Ramon Bieri
Acting
Born June 16, 1929, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Ramon Bieri (June 16, 1929 – May 27, 2001) was an American actor. A heavy-set character actor, his typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. Bieri was decorated Korean War veteran who began his stage career in 1954, appearing both on and off-Broadway (notably in 'Death of a Salesman' in 1975). In later years he acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen, he made his television debut in 1962 as a bit part player; he went on to have a prolific career as guest star in television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Bieri also starred in his own short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. He had roles in notable films such as Badlands (1973), The Conversation (1974), Sorcerer (1977), and Reds (1981). In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71.
Filmography
- Cracker — Witness
- Arli$$ — Jake Bullock
- 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — James Holley
- Profiler — Monte Drake
- 1994Children of the Dark — T. Hardy Fallbrook
- ER — Mr. Bartok
- Love, Lies and Murder — Howard
- 1989The Final Days — Judge John J. Sirica
- 1988Juarez — Lt. C.P. Hardin
- 1988Vibes — Eli Diamond
- 1987Carly's Web
- Jake and the Fatman
- 1987The Sicilian — Quintana
- Blacke's Magic — Captain Luis Gondolpho /Victor Kroeger
- L.A. Law — Vernon Weeks
- 1986Oceans of Fire — Chuck Horn
- 1986The Richest Cat in the World — Oscar Kohlmeyer
- The Twilight Zone — (segment "Shadow Play")
- 1985The Zoo Gang — Pa Donnely
- Crazy like a Fox
- 1984Grandview, U.S.A. — Mr. Pearson
- Highway to Heaven
- Hunter — Charlie Coster
- Murder, She Wrote — Pat Phillips, Capt. Frank Browning, Nick Zavakis
- Knight Rider — Al Farland, 'Acid' John Byrock
- Matt Houston — Insp. Cory McFadden
- St. Elsewhere — Gene Galecki
- 1981A Matter of Life and Death — Mr. Kutzreba
- Bret Maverick — Elijah Crow
- Nero Wolfe — Leo Crown
- 1981Reds — Police Chief
- Simon & Simon
- The Fall Guy — Mayor John P. Littlefield
- 1980A Christmas Without Snow — Henry Quist
- Magnum, P.I. — Police Captain Frank Browning
- Palmerstown, U.S.A.
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Commissioner Bergstrom
- Joe's World — Joe Wabash
- 1979The Frisco Kid — Mr. Jones
- 1979When She Was Bad... — Dr. Gilbert
- 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story — Babe Ruth
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- 1978True Grit: A Further Adventure — Sheriff Ambrose
- CHiPs
- How the West Was Won — General Sheridan
- 1977Panic in Echo Park
- Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
- 1977Sorcerer — Corlette
- The Rhinemann Exchange — Daniel Meehan
- 1977The San Pedro Bums — Sgt. Yost
- Charlie's Angels — Yanos Barzak, Jake Garfield
- 1976Demon and the Mummy
- McNaughton's Daughter — Randall Jardine
- 1976Nicole — Malcolm
- Quincy, M.E.
- Bronk
- 1975Crossfire — Captain McCardle
- Kate McShane — Ben
- Starsky & Hutch — Bo Rile
- Switch — Jack Gaynor
- Harry O
- 1974It's Good to Be Alive — Walter O'Malley
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Captain Joe Baker
- Little House on the Prairie — Liam O'Neill
- 1974Lucas Tanner — Craig Willeman
- 1974The Conversation — Man at Party (uncredited)
- 1974The Gun — Walt Kelsy
- The Manhunter
- The Rockford Files — Sheriff Homer Prouty
- 1973Badlands — Cato
- Barnaby Jones — Lt. Hager
- 1973Hunter — Mishani
- 1973Outrage! — Deputy Tottif
- Police Story
- The Magician — Lt. Phil Corcoran
- Banacek — John Hargroves
- Kung Fu — John Bates
- Search — Inspector Baertschi
- 1972The Honkers — Jack Ferguson
- The Streets of San Francisco — Skowlownowski
- Alias Smith and Jones
- 1971Brother John — Orly Ball
- Cannon
- Nichols — Cutler
- 1971Sarge: The Badge or the Cross — Chief Dewey
- 1971The Andromeda Strain — Major Manchek
- 1970R.P.M. — Brown
- 1970The Grasshopper — Roosevelt Dekker
- The Partridge Family — Mr. Grisbee
- Hawaii Five-O — Michael Briggs
- Medical Center
- Room 222
- Lancer
- Ironside — Frank Clausen
- Mannix — Peters, Carl Meiss
- Mission: Impossible — Colonel Rodriguez, Colonel Jaroslav Sardner
- NET Playhouse
- Hogan's Heroes — Steiner
- Daniel Boone — Hanker
- Route 66
- Bonanza — Jonas Holt
- Gunsmoke — Forbes, Jarvis, John Sontag, Doyle, Musgrove, Big Thicket