Robert Urich Filmography

Born:: December 19, 1945 in Toronto, OH
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: One of the most prolific and ubiquitous television actors of the latter 20th century in addition to his service as a tireless spokesperson for the disease that was eventually the cause of his untimely demise, Robert Urich was once referred to as the "Teflon Television Man" for his uncanny ability...Read More

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Night of the Wolf

Actors: Anne Archer, Robert Urich

Synopsis: An avowed enemy of wildlife in general and wolves in particular, Claire McNichol (Anne Archer) heavily arms herself before venturing into the woods of Northern California. Injured in a fall, Claire finds herself face to face with another wounded creature -- a huge, snarling timber wolf. Read More

2002
The President's Man 2: A Line In the Sand

Actors: Chuck Norris, Judson Mills, Jennifer Tung, Robert Urich

Synopsis: Based on characters created by Bob Gookin, the made-for-TV thriller The President's Man 2: A Line in the Sand casts Chuck Norris in a role not dissimilar to his title character on the long-running series Walker: Texas Ranger. Norris is seen as secret agent Joshua McCord, the right-hand man to the Read More

2002
Emeril [TV Series]

Actors: Emeril Lagasse, Robert Urich, Mary Page Keller, James Lafferty, Lisa Ann Walter, Sherri Shepherd, Carrie Preston

Synopsis: Master chef Emeril Lagasse, the garrulous star of one of cable TV's most popular cooking shows, played "himself" in this eponymously titled NBC sitcom. The story lines revolved around the behind-the-scenes intrigues attending Emeril's weekly TV series and his clashes with his virtually all-female Read More

2001
For Love of Olivia

Synopsis: The scene is the small Missouri town of Silver Shade in the mid-'60s. Despite deeply ingrained prejudice, black lawyer Daniel Webster Stewart (Louis Gossett Jr.) has managed to achieve success, and is now on the verge of winning an important political race. Things take a startling turn when Read More

2001
Clover Bend

Actors: Barry Corbin, Erin Gray, Robert Urich, David Keith, Dorien Wilson

2001
Final Run

Synopsis: "1000 Tons of Steel! 200 Lives at Stake! 100 Miles per Hour! One Man to Stop it!" That's the situation as set up by the ad campaign for the thrill-packed TV movie Final Run. The action takes place on board the Grand Royale, a luxury train controlled by a supercomputer created by a shady Read More

1999
Miracle on the 17th Green

Synopsis: When 50-year-old ad man Mitch McKinley (Robert Urich) loses his job, it seems like the end of the world. Before long, however, Mitch has decided to cut his losses and pursue his lifelong ambition to become a professional golfer. Rising to fame and fortune on the Senior Tour, Mitch is at last able Read More

1999
The Love Boat: The Next Wave [TV Series]

Actors: Robert Urich, Joan Severance, Corey Parker, Phil Morris, Stacey Travis

Synopsis: Loosely following the format of ABC's 1969-74 comedy anthology series Love, American Style, Aaron Spelling's first Love Boat set sail September 24, 1977 with the series' intertwining stories all taking place aboard the cruise ship Pacific Princess, captained by Gavin MacLeod. Spelling Television Read More

1998
Final Descent

Actors: Robert Urich, Annette O'Toole, John deLancie

Synopsis: A spectacular mid-air collision leaves a commercial jet liner severely damaged forcing its pilot to draw from all his years of experience in order to safely land the aircraft. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1997
The Lazarus Man

1996
Captains Courageous

Actors: Robert Urich

Synopsis: Rudyard Kipling's classic novel is re-told in this made-for-television adaptation. Robert Urich stars as Troop, the captain of a schooner who rescues a child (Kenny Vadas) after he falls overboard from a passing ship. The boy -- a spoiled, orphaned, rich kid -- learns valuable lessons about life Read More

1996
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

Synopsis: The late Robert Urich completed work on this cable-TV movie only a few days before undergoing cancer surgery. Set in the early months of the Great Depression, the story involves Angus Feagan (Urich), a Detroit family man who has lost both his job and his freedom. Arrested for a crime he didn't Read More

1996
A Horse for Danny

Actors: Robert Urich, Leelee Sobieski

Synopsis: The heartwarming direct-to-video family drama A Horse for Danny stars a very young Leelee Sobieski (Joan of Arc, My First Mister) as the precocious 11-year-old title character, and Robert Urich (Spenser: For Hire) as Eddie, her horse-trainer uncle. Danny may be young, but she is also a race-track Read More

1995
She Stood Alone: the Tailhook Scandal

Synopsis: A true-life story of sexual harassment in the workplace is told in this thought-provoking made-for-television movie. Gail O'Grady stars as Lt. Paula Coughlin, the Navy officer who lodged sexual harassment complaints after the infamous 1991 Las Vegas Tailhook convention. Coughlin took on the Read More

1995
Spenser: A Savage Place

Actors: Cynthia Dale, Robert Urich

Synopsis: The popular TV-series private eye Spenser (of Spenser For Hire) re-surfaces in this made-for-cable movie. Robert Urich returns to his role as the gumshoe. This time, Spenser comes to the aid of old flame Candy Sloane (Cynthia Dale), a reporter who needs Spenser's help and protection as she Read More

1995
To Save the Children

Actors: Richard Thomas, Robert Urich, Wendy Crewson, Joanne Vannicola, Robert Bendarski

Synopsis: A community rallies together when a former police officer comes unglued, builds a bomb and takes hostage an entire elementary school. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
Danielle Steel's 'A Perfect Stranger'

Actors: Robert Urich, Stacy Haiduk, Marion Ross, Susan Sullivan, Darren McGavin

Synopsis: In this sudsy adaptation of a popular Danielle Steel novel, a beautiful young wife experiences waves of guilt when she finds herself increasingly distracted from caring for her dying, elderly and rich husband by the attentions of a virile stranger named Alex. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
Spenser: The Judas Goat

Actors: Robert Urich, Wendy Crewson, Avery Brooks

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV movie spun off from the series Spenser: For Hire, Robert Urich returns as private eye Spenser. Here, Spencer and his partner Hawk (Avery Brooks) are hired by Hugh Dixon (Leon Pownall) to find out who murdered his wife and children. Spenser and Hawk's investigation eventually Read More

1994
The Winds of Time: A Story of the Anasazi Culture

Synopsis: The ancient Anasazi civilization once lived in the Four Corners region of the Southwest United States. In this video, actor Robert Urich narrates as viewers are lead through the Anasazi ruins which continue to spark questions among historians about the earliest days of these people. The Anasazi Read More

1994
Deadly Relations

Actors: Robert Urich, Shelley Fabares, Roxana Zal, Gwyneth Paltrow

Synopsis: In this brooding drama, the lives of four sisters are nearly destroyed by the machinations of their overbearing father. He singles out one daughter in particular to take part in a deadly insurance scam. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

Actors: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Sonja Smits, Barbara Williams, Matthew Ferguson

Synopsis: This telemovie follow-up to ABC's hit Boston-based detective series Spenser: For Hire (1985-88) aired a little over five years after the original program wrapped. Adapted (like the weekly series) from mystery stories authored by Robert B. Parker, this outing finds ex-Beantown policeman Spenser Read More

1993
Spenser: Ceremony

Actors: Robert Urich, Barbara Williams, Avery Brooks

Synopsis: Spenser: Ceremony stars Robert Urich as Robert B. Parker celebrated private eye. The story involves Spenser and his partner Hawk (Avery Brooks) attempting to keep a teenage girl safe after her life on the streets leads her to discover criminal truths about a prominent politician who has a taste Read More

1993
Survive the Savage Sea

Synopsis: When a family's boat is capsized by a school of whales, they are left adrift in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean in this true survival story. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Revolver

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV actioner, a stray bullet forced a secret service agent into a wheelchair and early retirement. Much of the story centers on his attempts to adjust to his new life. The rest chronicles his revenge against the gangster that destroyed his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Hit Woman - The Double Edge

Actors: Susan Lucci, Robert Urich, Michael Woods, Kevin Dunn

1992
Stranger at My Door

Synopsis: The only relationship the 1991 made-for-TV Stranger at My Door bears to the 1956 theatrical film of the same name is in having a fugitive as a main character--actually, two fugitives. One of the runaways is Markie Post, a rich city woman escaping from her homicidal husband. She takes refuge in the Read More

1991
... And Then She Was Gone

Actors: Robert Urich

Synopsis: Robert Urich stars as a self-involved computer executive who becomes inadvertently involved in a crime. He witnesses the kidnapping of a 3 year old girl, an event that shakes him out of his aloofness and insensitivity. Feeling partially responsible, Urich determines to aid in the rescue of the Read More

1991
Blind Man's Bluff

Synopsis: We wish we had a nickel for every time some producer cleverly titled his film Blind Man's Bluff -- then offered us a sightless hero or heroine. This time around, Robert Urich plays a blind professor, who finds himself the main suspect in a murder case. Investigating on his own, Urich comes to the Read More

1991
83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Actors: Peter Strauss, Robert Urich

Synopsis: 83 Hours 'Til Dawn utilizes a plot device originally seen on another fact-based TV movie, The Longest Night (1972). Robert Urich stars as a wealthy business executive whose 20-year-old daughter is abducted by sociopathic Peter Strauss. The kidnapper seals his victim in a small box and buries it Read More

1990
Blind Faith

Actors: Joanna Kerns, Robert Urich

Synopsis: Originally telecast in two parts, Blind Faith was adapted from a fact-based book by investigative author Joe McGinniss. The scene is Toms River, New Jersey; the year is 1984. Insurance salesman Rob Marshall (Robert Urich) informs the authorities that his wife Maria (Joanna Kerns) has been murdered Read More

1990
A Perfect Little Murder

1990
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

Synopsis: In this thriller, a suburban housewife begins playing detective after she overhears a neighborhood conspiracy to kill someone on her baby's intercom. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
The Comeback

Synopsis: In this drama, a father has an affair with his son's girlfriend and finds it difficult to regain the love of his estranged family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Final Notice

Synopsis: In this thriller, a cool detective and a fussy librarian team up to solve the mystery of a killer who hacks up both art books and his beautiful victims. The story is based on a novel by Jonathan Valin and was made as a cable television pilot. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Murder by Night

Synopsis: The USA Network may have been a relatively new service in 1989, but it wasn't above trotting out an old reliable plot device in the made-for-cable movie Murder by Night. Robert Urich stars as a murder witness who is clunked over the head by the killer. When he comes to, he can remember none of the Read More

1989
Lonesome Dove

Actors: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Rick Schroder, Robert Urich, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston

Synopsis: This six-hour miniseries, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry, revitalized both the miniseries and Western genres, both of which had been considered dead for several years. Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as fun-loving Gus MacRae and taciturn Woodrow Call Read More

1989
Night Walk

Synopsis: In this thriller a married woman in an unhappy marriage takes off to get some time alone and finds herself entangled with professional killers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
She Knows Too Much

Actors: Meredith Baxter, Robert Urich

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Spooner

Synopsis: Spooner stars Robert Urich as a forger, recently escaped from prison. Urich cooks up a phony resume and assumes the identity of a high-school teacher. He becomes the wrestling coach for a group of misfit kids with the lowest of low self esteem. In urging the kids not to give up, Urich's eyes are Read More

1989
April Morning

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Urich, Chad Lowe, Susan Blakely, Meredith Salenger

Synopsis: The morning invoked by the title of this made-for-TV drama is April 19, 1775. On that day, the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired, signalling the start of the American Revolution. Departing from known history, novelist Howard Fast (who wrote the book on which this film is based) proposes that Read More

1988
Cheers: Woody for Hire, and Norman of the Apes

Synopsis: Nobody believes Woody (Woody Harrelson) when he claims to have gotten a bit part on the Boston-based TV series Spenser: For Hire. The gang continues to have a laugh at Woody's expense until a certain Big Name shows up to verify his claim. Meanwhile, a practical joke -- involving an orangutan and a Read More

1988
Spenser: For Hire: Season 03

Actors: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Stock, Ron McLarty

Synopsis: The third and final season of Spenser: For Hire finds the titular private eye hero (Robert Urich again unattached romantically, inasmuch as his second-season sweetheart, Assistant DA Rita Fiori, has been written out of the show. But before you despair over the emotional well-being of Boston's best Read More

1987
Spenser: For Hire: Season 02

Actors: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Carolyn McCormick, Richard Jaeckel, Ron McLarty

Synopsis: As a result of several changes in his TV series' production staff, the brilliant, highly principled Boston private eye Spenser (Robert Urich) is short one girl friend as Spenser launches its second season. It was decided to write out the character of guidance counselor Susan Silverman, played by Read More

1986
Young Again

1986
The Defiant Ones

Synopsis: In this faithful remake of the Stanley Kramer classic buddy film, two members of a chain gang, one black and the other white, escape. They are chained together. At first they hate each other, but as time passes they begin to develop a grudging friendship. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Turk 182!

Actors: Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall, Robert Culp, Darren McGavin

Synopsis: Timothy Hutton stars in this rabble-rousing movie in the tradition of Rocky, directed by Bob Clark. Hutton plays Jimmy Lynch, the younger brother of New York City firefighter Terry (Robert Urich). Terry is off-duty and has been drinking but rescues a young girl for a dangerous fire. When he Read More

1985
Scandal Sheet

Actors: Lauren Hutton, Pamela Reed, Robert Urich, Burt Lancaster

Synopsis: Burt Lancaster is eminently hissable as a tabloid publisher in the made-for-TV Scandal Sheet. The current target of Lancaster's smears is alcoholic actor Robert Urich, who is on the verge of making a comeback through the auspices of his movie-star wife Lauren Hutton. Ruthlessly going after Urich Read More

1985
Spenser: For Hire: Season 01

Actors: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Stock, Richard Jaeckel, Ron McLarty

Synopsis: Season One of Spenser:For Hire begins with the two-part "Promised Land", one of a handful of the series' episodes actually based on a "Spenser" story by novelist Robert B. Parker. In this one, tough but ethical Boston private eye Spenser (Robert Urich) is hired to find the wife of a powerful Read More

1985
Spenser: For Hire [TV Series]

Actors: Ron McLarty, Barbara Stock, Robert Urich, Avery Brooks

Synopsis: Based on a series of suspense novels by Robert B. Parker, the weekly, hour-long Spenser: For Hire starred Robert Urich as the title character. The TV series was filmed on location in Boston, the home-based of private investigator Spenser (no other name), who in addition to being wily and Read More

1985
Invitation to Hell

Actors: Susan Lucci, Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Regalbuto, Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis: This minor made-for-TV effort from horror auteur Wes Craven is one of the oddest attempts at seriously blending supernatural horror and science fiction elements, which amounts to a muddled but amusing failure. The convoluted plot involves scientist Robert Urich's experiments with a new spacesuit Read More

1984
The Ice Pirates

Actors: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak

Synopsis: In this undistinguished parody of the sci fi genre, Robert Urich is Jason who leads a band of pirates in redistributing the wealth of the few to the coffers of the needy. He also joins up with Princess Karina Mary Crosby in searching for her father and a possible source of water in the next Read More

1984
Mistral's Daughter

Actors: Stefanie Powers, Stacy Keach, Timothy Dalton, Lee Remick

Synopsis: A French model (Stefanie Powers) poses for an artist (Stacy Keach), and they begin an affair. It doesn't last, however, and the model moves on to a married man (Timothy Dalton), while the artist has an affair with his benefactor (Lee Remick). This TV miniseries is based on a novel by Judith Read More

1984
His Mistress

Synopsis: Just because "everybody does it," does that make it right? This is one of the questions posed by the made-for-TV romantic melodrama His Mistress. Robert Urich stars as high-profile tycoon Allen Beck, "happily" married to trophy wife Katherine (Linda Kelsey). When Allen takes a liking to his Read More

1984
He's Not Your Son

Actors: Donna Mills, Ken Howard, John James

Synopsis: Based on a true story (it says here), He's Not Your Son is another variation on the old "switched at birth" plot device. Donna Mills and Ken Howard play Kathy and Michael Saunders, who are forced to face the possibility that their new baby may not be their new baby. It's a possibility that the Read More

1984
Princess Daisy

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Paul Michael Glaser, Robert Urich, Claudia Cardinale

Synopsis: This melodrama is the second of a two part story based on a novel by Judith Krantz. In this episode, Daisy, the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star, must leave college and begin looking for a job in New York so that she can pay her sister's enormous medical bills. ~ Sandra Read More

1983
Endangered Species

Actors: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Peter Coyote

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Endangered Species stars Robert Urich and JoBeth Williams. Urich plays vacationing ex-cop Ruben Castle, while Williams portrays Harriet Purdue, a small-town sheriff. Intrigued by Purdue's investigation of a rash of cattle mutilations, Castle begins following the evidence Read More

1982
Saturday Night Live: Robert Urich

Actors: Robert Urich, Mink De Ville

Synopsis: This 1982 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Robert Urich and features musical guest Mink De Ville. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Take Your Best Shot

Actors: Robert Urich

Synopsis: Actor Robert Urich cannot find work in Hollywood and his marriage is falling apart in this fictitious comedy. Can he turn his life around? Richard Levinson and William Link teams up again for made-for-TV Take Your Best Shot. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Killing at Hell's Gate

Synopsis: In this made-for-television thriller, a pair of couples, a U.S. senator among them, are stalked by backwoods snipers while on a white-water rafting trip. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1981
The Shadow Box

Synopsis: Advertised as "Paul Newman's First Film for Television," Shadow Box was more specifically the first TV movie to be directed by Newman. Moving in a slow, deliberate fashion, the film concerns three terminally ill people. Their stories intertwine as the unfortunate spend their last days with their Read More

1980
Fighting Back

Actors: Robert Urich

Synopsis: The overused title Fighting Back made its first appearance of the 1980s in this TV biopic. Robert Urich stars as real-life football player Rocky Bleier, who joins the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968. Rocky's career is curtailed by military service in Vietnam. On August 20, 1969, Bleier is seriously Read More

1980
When She Was Bad

Synopsis: A businessman finds that denial is his only coping mechanism when faced with his wife's constant physical abuse of their daughter. His idea of a solution is to move them to a new town. When that fails, he finds himself faced with painful choices. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
S.W.A.T.: Deadly Tide

Synopsis: In this actioner, an episode from the TV series S.W.A.T., the courageous cops must go undercover to catch a group of scuba diving jewel thieves who are suspected of murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
Leave Yesterday Behind

Synopsis: At the height of his Three's Company popularity, John Ritter accepted an intensely dramatic role in the made-for-TV Leave Yesterday Behind. The carefree life of college athlete and veterinary student Paul Stallings (John Ritter) is grotesquely altered when he is paralyzed in an accident during a Read More

1978
Vega$

Synopsis: In this film, the whereabouts of a runaway teenage girl are sought by a Las Vegas detective (Robert Urich), whose investigation uncovers more than he bargained for. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Soap: Season 01

Synopsis: The endless intrigues (sexual and otherwise) involving the Campbells and the Tates are already up and running as the satirical sitcom Soap launches its first season. By the time episode one has faded from view, the audience is aware that blowhard businessman Chester Tate (Robert Mandan) is Read More

1977
Tabitha [TV Series]

Actors: Lisa Hartman, Robert Urich, David Ankrum, Karen Morrow, Mel Stewart

Synopsis: Making its ABC bow on September 10, 1977, after two preview pilot episodes on April 24, 1976, and May 7, 1977, Tabitha was a spin-off of the popular fantasy sitcom Bewitched (previously seen on the same network from 1964 to 1972). The title character was the daughter of sexy witch Samantha Stevens Read More

1977
Bunco

Actors: Robert Urich, Tom Selleck

Synopsis: A couple of LAPD officers find a school for con artists. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
S.W.A.T.: Hit Men

Actors: Steve Forrest, Rod Perry, Robert Urich, Mark Shera, James Coleman

Synopsis: En route to testify before a Senate committee, syndicate snitch Vincent Ritchie (Paul Stevens) is seriously wounded in an ambush. Ritchie is rushed to a hospital, where he is kept under constant surveillance by the SWAT team while he undergoes life-saving surgery. Meanwhile, Ritchie's mob "pals" Read More

1976
S.W.A.T.: Omega One

Actors: Steve Forrest,