Robert Urich

Dec 19, 1946 - Apr 16, 2002 (55 years old) in Toronto, Ohio

Robert Urich 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

The Nanny

Judge Jerry Moran

The Love Boat

Jeff Smith

Cheers

Robert Urich

Charlie's Angels

Dan Tana

Gunsmoke

Manolo Etchahoun

The F.B.I.

Davie Stroud

Dinah!

Self

Soap

Peter "The Tennis Player"

Vega$

Dan Tanna

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser

Credits

A Long Way Home 2003

Jack

★ 5.3
Night of the Wolf 2002

Purly Owens

★ 5.3
Clover Bend 2002

Bill Clayton

★ 4.3
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand 2002

President Adam Mayfield

★ 4.5
Dirty Harry: The Original 2001

Self - Actor / Host

★ 7.4
Emeril 2001

Jerry McKenney

★ NR
For Love of Olivia 2001

Horton Roundtree

★ 1
Miracle on the 17th Green 1999

★ 6
Final Run 1999

Glen 'Lucky' Singer

★ 5.5
Love Boat: The Next Wave 1998

Captain Jim Kennedy III

★ 5
Final Descent 1997

Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer

★ 5.3
Vital Signs 1997

★ 5.8
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue 1996

Mr. Angus Feagan

★ 4.3
Captains Courageous 1996

Capt. Matthew Troop

★ 6.3
The Lazarus Man 1996

Lazarus

★ 7.9
Jock of the Bushveld 1995

Rocky Mountain Jack

★ 10
Spenser: A Savage Place 1995

Spenser

★ 5
A Horse for Danny 1995

Eddie Fortuna

★ 8
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland 1995

Self

★ 7
Spenser: The Judas Goat 1994

Spenser

★ 5
A Perfect Stranger 1994

Alex Hale

★ 4.8
To Save the Children 1994

Jake Downey

★ 6
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes 1994

Spenser

★ 5
The Nanny 1993

Judge Jerry Moran

★ 8.1
It Had to Be You 1993

Mitch Quinn

★ 6
Spenser: Ceremony 1993

Spenser

★ 5
Deadly Relations 1993

Leonard J. Fagot

★ 5.6
Crossroads 1992

John Hawkins

★ 6
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin 1992

Self - Host

★ 6.4
Revolver 1992

Nick Suster

★ NR
Double Edge 1992

Harry Carter

★ 3
Blind Man's Bluff 1992

Thomas Booker

★ 5.8
Survive the Savage Sea 1992

Jack Carpenter

★ 4.8
In a Stranger's Hand 1991

Jack Bauer

★ 5.8
Stranger at My Door 1991

Joe Fortier

★ 5.8
83 Hours 'Til Dawn 1990

Bradley Burdock

★ 6.5
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder 1990

Ross Pegler

★ 5.5
American Dreamer 1990

Tom Nash

★ 4.5
Carol & Company 1990

★ 6
Blind Faith 1990

Rob Marshall

★ 5.5
Spooner 1989

Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner

★ 6.7
Night Walk 1989

Simon

★ 5
Murder by Night 1989

Allan Strong

★ 4.7
Lonesome Dove 1989

Jake Spoon

★ 7.9
She Knows Too Much 1989

Harry

★ 7.8
The Comeback 1989

Scotty Malloy

★ 6
April Morning 1988

Joseph Simmons

★ 5.7
Amerika 1987

Peter Bradford

★ 5.4
Young Again 1986

Michael Riley

★ 6.3
The Defiant Ones 1986

Johnny 'Joker' Johnson

★ 4.7
Spenser: For Hire 1985

Spenser

★ 6.7
Night of 100 Stars II 1985

Self

★ 8
Turk 182! 1985

Terry Lynch

★ 5.8
Scandal Sheet 1985

Ben Rowan

★ 5
His Mistress 1984

Allen Beck

★ NR
Mistral's Daughter 1984

Jason Darcy

★ 6.3
Invitation to Hell 1984

Matt Winslow

★ 5.1
The Ice Pirates 1984

Jason

★ 5.6
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More 1983

Self / Various

★ 7.3
Princess Daisy 1983

Patrick Shannon

★ 7.3
Country Gold 1983

Self

★ NR
Gavilan 1982

Robert Gavilan

★ 5.5
Take Your Best Shot 1982

Jess Marriner

★ 6
Cheers 1982

Robert Urich

★ 7.6
Endangered Species 1982

Ruben Castle

★ 4.9
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour 1982

★ NR
Killing at Hell's Gate 1981

Charles Duke

★ 6
Sixty Years of Seduction 1981

Self - Presenter

★ NR
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier 1980

Rocky Bleier

★ 5
When She Was Bad... 1979

Bob Morgan

★ 5
Vega$ 1978

Dan Tanna

★ 7
Leave Yesterday Behind 1978

David Lyle

★ 6.2
The Love Boat 1977

Jeff Smith

★ 6.3
Soap 1977

Peter "The Tennis Player"

★ 7.3
Tabitha 1977

Paul Thurston

★ 5.8
Bunco 1977

Walker

★ NR
Battle of the Network Stars 1976

★ 7.2
Charlie's Angels 1976

Dan Tana

★ 6.7
S.W.A.T. 1975

Officer Jim Street

★ 7
The Specialists 1975

Dr. William Nugent

★ NR
Dinah! 1974

Self

★ 6.7
Killdozer 1974

Mack McCarthy

★ 5.4
Magnum Force 1973

Officer Mike Grimes

★ 7.1
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1973

Bob Sanders

★ 5
Kung Fu 1972

Greg Dundee

★ 7.7
The F.B.I. 1965

Davie Stroud

★ 5.5
Gunsmoke 1955

Manolo Etchahoun

★ 6.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Joseph Simmons

★ 8.6