Name
Richard Gilliland
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-01-23
Deathday
2021-03-18 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Gilliland (born January 23, 1950) is an American television and movie actor.
Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared onscreen in the 1970s. Notable appearances include Thirtysomething, Party of Five, Little Women, and a recurring role on Designing Women (where he met his wife Jean Smart, who starred as Charlene in that series). The couple has one son, Connor. Richard recently played Ellis Kapp on The Unit and Captain Stan Cotter on 24 while his wife Jean Smart played the First Lady Martha Logan in season 5. (He was in episode 2:00am to 3:00am). Gilliland is best friends with actor Joe Mantegna.
Gilliland is also very active in the theatre. Recent credits include Balancing Act, with Yeardley Smith and I Remember You, with Tony Danza; both at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theatre. He studied at the Goodman School of Drama, Playwright's Kitchen Ensemble and spent four seasons at summer stock.
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- 1993 Not in My Family as Tom Worth
- 1997 Dog Watch as Orlanser
- 1987 Happy Hour as Blakely
- 1997 Two Voices as Louis McClennon
- 2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Hugh
- 2003 Audrey's Rain as Terry Lloyd
- 1996 Playing Dangerous 2 as Jack Harrison
- 1980 The Night the Bridge Fell Down as Harvey Lewis
- 2002 Vampire Clan as Sgt. Ben Odom
- 1982 A Wedding on Waltons Mountain as Arlington Wescott 'Jonesy' Jones III
- 2014 Parts Per Billion as Anchor 1
- 1985 Embassy as Ted Davidson
- 2006 The Powder Puff Principle as Andy
- 1986 Acceptable Risks as David Kohler
- 1982 Airplane II: The Sequel as Pervis
- 1992 Just My Imagination as Carl Chester
- 1985 Challenge of a Lifetime as Will Brodsky
- 2003 The Designing Women Reunion
- 1995 The West Side Waltz as Neil
- 1977 The White Buffalo as Corporal Kileen
- 1990 A Killing in a Small Town as Dale Morrison
- 2020 Case 347 as Gustaf Berchum
- 1996 The Man Next Door as Moe
- 1974 The Family Kovack as Lennie Kovack
- 1974 Unwed Father as Jeff
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- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Steiner
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- 2001 Crossing Jordan ( 1 episode ) as Charles Monroe
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- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Joe
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Attorney Walter Myron
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- 1998 Becker ( 1 episode ) as Frank
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- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Ralph Ormond
- 1972 The Waltons ( 2 episodes ) as Arlington Wescott 'Jonesy' Jones
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- 1992 Batman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Frank / Raven (voice)
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- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Stan Miller
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Bob Orci
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- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Gil Stoddard
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