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Aliases: Ramon Arens Bieri , Ray Bieri , Raymond Bieri

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 37


Most Famous Work

Biography

Ramon Bieri (born June 16, 1929) was an American actor. A heavy-set character actor, his typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. Bieri was decorated Korean War veteran who began his stage career in 1954, appearing both on and off-Broadway (notably in 'Death of a Salesman' in 1975). In later years he acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen, he made his television debut in 1962 as a bit part player; he went on to have a prolific career as guest star in television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Bieri also starred in his own short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. He had roles in notable films such as Badlands (1973), The Conversation (1974), Sorcerer (1977), and Reds (1981). In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71.

Most Famous Work

Ironside
Average
7

Ironside

(1967) Frank Clausen
Knight Rider
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8

Knight Rider

(1982) 'Acid' John Byrock
Daniel Boone
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7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Hanker
Charlie's Angels
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7

Charlie's Angels

(1976) Jake Garfield
Mannix
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7

Mannix

(1967) Peters
The Rockford Files
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8

The Rockford Files

(1974) Sheriff Homer Prouty
Mission: Impossible
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8

Mission: Impossible

(1966) Colonel Jaroslav Sardner
Murder, She Wrote
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Nick Zavakis

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1997 N/A
1996 James Holley
Monte Drake
1994 Mr. Bartok
1991 Howard
1989 Judge John J. Sirica
1988 Eli Diamond
Lt. C.P. Hardin
1987 Quintana
N/A
N/A
1986 Chuck Horn
Vernon Weeks
Oscar Kohlmeyer
N/A
1985 N/A
Pa Donnely
1984 N/A
Pat Phillips
Capt. Frank Browning
Nick Zavakis
N/A
Charlie Coster
Mr. Pearson
1982 N/A
Al Farland
N/A
'Acid' John Byrock
1981 Police Chief
Elijah Crow
N/A
Mayor John P. Littlefield
Leo Crown
Mr. Kutzreba
1980 N/A
Henry Quist
N/A
1979 Joe Wabash
Dr. Gilbert
Commissioner Bergstrom
Mr. Jones
1978 Malcolm
N/A
Sheriff Ambrose
N/A
Babe Ruth
1977 N/A
Corlette
N/A
Daniel Meehan
N/A
N/A
1976 N/A
Yanos Barzak
Jake Garfield
Randall Jardine
N/A
1975 Bo Rile
Jack Gaynor
N/A
Captain McCardle
1974 Walt Kelsy
Captain Joe Baker
Sheriff Homer Prouty
N/A
N/A
Craig Willeman
Man at Party (uncredited)
Walter O'Malley
Cato
1973 Deputy Tottif
Lt. Phil Corcoran
N/A
Lt. Hager
1972 N/A
N/A
N/A
John Hargroves
Jack Ferguson
1971 Barney Verick
Cutler
N/A
Orly Ball
Major Manchek
Chief Dewey
N/A
1970 Brown
Roosevelt Dekker
1969 N/A
N/A
1968 N/A
Michael Briggs
1967 N/A
Peters
Frank Clausen
1966 N/A
Colonel Jaroslav Sardner
1965 Steiner
1964 Hanker
1960 N/A
1955 Forbes
Jarvis
John Sontag
Doyle
Musgrove
Big Thicket
Year Character Movie/Tv

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