Robert Urich
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.
93 acting credits
Acting · 93
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Cheers
1982
The Love Boat
1977
The Nanny
1993
Charlie's Angels
1976
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The F.B.I.
1965
Gunsmoke
1955
Soap
1977
Vega$
1978
Dinah!
1974
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
S.W.A.T.
1975
Lonesome Dove
1989
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998
Carol & Company
1990
Tabitha
1977
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
American Dreamer
1990
Emeril
2001
Mistral's Daughter
1984
Amerika
1987
Gavilan
1982
Magnum Force
1973
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973
The Lazarus Man
1996
Princess Daisy
1983
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Blind Faith
1990
The Ice Pirates
1984
Kung Fu
1972
It Had to Be You
1993
April Morning
1988
Killdozer
1974
Crossroads
1992
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
2002
Final Descent
1997
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
1982
Turk 182!
1985
When She Was Bad...
1979
Final Run
1999
Young Again
1986
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990
Endangered Species
1982
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994
Invitation to Hell
1984
Clover Bend
2002
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995
A Perfect Stranger
1994
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980
Deadly Relations
1993
Bunco
1977
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001
In a Stranger's Hand
1991
The Defiant Ones
1986
Double Edge
1992
Invasion America
1998
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
Spooner
1989
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992
A Horse for Danny
1995
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
Jock of the Bushveld
1995
Murder by Night
1989
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
1995
The Specialists
1975
Spenser: Ceremony
1993
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996
To Save the Children
1994
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994
The Comeback
1989
Night of the Wolf
2002
His Mistress
1984
Blind Man's Bluff
1992
Scandal Sheet
1985
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999
Captains Courageous
1996
Revolver
1992
Take Your Best Shot
1982
Survive the Savage Sea
1992
Vital Signs
1997
For Love of Olivia
2001
Killing at Hell's Gate
1981
A Long Way Home
2003
Stranger at My Door
1991
She Knows Too Much
1989
Night Walk
1989
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981
Country Gold
1983