Robert Urich
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-12-19
- Died:
- 2002-04-16
- Place of birth:
- Toronto, Ohio, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Long Way Home
Night of the Wolf
Clover Bend
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
Dirty Harry: The Original
Emeril
For Love of Olivia
Miracle on the 17th Green
Final Run
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Love Boat: The Next Wave
Final Descent
Vital Signs
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Captains Courageous
The Lazarus Man
Jock of the Bushveld
Spenser: A Savage Place
A Horse for Danny
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
Spenser: The Judas Goat
A Perfect Stranger
To Save the Children
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World
The Nanny
It Had to Be You
Spenser: Ceremony
Deadly Relations
Crossroads
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Revolver
Double Edge
Blind Man's Bluff
Survive the Savage Sea
In a Stranger's Hand
Stranger at My Door
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
American Dreamer
Carol & Company
Blind Faith
Spooner
Night Walk
Murder by Night
Lonesome Dove
She Knows Too Much
The Comeback
April Morning
Amerika
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Young Again
The Defiant Ones
Spenser: For Hire
Night of 100 Stars II
Turk 182!
Scandal Sheet
His Mistress
Mistral's Daughter
Invitation to Hell
The Ice Pirates
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
Princess Daisy
Country Gold
Gavilan
Take Your Best Shot
Cheers
Endangered Species
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
Killing at Hell's Gate
Sixty Years of Seduction
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
When She Was Bad...
Vega$
Leave Yesterday Behind
The Love Boat
Soap
Tabitha
Bunco
Battle of the Network Stars
Charlie's Angels
Saturday Night Live
S.W.A.T.
The Specialists
Dinah!
Killdozer
Magnum Force
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Kung Fu
The F.B.I.
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Gunsmoke
Hallmark Hall of Fame