Robert Urich
Acting
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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
A Long Way Home
2003
Night of the Wolf
2002
Clover Bend
2002
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
2002
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001
Emeril
2001
For Love of Olivia
2001
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999
Final Run
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Invasion America
1998
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998
Final Descent
1997
Vital Signs
1997
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996
Captains Courageous
1996
The Lazarus Man
1996
Jock of the Bushveld
1995
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995
A Horse for Danny
1995
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
1995
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994
A Perfect Stranger
1994
To Save the Children
1994
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994
A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World
1993
The Nanny
1993
It Had to Be You
1993
Spenser: Ceremony
1993
Deadly Relations
1993
Crossroads
1992
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992
Revolver
1992
Double Edge
1992
Blind Man's Bluff
1992
Survive the Savage Sea
1992
In a Stranger's Hand
1991
Stranger at My Door
1991
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990
American Dreamer
1990
Carol & Company
1990
Blind Faith
1990
Spooner
1989
Night Walk
1989
Murder by Night
1989
Lonesome Dove
1989
She Knows Too Much
1989
The Comeback
1989
April Morning
1988
Amerika
1987
Young Again
1986
The defiant ones
1986
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Turk 182!
1985
Scandal Sheet
1985
His Mistress
1984
Mistral's Daughter
1984
Invitation to Hell
1984
The Ice Pirates
1984
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
Princess Daisy
1983
Country Gold
1983
Gavilan
1982
Take Your Best Shot
1982
Cheers
1982
Endangered Species
1982
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
1982
Killing at Hell's Gate
1981
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980
When She Was Bad...
1979
Vega$
1978
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Soap
1977
Tabitha
1977
Bunco
1977
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
The Specialists
1975
Dinah!
1974
Killdozer
1974
Magnum Force
1973
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973
Kung Fu
1972
The F.B.I.
1965
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Gunsmoke
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951