Ramon Bieri

Ramon Bieri was born on Jun 16, 1929 in USA. Ramon Bieri's big-screen debut came with Room 222 - Season 1 directed by Charles R. Rondeau in 1969, strarring Gil Casey / Mr. Wagner. Ramon Bieri is known for Bret Maverick directed by Ivan Dixon, James Garner stars as Bret Maverick and Ed Bruce as Tom Guthrie. The upcoming new movie Ramon Bieri plays is Ghosts of Mississippi which will be released on Jan 03, 1997.

Heavy-set American character actor whose typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops and hard-boiled gangsters. A decorated Korean War veteran, Bieri appeared on stage from 1954, both on ('Death of a Salesman', 1975) and off-Broadway. He latterly acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995). On screen from 1962 as a bit part player, he went on to have a prolific career as guest star of 1970's and 80's TV shows. He was in good form as your average cantankerous police chief in both Cannon (1971) and in Dossiers brûlants (1974) and further distinguished himself in weightier roles, including that of local banker Elija Crow in Bret Maverick (1981) , General Philip Sheridan in La conquête de l'Ouest (1976) and as Mafia chieftain Guido Quintana in Le sicilien (1987) . Bieri also starred in his own, somewhat short-lived NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems. In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71.