Ramon Bieri

Ramon Bieri
Ramon Bieri
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Born	Ramon Arens Bieri; June 16, 1929
Died	May 27, 2001 (aged 71); Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S
Occupation(s)	Film, television actor

Ramon Arens Bieri (June 16, 1929 – May 27, 2001)^[1] was an American film and television actor.

Television work

Bieri starred as the title character in the short-lived NBC sitcom Joe's World, from December 1979 to July 1980, playing Joe Wabash, a Detroit housepainter with a wife and five kids.^[2]^{: 613–614} He co-starred on the short-lived 1981 TV series Bret Maverick with James Garner, as banker Elijah Crow.^[2]^{: 154–155} Bieri appeared in many TV movies as well. In 1971–72, he played Lieutenant Barney Verick in the NBC drama Sarge.^[3] Film roles included Badlands, The Sicilian, The Grasshopper, Grandview, U.S.A., Reds, and The Andromeda Strain.

Bieri made guest appearances in many TV shows, including Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Rockford Files, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Partridge Family, Hogan's Heroes, Quincy, M.E., Mannix and Knight Rider. He was featured in recurring roles in Room 222 (as the vice principal) and St. Elsewhere. He appeared in "The Final Chapter", the first episode of the 1977 NBC series Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected and in the "Murder! Murder!" episode of the NBC series The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978).^[4] His last role was in an episode of HBO's Arliss which aired in August, 2001 which was a little over two months after his death.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Bieri died of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, on May 27, 2001, at age 71.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Hogan's Heroes	Steiner	1 episode
1968–1974	Gunsmoke	Forbes / Jarvis / John Sontag / Doyle / Musgrove / Big Thicket	6 episodes
1969–1970	Room 222	Vice Principal Gil Casey	4 episodes
1969–1971	Mission: Impossible	Colonel Rodriguez / Colonel Jaroslav Sardner	2 episodes
1970	The Grasshopper	Roosevelt Dekker
	R. P. M.	Brown
	Mannix	Earl Waldon	1 episode
1971	The Andromeda Strain	Major Manchek
1971	Brother John	Orly Ball
1971–1973	Bonanza	Jonas Holt / Sheriff Solomon Budd	2 episode
1971–1972	Alias Smith and Jones	Ted Thompson / Sheriff Moody
1972	The Honkers	Jack Ferguson
1973	Badlands	Cato
1973	Partridge Family	Mr. Grisby
1974	The Conversation	Man at Party	Uncredited
	The Rockford Files	Sheriff Homer Prouty
	It's Good to Be Alive	Walter O'Malley	Television film
1974–1975	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Captain Joe Baker / Captain Webster	2 episodes
1974–1976	Cannon	Lt. Lancaster / Captain Stiles	3 episodes
1976	Crazed	Malcolm
1977	The Rhinemann Exchange	Daniel Meehan	1 episode
1977	Sorcerer	Corlette
1978	Wheels	Ernie Johnson	TV
	TV mini-series: "How the West was Won"	guest appearances as General Sheridan
	True Grit: A Further Adventure	Sheriff Ambrose	TV movie
	The Eddie Capra Mysteries	Barney Kirk	1 episode
1979	The Frisco Kid	Mr. Jones
1979–1980	Joe's World	Joe Wabash (titular character)	11 episodes
1980	A Christmas Without Snow	Henry Quist	TV movie
1981	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Commissioner Bergstrom	1 episode
1981	Reds	Police Chief
The Fall Guy 1982	mayor john p. littlefield	2 episodes
1 episode	1983	Matt Houston	Insp. Cory McFadden	1 episode
1984	The Dukes of Hazzard	J.J. Carver	2 episodes
1984	Grandview, U.S.A.	Roger Pearson
1982–1985	Knight Rider	'Acid' John Byrock	2 episodes
1985	The Zoo Gang	Pa Donnely
	Highway to Heaven	Sheriff Harm	1 episode
	Hunter	Charlie Coster	1 episode
1986	The Richest Cat in the World	Oscar Kohlmeyer	1 episode
1986	Blacke's Magic	Victor Kroeger/Capt. Luis Gondolpho	1 episode
1987	The Sicilian	Quintana
1988	Vibes	Eli Diamond
1991	Love, Lies and Murder	Howard	2 episodes
1994	Children of the Dark	T. Hardy Fallbrook	TV movie
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	James Holley

References

^ Tomassini, Christine, ed. (2001). Magill's Cinema Annual, 2002 : A Survey of the Films of 2001. Detroit, MI: Gale Group. p. 548. ISBN 1-55862-458-9.
^ ^a ^b Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earl (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present (8th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 928–929. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ The Eddie Capra Mysteries 1978 TV Show Episode Guide, tvguide.com. Accessed June 17, 2023.
^ Lentz, Harris M. III (2002). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-7864-5206-4. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

Ramon Bieri was also on In The Heat Of The Night S07 E05 in 1993 as the character Cal Sims

External links

Ramon Bieri at IMDb

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[1] Tomassini, Christine, ed. (2001). Magill's Cinema Annual, 2002 : A Survey of the Films of 2001. Detroit, MI: Gale Group. p. 548. ISBN 1-55862-458-9.

[brooks-marsh-8th-2] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earl (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present (8th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

[etvs-3] Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 928–929. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

[4] The Eddie Capra Mysteries 1978 TV Show Episode Guide, tvguide.com. Accessed June 17, 2023.

[opa-5] Lentz, Harris M. III (2002). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-7864-5206-4. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

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