Robert Urich

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-12-19 (56 years old)

Deathday

2002-04-16

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ohio

Robert Urich

Biography

​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 treatme...

Acting

1984

1973

Magnum Force

as Officer Mike Grimes

1974

Killdozer

as Mack McCarthy

1989

Night Walk

as Simon

1985

Turk 182!

as Terry Lynch

1995

A Horse for Danny

as Eddie Fortuna

1996

Captains Courageous

as Capt. Matthew Troop

1997

Final Descent

as Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer

1984

Invitation to Hell

as Matt Winslow

1990

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as Bradley Burdock

1989

1988

April Morning

as Joseph Simmons

1995

Jock of the Bushveld

as Rocky Mountain Jack

1993

1986

Young Again

as Michael Riley

2002

Clover Bend

as Bill Clayton

2002

Night of the Wolf

as Purly Owens

1994

A Perfect Stranger

as Alex Hale

1989

Murder by Night

as Allan Strong

1992

Survive the Savage Sea

as Jack Carpenter

1993

Deadly Relations

as Leonard J. Fagot

1991

1975

The Specialists

as Dr. William Nugent

1986

The Defiant Ones

as Johnny 'Joker' Johnson

2002

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

as President Adam Mayfield

2001

For Love of Olivia

as Horton Roundtree

1982

Take Your Best Shot

as Jess Marriner

1985

Scandal Sheet

as Ben Rowan

1991

Stranger at My Door

as Joe Fortier

1978

1999

Final Run

as Glen 'Lucky' Singer

1982

Endangered Species

as Ruben Castle

2003

1994

To Save the Children

as Jake Downey

1984

His Mistress

as Allen Beck

1981

Killing at Hell's Gate

as Charles Duke

1996

1977

Bunco

as Walker

1992

Blind Man's Bluff

as Thomas Booker

1989

The Comeback

as Scotty Malloy

1992

Double Edge

as Harry Carter

1989

Spooner

as Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner

1979

When She Was Bad...

as Bob Morgan

2001

Dirty Harry: The Original

as Self - Actor / Host

1992

Revolver

as Nick Suster

1981

Sixty Years of Seduction

as Self - Presenter

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