He was married to actress Barbara Rucker and Heather Menzies, and had three children with Menzies.
A diagnosis of synovial sarcoma slowed his career down toward the end of The '90s, and Urich would eventually succumb to the disease at age 55 in 2002.
Can be seen as the Spiritual Predecessor to Timothy Olyphant due to the Celebrity Resemblance between the two, both physical appearance-wise and filmography and recognition-wise with his well-known leading television detective roles Dan Tanna from Vega$ (1978) and Spenser from Spenser For Hire being each a decomposite Spiritual Predecessor to Olyphant's own well-known leading television detective role Raylan Givens from Justified and his Lonesome Dove character Jake Spoon being a Spiritual Predecessor to Olyphant's Seth Bullock from Deadwood.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1973: Magnum Force as Grimes
- 1974: Killdozer! as McCarthy
- 1975: The Specialists as Dr. William Nugent
- 1978: Leave Yesterday Behind as David Lyle
- 1980: Fighting Back The Story Of Rocky Bleier as Rocky Bleier
- 1981: Killing At Hells Gates as Charles Duke
- 1982: Endangered Species as Ruben Castle
- 1982: Take Your Best Shot as Jess Marriner
- 1984: The Ice Pirates as Jason
- 1984: Invitation to Hell as Matt Winslow
- 1985: Scandal Street as Ben Rowan
- 1985: Turks 182 as Terry Lynch
- 1986: The Defiant Ones as Johnny 'Joker' Johnson (also producer)
- 1988: April Morning as Joseph Simmons
- 1989: The Comeback as Scotty Malloy
- 1989: She Knows Too Much as Harry
- 1989: Murder By Night as Allan Strong
- 1989: Dragon Fight as Airport Police
- 1989: Night Walk as Simon
- 1989: Spooner as Harry Spooner/Michael Norlon
- 1990: A Quiet Little Neighborhood A Perfect Little Murder as Ross Pegler
- 1990: Eighty Three Hours Til Dawn as Bradley Burdock
- 1991: Stranger At My Door as Joe Fortier
- 1991: And Then She Was Gone as Jack Bauer
- 1992: Survive The Savage Sea as Jack Carpenter
- 1992: Blind Mans Bluff as Thomas Booker (also producer)
- 1992: Double Edge as Harry Carter
- 1992: Revolver 1992 as Nick Suster
- 1993: Deadly Relations as Leonard J. Fagot
- 1993: Spenser Ceremony as Spenser (TV Movie)
- 1994: Spenser Pale Kings And Princes as Spenser (TV Movie) (also producer)
- 1994: Spenser The Judas Ghost as Spenser (TV Movie)
- 1995: Spenser A Savage Place as Spenser (TV Movie)
- 1994: Jock A True Tale Of Friendship as Rocky Mountain Jack
- 1994: To Save The Children as Jake Downey
- 1994: A Perfect Stranger as Alex Hale
- 1995: A Horse For Danny as Eddie Fortuna
- 1995: She Stood Alone The Tailhook Scandal as Adm. Williams
- 1996: Captains Courageous as Capt. Matthew Troop
- 1996: The Angels Of Pennsylvania Avenue as Angus Feagan
- 1997: Final Descent as Capt. Glen 'Lucky' Singer
- 1999: Final Run as Glen 'Lucky' Singer
- 1999: Miracle On The17th Green as Mitch McKinley (also producer)
- 2001: For Love Of Olivia as Horton Roundtree
- 2002: The Presidents Man A Line In The Sand as Pres. Adam Mayfield
- 2002: Clover Bend as Bill
- 2002: Night Of The Wolf as Purly Owens
- 2003: A Long Way Home as Jack
Television Roles
- 1972: The F.B.I. as Davie Stroud
- 1973: Kung Fu as Greg Dundee
- 1973: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Gavin Cord
- 1973: Marcus Welby, M.D. as Mike Lowry
- 1973: Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice as Bob Sanders
- 1975: Gunsmoke as Manolo Etchahoun
- 1975-1976: S.W.A.T. (1975) as Officer Jim Street
- 1977: Soap as Peter the Tennis Player
- 1977-1978: Tabitha as Paul Thurston
- 1977-1978: The Love Boat as Larry Hartman/Scott Desmond/Jeff Smith
- 1978: Charlie's Angels as Dan Tana
- 1978-1981: Vegas as Dana Tanna
- 1982-1983: Gavilan as Robert Gavilan
- 1983: Princess Daisy as Patrick Shannon
- 1984: Mistrals Daughter as Jason Darcy
- 1985-`988: Spenser For Hire as Spenser
- 1987: Amerika as Peter Bradford
- 1988: Cheers as Robert Urich
- 1989: Lonesome Dove as Jake Spoon
- 1990: Blind Faith as Rob Marshall
- 1990: Carol And Company as Mr. Carmen/Bobby
- 1990-1991: American Dreamer as Tom Nash
- 1992-1993: Crossroads as Johnny Hawkins
- 1993: Evening Shade as Steve Radford
- 1993: It Had To Be You as Mitch Quinn
- 1996: The Lazarus Man as Lazarus
- 1997: The Nanny as Judge Jerry Moran
- 1998-1999: Love Boat The Next Wave as Captain Jim Kennedy III
- 2001: Emeril as Jerry McKenney
Writer
- Vegas (1980)
Self
- Saturday Night Live as various (1982)
