Robert Urich
Acting
Born December 19, 1946 · 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.
Films (57)
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
For Love of Olivia
2001
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999
Final Run
1999
Final Descent
1997
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996
Captains Courageous
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
Spenser: Ceremony
1993
Deadly Relations
1993
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
Spooner
1989
Night Walk
1989
Murder by Night
1989
She Knows Too Much
1989
The Comeback
1989
April Morning
1988
Young Again
1986
The Defiant Ones
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Turk 182!
1985
Scandal Sheet
1985
His Mistress
1984
Invitation to Hell
1984
The Ice Pirates
1984
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
Country Gold
1983
Take Your Best Shot
1982
Endangered Species
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
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
Bunco
1977
The Specialists
1975
Killdozer
1974
Magnum Force
1973