Robert Michael Urich was an American film, television, stage actor, and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series. He also starred in several feature films, including Magnum Force, The Ice Pirates, and Turk 182. His last role was in the NBC sitcom Emeril in 2001. He died in April 2002 at age 55.
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Robert Michael Urich was an American film, television, stage actor, and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series. He also starred in several feature films, including Magnum Force, The Ice Pirates, and Turk 182. In 1996, Urich starred in The Lazarus Man, but it was canceled shortly after he announced that he had been diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare cancer. He was declared cancer free in 1998 and returned to television in the UPN series, Love Boat: The Next Wave. In 2000, he made his Broadway debut as Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago. His last role was in the NBC sitcom Emeril in 2001, but in the autumn of that year, his cancer returned and he died in April 2002 at age 55. Urich attended Florida State University on a football scholarship as a center, and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He went on to Michigan State University after working in Ohio to earn a master’s degree in Broadcast Research and Management.
He then worked as a salesman in Chicago at WGN-TV. In 1968, he decided to pursue acting full-time after Burt Reynolds encouraged him to move to Los Angeles. He made his television debut in a guest starring role in The F. B. I., in 1972. The following year, he won a lead role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, an adaptation of the 1969 film of the same title. In 1975, he was cast in the actioncrime drama series S. W. A. T.. In 1976, he landed the role of Dan Tanna in the crime drama series Vega$. It aired on ABC from 1978 to 1981, and earned him two Golden Globe Award nominations. In 1984, he played the title role in the detective television series Spenser: For Hire, based on Robert B. Parker’s series of mystery novels. After filming Endangered Species, he returned to TV and starred in two more films, The IcePirates and Gavilan. He died in 2002 at the age of 55.
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