Robert Urich
50Movies
10.0 Best Rating
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | A Long Way Home | Jack | Flop | |
| 2002 | Night of the Wolf | Purly Owens | Flop | |
| 2002 | Clover Bend | Bill Clayton | Flop | |
| 2002 | The President's Man: A Line in the Sand | President Adam Mayfield | Flop | |
| 2001 | Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actor / Host | Hit | |
| 1999 | Miracle on the 17th Green | - | Average | |
| 1999 | Final Run | Glen 'Lucky' Singer | Average | |
| 1997 | Final Descent | Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer | Flop | |
| 1996 | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | Mr. Angus Feagan | Flop | |
| 1996 | Captains Courageous | Capt. Matthew Troop | Average | |
| 1995 | Jock of the Bushveld | Rocky Mountain Jack | Super Hit | |
| 1995 | Spenser: A Savage Place | Spenser | Flop | |
| 1995 | A Horse for Danny | Eddie Fortuna | Super Hit | |
| 1995 | Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland | Self | Hit | |
| 1994 | Spenser: The Judas Goat | Spenser | Flop | |
| 1994 | A Perfect Stranger | Alex Hale | Flop | |
| 1994 | To Save the Children | Jake Downey | Average | |
| 1994 | Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes | Spenser | Flop | |
| 1993 | Spenser: Ceremony | Spenser | Flop | |
| 1993 | Deadly Relations | Leonard J. Fagot | Average | |
| 1992 | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin | Self - Host | Average | |
| 1992 | Double Edge | Harry Carter | Flop | |
| 1992 | Blind Man's Bluff | Thomas Booker | Average | |
| 1992 | Survive the Savage Sea | Jack Carpenter | Flop | |
| 1991 | In a Stranger's Hand | Jack Bauer | Flop | |
| 1991 | Stranger at My Door | Joe Fortier | Average | |
| 1990 | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Bradley Burdock | Hit | |
| 1990 | A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder | Ross Pegler | Average | |
| 1989 | Spooner | Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner | Hit | |
| 1989 | Night Walk | Simon | Flop | |
| 1989 | Murder by Night | Allan Strong | Flop | |
| 1989 | She Knows Too Much | Harry | Super Hit | |
| 1989 | The Comeback | Scotty Malloy | Average | |
| 1988 | April Morning | Joseph Simmons | Average | |
| 1986 | Young Again | Michael Riley | Average | |
| 1986 | The Defiant Ones | Johnny 'Joker' Johnson | Flop | |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Super Hit | |
| 1985 | Turk 182! | Terry Lynch | Average | |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet | Ben Rowan | Flop | |
| 1984 | Invitation to Hell | Matt Winslow | Flop | |
| 1984 | The Ice Pirates | Jason | Average | |
| 1983 | The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More | Self / Various | Hit | |
| 1982 | Take Your Best Shot | Jess Marriner | Average | |
| 1982 | Endangered Species | Ruben Castle | Flop | |
| 1981 | Killing at Hell's Gate | Charles Duke | Average | |
| 1980 | Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier | Rocky Bleier | Flop | |
| 1979 | When She Was Bad... | Bob Morgan | Flop | |
| 1978 | Leave Yesterday Behind | David Lyle | Flop | |
| 1974 | Killdozer | Mack McCarthy | Flop | |
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Officer Mike Grimes | Hit |