1973Nominee
Best Performance
Magnum Force
Robert Urich
Actor
Toronto, Ohio
December 19, 1946
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1984Nominee
Best Performance
The Ice Pirates
1982Nominee
Best Performance
Endangered Species
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
The Defiant Ones
1992Highlight
Best Performance
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
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Magnum Force
The Ice Pirates
Endangered Species