Joe Penny
Notoriously photo-shy in his teenage years, actor Joe Penny would skip school on picture day. He is listed as "missing in action" in every yearbook of Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California. After high school, he studied with renowned acting teacher Lee Strasberg, and worked as a laborer while seeking acting gigs. He secured his first job in 1977, on "Forever Fernwood," a spinoff of the soap opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." By the time the 1980s arrived, Penny had a substantial roster of minor roles behind him, and he began to move into the starring parts. His first major television program was "Riptide," in 1984. He played Nick Ryder, a soldier who starts a detective agency in Los Angeles along with a partner, played by Perry King,. That show came to an end after three seasons, and it didn't take long before he was appearing in another lead role, playing another private investigator. In the crime drama "Jake and the Fatman," he played Jake Styles, who worked for a crusty old prosecutor, played by William Conrad. The show proved to be another hit for Penny, running for five seasons. He has remained one of the most recognizable faces on television, having since gone on to appear in multitudes of TV shows usually playing cops, mobsters, and detectives.
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Joe Penny
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Night Inn | Sam (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Betrayed at 17 | John Taylor (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Reign of the Gargoyles | Gus (Character) | - | 2007 |
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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe: 'Til Death Do Us Part | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Jane Doe: Vanishing Act | Agent Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Frank Darnell (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Darrow (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Against Time | George Tomich (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
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BitterSweet | Carl Peckato (Character) | - | 1999 |
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Family of Cops III | Ben Fein (Character) | - | 1999 |
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The Prophet's Game | Walter Motter (Character) | - | 1999 |
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The Little Unicorn | Tiny (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II | Ben Fein (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stranger in My Home | Ned Covington (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Woke Up Pregnant | Dr. Roger Nolton (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Jeopardy | John Dubroski (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young at Heart | Mike (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Disappearance of Vonnie | Ron Rickman (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror in the Night | Lonnie (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hunter | Lonnie (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger of Love | Michael Carlin (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bodily Harm | Dr. Ed Betters (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Operation | Dr. Ed Betters (Character) | - | 1990 |
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A Whisper Kills | Dan Walker (Character) | - | 1988 |
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife | Edward Moran (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star | Robert McCay (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Don | Paul Baron (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Nick Ryder (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Bloody Birthday | Mr. Harding (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lifepod | Simmons (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girls in the Office | Beau Galloway (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Samurai | Lee Cantrell (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Winning Season | Dean Berger (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deathmoon | Rick Bladen (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Delta County, U.S.A. | Joe Ed (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
44% | No Score Yet | Threshold | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7th Heaven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
96% | No Score Yet | Boomtown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
92% | 96% | The Sopranos | Victor Musto (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sopranos (With Audio Commentary) | Victor Musto (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twice in a Lifetime |
Flash Jericho/ |
1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Jake Styles (Character) | 1987-1992 |
No Score Yet | 85% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Nick Ryder (Character) | 1984-1986 |
66% | No Score Yet | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |