Ramon Bieri
Acting
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.
TV Shows(65)
Cracker
Witness
1997
Profiler
Monte Drake
1996
Arli$$
Jake Bullock
1996
ER
Mr. Bartok
1994
Love, Lies and Murder
Howard
1991
Jake and the Fatman
1987
L.A. Law
Vernon Weeks
1986
Blacke's Magic
1986
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play")
1985
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Pat Phillips
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Hunter
Charlie Coster
1984
St. Elsewhere
Gene Galecki
1982
Knight Rider
Al Farland
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Nero Wolfe
Leo Crown
1981
Bret Maverick
Elijah Crow
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
Mayor John P. Littlefield
1981
Magnum, P.I.
Police Captain Frank Browning
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Joe's World
Joe Wabash
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Commissioner Bergstrom
1979
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
CHiPs
1977
The Rhinemann Exchange
Daniel Meehan
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
Yanos Barzak
1976
McNaughton's Daughter
Randall Jardine
1976
Starsky & Hutch
Bo Rile
1975
Kate McShane
Ben
1975
Switch
Jack Gaynor
1975
Bronk
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Captain Joe Baker
1974
The Rockford Files
Sheriff Homer Prouty
1974
Harry O
1974
The Manhunter
1974
Little House on the Prairie
Liam O'Neill
1974
The Magician
Lt. Phil Corcoran
1973
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
Lt. Hager
1973
Kung Fu
John Bates
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Skowlownowski
1972
Banacek
John Hargroves
1972
Search
Inspector Baertschi
1972
Nichols
Cutler
1971
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Partridge Family
Mr. Grisbee
1970
Medical Center
1969
Room 222
1969
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Michael Briggs
1968
Mannix
1967
Ironside
Frank Clausen
1967
Mission: Impossible
Colonel Rodriguez
1966
Hogan's Heroes
Steiner
1965
Daniel Boone
Hanker
1964
Route 66
1960
Bonanza
Jonas Holt
1959
Gunsmoke
Forbes
1955
Movies(37)
Ghosts of Mississippi
James Holley
1996
Children of the Dark
T. Hardy Fallbrook
1994
The Final Days
Judge John J. Sirica
1989
Vibes
Eli Diamond
1988
Juarez
Lt. C.P. Hardin
1988
The Sicilian
Quintana
1987
Carly's Web
1987
Oceans of Fire
Chuck Horn
1986
The Richest Cat in the World
Oscar Kohlmeyer
1986
The Zoo Gang
Pa Donnely
1985
Grandview, U.S.A.
Mr. Pearson
1984
Reds
Police Chief
1981
A Matter of Life and Death
Mr. Kutzreba
1981
A Christmas Without Snow
Henry Quist
1980
When She Was Bad...
Dr. Gilbert
1979
The Frisco Kid
Mr. Jones
1979
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Sheriff Ambrose
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Babe Ruth
1978
Sorcerer
Corlette
1977
Panic in Echo Park
1977
The San Pedro Bums
Sgt. Yost
1977
Nicole
Malcolm
1976
Demon and the Mummy
1976
Crossfire
Captain McCardle
1975
The Gun
Walt Kelsy
1974
Lucas Tanner
Craig Willeman
1974
The Conversation
Man at Party (uncredited)
1974
It's Good to Be Alive
Walter O'Malley
1974
Badlands
Cato
1974
Outrage!
Deputy Tottif
1973
Hunter
Mishani
1973
The Honkers
Jack Ferguson
1972
Brother John
Orly Ball
1971
The Andromeda Strain
Major Manchek
1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Chief Dewey
1971
R.P.M.
Brown
1970
The Grasshopper
Roosevelt Dekker
1970