Robert Urich
Acting • Born 1946-12-19 – Died 2002-04-16
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.
Filmography
94 credits
The Ice Pirates
Movie • 1984
Jason
Magnum Force
Movie • 1973
Officer Mike Grimes
Killdozer
Movie • 1974
Mack McCarthy
Night Walk
Movie • 1989
Simon
Turk 182!
Movie • 1985
Terry Lynch
A Horse for Danny
Movie • 1995
Eddie Fortuna
Captains Courageous
Movie • 1996
Capt. Matthew Troop
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
Movie • 1983
Self / Various
Final Descent
Movie • 1997
Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
Invitation to Hell
Movie • 1984
Matt Winslow
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Movie • 1990
Bradley Burdock
She Knows Too Much
Movie • 1989
Harry
April Morning
Movie • 1988
Joseph Simmons
Jock of the Bushveld
Movie • 1995
Rocky Mountain Jack
Spenser: A Savage Place
Movie • 1995
Spenser
Spenser: Ceremony
Movie • 1993
Spenser
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Movie • 1994
Spenser
Young Again
Movie • 1986
Michael Riley
Clover Bend
Movie • 2002
Bill Clayton
Night of the Wolf
Movie • 2002
Purly Owens
A Perfect Stranger
Movie • 1994
Alex Hale
Murder by Night
Movie • 1989
Allan Strong
Survive the Savage Sea
Movie • 1992
Jack Carpenter
Deadly Relations
Movie • 1993
Leonard J. Fagot
Miracle on the 17th Green
Movie • 1999
In a Stranger's Hand
Movie • 1991
Jack Bauer
The Specialists
Movie • 1975
Dr. William Nugent
The Defiant Ones
Movie • 1986
Johnny 'Joker' Johnson
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
Movie • 2002
President Adam Mayfield
For Love of Olivia
Movie • 2001
Horton Roundtree
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Movie • 1994
Spenser
Take Your Best Shot
Movie • 1982
Jess Marriner
Scandal Sheet
Movie • 1985
Ben Rowan
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Movie • 1992
Self - Host
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Stranger at My Door
Movie • 1991
Joe Fortier
Leave Yesterday Behind
Movie • 1978
David Lyle
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
Movie • 1995
Self
Final Run
Movie • 1999
Glen 'Lucky' Singer
Endangered Species
Movie • 1982
Ruben Castle
A Long Way Home
Movie • 2003
Jack
To Save the Children
Movie • 1994
Jake Downey
His Mistress
Movie • 1984
Allen Beck
Killing at Hell's Gate
Movie • 1981
Charles Duke
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Movie • 1996
Mr. Angus Feagan
Bunco
Movie • 1977
Walker
Blind Man's Bluff
Movie • 1992
Thomas Booker
The Comeback
Movie • 1989
Scotty Malloy
Double Edge
Movie • 1992
Harry Carter
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Movie • 1980
Rocky Bleier
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Movie • 1990
Ross Pegler
Spooner
Movie • 1989
Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner
When She Was Bad...
Movie • 1979
Bob Morgan
Dirty Harry: The Original
Movie • 2001
Self - Actor / Host
Revolver
Movie • 1992
Nick Suster
Sixty Years of Seduction
Movie • 1981
Self - Presenter
Country Gold
Movie • 1983
Self
Cheers
TV • 1982
Robert Urich
American Dreamer
TV • 1990
Tom Nash
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Spenser
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Greg Dundee
Tabitha
TV • 1977
Paul Thurston
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Davie Stroud
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Jeff Smith
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Manolo Etchahoun
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Dan Tana
Soap
TV • 1977
Peter "The Tennis Player"
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Joseph Simmons
Amerika
TV • 1987
Peter Bradford
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
Vega$
TV • 1978
Dan Tanna
Love Boat: The Next Wave
TV • 1998
Captain Jim Kennedy III
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
Officer Jim Street
Emeril
TV • 2001
Jerry McKenney
Carol & Company
TV • 1990
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
TV • 1973
Bob Sanders
The Lazarus Man
TV • 1996
Lazarus
It Had to Be You
TV • 1993
Mitch Quinn
Crossroads
TV • 1992
John Hawkins
Gavilan
TV • 1982
Robert Gavilan
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
TV • 1982
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Lonesome Dove
TV • 1989
Jake Spoon
Mistral's Daughter
TV • 1984
Jason Darcy
Princess Daisy
TV • 1983
Patrick Shannon
Blind Faith
TV • 1990
Rob Marshall
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Scott Desmond
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Larry Hartman
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Vital Signs
TV • 1997
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Judge Jerry Moran