Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy Animal House. His other well-known roles are as Vernon 'Doc' Mullins on Netflix's Virgin River, Henry Kaslan in the remake of Child's Play (2019), Dr. Brick Breeland on CW's Hart of Dixie, Vance Wilder Sr. in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, John Hoynes on West Wing, Al Donnelly in Black Sheep, Alan Stanwyk in Fletch, Officer Phil Sweet in Magnum Force, David Poe in How to Commit Marriage, Mike Beardsley in Yours, Mine & Ours (1968), and Mark Harmon in Divorce American Style. He also voiced the cartoon character roles of Jonny Quest, Jace in Space Ghost and Dino Boy, and Samson in Young Samson & Goliath.

Filmography

• 9-1-1: Nashville — Edward Raleigh
• Quantum Leap — Neal Russell
• 2019Child's Play — Henry Kaslan
• Evil — Edward Tragoren
• Fast & Furious Spy Racers — General Dudley (voice)
• Virgin River — Vernon 'Doc' Mullins, Director
• 20186 Balloons — Gary
• 2018The Etruscan Smile — Weiss
• 2017Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle — Old Man Vreeke (uncredited)
• 2017Magical Christmas Ornaments — JP Presley
• The Good Fight — Tully Nelson
• 2016Killing Reagan — Ronald Reagan
• Lucifer — Director
• This Is Us — Dave Malone
• 2015Last Chance for Christmas — Reginald Buckley
• 2015Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest — The President (voice)
• Madam Secretary — Fred Moran
• The Affair — James
• The Last Ship — Director
• The Goldbergs — Eric
• 2013Wild Card — Director
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Director
• Hart of Dixie — Dr. Brick Breeland, Director
• 2011No Strings Attached — Eli's Dad #2
• Person of Interest — Director
• Suits — Director
• 2011Talker — Ronald Reagan
• Covert Affairs — Director
• Persons Unknown — Director
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Brad Chiles (voice)
• The Good Guys — Director
• 2009American Pie Presents: The Book of Love — Alumnus Guy #4
• 2009Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia — Dodd, Director
• Drop Dead Diva — Director
• White Collar — Edward Walker, Director
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Jarvis Kord (voice)
• 2008To Love and Die — James White
• To Love and Die
• 2008True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet — Director
• Bionic Woman — Director
• Burn Notice — Larry Sizemore, Director
• Dirty Sexy Money — Director
• Greek — Director
• 2007Redline — Jerry Brecken
• Traveler — Director
• 2006Augusta, Gone — Ben Dudman, Director, Executive Producer
• Eureka — Director
• Psych — Director
• Shark — Judge Andrew Bennett
• Criminal Minds — Director
• 2005Don't Come Knocking — Producer 1
• E-Ring — Director
• Just Legal — Director
• Killer Instinct — Director
• Numb3rs — Director
• Threshold — Director
• Entourage — Steve Parls
• 2004Judas — Pontius Pilate
• Justice League Unlimited — Maxwell Lord (voice)
• Cold Case — Director
• Las Vegas — Director
• 2003Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart — Andy Stewart
• 2003The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay — Al Dodge
• 2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update — Dr. Eric 'Otter' Stratton, OB/GYN
• Breaking News — Bill Dunne
• 2002Mom's on Strike — Alan Harris
• 2002National Lampoon's Van Wilder — Vance Wilder Sr.
• The Twilight Zone — Director
• Without a Trace — Aaron Morrison, Director
• 2001Second Honeymoon — George Weston
• Wolf Lake — Sheriff Matthew Donner
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Oliver Tate
• 2000Chump Change — Simon Sez Simone
• Ed — Peter Evashavik, Director
• 2000Hell Swarm — Kirk Bluhdorn, Director
• 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis — John F. Kennedy
• Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis — John F. Kennedy
• 2000Navigating the Heart — John Daly
• 2000Sharing the Secret — John Moss
• 1999At the Mercy of a Stranger — John Davis
• 1999In the Company of Spies — Director
• 1999She's All That — Harlan Siler
• The West Wing — John Hoynes, Director
• Third Watch — Director
• 1998A Very Unlucky Leprechaun — Howard Wilson
• 1998Catch Me If You Can — Norm
• 1998Forever Love — Alex Brooks
• 1998Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families — Adolf Althoff
• The King of Queens — Dr. Faber
• 1997Buried Alive II — Clint Goodman, Director
• 1997Sleeping with the Devil — Dick Strang
• The Legend of Calamity Jane — John O'Rourke (voice)
• The New Batman Adventures — Michael Vreeland (voice)
• 1996A Holiday for Love — Jake Peterson
• 1996A Very Brady Sequel — Roy Martin / Trevor Thomas
• 1996An Unfinished Affair — Alex Connor
• 1996Black Sheep — Al Donnelly
• 1996Buried Secrets — Clay Roff
• 1996Midnight Heat — Tyler Grey
• 1996Twilight Man — Jordan P. Cooper
• Cybill — Teddy
• 1995Fast Company — Det. Jack Matthews
• 1995Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects — 4-DAC (voice)
• 1995Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead — Detective McKinley, Director
• 1994Breach of Conduct — Director, Executive Producer
• 1994Target of Suspicion — Nick
• 1994While Justice Sleeps — Winfield 'Win' Cooke
• 1993A Kiss to Die For — William Tauber
• 1993Dying to Love You — Roger Paulson
• Fallen Angels — Howard Hughes
• 1993Harmful Intent — Dr. Rhodes
• 1993Mood Indigo — Dr. Peter Hellman
• 1993Shameful Secrets — Daniel
• 1993Trial & Error — Peter Hudson
• 1993Trial and Error — Peter Hudson
• Batman: The Animated Series — Gil Mason (voice)
• 1992Quicksand: No Escape — Scott Reinhardt
• 1992Solar Crisis — Steve Kelso
• Charlie Hoover
• 1991Drop Dead Fred — Charles
• 1991Sometimes They Come Back — Jim Norman
• 1991The Woman Who Sinned — Michael Robeson
• 1990Buried Alive — Clint Goodman
• 1990Joshua's Heart — Tom
• 1989Blind Fury — Producer
• 1989Little White Lies — Dr. Harry MacRae
• 1989Nikki and Alexander — Alexanda
• 1989Speed Zone — Jack
• 1989The Littlest Victims — Doctor James Oleske
• Just in Time
• 1987Bay Coven — Jerry Lebon
• 1987Warm Hearts, Cold Feet — Mike Byrd
• 1986Blind Justice — Jim Anderson
• 1985Fletch — Alan Stanwyk
• George Burns Comedy Week — Lt. Jake Wellman
• 1985Obsessed with a Married Woman — Tony Hammond
• 1984Impulse — Stuart
• 1984The Best Legs in Eighth Grade — Mark Fisher
• 1984The House of God — Roy Basch
• 1984Up the Creek — Bob McGraw
• 1983Listen to Your Heart — Josh Stern
• 1983To Be or Not to Be — Lt. Andre Sobinski
• 1982A Little Sex — Michael Donovan
• 1982Bus Stop — Bo Decker
• Nature — Narrator (voice)
• St. Elsewhere — Director
• Tucker's Witch — Rick Tucker
• 19791941 — Capt. Loomis Birkhead
• 1979Dreamer — Harold 'Dreamer' Nuttingham
• 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again — Jeff Reed
• 1978Almost Summer — Kevin Hawkins
• 1978Animal House — Eric 'Otter' Stratton
• 1978Confessions of the D.A. Man — Howard Goodman
• How the West Was Won — Curt Grayson
• 1977Mary White — William L. White
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• Battle of the Network Stars
• 1976The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 — Quentin Beaudine
• 1976The Hemingway Play — Wemedge
• 1976The Quest — Quentin Beaudine
• The Quest — Quentin Beaudine
• 1976The Quest: The Longest Drive — Quentin Beaudine
• 1976The War Widow — Amy's Husband (voice)
• 1975The Last Day — Emmet Dalton
• 1975The Runaway Barge — Danny Worth
• Three for the Road
• Petrocelli — Mike Fisher
• 1974Remember When — Warren Thompson
• Rhoda — Michael Stearns
• 1973Hitched — Clare Bridgeman
• 1973Magnum Force — Officer Phil Sweet
• Police Story
• The Magician — Jerry Purcell
• Kung Fu — Lt. Bill Wyland
• 1971Lock, Stock and Barrel — Clarence Bridgeman
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Gerry Collier, John Peterson, Zooie Palmer
• Night Gallery — Henley (segment "Logoda's Heads")
• San Francisco International Airport — Danny Goodwin
• Hawaii Five-O — Brent Saunders
• 1969How to Commit Marriage — David Poe
• Medical Center
• Room 222
• 1969Trial Run — Delivery Person
• Adam-12 — Leroy
• Here's Lucy — Peter
• 1968Yours, Mine and Ours — Mike Beardsley
• 1967Divorce American Style — Mark
• Ironside
• Shazzan
• 1967The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk — Joe Hardy
• Young Samson & Goliath — Samson (voice)
• Space Ghost — Jace (Voice)
• Space Ghost and Dino Boy — Jace (voice)
• Summer Fun
• Jonny Quest — Jonny Quest (voice)
• The Farmer's Daughter — Jimmy
• The Virginian — Jim Horn
• Ripcord — David
• The Alvin Show
• Window on Main Street
• My Three Sons
• Bonanza — Griff King
• Leave It to Beaver

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Actor / Director / Producer
• 2008Animal House: The Inside Story — Self
• 1999Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• 1998The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion — Self - Otter