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.

Filmography

• 2003A Long Way Home — Jack
• 2002Clover Bend — Bill Clayton
• 2002Night of the Wolf — Purly Owens
• 2002The President's Man: A Line in the Sand — President Adam Mayfield
• Emeril — Jerry McKenney
• 2001For Love of Olivia — Horton Roundtree
• 1999Final Run — Glen 'Lucky' Singer
• 1999Miracle on the 17th Green
• Love Boat: The Next Wave — Captain Jim Kennedy III
• 1997Final Descent — Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer
• Vital Signs
• 1996Captains Courageous — Capt. Matthew Troop
• 1996The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue — Mr. Angus Feagan
• The Lazarus Man — Lazarus
• 1995A Horse for Danny — Eddie Fortuna
• 1995Jock of the Bushveld — Rocky Mountain Jack
• 1995Spenser: A Savage Place — Spenser
• 1994A Perfect Stranger — Alex Hale
• 1994Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes — Spenser
• 1994Spenser: The Judas Goat — Spenser
• 1994To Save the Children — Jake Downey
• 1993Deadly Relations — Leonard J. Fagot
• It Had to Be You — Mitch Quinn
• 1993Spenser: Ceremony — Spenser
• The Nanny — Judge Jerry Moran
• 1992Blind Man's Bluff — Thomas Booker
• Crossroads — John Hawkins
• 1992Double Edge — Harry Carter
• 1992Revolver — Nick Suster
• 1992Survive the Savage Sea — Jack Carpenter
• 1991In a Stranger's Hand — Jack Bauer
• 1991Stranger at My Door — Joe Fortier
• 199083 Hours 'Til Dawn — Bradley Burdock
• 1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder — Ross Pegler
• American Dreamer — Tom Nash
• Blind Faith — Rob Marshall
• Carol & Company
• Lonesome Dove — Jake Spoon
• 1989Murder by Night — Allan Strong
• 1989Night Walk — Simon
• 1989She Knows Too Much — Harry
• 1989Spooner — Michael Gillette / Harry Spooner
• 1989The Comeback — Scotty Malloy
• 1988April Morning — Joseph Simmons
• Amerika — Peter Bradford
• 1986The Defiant Ones — Johnny 'Joker' Johnson
• 1986Young Again — Michael Riley
• 1985Scandal Sheet — Ben Rowan
• Spenser: For Hire — Spenser
• 1985Turk 182! — Terry Lynch
• 1984His Mistress — Allen Beck
• 1984Invitation to Hell — Matthew Winslow
• Mistral's Daughter — Jason Darcy
• 1984The Ice Pirates — Jason
• Princess Daisy — Patrick Shannon
• Cheers — Robert Urich
• 1982Endangered Species — Ruben Castle
• Gavilan — Robert Gavilan
• 1982Take Your Best Shot — Jess Marriner
• The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
• 1981Killing at Hell's Gate — Charles Duke
• 1980Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier — Rocky Bleier
• 1979When She Was Bad... — Bob Morgan
• 1978Leave Yesterday Behind — David Lyle
• Vega$ — Dan Tanna
• 1977Bunco — Walker
• Soap — Peter "The Tennis Player"
• Tabitha — Paul Thurston
• The Love Boat — Jeff Smith, Scott Desmond, Larry Hartman
• Battle of the Network Stars
• Charlie's Angels — Dan Tana
• S.W.A.T. — Officer Jim Street
• 1975The Specialists — Dr. William Nugent
• 1974Killdozer — Mack McCarthy
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice — Bob Sanders
• 1973Magnum Force — Officer Mike Grimes
• Kung Fu — Greg Dundee
• The F.B.I. — Davie Stroud
• Gunsmoke — Manolo Etchahoun
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Joseph Simmons

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2001Dirty Harry: The Original — Self - Actor / Host
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• 1995Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland — Self
• 1993A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World — Self - Host
• 1992Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin — Self - Host
• 1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1983Country Gold — Self
• 1983The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More — Self / Various
• 1981Sixty Years of Seduction — Self - Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Dinah! — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self