Roy Thinnes
Although the 1965-66 TV drama spinoff "The Long, Hot Summer" and 1967-68 science-fiction series "The Invaders" are largely forgotten today, they made an instant star out of leading man Roy Thinnes and led to his marriage with "Invaders" co-star Lynn Loring. Ironically, many decades after playing on the latter show as a man trying to convince fellow townsfolk of the impending arrival of space aliens, Thinnes was cast as extra-terrestrial Jeremiah Smith in the 1990's on "The X-Files." In between, Thinnes enjoyed more than his fair share of TV series regular work, thanks to 1970's "The Psychiatrist," 1980's "From Here to Eternity," and beginning in 1982 the nighttime soap opera "Falcon Crest" as character Nick Hogan, whose 1983 on-air marriage to Vickie Gioberti (Jamie Rose) was a major ratings event. He also was a regular on the 1991-92 NBC drama "Dark Shadows." Ideally, Thinnes would have been able to parlay his success on the small screen into more of a feature-film sideline career, but that never happened. His highest-profile, though fleeting, contemporary appearance in the movies was as the governor in Ron Howard's Oscar-winning 2001 biopic "A Beautiful Mind." He also played Colonel Glenn Ross in the 1969 adventure film "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun."
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Roy Thinnes
Filmography
Movies
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65% |
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Broken English | Peter Andrews (Character) | $955.6K | 2007 |
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Terminal | John Cabot (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stormy Weathers | Andrew Chase (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Inconvenient Woman | Sims Lord (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Passport to Terror | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1989 |
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Rush Week | Dean Grail (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien High | Principal Borden (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Holiday | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Freedom | Michael (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sizzle | Wheeler (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Scruples | Hall (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Island and Homecoming | Major Dana Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor | Major Dana Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Aftermath and Revenge | Major Dana Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Crossroads and Secrets | Major Dana Holmes (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Return of the Mod Squad | Dan (Character) | - | 1979 |
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Code Name: Diamond Head | Johnny Paul (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets | Herb Fleming (Character) | - | 1977 |
31% |
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The Hindenburg | Martin Vogel (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Airport 1975 | Urias (Character) | - | 1974 |
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The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Alan O'Neill (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Satan's School for Girls | Dr. Joseph Clampett (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Charley One-Eye | The Indian (Character) | - | 1973 |
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The Norliss Tapes | David Norliss (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Race | Arnold McMillan (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God Bless the Children | Dr. James Whitman (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whispering Death | Dr. James Whitman (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Noon | Rev. John Keyes (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets of a Psychiatrist | Dr. James Whitman (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children | Dr. James Whitman (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other Man | Johnny Brant (Character) | - | 1970 |
40% |
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun | Colonel Glenn Ross (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Manhunter | David Farrow (Character) | - | 1969 |
TV
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22% | 79% | Conviction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Curtis Johansen (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Jeremiah Smith (Guest Star) | 1996 2001 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 1997 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Players | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
50% | No Score Yet | Dark Shadows |
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1991 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | J. K. Davern (Guest Star) | 1985 1987 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Falcon Crest | Nick Hogan (Character) | 1981-1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st & Ten | Teddy (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Howard Sellers (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity | Unknown (Character) | 1979 |
43% | 83% | Battlestar Galactica | Croft (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invaders | Unknown (Character) | 1967-1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Carl Crandall (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | General Hospital | Dr. Phil Brewer (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Harry (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |