Ramon Bieri
Highest Rated: 97% Badlands (1973)
Lowest Rated: 10% The Sicilian (1987)
Birthday: Jun 16, 1929
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Ramon Bieri was a character actor who had over 100 roles in nearly 40 years on television, and appeared in such film classics as "The Andromeda Strain" and "Badlands" in the early 1970s. Bieri began his career on television in the early '60s, already in his early 30s, and made a series of single-episode appearances before landing a recurring guest role on the Western classic "Gunsmoke" in '68. The following year, he made guest appearances on the comedy "Room 222" before his career broke out in the early '70s--in '71, he co-starred with George Kennedy on the short-lived priest drama, "Sarge," and on the big screen had a significant supporting role as Major Manchek in the epic sci-fi thriller "The Andromeda Strain." In '73, he played the key character of Cato in Terrence Malick's gravely dark and highly influential crime romance "Badlands," along with Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen. Bieri had another big supporting part with two more acting legends--Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder--in the '79 comedy Western "The Frisco Kid," about a rabbi trying to make his way to San Francisco by way of the Old West. That same year, Bieri was given the title role on the obscure drama "Joe's World," which lasted only a single season. Other notable roles included a guest stint on "Bret Maverick" in the early '80s and "St. Elsewhere" in the mid-'80s, and a co-starring part along with Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum in the New Age mystery about psychics, "Vibes," in '88.
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Ramon Bieri
Filmography
Movies
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The Final Days | Judge John J. Sirica (Character) | - | 1989 |
13% |
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Vibes | Eli Diamond (Character) | $1.7M | 1988 |
10% |
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The Sicilian | Quintana (Character) | $4.4M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Richest Cat in the World | Oscar Kohlmeyer (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oceans of Fire | Chuck Horn (Character) | - | 1986 |
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The Zoo Gang | Pa Donnely (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Grandview, U.S.A. | Mr. Pearson (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace | Elijah Crow (Character) | - | 1981 |
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A Christmas Without Snow | Henry Quist (Character) | - | 1980 |
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When She Was Bad... | Dr. Gilbert (Character) | - | 1979 |
54% |
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The Frisco Kid | Mr. Jones (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nicole | Malcolm (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | True Grit | Sheriff Ambrose (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beverly Hills Widow | Malcolm (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Babe Ruth (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Panic in Echo Park | Fallen Reilly (Character) | - | 1977 |
83% |
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Sorcerer | Corlette (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The San Pedro Bums | Sgt. Yost (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McNaughton's Daughter | Randall Justice (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossfire | Captain McCardle (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gun | Walt Kelsy (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucas Tanner | Craig Willeman (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Good to Be Alive | Walter O'Malley (Character) | - | 1974 |
97% |
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Badlands | Cato (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Mishani (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outrage | Deputy Tottif (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Honkers | Jack Ferguson (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Brother John | Orly Ball (Character) | - | 1971 |
68% |
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The Andromeda Strain | Major Manchek (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Pattern of Morality | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
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The Grasshopper | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Pat Phillips (Guest Star) | 1985-1986 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Ace Bradstreet (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Police Captain Frank Browning (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Charlie Coster (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 1985 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Highway to Heaven | Sheriff Harm (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bret Maverick | Elijah Crow (Character) | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nero Wolfe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How the West Was Won | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Lt. Lancaster (Guest Star) | 1973-1974 1976 |
100% | 82% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Sheriff Homer Prouty (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Unknown (Character) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Big Thicket (Guest Star) | 1968-1969 1971-1972 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Liam O'Neill (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Earl Weldon (Guest Star) | 1969-1970 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | John Hargroves (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Partridge Family | Mr. Grisbee (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Skowlownowski (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men at Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |