Ramon Bieri
Actor
Born June 16, 1929 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Ramon Bieri (June 16, 1929 – May 27, 2001) 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.
Filmography
Cracker
Witness
Ghosts of Mississippi
James Holley
Profiler
Monte Drake
Arli$$
Jake Bullock
ER
Mr. Bartok
Children of the Dark
T. Hardy Fallbrook
Love, Lies and Murder
Howard
The Final Days
Judge John J. Sirica
Vibes
Eli Diamond
The Sicilian
Quintana
Jake and the Fatman
Oceans of Fire
Chuck Horn
L.A. Law
Vernon Weeks
The Richest Cat in the World
Oscar Kohlmeyer
Blacke's Magic
Captain Luis Gondolpho /Victor Kroeger
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play")
Crazy like a Fox
Murder, She Wrote
Pat Phillips
Highway to Heaven
Hunter
Charlie Coster
Grandview, U.S.A.
Mr. Pearson
St. Elsewhere
Gene Galecki
Knight Rider
Al Farland
Matt Houston
Reds
Police Chief
Nero Wolfe
Leo Crown
Bret Maverick
Elijah Crow
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
Mayor John P. Littlefield
A Matter of Life and Death
Mr. Kutzreba
Magnum, P.I.
Police Captain Frank Browning
A Christmas Without Snow
Henry Quist
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
When She Was Bad...
Dr. Gilbert
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Commissioner Bergstrom
The Frisco Kid
Mr. Jones
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Sheriff Ambrose
The Amazing Spider-Man
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Babe Ruth
CHiPs
Sorcerer
Corlette
Panic in Echo Park
The San Pedro Bums
Sgt. Yost
The Rhinemann Exchange
Daniel Meehan
How the West Was Won
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Nicole
Malcolm
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Yanos Barzak
Demon and the Mummy
Starsky & Hutch
Bo Rile
Kate McShane
Ben
Switch
Jack Gaynor
Bronk
Crossfire
Captain McCardle
The Gun
Walt Kelsy
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Captain Joe Baker
The Rockford Files
Sheriff Homer Prouty
Harry O
The Manhunter
Little House on the Prairie
Liam O'Neill
Lucas Tanner
Craig Willeman
The Conversation
Man at Party (uncredited)
It's Good to Be Alive
Walter O'Malley
Badlands
Cato
Outrage!
Deputy Tottif
The Magician
Lt. Phil Corcoran
Police Story
Barnaby Jones
Lt. Hager
Hunter
Mishani
Kung Fu
John Bates
The Streets of San Francisco
Skowlownowski
Banacek
John Hargroves
Search
Inspector Baertschi
The Honkers
Jack Ferguson
Nichols
Cutler
Cannon
Brother John
Orly Ball
The Andromeda Strain
Major Manchek
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Chief Dewey
Alias Smith and Jones
The Partridge Family
Mr. Grisbee
R.P.M.
Brown
The Grasshopper
Roosevelt Dekker
Medical Center
Room 222
Lancer
Hawaii Five-O
Michael Briggs
Mannix
Ironside
Frank Clausen
NET Playhouse
Mission: Impossible
Colonel Rodriguez
Hogan's Heroes
Steiner
Daniel Boone
Hanker
Route 66
Bonanza
Jonas Holt
Gunsmoke
Forbes