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.
59 movies · 35 shows
A Long Way Home
2003·4.4
Night of the Wolf
2002·5.2
Clover Bend
2002·5.0
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
2002·4.8
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001·7.3
For Love of Olivia
2001·5.0
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999·6.5
Final Run
1999·5.6
Final Descent
1997·5.4
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996·4.9
Captains Courageous
1996·6.4
Jock of the Bushveld
1995·9.5
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995·6.5
A Horse for Danny
1995·8.1
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
1995·8.5
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994·7.5
A Perfect Stranger
1994·4.9
To Save the Children
1994·6.2
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994·6.7
A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World
1993·9.0
Spenser: Ceremony
1993·7.0
Deadly Relations
1993·6.2
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992·6.5
Revolver
1992·10.0
Double Edge
1992·4.3
Blind Man's Bluff
1992·5.5
Survive the Savage Sea
1992·4.8
In a Stranger's Hand
1991·5.7
Stranger at My Door
1991·6.6
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990·6.5
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990·6.3
Spooner
1989·7.0
Night Walk
1989·7.0
Murder by Night
1989·5.5
She Knows Too Much
1989·7.5
The Comeback
1989·6.5
April Morning
1988·5.7
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987·8.0
Young Again
1986·6.3
The Defiant Ones
1986·5.1
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Turk 182!
1985·5.9
Scandal Sheet
1985·5.8
His Mistress
1984·9.0
Invitation to Hell
1984·5.1
The Ice Pirates
1984·5.6
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983·7.3
Country Gold
1983·0.0
Take Your Best Shot
1982·7.0
Endangered Species
1982·4.9
Killing at Hell's Gate
1981·6.3
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981·0.0
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980·5.0
When She Was Bad...
1979·5.0
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978·5.2
Bunco
1977·7.0
The Specialists
1975·9.0
Killdozer
1974·5.3
Magnum Force
1973·7.1