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Ramon Bieri
Known for: ActingRamon Bieri (June 16, 1929 – May 27, 2001) was an American actor. A heavy-set character actor, his typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. Bieri was decorated Korean War veteran who began his stage career in 1954, appearing both on and off-Broadway (notably in 'Death of a Salesman' in 1975). In later years he acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen, he made his television debut in 1962 as a bit part player; he went on to have a prolific career as guest star in television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Bieri also starred in his own short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. He had roles in notable films such as Badlands (1973), The Conversation (1974), Sorcerer (1977), and Reds (1981). In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71.
Filmography 21
The Andromeda Strain
as Major Manchek 
The Conversation
as Man at Party (uncredited) 
Badlands
as Cato 
Sorcerer
as Corlette 
Vibes
as Eli Diamond 
Bret Maverick
as Elijah Crow 
The Sicilian
as Quintana 
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mr. Pearson 
The Frisco Kid
as Mr. Jones 
True Grit: A Further Adventure
as Sheriff Ambrose 
The Final Days
as Judge John J. Sirica 
When She Was Bad...
as Dr. Gilbert 
The Richest Cat in the World
as Oscar Kohlmeyer 
The Honkers
as Jack Ferguson 
The Grasshopper
as Roosevelt Dekker 
A Christmas Without Snow
as Henry Quist 
Brother John
as Orly Ball 
R.P.M.
as Brown 
Nicole
as Malcolm 
It's Good to Be Alive
as Walter O'Malley