Robert Urich
Acting
1946-12-19 · Toronto, Ohio
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
A Long Way Home
2003 · Movie
Night of the Wolf
2002 · Movie
Clover Bend
2002 · Movie
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
2002 · Movie
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001 · Movie
Emeril
2001 · Series
For Love of Olivia
2001 · Movie
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999 · Movie
Final Run
1999 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Series
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998 · Series
Final Descent
1997 · Movie
Vital Signs
1997 · Series
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996 · Movie
Captains Courageous
1996 · Movie
The Lazarus Man
1996 · Series
Jock of the Bushveld
1995 · Movie
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995 · Movie
A Horse for Danny
1995 · Movie
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
1995 · Movie
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994 · Movie
A Perfect Stranger
1994 · Movie
To Save the Children
1994 · Movie
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994 · Movie
A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World
1993 · Movie
The Nanny
1993 · Series
It Had to Be You
1993 · Series
Spenser: Ceremony
1993 · Movie
Deadly Relations
1993 · Movie
Crossroads
1992 · Series
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992 · Movie
Revolver
1992 · Movie
Double Edge
1992 · Movie
Blind Man's Bluff
1992 · Movie
Survive the Savage Sea
1992 · Movie
In a Stranger's Hand
1991 · Movie
Stranger at My Door
1991 · Movie
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990 · Movie
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990 · Movie
American Dreamer
1990 · Series
Carol & Company
1990 · Series
Blind Faith
1990 · Series
Spooner
1989 · Movie
Night Walk
1989 · Movie
Murder by Night
1989 · Movie
Lonesome Dove
1989 · Series
She Knows Too Much
1989 · Movie
The Comeback
1989 · Movie
April Morning
1988 · Movie
Amerika
1987 · Series
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987 · Movie
Young Again
1986 · Movie
The Defiant Ones
1986 · Movie
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Series
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
Turk 182!
1985 · Movie
Scandal Sheet
1985 · Movie
His Mistress
1984 · Movie
Mistral's Daughter
1984 · Series
Invitation to Hell
1984 · Movie
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Movie
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983 · Movie
Princess Daisy
1983 · Series
Country Gold
1983 · Movie
Gavilan
1982 · Series
Take Your Best Shot
1982 · Movie
Cheers
1982 · Series
Endangered Species
1982 · Movie
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
1982 · Series
Killing at Hell's Gate
1981 · Movie
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981 · Movie
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980 · Movie
When She Was Bad...
1979 · Movie
Vega$
1978 · Series
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Soap
1977 · Series
Tabitha
1977 · Series
Bunco
1977 · Movie
Battle of the Network Stars
1976 · Series
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
S.W.A.T.
1975 · Series
The Specialists
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Killdozer
1974 · Movie
Magnum Force
1973 · Movie
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973 · Series
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series