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Joe Penny
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Joseph Edward Penny Jr. is an English-born American actor best known for his roles as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986, and as Jake Styles in the telev…
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Joseph Edward Penny Jr. is an English-born American actor best known for his roles as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986, and as Jake Styles in the television series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992. Starting with a minor role on Forever Fernwood in 1977, Penny has appeared in numerous TV films and television series, including major roles on Riptide and Jake and the Fatman. He has also made many guest appearances on television shows, including Touched by an Angel, T. J. Hooker, Vega$, Matt Houston, Lou Grant, CHiPs, Flamingo Road, The Sopranos, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock, Walker, Texas Ranger, Archie Bunker's Place, 7th Heaven, Tucker's Witch, Boomtown, The Gangster Chronicles, and CSI. In 2005, he co-starred with Lea Thompson in the mystery series Jane Doe on the Hallmark Channel.
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2011
Betrayed at 17
Movie John Taylor
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2008
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Movie Frank Darnell
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2007
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Movie Frank Darnell
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2007
Reign of the Gargoyles
Movie Gus
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2007
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Movie Frank Darnell
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2006
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Movie Frank Darnell
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2006
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
Movie Frank Darnell
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2005
Threshold
TV show
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2005
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Movie Frank Darnell
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2005
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
Movie Frank Darnell
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2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
Movie Frank Darnell
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2005
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
Movie Frank Darnell
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2004
The Red Phone: Checkmate
Movie Darrow
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Hank Butler
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2002
The Little Unicorn
Movie Tiny
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2002
Boomtown
TV show Les Van Buren
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2002
CSI: Miami
TV show Travis Drake
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2002
Two Against Time
Movie George Tomich
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2001
The Red Phone: Manhunt
Movie Jack Darrow
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2000
Jack of Hearts
Movie Arden Cook
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Jack Oakley
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2000
The Prophet's Game
Movie Walter Motter
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1999
BitterSweet
Movie Carl Peckato
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1999
Twice in a Lifetime
TV show Flash Jericho / David Lazarus
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1999
Chicken Soup for the Soul
TV show
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1999
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Movie Ben Fein
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1999
The Sopranos
TV show Victor Musto
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1997
Stranger in My Home
Movie Ned Covington
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1997
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Movie Ben Fein
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1996
7th Heaven
TV show Nick
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1996
She Woke Up Pregnant
Movie Dr. Roger Nolton
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1996
Double Jeopardy
Movie John Dubroski
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1995
Young at Heart
Movie Mike
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1994
The Disappearance of Vonnie
Movie Ron Rickman
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1994
Touched by an Angel
TV show Zack Bennett
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1994
Terror in the Night
Movie Lonnie
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1993
Diagnosis: Murder
TV show Det. Tanis Archer
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1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV show Sonny Tantero
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1992
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Movie Michael Carlin
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1990
The Operation
Movie Ed Betters
