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Robert Foxworth

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Robert Foxworth
Foxworth as a guest star on Cannon, 1975
Born
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1969–present
Spouses
Marilyn McCormick
(m. 1964; div. 1974)
(m. 1993; died 1995)
Stacey Thomas
(m. 1998)
Children2

Robert Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.

Early life

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Foxworth was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Erna Beth (née Seamman), a writer, and John Howard Foxworth, a roofing contractor.[citation needed] He attended Lamar High School[1] and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting at Carnegie Mellon University.[2]

Career

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Foxworth first gained attention as a stage actor, particularly at Washington, DC's Arena Stage. He was offered the role of J. R. Ewing in Dallas, but turned it down and Larry Hagman was cast.[3]

Among his numerous film and television roles, such as in the television series The Storefront Lawyers (1970–1971), Foxworth is best known for his stints on Falcon Crest (he played Jane Wyman's long-suffering nephew, Chase Gioberti, from 1981–1987) and Six Feet Under (he played Bernard Chenowith from 2001–2003), as well as a starring role in Gene Roddenberry's 1974 movie The Questor Tapes. He also appeared in the episode "All My Tomorrows" of the NBC romantic anthology series Love Story in 1973 and in the episode "The Mask of Adonis" from the 1977 NBC science fiction-horror anthology series Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (known in the United Kingdom as Twist in the Tale). He had a guest-starring role on the seventh season of The West Wing and a guest spot on Law & Order.

Foxworth played the murderer, an Army colonel, in "Grand Deceptions," a 1989 episode of the TV series Columbo. He has also guest-starred in Hawaii Five-O, Password Plus, Murder, She Wrote, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Outer Limits, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, and Babylon 5. He has done voice acting as the corrupt Professor Hamilton on Justice League Unlimited. He also voiced the Autobot Ratchet, in the film version of Transformers and its sequels.

Personal life

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Foxworth was married from 1964 until 1974 to Marilyn McCormick, with whom he had two children, including actor Bo Foxworth. Foxworth was married to actress Elizabeth Montgomery from 1993 until her death in 1995. They had lived together for 20 years before marrying. Foxworth later married Stacey Thomas on August 2, 1998.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1970–1971 Storefront Lawyers David Hansen
1971 The Mod Squad Gary Lefferts Episode: "The Medicine Men"
1972–1973 The Streets of San Francisco Ted Cullen, Dennis Hailey 2 episodes
1973 Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein Television film
1973 The Devil's Daughter Steve Stone Television film
1973 Hawaii Five-O Eric Fowler Episode: "The Listener"
1974 Mrs. Sundance Jack Maddox Television film
1974 The Questor Tapes Questor Television film
1974 Barnaby Jones Whit Brewer Episode: "A Gathering of Thieves"
1974 The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One Alvin Karpis Television film
1975 Cannon Lanny McCrea Episode: "The Iceman"
1976 Quincy, M.E. Charles Sinclair Episode: "A Star Is Dead"
1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor Mike Carr Television film
1978 Deathmoon Jason Palmer Television film
1979 Password Plus Himself 10 episodes
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker Norman Hall Television film
1981 Peter and Paul Peter Miniseries
1981–1987 Falcon Crest Chase Gioberti Main cast (155 episodes)
1988 Double Standard Leonard Harik Television film
1988 Cagney & Lacey Agent Duggan Episode: "A Fair Shake"
1989 Columbo Frank Brailie Episode: "Grand Deceptions"
1990 Face to Face Tobias Williams Television film (Hallmark)
1992 With Murder in Mind Bob Sprague Television film
1994 SeaQuest DSV Royce Shelton Episode: "Sympathy for the Deep"
1994–1995 Babylon 5 William Hague 2 episodes
1995 Murder, She Wrote Harry Matthews Episode: "School for Murder"
1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Admiral Leyton 2 episodes
1996 The Outer Limits Charles Halsey Episode: "Trial by Fire"
1996–1997 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Race Bannon, additional voices 14 episodes[4]
1997, 2003 Law & Order Frederick Barrett, Charles Evans 2 episodes
1998–1999 LateLine Peace McKenzie 17 episodes
2000, 2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Lett, Ben Hardley 2 episodes
2001–2003 Six Feet Under Bernard Chenowith 6 episodes
2003 Jeremiah President Emerson 2 episodes
2003 Stargate SG-1 Chairman Ashwan Episode: "Memento"
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise Administrator V'Las 3 episodes
2004–2005 Justice League Unlimited Professor Hamilton (voice) 6 episodes[4]
2005 The West Wing George Montgomery Episode: "The Wedding"
2006 Bones Branson Rose Episode: "The Man with the Bone"
2006 The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines Jerry Television film
2006 Brothers & Sisters Harry Packard Episode: "For the Children"
2006 Boston Legal Simon Devan Episode: "BL: Los Angeles"

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1976 Treasure of Matecumbe Jim Burnie
1977 Airport '77 Chambers
1978 Damien - Omen II Paul Buher
1979 Prophecy Rob
1980 The Black Marble A.M. Valnikov
1984 Invisible Strangler Charles Barrett
1989 Beyond the Stars Richard Michaels
2005 Syriana Tommy Barton
2007 Kiss the Bride Wayne
2007 Transformers Ratchet (voice) [4]
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [4]
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon [4]
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction [4]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Ratchet [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Distinguished HISD Alumni". Houston Independent School District. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Penton, Edgar (December 12, 1970). "Storefront Lawyers: Total Devotion". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Utah, Ogden. p. 15. Retrieved May 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Bergan, Ronald (November 24, 2012). "Larry Hagman Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Robert Foxworth (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 20, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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Preceded by Voice of Ratchet
2007
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Preceded by Voice of Ratchet
2009
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Preceded by Voice of Ratchet
2011
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