Michael Cavanaugh
After a stint in the United States Navy, Michael Cavanaugh began to pursue acting, appearing on the stage before moving to TV and movies in 1976. Earning his first major part early in his career, Cavanaugh played Feyderspiel in Clint Eastwood's action film "The Gauntlet," about a death race from Las Vegas to Phoenix. It wasn't until "Any Which Way You Can" in 1980, the second of three films he made with Eastwood, that Cavanaugh had another significant part. While he worked consistently through the '80s, Cavanaugh's only major film role was in the Chuck Norris flick "Forced Vengeance." On television, Cavanaugh starred as George Fox on the sci-fi series "Starman," an intergalactic family drama. His career picked up in the '90s, when he appeared in a new version of the '60s horror series "Dark Shadows" and played Marcek on "Vanishing Son." He played Dr. Malcolm Keogh in the horror film "The Haunting," starring Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Cavanaugh continued to receive minor parts, and was cast in recurring roles on "The Young and the Restless" and the cult phenomenon "24" in 2004.
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Michael Cavanaugh
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | August Creek | Roger (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Down the P.C.H. | Michael O'Hara (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Ablaze | Chief Sam Davis (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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When Billie Beat Bobby | Brother John (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warden of Red Rock | Sen. Paul Townsend (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Dancing in September | Harbor (Character) | - | 2000 |
17% |
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The Haunting | Malcolm Keogh (Character) | $91.2M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Strategic Command | Charles Baker (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Operation Cobra | Victor Grayson (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Night Hunter | Roy Ward (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eye of the Stalker: A Moment of Truth Movie | Judge Warren Curtis (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sworn to Vengeance | Pete Hall (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Somebody's Daughter | Aarons (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marilyn and Me | Walter Winchell (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story | Kaplan (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Kid | Walters (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Full Fathom Five | Garvin (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two to Tango | Dean Boyle (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Partners | Roy Henderson (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Forced Vengeance | Stan Raimondi (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Comeback | Manager (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Belle Starr | Jesse James (Character) | - | 1980 |
20% |
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Any Which Way You Can | Patrick Scarfe (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Stripper | Steve Vector (Character) | - | 1979 |
75% |
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The Gauntlet | Feyderspiel (Character) | - | 1977 |
27% |
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Heroes | Peanuts (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over-Under, Sideways-Down | Rich (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
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80% | 78% | FlashForward | SETI Chairman Warren Moore (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
60% | 100% | Eli Stone | D.A. Lowell Grayson (Guest Star) | 2008 |
52% | 50% | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
85% | 77% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
89% | 88% | Monk | Bobby Davenport (Guest Star) | 2005 2007 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Senator Alan Corman (Guest Star) | 2006 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Joseph O'Laughlin (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
50% | No Score Yet | Push, Nevada | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Pharmaceutical Executive (Guest Star) | 2000 |
43% | No Score Yet | C-16 |
Dennis Grassi (Guest Star), Guest |
1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Len (Guest Star) | 1996 |
43% | No Score Yet | The Burning Zone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | Walter Wanger (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Suzanne's Dad (Guest Star) | 1994 |
86% | 88% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
50% | No Score Yet | Dark Shadows | Sheriff Patterson (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Capt. Robert DeSoto (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tour of Duty | Major General Proctor (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starman | George Fox (Character) | 1986-1987 |
No Score Yet | 70% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Airwolf | Patrick Stoner (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Coach (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day at a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Anthony Felber (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | John Traynor (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Sonny Canavere (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Inspector Meyers (Guest Star) | 1976 |