Robert Urich

Actor

1946-12-19 – 2002-04-16 · 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.

• Magnum Force (1973) — Officer Mike Grimes
• The Ice Pirates (1984) — Jason
• Turk 182! (1985) — Terry Lynch
• Killdozer (1974) — Mack McCarthy
• Invitation to Hell (1984) — Matt Winslow
• Young Again (1986) — Michael Riley
• The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002) — President Adam Mayfield
• Final Run (1999) — Glen 'Lucky' Singer
• Endangered Species (1982) — Ruben Castle
• Final Descent (1997) — Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
• Captains Courageous (1996) — Capt. Matthew Troop
• April Morning (1988) — Joseph Simmons
• A Perfect Stranger (1994) — Alex Hale
• A Horse for Danny (1995) — Eddie Fortuna
• 83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) — Bradley Burdock
• Leave Yesterday Behind (1978) — David Lyle
• In a Stranger's Hand (1991) — Jack Bauer
• The Defiant Ones (1986) — Johnny 'Joker' Johnson
• Survive the Savage Sea (1992) — Jack Carpenter
• A Long Way Home (2003) — Jack
• The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996) — Mr. Angus Feagan
• Deadly Relations (1993) — Leonard J. Fagot
• To Save the Children (1994) — Jake Downey
• Blind Man's Bluff (1992) — Thomas Booker