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Robert Urich
Known for: ActingRobert 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.
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Magnum Force
as Officer Mike Grimes 
Spenser: For Hire
as Spenser 
Lonesome Dove
as Jake Spoon 
S.W.A.T.
as Officer Jim Street 
Mistral's Daughter
as Jason Darcy 
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
as Bob Sanders 
The Ice Pirates
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as Jason 
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
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as President Adam Mayfield 
Final Descent
as Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer 
Invitation to Hell
as Matthew Winslow 
Take Your Best Shot
as Jess Marriner 
Final Run
as Glen 'Lucky' Singer 
Endangered Species
as Ruben Castle 
When She Was Bad...
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as Bob Morgan 
Killdozer
as Mack McCarthy 
April Morning
as Joseph Simmons 
In a Stranger's Hand
as Jack Bauer 
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Bradley Burdock 
To Save the Children
as Jake Downey 
A Horse for Danny
as Eddie Fortuna 
The Defiant Ones
as Johnny 'Joker' Johnson 
Captains Courageous
as Capt. Matthew Troop 
Clover Bend
as Bill Clayton 
For Love of Olivia
as Horton Roundtree 
Scandal Sheet
as Ben Rowan 
Double Edge
as Harry Carter 
A Long Way Home
as Jack 
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
as Mr. Angus Feagan