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Robert Urich

Robert Urich

Birthday: 1946-12-19 | Place of Birth: Toronto, Ohio

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2002
Clover Bend

as    Bill Clayton

2002
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

as    President Adam Mayfield

2001
Emeril

as    Jerry McKenney

1998
Love Boat: The Next Wave

as    Captain Jim Kennedy III

1996
Captains Courageous

as    Capt. Matthew Troop

1995
A Horse for Danny

as    Eddie Fortuna

1995
Spenser: A Savage Place

as    Spenser

1994
To Save the Children

as    Jake Downey

1994
1993
Deadly Relations

as    Leonard J. Fagot

1993
It Had to Be You

as    Mitch Quinn

1992
Revolver

as    Nick Suster

1992
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

as    Self - Host

1991
In a Stranger's Hand

as    Jack Bauer

1991
Stranger at My Door

as    Joe Fortier

1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as    Bradley Burdock

1990
Blind Faith

as    Rob Marshall

1990
American Dreamer

as    Tom Nash

1989
Murder by Night

as    Allan Strong

1989
She Knows Too Much

as    Harry

1989
Lonesome Dove

as    Jake Spoon

1988
April Morning

as    Joseph Simmons

1987
Amerika

as    Peter Bradford

1986
The Defiant Ones

as    Johnny 'Joker' Johnson

1985
Spenser: For Hire

as    Spenser

1985
Turk 182!

as    Terry Lynch