Movie • 1978
Sheriff Ambrose
The Zoo Gang
Movie • 1985
Pa Donnely
Panic in Echo Park
Movie • 1977
When She Was Bad...
Movie • 1979
Dr. Gilbert
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie • 1981
Mr. Kutzreba
Carly's Web
Movie • 1987
The Final Days
Movie • 1989
Judge John J. Sirica
Ghosts of Mississippi
Movie • 1996
James Holley
Demon and the Mummy
Movie • 1976
The San Pedro Bums
Movie • 1977
Sgt. Yost
Hunter
Movie • 1973
Mishani
Children of the Dark
Movie • 1994
T. Hardy Fallbrook
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Gene Galecki
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Vernon Weeks
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Pat Phillips
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Police Captain Frank Browning
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
John Bates
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Shadow Play")
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Michael Briggs
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Al Farland
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Route 66
TV • 1960
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Room 222
TV • 1969
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Yanos Barzak
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Mannix
TV • 1967
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Forbes
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Colonel Rodriguez
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Cannon
TV • 1971
The Amazing Spider-Man
TV • 1978
Hunter
TV • 1984
Charlie Coster
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Captain Joe Baker
ER
TV • 1994
Mr. Bartok
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Harry O
TV • 1974
Bret Maverick
TV • 1981
Elijah Crow
Police Story
TV • 1973
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Hanker
Switch
TV • 1975
Jack Gaynor
Lancer
TV • 1968
Search
TV • 1972
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV • 1980
The Manhunter
TV • 1974
Blacke's Magic
TV • 1986
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1977
Joe's World
TV • 1979
Joe Wabash
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
TV • 1978
Bronk
TV • 1975
The Magician
TV • 1973
Lt. Phil Corcoran
Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
Steiner
Nichols
TV • 1971
Cutler
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jarvis
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
John Sontag
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Doyle
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Musgrove
Nero Wolfe
TV • 1981
Leo Crown
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Big Thicket
Profiler
TV • 1996
Monte Drake
The Rhinemann Exchange
TV • 1977
Daniel Meehan
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
'Acid' John Byrock
Ironside
TV • 1967
Frank Clausen
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Sheriff Homer Prouty
Mannix
TV • 1967
Peters
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Capt. Frank Browning
Banacek
TV • 1972
John Hargroves
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Mayor John P. Littlefield
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Jake Garfield
McNaughton's Daughter
TV • 1976
Randall Jardine
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Colonel Jaroslav Sardner
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Lt. Hager
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Bo Rile
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Nick Zavakis
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Commissioner Bergstrom
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Insp. Cory McFadden
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Jonas Holt
Mannix
TV • 1967
Carl Meiss
Kate McShane
TV • 1975
Ben
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
General Sheridan
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Skowlownowski
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Liam O'Neill
Cracker
TV • 1997
Witness
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Mr. Grisbee
Love, Lies and Murder
TV • 1991
Howard
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Jake Bullock