Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7, 2003, for his contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges. In 1948, he had an uncredited role in Force of Evil, and No Minor Vices, while in 1949, he played in the film The Red Pony. In the 1962–1963 television season, he and his brother, Jeff, appeared on their father's series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. He appeared in other television series too, including National Velvet (1962), The Fugitive (1963), Bonanza (1967), Mr. Novak (1963), and The Loner (1966). He appeared in such feature films during that time as The Landlord (1970), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), Greased Lightning (1977), Norma Rae (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983), and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984). In 1989, in perhaps his best-known role, he starred in The Fabulous Baker Boys. In the 1993–94 television season, he appeared with his father in the 15-episode series Harts of the West. In 1998, he starred as Judge Bob Gibbs in the one-season Maximum Bob on ABC. He had a recurring role in the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers (1999–2000). In 2001, he guest-starred as Daniel McFarland, in two episodes in Will & Grace. From 2002 to 2003, he took on the role of Senator Tom Gage in The Agency. In January 2005, he was cast as Major General Hank Landry in Stargate SG-1. He also played the character in five episodes of the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, as well as the two direct to DVD films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, both in 2008. In 2005, he guest-starred as Carl Hickey in My Name Is Earl; later, his character became recurring. He received a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for his performance. In 2009, he guest-starred as Eli Scruggs on the 100th episode of Desperate Housewives and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance. In 2011, he guest-starred in Brothers and Sisters, and in Franklin & Bash. In 2012, he took on the role of J.B. Biggley in the hit revival of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In 2013, he became a major character on the CBS television show The Millers. He has had several roles in movies since then including Underdog Kids (2015), and Lawless Range (2016). He has also had guest roles on the shows Masters of Sex (2013–2016) and Code Black (2016).
Born: 09 December 1941
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Nov 2025
Blue Eyed Girl
Dad
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Feb 2025
Unconventional
Wayne Guillory
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Sep 2024
Matlock
Howard 'Senior' Markston
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Camera
Eric
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Mar 2024
The Neon Highway
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Desert Road
Old Man
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Oct 2023
Lessons in Chemistry
Harry Wilson
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Aug 2023
Dreamin' Wild
Don Emerson Sr.
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Nov 2022
A Christmas Mystery
Mayor Donovan
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Nov 2022
Our Italian Christmas Memories
Vincent Coluccia
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Sep 2022
End of the Road
Capt. JD Hammers
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Sep 2021
The Premise
William
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Jan 2021
Mr. Mayor
Adolphus Hass
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Dec 2020
One Night in Miami...
Mr. Carlton
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Nov 2020
Acting: The First Six Lessons
The Teacher/Movie Director
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Nov 2020
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Self
Movie
May 2020
Sordid Lives
TV Show
May 2020
Robbie
Robbie Walton Sr.
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Feb 2020
Two/One
Alfred
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Jan 2020
Elsewhere
Dad
TV Show
Jan 2020
Messiah
Edmund DeGuilles
Movie
Jul 2019
Supervized
Ted
Movie
Mar 2019
Hal
Self
Movie
Jan 2019
Words from a Bear
Self
Movie
Oct 2018
Galveston
Stan Ptitko
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Sep 2018
All About Nina
Larry Michaels
TV Show
Jan 2018
Mosaic
Alan Pape
Movie
Jan 2018
Lawless Range
Mr. Reed
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Dec 2017
Christmas in Angel Falls
Michael D'Angelo
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Nov 2017
Dialing Home
Self
Movie
Oct 2017
The Mountain Between Us
Walter
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Oct 2016
Goliath
Roy Wheeler
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Sep 2016
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
Self
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Jun 2016
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Jeffrey
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Jun 2016
Greenleaf
Bob Whitmore
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Apr 2016
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
Jeffrey
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Jan 2016
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
Jeffrey Knight
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Jun 2015
Underdog Kids
Ron Butz
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Mar 2015
Bloodline
Roy Gilbert
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Dec 2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Sheriff Scaley Briggs (voice)
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Sep 2014
black-ish
Paul
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Mar 2014
1000 to 1
Coach
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Oct 2013
The Millers
Tom Miller
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Sep 2013
Masters of Sex
Barton Scully
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Rushlights
Sheriff Robert Brogden Jr.
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May 2013
The Goodwin Games
Benjamin Goodwin
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Eden
Bob
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Oct 2012
Pablo
Self
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Aug 2012
Hit & Run
Clint Perrkins
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Mar 2012
Columbus Circle
Dr. Raymond Fontaine
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Oct 2011
Homeland
Ralph Warner
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Sep 2011
The Descendants
Cousin Hugh
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Sep 2011
Game Time: Tackling the Past
Frank Walker
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Jun 2011
Franklin & Bash
Leonard Franklin
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Jan 2011
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self
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Sep 2010
Stasis
Dr. Graham
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Apr 2010
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Uncle Logan
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Mar 2010
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
Gus Grisby
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Feb 2010
Don't Fade Away
Chris White
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Oct 2009
White Collar
Agent Kramer
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Aug 2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
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Mar 2009
Spinning Into Butter
Dean Burton Strauss
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Oct 2008
Max Payne
BB Hensley
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Jul 2008
Stargate: Continuum
Major General Hank Landry
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Mar 2008
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Maj. Gen. Henry Landry
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Feb 2008
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Self
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Aug 2007
Americanizing Shelley
Gary Gordon
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Feb 2007
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Voice 'Aftermath'
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Jan 2007
07 Spaceys
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Dec 2006
The Good German
Colonel Muller
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Dec 2006
Charlotte's Web
Dr. Dorian
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Sep 2006
Brothers and Sisters
Nick Brody
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Sep 2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
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May 2006
10.5: Apocalypse
Paul Hollister
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Mar 2006
I-See-You.com
Harvey Bellinger
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Sep 2005
My Name Is Earl
Carl Hickey
TV Show
Jun 2005
The Closer
Detective George Andrews / Georgette
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Jun 2005
Into the West
Stephen Hoxie
Movie
Apr 2005
Smile
Steven
Movie
Feb 2005
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Marty Rance
TV Show
Feb 2005
American Dad!
Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2005
American Dad!
Lieutenant Thacker (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2004
Desperate Housewives
Eli Scruggs
Movie
Sep 2004
Debating Robert Lee
Mr. Lee
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Sep 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self
Movie
Jul 2004
Evel Knievel
John Bork
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Jul 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Hank Landry
TV Show
Jul 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Major General Henry Landry
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Jul 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Major General Hank Landry
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May 2004
10.5
Paul Hollister
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Jan 2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
Movie
Apr 2003
Out of the Ashes
Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
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Jan 2003
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
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Sightings: Heartland Ghost
Derek
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Everwood
Daniel Sullivan
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We Were the Mulvaneys
Michael Mulvaney, Sr.
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The Agency
Tom Gage
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Boys Klub
Mario's Dad
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Mar 2001
Voyage of the Unicorn
Professor Alan Aisling
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Mar 2001
Voyage of the Unicorn
Alan Aisling
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The Christmas Secret
Nick
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Nov 2000
Founding Fathers
Samuel Adams (voice)
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Songs In Ordinary Time
Omar Duvall
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Oct 2000
The District
Tom Gage
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Meeting Daddy
Larry Branson
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May 2000
Sordid Lives
G.W. Nethercott
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Jan 2000
Common Ground
Father Leon
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Sep 1999
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum
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Sep 1999
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum
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May 1999
Inherit the Wind
E. K. Hornbeck
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Jan 1999
The White River Kid
Daddy Weed
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Oct 1998
The Defenders: Taking the First
Don Preston
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Sep 1998
Will & Grace
Daniel McFarland
TV Show
Sep 1998
The Wild Thornberrys
Hayden Adams (voice)
TV Show
Aug 1998
Maximum Bob
Judge Bob Gibbs
Movie
Apr 1998
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
Self
Movie
Jan 1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Don Preston
Movie
Dec 1997
The Second Civil War
Governor Jim Farley
Movie
Oct 1997
The Defenders: Payback
Don Preston
Movie
Oct 1997
RocketMan
Bud Nesbitt
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Jul 1997
Stargate SG-1
Hank Landry
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Dec 1996
Jerry Maguire
Matt Cushman (uncredited)
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Dec 1996
Losing Chase
Mr. Richard Phillips
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Dec 1996
Hidden in America
Bill
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Oct 1996
The Uninvited
Charles Johnson
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Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
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Jun 1996
Nightjohn
Clel Waller
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Mar 1996
A Stranger to Love
Allan Grant / Allan Grey
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Dec 1995
Kissinger and Nixon
Richard Nixon
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Mar 1995
The Outer Limits
Dr. Simon Kress
TV Show
Mar 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Big Daddy (voice)
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Mar 1995
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
Narrator
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Nov 1994
Million Dollar Babies
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe
Movie
Jul 1994
Vault of Horror I
Dr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)
Movie
Jan 1994
Secret Sins of the Father
Tom Thielman
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Sep 1993
Harts of the West
Dave Hart
Movie
Apr 1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Terry Harper
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Mar 1993
The Man with Three Wives
Dr. Norman Grayson
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Jan 1993
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Colonel Thomas A. Parker
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Dec 1992
Sidekicks
Jerry Gabrewski
Movie
Dec 1991
Wildflower
Jack Perkins
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Sep 1991
Married to It
John Morden
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Jun 1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
James Brady
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Dec 1990
UFO Cafe
Arnold Zimmerman
Movie
May 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Movie
May 1990
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Orville
Movie
Apr 1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Gerry Green
Movie
Jan 1990
Help Save Planet Earth
Self
Movie
Dec 1989
The Wizard
Sam
Movie
Oct 1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Frank Baker
TV Show
Jun 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Martin Fairbanks
Movie
May 1989
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Police Chief Richard Czech
Movie
Jan 1989
The Iron Triangle
Capt. Keene
Movie
Jan 1989
Signs of Life
John Alder
Movie
Jan 1989
Just Another Secret
Jack Grant
Movie
Sep 1988
Seven Hours to Judgment
John Eden
Movie
Dec 1987
The Wild Pair
Joe Jennings
Movie
Oct 1987
The Killing Time
Sam Wayburn
Movie
Nov 1986
The Thanksgiving Promise
Hank Tilby
Movie
Apr 1986
A Fighting Choice
Thad Taylor
Movie
Mar 1986
Outrage!
Bruce Gordon
Movie
Feb 1986
Can A Guy Say No?
Mr. Tauscher
Movie
Dec 1985
Vanessa in the Garden
Theodore 'Teddy' Shearing
TV Show
Dec 1985
Alice in Wonderland
Unicorn
TV Show
Sep 1985
Amazing Stories
Teddy Shearing
TV Show
Apr 1985
Space
Randy Claggett
TV Show
Sep 1984
Jeopardy!
Self
Movie
Mar 1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
Win Berry
Movie
Mar 1984
The Red-Light Sting
Frank Powell
Movie
Apr 1983
Heart Like a Wheel
Connie Kalitta
Movie
Dec 1982
Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole
Movie
Oct 1982
Love Child
Jack Hansen
Movie
Feb 1982
Dangerous Company
Ray Johnson
Movie
Feb 1982
Night Crossing
Guenter Wetzel
Movie
Jan 1982
The Kid From Nowhere
Bud Herren
Movie
Aug 1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
Duane Hansen
Movie
Jun 1980
Silver Dream Racer
Bruce McBride
TV Show
Apr 1980
Fridays
Self
TV Show
Mar 1980
United States
Richard Chapin
Movie
Nov 1979
The Runner Stumbles
Toby Felker
Movie
Apr 1979
The Fifth Musketeer
Philippe / Louis XIV
Movie
Mar 1979
The Child Stealer
David Rodman
Movie
Mar 1979
Norma Rae
Sonny
Movie
Dec 1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Stubby Pringle
Movie
Dec 1978
Shimmering Light
Kevin Pearse
Movie
Feb 1978
The President's Mistress
Ben Morton
Movie
Jan 1978
The Four Feathers
Harry Feversham
Movie
Jul 1977
Greased Lightning
Hutch
Movie
Nov 1976
Two-Minute Warning
Mike Ramsay
Movie
Jul 1976
Swashbuckler
Major Folly
Movie
Mar 1976
Dragonfly
Jesse
Movie
Nov 1975
The Other Side of the Mountain
Dick Buek
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Movie
Sep 1975
Medical Story
Dr. Steve Drucker
TV Show
Sep 1975
Medical Story
TV Show
Nov 1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Young Benjamin Franklin
Movie
Apr 1974
Lovin' Molly
Johnny
Movie
Mar 1974
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Chris Schroeder
Movie
Jan 1974
It's My Hobby
Himself
TV Show
Jan 1974
Flick Flack
Movie
Jan 1974
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
Movie
Jan 1974
What About McBride?
Movie
Aug 1973
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Charlie
Movie
Apr 1973
The Man Without a Country
Frederick Ingham
Movie
Dec 1972
Child's Play
Paul Reis
Movie
May 1972
Hammersmith Is Out
Billy Breedlove
Movie
Nov 1971
The Christian Licorice Store
Cane
Movie
Jan 1971
The Perfect Drug Film
Narrator
TV Show
Sep 1970
The Don Knotts Show
Self
Movie
May 1970
The Landlord
Elgar Enders
Movie
Mar 1970
Adam's Woman
Adam
Movie
Dec 1969
Gaily, Gaily
Ben Harvey
Movie
Jul 1968
For Love of Ivy
Tim Austin
Movie
Nov 1967
The Incident
Pfc. Felix Teflinger
TV Show
Sep 1967
Cimarron Strip
Movie
Mar 1967
Atta Girl, Kelly!
Matt Howell
TV Show
Sep 1966
Felony Squad
Movie
Oct 1965
Village of the Giants
Fred
TV Show
Sep 1965
The F.B.I.
Jerry Foley
TV Show
Sep 1965
The Loner
TV Show
Jan 1965
Branded
TV Show
Sep 1963
Mr. Novak
Pat Knowland
TV Show
Sep 1963
Mr. Novak
Jay Bartlett
TV Show
Sep 1963
The Fugitive
Gary Keller
TV Show
Sep 1963
The Fugitive
Larry Corby
TV Show
Jul 1963
Vacation Playhouse
Brandon Drood
TV Show
Oct 1962
Combat!
Orville Putnam
TV Show
Oct 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
TV Show
Sep 1962
Ensign O'Toole
Spicer
TV Show
Sep 1962
Ensign O'Toole
Seaman Howard Spicer
TV Show
Sep 1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Carl
TV Show
Sep 1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Skippy Mannox
TV Show
Dec 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Movie
Oct 1961
The Explosive Generation
Stephen
TV Show
Oct 1961
Ben Casey
TV Show
Sep 1961
Dr. Kildare
Bob Colby
TV Show
Sep 1960
My Three Sons
TV Show
Jul 1960
The Clear Horizon
Beau Bridges
TV Show
Sep 1959
Bonanza
Horace Perkins
TV Show
Jan 1959
Rawhide
Billy Johanson
TV Show
Jan 1958
Sea Hunt
TV Show
Oct 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cpl. Moss
TV Show
Sep 1955
Gunsmoke
Jason
TV Show
Oct 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Matt Howell
TV Show
Oct 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Thad Taylor
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stubby Pringle
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Leonard Vole
Movie
Jan 1951
The Company She Keeps
Obie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)
Movie
Aug 1950
Force of Evil
Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Movie
Sep 1949
Zamba
Tommy
Movie
Mar 1949
The Red Pony
Beau
Movie
Nov 1948
No Minor Vices
Bertram (uncredited)
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee