Burly and usually unsmiling, Bieri was a top notch film & TV character man for almost 40 years.
He was born June 16th, 1929 and passed away May 27th, 2001. He was 71.
Bieri in BADLANDS
Bieri's notable big screen roles include:
The doomed Cato in BADLANDS, Major Manchek of Scoop Mission Control in THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, Quintana in THE SICILIAN, oil drilling boss Corlette in William Friedkin's SORCERER, the Police Chief in REDS, evil Pa Donnely in THE ZOO GANG, one of Gene Wilder's tormentors, Mr. Jones, in THE FRISCO KID, Orly Ball in BROTHER JOHN, Jack Ferguson in THE HONKERS and Leslie Caron's killer chauffeur in NICOLE aka CRAZED.
THE SICILIAN
THE FRISCO KID
With Garry QUINCY M.E. Walberg in
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
With Amidou in SORCERER
Some of his best TV roles include:
The title role in the very short-lived (11 episodes) 1979-80 sitcom JOE'S WORLD, banker Elijah Crow on the show BRET MAVERICK, priest George Kennedy's police contact, Lt. Barney Verick, in the short-lived 1971-72 NBC series SARGE, the recurring roles of vice principal Gil Casey on the Emmy-Winning classic ROOM 222 & Gene Galecki on ST. ELSEWHERE, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley in the excellent Roy Campanella tele-bio IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE (directed by Michael Landon), Babe Ruth in A LOVE AFFAIR: THE ELEANOR AND LOU GEHRIG STORY, Walt Kelsy in THE GUN, Daniel Meehan in THE RHINEMANN EXCHANGE, Gen. Philip Sheridan on HOW THE WEST WAS WON, Henry Quist in A CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SNOW and a boatload of sheriff's and police brass on such shows and TV movies as BONANZA, ALIAS SMITH AND JONES, CANNON, BARNABY JONES, THE MAGICIAN, THE ROCKFORD FILES, KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, TRUE GRIT, CROSSFIRE, MATT HOUSTON, TRAPPER JOHN M.D., HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN, MAGNUM P.I. and MURDER, SHE WROTE
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With K Callan in
JOE'S WORLD
THE RHINEMANN EXCHANGE
With Emmy Winner Michael Constantine and Lloyd Haynes in
ROOM 222
BRET MAVERICK
His many other big and little screen credits include:
THE GRASSHOPPER, R.P.M., NAKED CITY, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, GRANDVIEW U.S.A., VIBES, ROUTE 66, HOGAN'S HEROES, LANCER, DANIEL BOONE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, NICHOLS, JIGSAW, SEARCH, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, COVER ME: BASED ON THE TRUE LIFE OF AN F.B.I. FAMILY, PANIC IN ECHO PARK, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, MARCUS WELBY M.D., THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, IRONSIDE, OUTRAGE, KUNG FU, BANACEK, TENAFLY, MANNIX, LUCAS TANNER, THE FINAL DAYS (as Judge John J. Sirica), ER, GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI, CHILDREN OF THE DARK, INSIGHT, THE FALL GUY, NERO WOLFE, SWITCH, BRONK, THE SAN PEDRO BEACH BUMS, POLICE STORY and more.
With Michael Landon in
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
NAKED CITY
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
Did you know...?
Bieri was born in St. Louis. Missouri.
He was six foot, two inches tall.
Bieri at work:
As Gen. Sheridan in HOW THE WEST WAS WON
http://youtu.be/ffGoBFhFpa0
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
http://youtu.be/YMbSpnlOOtE
Clip from the ''oh so 1980's'' THE ZOO GANG
http://youtu.be/3dPQ8ijVu0s
Bieri in the Bad Medicine episode of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
http://youtu.be/CuOw6M2o6uI
Scene from A Harvest of Friends episode of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
http://youtu.be/WWXkOApfGDk
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