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Robert Urich
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).…
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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.
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2003
A Long Way Home
Movie Jack
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2002
Night of the Wolf
Movie Purly Owens
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2002
Clover Bend
Movie Bill Clayton
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2002
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
Movie President Adam Mayfield
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2001
Dirty Harry: The Original
Movie Self - Actor / Host
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2001
Emeril
TV show Jerry McKenney
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2001
For Love of Olivia
Movie Horton Roundtree
- 1999
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1999
Final Run
Movie Glen 'Lucky' Singer
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1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV show Self
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1998
Love Boat: The Next Wave
TV show Captain Jim Kennedy III
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1997
Final Descent
Movie Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
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1997
Vital Signs
TV show
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1996
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Movie Mr. Angus Feagan
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1996
Captains Courageous
Movie Capt. Matthew Troop
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1996
The Lazarus Man
TV show Lazarus
More credits
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1995
Jock of the Bushveld
Movie Rocky Mountain Jack
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1995
Spenser: A Savage Place
Movie Spenser
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1995
A Horse for Danny
Movie Eddie Fortuna
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1995
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
Movie Self
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1994
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Movie Spenser
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1994
A Perfect Stranger
Movie Alex Hale
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1994
To Save the Children
Movie Jake Downey
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1994
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Movie Spenser
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1993
A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World
Movie Self - Host
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1993
The Nanny
TV show Judge Jerry Moran
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1993
It Had to Be You
TV show Mitch Quinn
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1993
Spenser: Ceremony
Movie Spenser
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1993
Deadly Relations
Movie Leonard J. Fagot
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1992
Crossroads
TV show John Hawkins
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1992
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Movie Self - Host
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1992
Revolver
Movie Nick Suster
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1992
Double Edge
Movie Harry Carter
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1992
Blind Man's Bluff
Movie Thomas Booker
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1992
Survive the Savage Sea
Movie Jack Carpenter
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1991
In a Stranger's Hand
Movie Jack Bauer
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1991
Stranger at My Door
Movie Joe Fortier
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1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Movie Bradley Burdock
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1990
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Movie Ross Pegler
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1990
American Dreamer
TV show Tom Nash
