Robert Urich

Known for ActingBorn 1946-12-19Died 2002-04-16Toronto, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Revolver

Jock of the Bushveld

Emeril

A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World

His Mistress

The Specialists

Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Lazarus Man

A Horse for Danny

The Nanny

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

Lonesome Dove

Spenser: The Judas Goat

Kung Fu

She Knows Too Much

Cheers

Dirty Harry: The Original

Princess Daisy

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More

Soap

Spenser: Ceremony

It Had to Be You

Night Walk

Spooner

Magnum Force

S.W.A.T.

Take Your Best Shot

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

Bunco

Dinah!

Spenser: For Hire

Vega$

Saturday Night Live

Night of 100 Stars II

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

Stranger at My Door

Miracle on the 17th Green

Captains Courageous

The Merv Griffin Show

Spenser: A Savage Place

Charlie's Angels

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

Crossroads

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Carol & Company