Robert Urich, 55, Emmy-winning actor
LandonEx
Emmy-Winning Actor Robert Urich Dies From Cancer at Age 55
LOS ANGELES (April 16) -- Robert Urich, the Emmy-winning actor best known for
his starring roles in "Soap" and "Spenser: For Hire," has died after battling
cancer. He was 55.
Urich died early Tuesday morning at a hospital in Thousand Oaks surrounded by
family members and friends, publicist Cindy Guagenti said.
Urich announced in 1996 that he was suffering from synovial cell sarcoma, a
rare cancer that attacks the body's joints. The cancer went into remission
after he underwent chemotherapy, radiation treatments and two operations.
ABCNews.com
April 16, 2002
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LandonEx
Actor Robert Urich Dies From Cancer
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Urich, an Emmy-winning actor best known for his starring
roles in "Soap" and "Spenser: For Hire," has died after battling cancer. He
was 55.
Urich died Tuesday morning at a hospital in Thousand Oaks surrounded by family
members and friends, publicist Cindy Guagenti said.
Urich announced in 1996 that he was suffering from synovial cell sarcoma, a
rare cancer that attacks the body's joints. The cancer went into remission
after he underwent chemotherapy, radiation treatments and two operations.
Urich earned his first television role in the 1973 comedy series "Bob & Carol &
Ted & Alice." He also appeared in the TV series "S.W.A.T" before being cast as
Peter Campbell in "Soap."
One of Urich's most recognizable roles came as private detective Dan Tanna in
"Vega$." He later starred in another detective series "Spenser: For Hire,"
which was based on Robert Parker's novels.
More recently, Urich appeared in "The Lazarus Man," and the brief NBC sitcom
"Emeril."
Born in Toronto, Ohio, Urich won a football scholarship at Florida State
University. He later earned a master's degree in broadcast research and
management from Michigan State University.
Urich briefly worked in Chicago as a radio sales agent and a television
meteorologist. Burt Reynolds helped Urich land his first major role,
co-starring as his younger brother in a stage production of "The Rainmaker."
Urich appeared in several television miniseries and cable specials. He won an
Emmy for his narration of the cable documentary "U-Boats: Terror on Our
Shores." He also won a Cable ACE award as host of the National Geographic
series "On Assignment."
Urich spent his latter years devoted to cancer research and education. He and
his wife, actress Heather Menzies, established the Heather and Robert Urich
Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Michigan to accelerate the pace
of research into sarcoma.
He is survived by his wife; three children, Allison, Ryan and Emily; two
brothers; a sister; and his mother.
The Associated Press
April 16, 2002, 5:24 AM EDT
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Ed Varner
in the late 70's where he seemed to be the busiest man in TV Land as he had a
regular role in so many different series.
I wonder what the record is for the most tv shows an actor has starred in (as a
regular cast member, not as a guest star)?
ED
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>
>Very sad and sudden news. Thought he had beaten the Big C.
Dan Tana dead? Probably killed himself or
vaporized by those who were burned by
the Force!!
Yours Truly
Brad Ferguson
<evar...@aol.comm> wrote:
The record is Urich's, at 20 series; three of them were minis. My God,
I'll bet even Terry's heard of him. The list (from IMDb), massaged and
in alphabetical order:
1. "American Dreamer" (1990) TV Series .... Tom Nash
2. "Amerika" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Peter Bradford
3. "Boatworks" (1997) TV Series .... Host
4. "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1973) TV Series .... Bob Sanders
5. "Crossroads" (1992) TV Series .... John Hawkins
6. "Emeril" (2001) TV Series .... Jerry McKenney
7. "Gavilan" (1982) TV Series .... Robert Gavilan
8. "Get Rich Quick" (1977) TV Series .... Panelist
9. "Invasion America" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Briggs
10. "It Had to Be You" (1993) TV Series .... Mitch Quinn
11. "Lazarus Man, The" (1996) TV Series .... Lazarus
12. "Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Jake Spoon
13. "Love Boat: The Next Wave, The" (1998) TV Series .... Captain
James 'Jim' Kennedy
14. "Mistral's Daughter" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Jason Darcy
15. "S.W.A.T." (1975) TV Series .... Officer Jim Street
16. "Soap" (1977) TV Series .... Peter Campbell (1977)
17. "Spenser: For Hire" (1985) TV Series .... Spenser
18. "Tabitha" (1977) TV Series .... Paul Thurston
19. "Vega$" (1978) TV Series .... Dan Tanna
20. "Vital Signs" (1997) TV Series .... Host
JHall
I'll take the Soap.
bpe...@lib.nmsu.edu
cheap tickets were sold for $5 to anyone with a military i.d. all others
paid $25. the play was the old ronald reagan classic: "the hasty heart" ...
wow! it was absolutely amazing! there wasn't a dry eye in the place when the
final curtain went down. it was awesome! and the best $5 investment i ever
made for entertainment.
R.I.P. Robert Urich
barbara
"The Grim Sweeper" <t...@invalid.edu> wrote in message
news:tgs-9C47EE.0...@corp.supernews.com...
> In article <160420020952025920%thir...@frXOXed.net>,
> I have to say, I didn't watch a single one of those shows...and never
> heard of many of them (Boatworks?).
>
> I recognize the name Robert Urich, but I couldn't pick him out of a
> line-up.
>
> - TGS
Bob Flaminio
never
> heard of many of them (Boatworks?).
Many of them were very short-lived. I used to watch "Vega$" a lot (I
loved how he could park his car inside his house) and "Spenser: For
Hire" (where he co-starred with Avery Brooks, who later played Captain
Sisko on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" -- there was always rumors of
Urich doing a guest spot on DS9, which would have really tickled all
the old S:FH fans (like me) but sadly it never came to pass).
Miss ya, Bob.
-Bob
JaneLFreund
which series!)
Sorry to see him go! I thought he was the best looking member of the SWAT team
and a fine actor in addition!
Erik L.
America escaped a bullet by keeping Al Gore from stealing the Presidency.
Erik L.
Heinz W. Wiggeshoff
> In article <160420020952025920%thir...@frXOXed.net>,
> Brad Ferguson <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
>
>> I'll bet even Terry's heard of him. The list (from IMDb), massaged and
>> in alphabetical order:
>>
He played himself as a visitor to Cheers. The gag was that
nobody believed it was him, IIRC.
Yours Truly
>
>What did he win the Emmy for?
He didn't!!
>
>America escaped a bullet by keeping Al Gore from stealing the Presidency.
W. Bush lost the election by 500,000 votes and intimidated
the vote counters in Florida from counting the votes,
because it was obvious that Bush would've lost.
Only an idiot would be proud of this criminal
in the White House.
ApplCinamn
came back, since he'd been so visible the last few years. I thought (and hoped)
he'd beaten it for good.
I remember seeing a number of interviews he gave during and after his prior
battle. He always seemed very personable, full of humor, a class act and a
genuinely nice guy. Once, on Oprah, he read a letter that had deeply touched
him from a young girl (also a cancer patient) and they had a lovely meeting on
the show.
Thanks for making the world just a little nicer place, Robert.
Ellie
Terrymelin
television. He bettered even the garbage he sometimes appeared in. He will be
missed.
Terry Ellsworth
Bob Flaminio
news:20020416135630...@mb-fy.aol.com...
Robert Urich was in "Clover Bend" (2001) with David Keith.
David Keith was in "Raw Justice" (1994) with PAMELA ANDERSON
-Bob
Erik L.
Good to see you are still an idiot.
America escaped a bullet by keeping Al Gore from stealing the Presidency.
Erik L.
doc
Let it go, Erik. For the love of God, let it go...
Louis Epstein
: Urich's wife, Heather, was also in a popular TV show (but I can't remember
: which series!)
I remember her from Logan's Run,but that wasn't her only series.
Her biggest movie,she had a fairly minor role in...second daughter
in SOUND OF MUSIC.
She (Heather Menzies) was one of the earlier of the actresses named
Heather who in the recent past seemed quite common(Thomas,Locklear,
Langenkamp,Graham) and perhaps inspired the use of that name in the
movie HEATHERS.
: Sorry to see him go! I thought he was the best looking member of the
: SWAT team and a fine actor in addition!
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
Louis Epstein
: To...@Fred.Net wrote in news:Y4Uu8.3$Lk5....@news.abs.net:
:> Very sad and sudden news. Thought he had beaten the Big C.
: His death reminds me of Gilda Radner's in a strange way.
: I thought she'd beaten it, too.
Radner of course died of ovarian cancer,which Urich's wife
has had and so far survived.(No surprise that the couple have
endowed a cancer foundation,which is linked from roberturich.com).
JHall
> >From: Yours Truly nos...@newsranger.com
>
> Good to see you are still an idiot.
One idiot to another
> America escaped a bullet by keeping Al Gore from stealing the Presidency.
OR american is a bullet, in a gun, that is being held by an asshole.
Terrymelin
>David Keith was in "Raw Justice" (1994) with PAMELA ANDERSON
>
>-Bob
>
Three Degrees of Separation?
Terry Ellsworth
Terrymelin
Terry Ellsworth
J.D. Baldwin
It doesn't show up in IMDb -- I think that's because they only track
the prime time Emmys.
I found http://www.roberturich.com/page4.html, which noted:
He also received a 1992 Emmy Award for his narration of the
Explorer film U-Boats: Terror on Our Shores.
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In the previous article, David Carson <da...@neosoft.com> wrote:
> >I recognize the name Robert Urich, but I couldn't pick him out of a
> >line-up.
>
> Attack" and perhaps some of their other "when things go wrong"-type
> shows.
I believe he's on the Fox fall schedule, hosting "When Teno-Synovial
Tissue Cells Attack."
JHall
2 degrees.
Erik L.
>Let it go, Erik. For the love of God, let it go...
>
Sorry Doc. Have to keep rattling the cages of the morons on the left.
Erik L.
>What DID he win an Emmy for?
This is now in the AP bio:
He won an Emmy in 1992 for his narration of the cable documentary ``U-Boats:
Terror on Our Shores.''
Erik L.
>His IMDB entry has a photo. Recently, he hosted Fox's "When Animals
>Attack" and perhaps some of their other "when things go wrong"-type shows.
>
>David Carson
What must be his last film, "Night of the Wolf", premieres on the Animal Planet
channel on Friday night.
3finger
islan...@aol.com (Erik L.) wrote:
Enough, enough, enough! That's it! Only in this warped newsgroup can an
obit about Robert Urich turn into an unprovoked argument over politics.
Call me when the nudnicks on both sides are tamed. Or when a proper,
non-political obiturary newsgroup is started. Until then, enjoy
destroying each other with mindless rhetoric.
And anyone who agrees with me, follow me out the door.
--
3finger
Chicago Cubs: World Champions - 1907, 1908, ????
Erik L.
>And anyone who agrees with me, follow me out the door.
>
Loser Cub fan.
Loki
>>cubfan...@SPAMSPAMSPAMearthlink.net
>
>>And anyone who agrees with me, follow me out the door.
>>
>
>Loser Cub fan.
Being called a loser by erik is like being called ugly by a toad.
Loki
Hyfler/Rosner
"3finger" <cubfan...@SPAMSPAMSPAMearthlink.net> wrote in message
news:cubfan23SPAM->
> Enough, enough, enough! That's it! Only in this warped newsgroup can an
> obit about Robert Urich turn into an unprovoked argument over politics.
> Call me when the nudnicks on both sides are tamed. Or when a proper,
> non-political obiturary newsgroup is started. Until then, enjoy
> destroying each other with mindless rhetoric.
>
> And anyone who agrees with me, follow me out the door.
>
> --
Where to? (I assume we can keep baseball?)
Heinz W. Wiggeshoff
>
> Being called a loser by erik is like being called ugly by a toad.
That would really hurt coming from the toad's mother.
Loki
Wiggeshoff) wrote:
I imagine it would. What is your point?
Loki
Erik L.
>Being called a loser by erik is like being called ugly by a toad.
>
Did you write this one yourself or did you buy it from a joke writer?
The Avocado Avenger
>On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:04:01 -0700, The Grim Sweeper <t...@invalid.edu>
>wrote:
>>I have to say, I didn't watch a single one of those shows...and never
>>heard of many of them (Boatworks?).
>>
>>I recognize the name Robert Urich, but I couldn't pick him out of a
>>line-up.
>His IMDB entry has a photo. Recently, he hosted Fox's "When Animals
>Attack" and perhaps some of their other "when things go wrong"-type shows.
He starred in some Excedrin commercials in the 1980s and became a
punchline for a moment (his trademark line from the commercials was that
he had a "full-blown whizzaroo of a headache"). Really, "Spencer: For
Hire" was the most popular show he was in, with "Vega$" as a close second.
When he got sick he was hosting a show, and he even appeared bald - a
result of the chemo - on the show. He's been working since the 1970s.
Er, I guess what I'm saying is that it's hard to believe one doesn't
know who he is - most Americans with TVs would know.
I am really sorry and surprised to hear of his passing.
Stacia * The Avocado Avenger * Life is a tale told by an idiot;
http://www.flinthills.com/~stacia * Full of sound and fury,
There is no guacamole anywhere. * Signifying nothing.
Wingnut
long.
Jon
Matthew Kruk
Would it be fair to say that he looks a bit like Robert Wagner? It's been
awhile since I saw Vegas but for some reason this pops into mind.
Laurie D. T. Mann
> Would it be fair to say that he looks a bit like Robert Wagner? It's been
> awhile since I saw Vegas but for some reason this pops into mind.
A little, yeah. Urich was larger and younger, but looked a little like
him. Especially the hair!
I didn't realize until today that he grew up in a "suburb" of
Steubenville, OH. Dean Martin was from Steubenville.
Laurie Mann
Dead People Server
http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps.html
Matthew Kruk
>
> In article <a9hm60$bul$1...@freenet9.carleton.ca>,> > The Grim Sweeper (t...@invalid.edu) writes:
> > > In article <160420020952025920%thir...@frXOXed.net>,
> > > Brad Ferguson <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The record is Urich's, at 20 series; three of them were minis. My God,
> > >> I'll bet even Terry's heard of him. The list (from IMDb), massaged and
> > >> in alphabetical order:
> > >>
> >
> > He played himself as a visitor to Cheers. The gag was that
> > nobody believed it was him, IIRC.
>
> I never saw an episode of Cheers.
>
> - TGS
Same here. Didn't give a damn about Seinfeld either. The only worthwhile thing
Danson appeared in was Body Heat.
The Avocado Avenger
>The Avocado Avenger wrote:
>>
>> He starred in some Excedrin commercials in the 1980s and became a
>> punchline for a moment (his trademark line from the commercials was that
>> he had a "full-blown whizzaroo of a headache"). Really, "Spencer: For
>> Hire" was the most popular show he was in, with "Vega$" as a close second.
>Would it be fair to say that he looks a bit like Robert Wagner? It's been
>awhile since I saw Vegas but for some reason this pops into mind.
Too weird - I have made the same comparison many times. I think it
is/was the hair. And the slightly thick jawline.
Tregembo
Matthew Kruk <mk...@attcanada.ca> wrote
> Same here. Didn't give a damn about Seinfeld either. The only worthwhile
thing
> Danson appeared in was Body Heat.
Yeah, THAT'S why I like "Body Heat" :)
Ray Arthur
Heinz W. Wiggeshoff
...
> The only worthwhile thing
> Danson appeared in was Body Heat.
You be dissin Becker?
Terrymelin
>awhile since I saw Vegas but for some reason this pops into mind.
>
No, because he doesn't look anything like Robert Wagner. He looks like Robert
Urich.
Terry Ellsworth
Matthew Kruk
>
> Matthew Kruk <mk...@attcanada.ca> writes:
> >The Avocado Avenger wrote:
> >>
> >> He starred in some Excedrin commercials in the 1980s and became a
> >> punchline for a moment (his trademark line from the commercials was that
> >> he had a "full-blown whizzaroo of a headache"). Really, "Spencer: For
> >> Hire" was the most popular show he was in, with "Vega$" as a close second.
>
> >Would it be fair to say that he looks a bit like Robert Wagner? It's been
> >awhile since I saw Vegas but for some reason this pops into mind.
>
> Too weird - I have made the same comparison many times. I think it
> is/was the hair. And the slightly thick jawline.
Hair, jaw and smile (grin?).
Matthew Kruk
JHall
Just saw a clip of Mr. U tonite and William Shatner comes to mind.
Tregembo
JHall <jh...@achilles.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.020417...@dragon.achilles.net...
I was having a hard time seeing a Wagner resemblance, until you mentioned
Shatner.
Ray Arthur
Loki
>>From: Loki cubby...@aol.com
>
>
>>Being called a loser by erik is like being called ugly by a toad.
>>
>
>Did you write this one yourself or did you buy it from a joke writer?
While it was originally a line that Jimmy Carter said about Lester
Maddox, it is still far and away more original than anything you have
ever said. Witty in fact. Keep up the faith erik. You are half way to
being a wit.
Loki
Yours Truly
says...
>
>In article <a9hm60$bul$1...@freenet9.carleton.ca>,
> ab...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) wrote:
>
>> The Grim Sweeper (t...@invalid.edu) writes:
>> > In article <160420020952025920%thir...@frXOXed.net>,
>> > Brad Ferguson <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> The record is Urich's, at 20 series; three of them were minis. My God,
>> >> I'll bet even Terry's heard of him. The list (from IMDb), massaged and
>> >> in alphabetical order:
>> >>
>>
>> He played himself as a visitor to Cheers. The gag was that
>> nobody believed it was him, IIRC.
>
>I never saw an episode of Cheers.
You didn't miss anything, not a thing. And Urich
was a no-talent TV actor who somehow managed
to make a career out of playing himself. He proves
how brain-dead Americans really are, the proof
is 50 million people voted for a criminal who
lost the election, Coke W. Bush. May God have
mercy on America, home of the Atlanta Braves.
Loki
>x-no-archive: yes
>
>"Loki" <cubby...@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:iu9pbucc6vvv39mkr...@4ax.com...
> Can you read? He said Loser CUB fan.
> I don't see any problem with that as the Cubs haven't won the WS since
>'08! :-)
My reading, and comprehension of the English language are fine, thank
you. Though the same cannot be said of yours. In this case, both Cub
and Fan were used as adjectives to modify loser. Had he been referring
to a fan of the losing Cubs, he would have said either "fan of the
losing Cubs" or "losing Cubs fan".
Loki
Corby Gilmore
> You didn't miss anything, not a thing. And Urich
> was a no-talent TV actor who somehow managed
> to make a career out of playing himself. He proves
> how brain-dead Americans really are, the proof
> is 50 million people voted for a criminal who
> lost the election, Coke W. Bush. May God have
> mercy on America, home of the Atlanta Braves.
Comments on the above from a Canadian.
1. Robert Urich was an extremely talented actor.
2. George Bush actually won the election legit, although I dont approve
of how he did it.
3. Given the events of 9/11, God did have mercy on America; he allowed
Bush to be elected instead of Gore.
4. ..and also home of the 2002 champions, the Seattle Mariners.
--
Corby Gilmore
ai...@freenet.carleton.ca
JHall
Some people MAY read the words LOSER CUB FAN as 3 adjectives describing
the writer/speaker/NetspeaKer. Of course punctuation may have helped,
especially for people such as loser loki.
The words of the net should be, but sadly are not, taken seriously,
however, seriously does not mean PERSONALLY.
Some of our posters are akin to kids yelling I have rights without
having a single clue what their rights are and the responsibilities,
obligations and requirements all these rights entail.
Then, of course, the legal trade realized what a GROWTH industry
children represented and the legal trade is LOSING their grip on
the sex trade.
JHall
Dam, this can not be an american yet he likes the most traveled franchise
in MLB.
I have Maddux (the Cal Ripken Jr. of the Nat. League*), Glavine,
Litgenberg & Smoltz on my fantasy league staff along with Schilling,
Lieber, Stottlemyre (stay healthy or I will get D. Holmes who is a free
agent), Daal (thank you Mr. 15 mill/season with a private plane Brown),
Reynolds & Robert I'm not sure I'm a person Person.
Of course I have only 8 regulars on offence. Oh well.
* not with regards to cons. games but as a person. After 15 years olde
Greg saw the DL for the 1st time, this season.
By the by - definition of incapable ---- Bobby Cox, he still does not
know how to handle pitching changes, he is INCAPABLE of getting it right
at the most important of times - never mind who is relieving whom.
10 flags & 1 WS. I believe I would have stroked a second one out of all
that talent. I would also consider shooting myself, in the foot, for all
the failures.
Somehow D. Moore would have LOVED B. Cox.
The Braves were my team growing up and I still like them but not as much
since Jane left the scene. Watching her sleeping like a baby, in the
stands, made me all warm and fuzzy.
Now if only the odd screeming liner had flew by her head; would she have
realized anything ?
JHall
As a canuck, living very very close to you, at least by your ISP address,
I NetspeaK that 2 out of 4 is only half right.
Which 2 do you think I believe to be correct ?
And considering that ottawa is where we live/are - who cares, eh ?