Training with the Ted Liss Players in Chicago launched his acting path, leading to an early television appearance as a detective on Jack Webb’s series Chase in the mid-1970s. He soon portrayed First Lieutenant Bobby Boyle in the war drama Baa Baa Black Sheep and later a bookie on NBC’s short-lived The Duke, before securing the role that defined his career-Orville “Rick” Wright on Magnum, P.I., whi…
