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Ramon Bieri

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.

Highest rated movies

97% 90% Badlands 83% 83% Sorcerer 68% 72% The Andromeda Strain 54% 67% The Frisco Kid
13% 62% Vibes
10% 42% The Sicilian

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 83% The Final Days Judge John J. Sirica (Character) - 1989
13% 62% Vibes Eli Diamond (Character) $1.7M 1988
10% 42% 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
No Score Yet 80% The Zoo Gang Pa Donnely (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 39% Grandview, U.S.A. Mr. Pearson (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace Elijah Crow (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 40% A Christmas Without Snow Henry Quist (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 50% When She Was Bad... Dr. Gilbert (Character) - 1979
54% 67% 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% 83% 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% 90% 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
No Score Yet 54% Brother John Orly Ball (Character) - 1971
68% 72% The Andromeda Strain Major Manchek (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Pattern of Morality Unknown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 55% The Grasshopper Unknown (Character) - 1970

TV

Credit
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