Tim Matheson
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Tim Matheson is an American
actor
, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House
and has had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character in the cartoon TV program Jonny Quest
.
's CBS
nostalgia comedy series Window on Main Street
during the 1961-1962 television
season. In 1964, he provided the voice of the lead character in the cartoon program Jonny Quest
. He was also the voice of Jace in the original animated series of Space Ghost
. In addition, he played the role of the oldest son, Mike Beardsley, in the film Yours, Mine and Ours
, which also starred Lucille Ball
and Henry Fonda
.
In 1969, he joined the cast of NBC
's The Virginian
western
series in the eighth season, as Jim Horn. He had a guest role in the 14th episode of the second season of Night Gallery
, in the story "Logoda’s Heads". In the final season of the television western Bonanza
in 1972-1973, Matheson played Griff King, a parolee who tries to reform his life as a worker at the Ponderosa Ranch
under Ben Cartwright's watch. He portrayed a young motorcycle
cop, Phil Sweet, in the 1973 film Magnum Force
. Matheson also appeared earlier in the ABC
television comedy
series My Three Sons
and Leave It to Beaver
. In 1975, he guest starred in CBS
's short-lived family drama, Three for the Road
.
In the fall of 1976, Matheson appeared with Kurt Russell
in the 15-episode NBC series The Quest
, the story of two young men in the American West seeking the whereabouts of their sister, a captive of the Cheyenne. In 1978, he co-starred in National Lampoon's Animal House
opposite John Belushi
; the following year, he appeared opposite Belushi again in Steven Spielberg
's 1941
. Matheson starred in the 1984 comedy movie Up the Creek and the comedy Fletch
.
Matheson also appeared in the 1983 To Be or Not to Be
starring Mel Brooks
and Anne Bancroft
.
Matheson and Catherine Hicks
played Rick and Amanda Tucker, who operate a detective
agency in Laurel Canyon
in CBS' Tucker's Witch
, which aired during the 1982-1983 season.
Matheson, along with business partner Dan Grodnik, bought National Lampoon in 1989 when the magazine was facing financial decline. They were unable to reverse the magazine fortunes, however, and sold it in 1991. He went on to act in over 100 film and television projects. Matheson had a recurring role as Vice President
John Hoynes
on The West Wing
. His work on The West Wing earned Matheson two Primetime Emmy award nominations for Best Guest Star in a Drama Series. In addition to playing Sheriff Matthew Donner in the short-lived Wolf Lake
, he has directed episodes of Third Watch
, Ed, The Twilight Zone, Cold Case, Without a Trace
, The West Wing, Psych
, The Good Guys
, Shark
, White Collar
, Criminal Minds
, Suits, and Burn Notice
(on which he also performed in a recurring role).
In 1996, Matheson took on the role of a con man who claims to be Carol Brady's thought-to-be-dead husband in A Very Brady Sequel
. Matheson appeared in the movie Van Wilder in 2002, playing the father of the title character, who was inspired by his own character in Animal House; Matheson's character even makes a veiled reference to the fun times he had had at Dartmouth
, where the fraternity upon which Animal House is based is rumored to have "had a strong tradition of existence." He appeared in the auto-racing film Redline. He also appeared in a Volkswagen
commercial in 2008.
In 2009, Matheson directed the pilot episode of Covert Affairs
, premiered on USA Network
in 2010
. Matheson has also directed the pilot episodes of "The Good Guys" (2010) for the Fox Network, "Criminal Behavior" (2010) for Lifetime, and "WILD CARD" (2011) for USA Network.
, California
, a suburb of Los Angeles
. In 2010, he was divorced from Megan Murphy Matheson after a 25-year marriage and three children. He was previously married to actress Jennifer Leak
, whom he met in the set of Yours, Mine, and Ours
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis. The film was a direct spin-off of National Lampoon magazine...
and has had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character in the cartoon TV program Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest (TV series)
Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
.
Career
At the age of 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert YoungRobert Young (actor)
Robert George Young was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best and as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. .-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Young was the son of an Irish immigrant father...
's CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
nostalgia comedy series Window on Main Street
Window on Main Street
Window on Main Street is an American comedy-drama series starring Robert Young, which aired on CBS during the 1961-1962 season. The series was created by Roswell Rogers and produced by series star Robert Young.-Synopsis:...
during the 1961-1962 television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
season. In 1964, he provided the voice of the lead character in the cartoon program Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest (TV series)
Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
. He was also the voice of Jace in the original animated series of Space Ghost
Space Ghost
Space Ghost is a fictional superhero created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and designed by Alex Toth for CBS in the 1960s. In his original incarnation, he was a superhero who, with his sidekick teen helpers Jan, Jace, and Blip the monkey, fought supervillains in outer space...
. In addition, he played the role of the oldest son, Mike Beardsley, in the film Yours, Mine and Ours
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)
For the remake of this film starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo see Yours, Mine and Ours Yours, Mine and Ours is a 1968 film, directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Johnson...
, which also starred Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...
and Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins...
.
In 1969, he joined the cast of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's The Virginian
The Virginian (TV series)
The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...
western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
series in the eighth season, as Jim Horn. He had a guest role in the 14th episode of the second season of Night Gallery
Night Gallery
Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although...
, in the story "Logoda’s Heads". In the final season of the television western Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
in 1972-1973, Matheson played Griff King, a parolee who tries to reform his life as a worker at the Ponderosa Ranch
Ponderosa Ranch
The Ponderosa Ranch was a theme park based on the popular 1960s television western Bonanza which housed the affluent land, timber and livestock-rich Cartwright family. The amusement park operated in Incline Village, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, from 1967 until 2004...
under Ben Cartwright's watch. He portrayed a young motorcycle
Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
cop, Phil Sweet, in the 1973 film Magnum Force
Magnum Force
Magnum Force is a 1973 American police thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in TV's Rawhide and the feature film Hang 'Em High, directed the second film in the Dirty Harry series...
. Matheson also appeared earlier in the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
television comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
series My Three Sons
My Three Sons
My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of a widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas , raising his three sons.The series was a cornerstone of the CBS...
and Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood...
. In 1975, he guest starred in CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
's short-lived family drama, Three for the Road
Three for the Road (TV series)
Three for the Road was a 12-episode CBS drama television series about a recently widowed father and his two sons who in an attempt to assuage their grief, sell their house, procure a recreational vehicle, called the "Zebec", and travel around the United States...
.
In the fall of 1976, Matheson appeared with Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
in the 15-episode NBC series The Quest
The Quest (TV series)
The Quest, a 15-episode Western television series which aired on NBC beginning September 22, 1976, starring Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson.-Overview:...
, the story of two young men in the American West seeking the whereabouts of their sister, a captive of the Cheyenne. In 1978, he co-starred in National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis. The film was a direct spin-off of National Lampoon magazine...
opposite John Belushi
John Belushi
John Adam Belushi was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, The Star of the Films National Lampoon's Animal House and the The Blues Brothers and for fronting the American blues and soul...
; the following year, he appeared opposite Belushi again in Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
's 1941
1941 (film)
1941 is a 1979 period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including John Belushi, Ned Beatty, John Candy, Toshiro Mifune, Christopher Lee and Dan Aykroyd...
. Matheson starred in the 1984 comedy movie Up the Creek and the comedy Fletch
Fletch (film)
Fletch is a 1985 comedy film about a wisecracking investigative newspaper reporter, Irwin M. Fletcher , who writes under the name of Jane Doe...
.
Matheson also appeared in the 1983 To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)
To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 20th Century Fox comedy-drama film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks with Howard Jeffrey as executive producer and Irene Walzer as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior...
starring Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows...
and Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg....
.
Matheson and Catherine Hicks
Catherine Hicks
Catherine Mary Hicks is an American stage, film, television actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Annie Camden on the long-running television series 7th Heaven and as Karen Barclay in Child's Play.-Personal life:...
played Rick and Amanda Tucker, who operate a detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
agency in Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California
Laurel Canyon is a canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was first developed in the 1910s, and became a part of the city of Los Angeles in 1923 ....
in CBS' Tucker's Witch
Tucker's Witch
Tucker's Witch is a 12-episode comedy-detective series which aired on CBS television from October 6, 1982, to November 10, 1982, and again sporadically from March 31 to June 9, 1983...
, which aired during the 1982-1983 season.
Matheson, along with business partner Dan Grodnik, bought National Lampoon in 1989 when the magazine was facing financial decline. They were unable to reverse the magazine fortunes, however, and sold it in 1991. He went on to act in over 100 film and television projects. Matheson had a recurring role as Vice President
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
John Hoynes
John Hoynes
John Hoynes is a fictional character played by Tim Matheson on the American television series The West Wing. Hoynes is Vice President of the United States during the first four seasons of the show....
on The West Wing
The West Wing (TV series)
The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
. His work on The West Wing earned Matheson two Primetime Emmy award nominations for Best Guest Star in a Drama Series. In addition to playing Sheriff Matthew Donner in the short-lived Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake is an American television series that originally aired on CBS. Wolf Lake follows a pack of werewolves living in a Seattle suburb. The first 5 episodes aired on CBS, but due to low ratings CBS cancelled it. A total of nine aired episodes and a non-aired pilot were made before the show...
, he has directed episodes of Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
, Ed, The Twilight Zone, Cold Case, Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
, The West Wing, Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
, The Good Guys
The Good Guys (2010 TV series)
The Good Guys is an American action-comedy series about an old-school cop and a modern-day detective that premiered with a preview episode on Fox on May 19, 2010, and began airing regularly on June 7...
, Shark
Shark (TV series)
Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:...
, White Collar
White Collar (TV series)
White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con-man Neal Caffrey and Tim DeKay as Special Agent Peter Burke. It premiered on October 23, 2009. In December 2009, White Collar was renewed for a second season that began on July 13, 2010...
, Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
, Suits, and Burn Notice
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
(on which he also performed in a recurring role).
In 1996, Matheson took on the role of a con man who claims to be Carol Brady's thought-to-be-dead husband in A Very Brady Sequel
A Very Brady Sequel
A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady. The film was a box...
. Matheson appeared in the movie Van Wilder in 2002, playing the father of the title character, who was inspired by his own character in Animal House; Matheson's character even makes a veiled reference to the fun times he had had at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, where the fraternity upon which Animal House is based is rumored to have "had a strong tradition of existence." He appeared in the auto-racing film Redline. He also appeared in a Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
commercial in 2008.
In 2009, Matheson directed the pilot episode of Covert Affairs
Covert Affairs
Covert Affairs is a USA Network television series starring Piper Perabo and Christopher Gorham. The one-hour drama premiered on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The show concluded its first season on September 14, 2010 and was renewed for a second season on August 19, 2010. The second season began airing on...
, premiered on USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
in 2010
2010 in television
2010 in television may refer to:*2010 in American television*2010 in Australian television*2010 in British television*2010 in Canadian television*2010 in Japanese television...
. Matheson has also directed the pilot episodes of "The Good Guys" (2010) for the Fox Network, "Criminal Behavior" (2010) for Lifetime, and "WILD CARD" (2011) for USA Network.
Personal life
Matheson was born in GlendaleGlendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, a suburb of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. In 2010, he was divorced from Megan Murphy Matheson after a 25-year marriage and three children. He was previously married to actress Jennifer Leak
Jennifer Leak
Jennifer Leak is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for her role as Colleen North in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours....
, whom he met in the set of Yours, Mine, and Ours
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)
For the remake of this film starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo see Yours, Mine and Ours Yours, Mine and Ours is a 1968 film, directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Johnson...
.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Divorce American Style Divorce American Style Divorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin.Norman Lear produced the film and wrote the script based on a story by Robert Kaufman... |
Mark Harmon | |
| 1967 | Joe Hardy | ||
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film) For the remake of this film starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo see Yours, Mine and Ours Yours, Mine and Ours is a 1968 film, directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Johnson... |
Mike Beardsley | |
| 1969 | How to Commit Marriage How to Commit Marriage How to Commit Marriage is a 1969 comedy film directed by Norman Panama, featuring Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason in their only movie together. The film also stars Jane Wyman as Hope's wife, Tina Louise as record-producer Gleason's love interest, Leslie Nielsen as the straight man, and Irwin Corey as... |
David Poe | |
| 1973 | Magnum Force Magnum Force Magnum Force is a 1973 American police thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in TV's Rawhide and the feature film Hang 'Em High, directed the second film in the Dirty Harry series... |
Phil Sweet | |
| 1978 | National Lampoon's Animal House National Lampoon's Animal House National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis. The film was a direct spin-off of National Lampoon magazine... |
Eric 'Otter' Stratton | |
| 1978 | Almost Summer Almost Summer Almost Summer is a 1978 motion picture directed by Martin Davidson, and produced by Motown Productions for Universal Pictures. It is the only Motown theatrical feature not to center around African-American characters... |
Kevin Hawkins | |
| 1979 | Dreamer Dreamer (1979 film) Dreamer is a direct-to-video film that was released on video on April 27, 1979. It was directed by Noel Nosseck, written by Larry Bischof and James Proctor, and stars Tim Matheson as "the Dreamer" and Susan Blakely as Karen... |
Dreamer | |
| 1979 | Private Jeff Reed aka Captain Phillips | ||
| 1979 | 1941 1941 (film) 1941 is a 1979 period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including John Belushi, Ned Beatty, John Candy, Toshiro Mifune, Christopher Lee and Dan Aykroyd... |
Captain Loomis Birkhead | |
| 1982 | Michael Donovan | ||
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be (1983 film) To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 20th Century Fox comedy-drama film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks with Howard Jeffrey as executive producer and Irene Walzer as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior... |
Lieutanent Andre Sobinski | |
| 1984 | Roy Basch | ||
| 1984 | Up the Creek | Bob McGraw | |
| 1984 | Impulse Impulse (1984 film) Impulse is a 1984 science fiction thriller film about the residents of a small rural town, that after a small earthquake ruptures the seal on a toxic waste burial site, start to exhibit strange and violent behavior. The film was directed by Graham Baker, and stars Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly, and Hume... |
Stuart | |
| 1985 | Fletch Fletch (film) Fletch is a 1985 comedy film about a wisecracking investigative newspaper reporter, Irwin M. Fletcher , who writes under the name of Jane Doe... |
Alan Stanwyck | |
| 1989 | They Always Come Back | Jimmy | |
| 1989 | Speed Zone! Speed Zone! Speed Zone!, also known as Cannonball Run III or simply Cannonball Fever, released in 1989, is the third and final installment of the Cannonball Run series of movies. Like the first two films, it is a comedy set around an illegal cross-country race... |
Jack O'Neill | |
| 1989 | Body Wars Body Wars Body Wars was a ride at the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot. Body Wars is a simulator ride where the riders are "shrunk" and carry out a mission inside a human body. The ride is based upon the Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator... |
Captain Braddock | |
| 1990 | Solar Crisis | Steve Kelso | |
| 1991 | Drop Dead Fred Drop Dead Fred Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 American fantasy dramedy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema... |
Charles | |
| 1996 | Black Sheep | Al Donnelly | |
| 1996 | Midnight Heat | Tyler Grey | |
| 1996 | Roy Martin / Trevor Thomas | ||
| 1998 | Howard Wilson | ||
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families | Adolf Althoff | |
| 1999 | She's All That She's All That She's All That is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove, and is a modern adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion... |
Harlan Siler | |
| 1999 | Marty | ||
| 2000 | Chump Change | Simon 'Sez' Simone | |
| 2002 | Van Wilder | Vance Wilder Sr. | |
| 2003 | Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update is a 2002 mockumentary film directed by John Landis for Universal. It shows the main characters from National Lampoon's Animal House 30 years on and purports that the original film had been a documentary. It was never shown in theaters, but only as part of... |
Dr. Eric 'Otter' Stratton, OB / GYN | |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking Don't Come Knocking Don't Come Knocking is a 2005 film, a comedy-drama road movie directed by German director Wim Wenders and written by Wenders and actor/playwright Sam Shepard. The two had previously collaborated on the film Paris, Texas... |
Producer 1 | |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D is a 2005 IMAX 3D documentary film about the first humans on the Moon, the twelve astronauts in the Apollo program.-Production:... |
Houston Capcom | voice |
| 2007 | Redline Redline Redline refers to the maximum engine speed at which an internal combustion engine or traction motor and its components are designed to operate without causing damage to the components themselves or other parts of the engine... |
Jerry Brecken | |
| 2009 | Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia is a 2009 war film directed by Tim Matheson and starring Joe Manganiello and former WWE and current TNA wrestler Ken Anderson. It is the third installment in the series, as well as the sequel to Behind Enemy Lines, and Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil... |
Carl Dobbs | |
| 2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | Alumnus Guy #4 |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961–62 | Window on Main Street Window on Main Street Window on Main Street is an American comedy-drama series starring Robert Young, which aired on CBS during the 1961-1962 season. The series was created by Roswell Rogers and produced by series star Robert Young.-Synopsis:... |
Roddy Miller | First acting role | |
| 1962–63 | Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood... |
Michael 'Mike' Harmon | ||
| 1962–63 | My Three Sons My Three Sons My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of a widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas , raising his three sons.The series was a cornerstone of the CBS... |
Alan Edgerton | ||
| 1963 | Ripcord Ripcord (TV series) Ripcord is an American syndicated television series that ran for 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963 about the exploits of a skydiving operation by the same name.-Overview:... |
David | ||
| 1964–65 | Jonny Quest Jonny Quest (TV series) Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures... |
Jonny Quest | voice | |
| 1965 | Sinbad Jr. | Sinbad Jr. | voice | |
| 1965 | O.K.Crackerby! | Huntington Hawthorne | ||
| 1966 | Space Ghost Space Ghost Space Ghost is a fictional superhero created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and designed by Alex Toth for CBS in the 1960s. In his original incarnation, he was a superhero who, with his sidekick teen helpers Jan, Jace, and Blip the monkey, fought supervillains in outer space... |
Jace | voice | |
| 1966 | Thompson's Ghost | Eddie Thompson | ||
| 1966 | Summer Fun | Eddie Thompson | ||
| 1967 | Samson & Goliath Samson & Goliath Samson & Goliath is a 30-minute animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC in 1967, and primarily sponsored by General Mills... |
Samson | Voice | |
| 1967 | NBC Children's Theatre | Randy | ||
| 1969 | Adam-12 Adam-12 Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a... |
Leroy | ||
| 1969–70 | Jim Horn | |||
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport San Francisco International Airport San Francisco International Airport is a major international airport located south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States, near the cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in unincorporated San Mateo County. It is often referred to as SFO... |
SFX | ||
| 1970 | Bracken's World Bracken's World Bracken's World is an American drama series broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1969 to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced by Dorothy Kingsley.-Synopsis:... |
Teek Howell | ||
| 1971 | Matt Lincoln Matt Lincoln Matt Lincoln was a television medical drama which was aired by ABC as part of its 1970-71 lineup.Matt Lincoln starred Vince Edwards as Dr. Matt Lincoln, a psychiatrist who had founded a telephone hotline for troubled teenagers... |
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| 1971 | Room 222 Room 222 Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC from September 17, 1969, to January 11, 1974, for 112 episodes... |
Jerry Cates | ||
| 1971 | Hitched | Clarence Bridgeman | ||
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counsellor at Law | Jim McGuire | ||
| 1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Clarence Bridgeman | ||
| 1971 | Howard Goodman | |||
| 1971 | Miles Parker | |||
| 1971 | Night Gallery Night Gallery Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although... |
Henley | ||
| 1972 | Here's Lucy Here's Lucy Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974.-Background:Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous season, finishing in the top five of the Nielsen Ratings , Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create... |
Peter Sullivan | ||
| 1972 | Ironside Ironside (TV series) Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the... |
Darryl Podell | ||
| 1972 | Smith Family, The The Smith Family (TV series) The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series produced by Don Fedderson Productions. The series aired on ABC from October 20, 1971 to June 7, 1972, for 39 episodes.-Cast:... |
Mark | ||
| 1972–73 | Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the... |
Griff King | ||
| 1972–78 | Insight Insight (TV series) Insight was an Emmy-winning syndicated television series produced by Paulist Productions that aired 250 episodes from 1960 to 1983. The series presented half-hour dramas illuminating the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love... |
Chris | ||
| 1973 | Wide World Mystery | Tommy | ||
| 1973 | Medical Center Medical Center (TV series) Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.-Synopsis:The show starred James Daly as Dr. Paul Lochner and Chad Everett as Dr. Joe Gannon, surgeons working in an otherwise unnamed university hospital in Los Angeles. The show focused both on the lives of the doctors... |
Sam Miller | ||
| 1973 | Kung Fu Kung Fu (TV series) Kung Fu is an American television series that starred David Carradine. It was created by Ed Spielman, directed and produced by Jerry Thorpe, and developed by Herman Miller, who was also a writer for, and co-producer of, the series... |
Lieutanent Bill Wyland | Season 2, Episode 8 "The Soldier" | |
| 1974 | Jerry Purcell | |||
| 1974 | Police Story | Allen Rich | ||
| 1974 | Remember When | Warren Thompson | ||
| 1975 | Emmet Dalton | |||
| 1975 | Danny Worth | |||
| 1975 | Three for the Road Three for the Road (TV series) Three for the Road was a 12-episode CBS drama television series about a recently widowed father and his two sons who in an attempt to assuage their grief, sell their house, procure a recreational vehicle, called the "Zebec", and travel around the United States... |
Tom Aberling | ||
| 1976 | Rhoda Rhoda Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978 airing in 109 episodes. The show was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky,... |
Michael Stearns | ||
| 1976 | Jigsaw John | Nick Pappas | ||
| 1976 | Petrocelli Petrocelli Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976.-Plot:Tony Petrocelli was an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who grew up in South Boston and gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a... |
Mike Fisher | ||
| 1976 | Quentin Beaudine | |||
| 1976 | Amy's Husband | voice | ||
| 1976 | Visions | Leonard | voice | |
| 1977 | Wemidge - Young Hemingway | |||
| 1977 | Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,... |
Brent Saunders | ||
| 1977 | Mary White | William L. White | ||
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? What Really Happened to the Class of '65? What Really Happened to the Class of '65? is a 1976 non-fiction book by Michael Medved and David Wallechinsky. Directly inspired by a Time magazine article of the same name, the authors follow up on the people of Palisades High School mentioned in the article, and the book mainly consists of that... |
Jay Miller | ||
| 1978 | Baa Baa Black Sheep Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series) Baa Baa Black Sheep is a television series that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978. Its premise was based on the experiences of United States Marine Corps aviator Pappy Boyington and his World War II "Black Sheep Squadron". The series was created and produced by Stephen J. Cannell... |
Bud Warren | ||
| 1978 | How the West Was Won How the West Was Won (TV series) How the West Was Won is an American western television series that featured an all star cast that included: James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, G. W. Bailey, Trisha Noble, William Shatner, Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Kiley, Lloyd Bridges,... |
Curt Grayson | ||
| 1982 | Bus Stop | Beauregard 'Beau' Decker | ||
| 1982–83 | Tucker's Witch Tucker's Witch Tucker's Witch is a 12-episode comedy-detective series which aired on CBS television from October 6, 1982, to November 10, 1982, and again sporadically from March 31 to June 9, 1983... |
Rick Tucker | ||
| 1983 | Listen to Your Heart | Josh Stern | ||
| 1984 | Mark Fisher | |||
| 1985 | Obsessed with a Married Woman | Tony Hammond | ||
| 1985 | George Burns Comedy Week George Burns Comedy Week George Burns Comedy Week was a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup.As he was age 89 when the show premiered, George Burns was billed as the oldest person ever to "star" in a television series... |
"The Girl With Something Extra" | ||
| 1986 | Blind Justice | Jim Anderson | ||
| 1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Mike Byrd | ||
| 1987 | Bay Coven | Jerry Lebon | ||
| 1987 | Trying Times | Mitch | ||
| 1988 | Just in Time | Harry Stadlin | ||
| 1989 | Nikki and Alexander | Alexander | ||
| 1989 | Doctor James Oleske | |||
| 1989 | Little White Lies Little White Lies "Little White Lies" is a popular song.It was written by Walter Donaldson. The song was published in 1930. It was recorded on July 25, 1930 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians with vocal by Clare Hanlon and The Waring Girls... |
Dr. Harry McRae | ||
| 1990 | Buried Alive | Clint Goodman | ||
| 1990 | Joshua's Heart | Tom | ||
| 1991 | Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back Sometimes They Come Back "Sometimes They Come Back" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the March 1974 issue of Cavalier and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Setting:... |
Jim Norman | ||
| 1991 | Michael Robeson | |||
| 1991 | Charlie Hoover | Charlie Hoover | ||
| 1992 | Quicksand: No Escape Quicksand: No Escape Quicksand: No Escape is a 1992 thriller film directed by Michael Pressman, and stars Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson and Felicity Huffman.-Plot:... |
Scott Reinhardt | ||
| 1993 | Relentless: Mind of a Killer | Dr. Peter Hellman | ||
| 1993 | Dying to Love You | Roger Paulson | ||
| 1993 | Batman: the Animated Series Batman: The Animated Series Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the DC Comics character Batman. The series featured an ensemble cast of many voice-actors including Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Arleen Sorkin, and Loren Lester. The series won four Emmy Awards and was nominated... |
D.A. Gil Mason | Shadow of the Bat, parts 1 & 2 | |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (TV series) Fallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.... |
Howard Hughes | ||
| 1993 | Shameful Secrets | Daniel | ||
| 1993 | William Tauber | |||
| 1993 | Harmful Intent | Dr. Rhodes | ||
| 1994 | Target of Suspicion | Nick | ||
| 1994 | While Justice Sleeps | Winfield 'Win' Cooke | ||
| 1995 | Cybill Cybill Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995 to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the series revolves around Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her show... |
Teddy | ||
| 1995 | Fast Company | Detective Jack Matthews | ||
| 1995 | Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead | Detective McKinley | ||
| 1995 | Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects | 4-Dac | voice | |
| 1996 | Alex Connor | |||
| 1996 | Twilight Man | Jordan P. Cooper | ||
| 1996 | Buried Secrets Buried Secrets (film) Buried Secrets is a 1996 made for television movie that stars Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a young woman who moves with her mother to her mother's hometown and is haunted by the ghost of a dead teenager .-Plot:... |
Clay Roff | ||
| 1996 | Christmas in My Hometown | Jacob (Jake) Peterson | Also known as Holiday For Love | |
| 1997 | Captain John O'Rourke | |||
| 1997 | Sleeping with the Devil Sleeping With the Devil Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude is a critique written by former Central Intelligence Agency officer Robert Baer of the relationship that exists between the United States and Saudi Arabia... |
Dick Strang | ||
| 1997 | Trial & Error | Peter Hudson | ||
| 1997 | Buried Alive II | Clint Goodman | ||
| 1998 | Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun was a western anthology series which ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The gun would change the life of whomever possessed it.... |
Reverent Jeremiah Early | ||
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families | Adolf Althoff | ||
| 1998 | Forever Love | Alex Brooks | ||
| 1998 | Michael Vreeland | |||
| 1998 | Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor... |
Norm | ||
| 1999 | At the Mercy of a Stranger | John Davis | ||
| 1999–2006 | Vice President John Hoynes | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2002–03) | ||
| 2000 | Navigating the Heart | John Daly | ||
| 2000 | Hell Swarm | Kirk Bluhdorn | ||
| 2000 | Sharing the Secret Sharing the Secret Sharing the Secret is a 2000 television drama film about a teenage girl's struggle with bulimia and its effect on her parents and friends. Originally airing on CBS television networks in the United States, the film has also aired on cable television's Lifetime Network... |
John Moss | ||
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | John F. Kennedy | ||
| 2001 | Second Honeymoon | George | ||
| 2001–02 | Wolf Lake Wolf Lake Wolf Lake is an American television series that originally aired on CBS. Wolf Lake follows a pack of werewolves living in a Seattle suburb. The first 5 episodes aired on CBS, but due to low ratings CBS cancelled it. A total of nine aired episodes and a non-aired pilot were made before the show... |
Sheriff Matthew Donner | ||
| 2002 | Mom's on Strike | Alan Harris | ||
| 2002 | Dr. Farber | |||
| 2002 | Breaking News Breaking news Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story... |
Bill Dunne | ||
| 2003 | Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:... |
Dr. Aaron Morrison | ||
| 2003 | Ed Ed (TV series) Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions, and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004.... |
Peter Evashavik | ||
| 2003 | Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart is a 2003 NBC TV movie starring Cybill Shepherd as Martha Stewart in which the life of Martha Stewart is outlined starting from her life in New Jersey to the scandal behind her arrest. The film was shot in Nova Scotia.Shepherd also played Martha Stewart in... |
Andy Stewart | ||
| 2003 | Al Dodge | |||
| 2004 | Judas Judas (film) Judas is a 2004 film depicting the intertwined lives of Judas Iscariot and Jesus. The story depicts Judas as having sympathetic motives, desiring to free the Jewish people from Roman rule.-Plot:... |
Pontius Pilate | ||
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited Justice League Unlimited Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the... |
Maxwell Lord Maxwell Lord Maxwell Lord IV is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He is a shrewd and powerful businessman who was very influential in the formation of the Justice League International in DC Comics.-Before the League:... |
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| 2006 | Soloman | |||
| 2006 | Augusta, Gone Augusta, Gone Augusta, Gone is a 2006 Lifetime Television film directed by Tim Matheson and starring Mika Boorem, Sharon Lawrence and Tamara Hope. It is based on the memoir of the same name by Martha Tod Dudman.The film was shot in Victoria, British Columbia.-Plot:... |
Ben Dudman | ||
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| 2007 | Shark Shark (TV series) Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:... |
Judge Andrew Bennett | ||
| 2008 | Entourage Entourage (TV series) Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons... |
Steve Parles | ||
| 2008 | To Love and Die To Love and Die To Love and Die is the title of an American television action dramedy starring Shiri Appleby and Tim Matheson, and created by Sara Goodman. The pilot, killed in 2006, was greenlit to series on the USA Network in July 2007, with a 12-episode order that was planned to air in 2008. The 2-hour pilot... |
James White | ||
| 2008–present | Burn Notice Burn notice A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons... |
Larry Sizemore | ||
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold Batman: The Brave and the Bold Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American animated television series based in part on the DC Comics series The Brave and the Bold which features two or more super heroes coming together to solve a crime or foil a super villain... |
Jarvis Kord | ||
| 2009 | Body Politic Body Politic Body Politic is a television pilot starring Minka Kelly, Gabrielle Union, Jason Dohring, and Brian Austin Green. It is produced by CBS Television Studios for The CW.... |
Senator Webster | ||
| 2010 | White Collar White Collar (TV series) White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con-man Neal Caffrey and Tim DeKay as Special Agent Peter Burke. It premiered on October 23, 2009. In December 2009, White Collar was renewed for a second season that began on July 13, 2010... |
Edward Walker | Season 2, Episode 1: "Withdrawal" | |
| 2011 | Hart of Dixie | Dr. Brick Breeland |