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Year	Title	Role
2003	The Sun Is One Foot Wide (Short)	Narrator (voice)
1994	Twin Sitters	Frank Hillhurst
1993	L.A. Law (TV Series)	Attorney Fein
1993	Silk Stalkings (TV Series)	Garth Carlson
1979–1991	Dallas (TV Series)	Dusty Farlow
1988–1990	War of the Worlds (TV Series)	Harrison Blackwood
1987	Aenigma	Dr. Robert Anderson
1987	Karate Warrior	Paul Scott (as Jarred Martin)
1987	Hunter (TV Series)	Ringerman
1987	The New Mike Hammer (TV Series)	Ray Novak
1985–1986	Hotel (TV Series)	Breed Ashlander \| Jay Falconer
1984–1986	Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)	Arthur Houston \| Spencer Langley
1986	Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)	Arthur Houston
1986	Quiet Cool	Mike Prior
1982–1985	The Love Boat (TV Series)	Jim Tipton \| Paul Reese
1985	The Sea Serpent	Linares
1985	Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series)	Evan Selman
1985	Airwolf (TV Series)	James Graydon
1984	Knight Rider (TV Series)	Dr. David Halston
1984	Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series)	Alan Squires
1984	I guerrieri dell'anno 2072	Drake
1983	A Rose for Emily (Short)	Homer Barron
1983	The Lonely Lady	George Ballantine
1983	Fantasy Island (TV Series)	Dr. Lewis Christophe
1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV Series)	Ted Harrison
1982	The Big Easy (TV Movie)	Unknown
1981	Hart to Hart (TV Series)	Dr. Kellin
1981	Aloha Paradise (TV Series)	Chris
1980	The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)	Jack Stewart
1980	Willow B: Women in Prison (TV Movie)	Dave Tyree
1980	M Station: Hawaii (TV Movie)	Dana Ryan
1980	The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)	Senator Nelson Dunning
1980	The Kids Who Knew Too Much (TV Movie)	Senator Nelson Dunning
1979	CHiPs (TV Series)	Bright
1979	Big Shamus, Little Shamus (TV Series)	Vic Harrison
1979	Wonder Woman (TV Series)	David Gurney \| Leon Gurney
1978–1979	How the West Was Won (TV Series)	Frank Grayson
1978	The Waltons (TV Series)	Derek Pembroke
1978	Project U.F.O. (TV Series)	Dr. Jon Robinson
1978	The American Girls (TV Series)	Unknown
1978	Charlie's Angels (TV Series)	Man Exiting Church (uncredited)
1978	The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series)	Torg
1977	Logan's Run (TV Series)	Dr. Emory Paulson
1977	The Fantastic Journey (TV Series)	Varian
1975	Switch (TV Series)	Todd
1972–1975	The Rookies (TV Series)	Slavens \| Tom Kelch \| John Jordan ...
1974	Nakia (TV Series)	Atterbury
1974	Get Christie Love! (TV Series)	George Lomax
1974	The Second Coming of Suzanne	Film Maker
1974	Men of the Dragon (TV Movie)	Jan Kimbro
1973	Shaft (TV Series)	Victor Perrine
1973	Toma (TV Series)	Lenny Phillips
1973	Westworld	Technician
1973	Griff (TV Series)	Dr. Rick Rayburn
1973	Columbo (TV Series)	Harry Alexander
1972	Cannon (TV Series)	Joe Asher
1972	Lapin 360	Unknown
1972	Medical Center (TV Series)	Jason
1971	Night Gallery (TV Series)	Tony Bolt \| David Blessington (segment "Tell David...")
1970–1971	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series)	Wes \| Pete Calendar
1971	Mississippi Summer	Unknown
1971	Dan August (TV Series)	Julian Rush
1970	The Silent Force (TV Series)	Neil Becker
1970	The Partridge Family (TV Series)	Recording Engineer
1970	The Young Lawyers (TV Series)	Carters
1969	The Wedding Party	Wedding Guest
1968	One Life to Live (TV Series)	Dr. Donald Lamarr (1987-1988)
1968	Murder à la Mod	Chris

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