Richard Riehle
Highest Rated: 100% The Man From Earth (2007)
Lowest Rated: 0% Holy Matrimony (1994)
Birthday: May 12, 1948
Birthplace: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
With his mustache, receding hairline and somewhat portly frame, Richard Riehle has often been cast as corrupt characters whose bravado melts in the face of adversity, He spent over 15 years working in repertory theaters in Oregon, Alaska, Arizona and elsewhere, in addition to teaching acting in Northern California and at the University of Washington. Riehle ventured to Broadway in 1985 and beginning a career as a working character player. After debuting in "Execution of Justice," a play based on the murder of Harvey Milk, he remained in New York and often worked with the Classic Stage Company and the Public Theatre. Roles in the movies "Black Rain" and "Glory" (both 1989) and the miniseries "Cross of Fire" (NBC, 1989) convinced him to move to Los Angeles. It was his part in "Glory" that actually put Riehle on the potential casting lists in Hollywood; he was featured only in one scene as a quartermaster sneeringly denying the "Negro" soldiers shoes while bathing in his own corruption. Riehle went on to give a memorable portrayal of the Reverend Scroggins who twists the truth on the witness stand in Jon Avnet's "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991). In 1993, he was the older guard who survives the train crash with Richard Kimball in "The Fugitive" and also appeared as a member of the panel in "Jury Duty" and in a small role in "Casino" (both 1995).
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Richard Riehle
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Feeling Randy | Wilfred (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strangers of My Imagination | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Invisible Raptor | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Invaders from Proxima B | Willy Felson (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Golden Vanity | Radio Announcer (Voice) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Adventures of the Naked Umbrella | Granny (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Old Man Jackson | Father Donovan (Character) | - | 2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | Tonic | Edward (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fuzzy Head | Sheriff John Cunningham (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Madelines | Rory Devonshire (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poor Paul | Grandpa Paul (Character) | - | 2022 |
90% |
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Moon Manor | Gordon (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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Destination Marfa | Skeeter (Cashier #1) (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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Digging to Death | Allen Palms (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For The Hits | Grandpa George (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Far More | Father Joe (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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Limbo | Phil (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Chase | Turley (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invisible Mother | Archie (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | PawParazzi | Bobby (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Deadman Standing | Clarence Potts (Character) | - | 2018 |
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A Very Nutty Christmas | Dosselmeyer (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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West of Hell | Mr. Braxton (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Randy's Canvas | Professor Hausdorff (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Fishbowl California | Glen (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Have a Nice Flight | Bob (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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The Meanest Man in Texas | Mr. Kilpatrick (Character) | $5.8K | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nowhere, Michigan | Martin (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aquarians | Father Rob (Character) | - | 2017 |
50% |
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Bullitt County | The Mr. (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Heels | Calvin Lackey (Character) | - | 2017 |
60% |
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20 Weeks | Keenan (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Apples | Principal Dale (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Love at First Glance | Wally Moore (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breakdance Academy | Principal (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Pitching Tents | Grandpa (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Hunt for Truth | Ian Stone (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Schlep | Uncle Bill (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Breaking Legs | Principal Bater (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Medal of Victory | Ted Crump (Character) | - | 2016 |
46% |
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Fear, Inc. | Bill Peterson (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Man Club | Grady (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Citrus Springs | George (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome to Forever | Mr. Cooper (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves | Sheriff Ryan (Character) | - | 2015 |
79% |
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Dementia | Sam (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Roommate Wanted | Dr. Hoffman (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Above All | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
27% |
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Amnesiac | Postman (Character) | - | 2014 |
71% |
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Gone Doggy Gone | Stan Janson (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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The Three Dogateers | Santa (Character) | - | 2014 |
7% |
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There's Always Woodstock | Mr. Harmon (Character) | - | 2014 |
46% |
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The Scribbler | Officer O'Reilly (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pilot Error | Roy Grimm (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lionhead | Lawyer Bronowitz (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Blue Dream | Ted Sellers (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Friend Request | Frank (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coffee, Kill Boss | Vincent Brutsi (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cabining | Sarge (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Lonely Boy | Mr. Fitz (Character) | - | 2013 |
42% |
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Friended to Death | Dan (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Mischief Night | Trucker (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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The Secret Village | Paul (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Peace and Riot | Raymond (Character) | - | 2013 |
20% |
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Texas Chainsaw | Farnsworth (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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BearCity 2: The Proposal | Gabe (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Waterwalk | Jim T (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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3 Days of Normal | Chief Dale Nickens (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Extracted | Father Riley (Character) | - | 2012 |
78% |
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Dead Man's Burden | Three Penny Hank (Character) | $29.6K | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stitch in Time | Norman Stitch (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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FDR: American Badass! | Senator Bronson (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Lake Effects | Chairman McCarren (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Breathless | Deputy (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Treasure Buddies | Thomas Howard (Character) | - | 2012 |
33% |
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Chillerama | Cecil Kaufman (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Back-up Bride | Sonny Spur (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Velvet | Sheriff (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Watermen | Belvin Lee Smith (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position | Charlie (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story | Umpire Joe Francia (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend | Howlin' Hal Halsby (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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BoyBand | Principal Collins (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer by Nature | Warden Upton (Character) | - | 2010 |
44% |
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5 Star Day | Jim (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Search for Santa Paws | Santa Claus (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Play Dead | Truck Driver (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nowhere to Hide | Toley (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Stellina Blue | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Growth | Larkin Holberman (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu | Mr. Snodgrass (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Messengers 2: The Scarecrow | Jude Weatherby (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Audie & the Wolf | Michael Ludlow (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Necessary Evil | Capt. Parsons (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hindsight | Peter (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Bait Shop | Gus (Character) | - | 2008 |
71% |
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Red | Sam (Character) | $3.2K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sacrifice | Sherrif Avery (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Our First Christmas | Santa (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dismal | Croaker Norge (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Wasting Away | Colonel South (Character) | - | 2007 |
43% |
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Choose Connor | Grant Miller (Character) | $5.3K | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Resurrection Mary | Detective Mahoney (Character) | - | 2007 |
100% |
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The Man From Earth | Dr. Will Gruber (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fierce Friend | Phone Tech (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Little Big Top | Bob (Character) | - | 2006 |
57% |
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Hatchet | Mr. Permatteo (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Midnight Clear | Tommy (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Hot Tamale | Sheriff Pinkham (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Dark Mind | Detective Rees (Character) | - | 2006 |
30% |
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The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green | Hat Sister (Character) | $152.8K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The 12 Dogs of Christmas | Mayor Nobel Doyle (Character) | - | 2005 |
86% |
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Mysterious Skin | Charlie (Character) | $697.2K | 2004 |
43% |
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Palindromes | Dr. Dan (Character) | $553.4K | 2004 |
52% |
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Home on the Range | Sheriff Sam Brown (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 | Ernie Wilson (Character) | - | 2004 |
50% |
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The Hebrew Hammer | Santa (Character) | $19.5K | 2003 |
22% |
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Time Changer | Dr. Wiseman (Character) | $15.3K | 2002 |
92% |
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The Laramie Project | Henderson Judge (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Another Pretty Face | Hilton March (Character) | - | 2002 |
49% |
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The Fluffer | Sam Martins (Character) | $563.4K | 2001 |
64% |
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Bandits | Lawrence Fife (Character) | $41.5M | 2001 |
8% |
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Say It Isn't So | Merle (Character) | $5.5M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Columbo: Murder With Too Many Notes | Sgt Degarmo (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gristle | Starnes (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Socratic Method | Professor Myers (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Premonition | Capt. Waters (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Balloon Farm | Earl (Character) | - | 1999 |
22% |
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Bob Bigalow (Character) | $65.5M | 1999 |
81% |
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Office Space | Tom Smykowski (Character) | $10.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Au Pair | Sam Morgan (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ransom of Red Chief |
Narrator/ |
- | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arrangement | Det. Bert Hershak (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Sergeant Mooney (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Route 9 | Agent Wallace (Character) | - | 1998 |
21% |
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Mercury Rising | Edgar Halstrom (Character) | $32.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Denver, P.D. | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
60% |
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The Lesser Evil | Detective Smitts (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Columbo: Ashes to Ashes | Sergeant Degarmo (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Prey | Detective Bevlan (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dilemma | Captain Ross (Character) | - | 1997 |
19% |
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Desperate Measures | Ed Fayne (Character) | $13.7M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Jack Ogden (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Terminal | Security Chief (Character) | - | 1996 |
67% |
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Soul of the Game | Pete Harmon (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Driven | Leo (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Dominion | Larry (Character) | - | 1995 |
0% |
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Jury Duty | Principal Beasely (Character) | $14.8M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trial by Fire | Fred Cobb (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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A Stranger in Town | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1995 |
0% |
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Holy Matrimony | Greeson (Character) | $616.9K | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow of Obsession | Applegate (Character) | - | 1994 |
6% |
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Lightning Jack | Marcus (Character) | $15.3M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss | Mort Aberdine (Character) | - | 1993 |
71% |
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Free Willy | Wade (Character) | $76.3M | 1993 |
61% |
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The Public Eye | Officer O'Brien (Character) | $3.0M | 1992 |
97% |
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Of Mice and Men | Carlson (Character) | $5.0M | 1992 |
63% |
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Prelude to a Kiss | Jerry Blier (Character) | $19.3M | 1992 |
8% |
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Body of Evidence | Detective Griffin (Character) | $13.7M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Killer Among Us | Oscar Wendt (Character) | - | 1990 |
95% |
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Glory | Kendric, quatermaster (Character) | $25.5M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Experiment 77 | Sheriff Huber (Character) | - |
TV
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No Score Yet | 88% | The Middle | Sheriff Dugan (Guest Star) | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Walt Osorio (Guest Star) | 2015 2017 |
67% | 88% | The Real O'Neals | Father Bernard (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Major Crimes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
92% | 56% | black-ish | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
65% | 66% | Two and a Half Men | Santa (Guest Star) | 2014 |
89% | 79% | The Legend of Korra | Bumi (Guest Voice) | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Mom | John (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
75% | 82% | Maron | David Anthony, Sr. (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Norman (Guest Star) | 2013 |
31% | 82% | The Neighbors | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
81% | 82% | The League | Santa Claus (Guest Star) | 2012 |
68% | 78% | The Client List | Jim Richardson (Guest Star) | 2012 |
100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents |
Jerry / |
2010 |
89% | 95% | Better Off Ted | Bob (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 82% | George Lopez | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
86% | 91% | Boston Legal | Dr. Barry Glouberman (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grounded for Life |
Walt Finnerty (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2001-2005 |
56% | 79% | Star Trek: Enterprise | Dr. Jeremy Lucas (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Come to Papa | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
33% | No Score Yet | Married to the Kellys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Sergeant Degarmo (Guest Star) | 1998 2001 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Officer Jack Sloan (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
20% | No Score Yet | City of Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
76% | 79% | Star Trek: Voyager | Seamus Driscol (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 1999 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
85% | 92% | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Merrick (Guest Star) | 1998 |
88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brooklyn South | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Visitor | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
61% | 77% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perversions of Science | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Incident | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kirk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
91% | 60% | Murder One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Sergeant Devon O'Malley (Guest Star) | 1992 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Batai (Guest Star) | 1992 |
76% | 78% | Roseanne | Mr. Evans (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Richard Sturdevant (Guest Star) | 1992 |
10% | No Score Yet | Ferris Bueller | Principal Ed Rooney (Character) | 1990-1991 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Det. Parres (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Lt. Lannon (Guest Star) | 1989-1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Two Dads | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |