Eric Allan Kramer

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Eric Allan Kramer
Born (1962-03-26) March 26, 1962 (age 62)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Other namesEric Allen Kramer
Eric Kramer
Alma mater University of Alberta (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Father Roger Kramer

Eric Allan Kramer (born March 26, 1962) is an American actor. He is known to television audiences for his roles as Scott Miller on AMC's Lodge 49 , Dave Rogers on The Hughleys , and Bob Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie . He was the first actor to play the Marvel Comics superhero Thor in live-action, in the made-for-television film The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988). He also appeared as Iron Mike Wilcox in the 2019 video game Days Gone .

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Early life and education

Kramer was born March 26, 1962, [1] in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father, Roger Kramer, was a professional football tackle and a two-time CFL All-Star. He has a younger sister named Lisa (b. 1965). [2]

Kramer attended the BFA program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, which led to acting in the theater and some television and movie roles, as well as a career in fight choreography. [3]

Career

In 1987, Kramer made his acting debut in television film The Gunfighters . He also starred in the 1990 film Quest for the Mighty Sword, [4] replacing previous lead actor Miles O'Keeffe. He played Thor in NBC's television film The Incredible Hulk Returns and a Russian baseball player in the television movie The Comrades of Summer. Among Kramer's more notable roles have been Little John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights , Bear in American Wedding , and Boris, bodyguard to producer Lee Donowitz, in True Romance . He has also appeared in a number of notable television series, including Mad About You , Two and a Half Men , Wizards of Waverly Place , NCIS , Growing Pains , Cheers , Empty Nest , Blossom , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , NewsRadio , JAG , Roseanne , Murder, She Wrote , Seinfeld , That '70s Show , Ellen , Monk , Jack and Bobby , Phil of the Future , How I Met Your Mother , The King of Queens , My Name Is Earl , and Will and Grace (where he was in the same episode as his Good Luck Charlie wife Leigh-Allyn Baker). Kramer was also a series regular on the sitcom Bob as Whitey van de Bunt (1993) and the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys as Dave Rogers. [5]

Kramer continues to work on the stage as a member of the Antaeus Classical Rep Company in Los Angeles and received an Ovatti Award nomination for his role in The Wood Demon. He also co-starred as Bob Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie . He also played Link's dad in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans .

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Quest for the Mighty Sword Ator Direct-to-video
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Little John
True Romance Boris
1994 Road to Saddle River Dieter
1995 The Crazysitter Elliot
1996 High School High Hulk
1997 Rough Riders Henry Bardshar
2003 American Wedding Bear
2006 Grilled Irving
2009 Flying By SteveDirect-to-video
2013Meat and PotatoesBill Short film
2014 Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? Ragnar Danneskjöld
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? John Doyle
The Mundane GoddessZeusShort film
2015LA ApocalypseSergeant Wade
20168989 RedstoneDaryl Masters
Surge of Power: Revenge of the SequelMoon
2017 Pitching Tents Bruce
2023AlarmedLarry Tench

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 The Gunfighters Luke CollinsTV movie
1988 The Incredible Hulk Returns Thor TV movie [6]
Murder, She Wrote Gunnar TilstromEpisode: "Snow White, Blood Red"
1989 Roseanne BoboEpisode: "Dan's Birthday Bash"
Growing Pains TonyEpisode: "Feet of Clay"
Cheers RudyEpisode: "The Two Faces of Norm"
1990 Doctor Doctor Dr. DestructionEpisode: "Family Affair" (credited as Eric Allen Kramer)
1990–1991 Down Home Drew McCroreyRecurring role; 8 episodes
1991–1994 Empty Nest Apartment Manager/Sven/Sam3 episodes
1992 Civil Wars Ray MillerEpisode: "His Honor's Offer"
Anything But Love ActorEpisode: "Angst for the Memories"
Wings BikerEpisode: "Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy"
Seinfeld BikerEpisode: "The Keys"
1993 Bob Whitey van de Bunt3 episodes
Johnny BagoTipper DonovanEpisode: "Johnny's Golden Shaft"
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. Jack "The Jackhammer" MillsEpisode: "Gloves Off"
Blossom Wildman BoyetteEpisode: "The Game You Play Tomorrow"
Renegade (TV Series) Terry HoustonEpisode: "Muscle Beach"
1995 Ellen Detective Gil RyanEpisode: "Guns 'N Ellen"
Platypus Man Doug MonroeEpisode: "Sweet Denial"
A Whole New BallgameTommyEpisode: "Twisted"
Hope and Gloria Issac3 episodes
The Home CourtNick KaofisEpisode: "The Cheesehead Stands Alone"
Dweebs HelmutEpisode: "The Crush Show"
1996 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Drull2 episodes
Nash Bridges LyleEpisode: "Leo's Big Score"
NewsRadio Ted ChambersEpisode: "The Trainer"
1997 Mad About You Skippy (Orderly #2)Episode: "The Penis"
JAG ColonelEpisode: "Force Recon"
Men Behaving Badly HusbandEpisode: "It's Good to Be Dead"
Rough Riders Henry BardsharMiniseries, 2 episodes
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Mr. LoudonEpisode: "One on One"
Malcolm & Eddie Mike McGinley3 episodes
Alright AlreadyMattEpisodes: "Again with Mah Johngg"
1998 Pacific Blue Lt. Derrick WilliamsEpisode: "House Party"
Dharma and Greg Officer DavisEpisode: "Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend"
Caroline in the City OlafEpisode: "Caroline and the Cabby"
Murphy Brown Wally TuttleEpisode: "Second Time Around"
Arli$$ ChetEpisode: "Whatever It Takes"
1998–2002 The Hughleys Dave RogersMain role
2001 Surviving Gilligan's Island Alan Hale, Jr. TV docudrama
2003 Two and a Half Men BillEpisode: "The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up with a Hump"
The O.C. Soccer CoachEpisode: "The Heights"
2004 That 70s Show Stuart SutcliffeEpisode: "Sally Simpson"
Phil of the Future Coach BuchinksyEpisode: "Future Jock"
Oliver Beene Krazy KingEpisode: "The King and I"
2005 The King of Queens LukeEpisode: "Pour Judgement"
Jack & Bobby Officer BurkeEpisode: "And Justice for All"
Will & Grace BarryEpisode: "Sour Balls"
2005, 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Vic "The Eagle" Patterson/Deputy SheriffEpisodes: "Hollywood Brass" and "The Descent of a Man"
2005 Cuts BrianEpisode: "Wife Swap"
2006 Rodney PaulEpisode: "Sleepover"
Monk Darrell CainEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Astronaut"
How I Met Your Mother Bob RorschachEpisode: "Milk"
2007 Big Shots Eddie JenowskiEpisodes: "The Way We Weren't"
2008 Hollywood Residential Pete8 episodes
Wizards of Waverly Place Coach GundersonEpisode: "Alex in the Middle"
2009 My Name is Earl JimEpisode: "Friends with Benefits"
ManeaterJones Merrifield2 episodes
2010–2014 Good Luck Charlie Bob DuncanMain role, 97 episodes; also directed 2 episodes [7]
2010 Huge Cliff / Trent's dad1 episode
Full NelsonErik the Viking
2011 Jessie JackEpisode: "One Day Wonders"
NCIS Phillip EkkerlyEpisode: "Thirst"
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! Bob Duncan Disney Channel Original Movie [8]
2013–2014 NCIS: Los Angeles Homeland Security Special Agent Tom Panetti2 episodes
2013 Jessie Bob DuncanEpisode: "Good Luck Jessie"
2015 The Thundermans Mike EvilmanEpisodes: "Meet the Evilmans", "Evil Never Sleeps" [9]
Bones Eric SimmsEpisode: "The Putter in the Rough"
2015–2016 Mike & Molly Officer Seely4 episodes
2016 The Librarians OlafssonEpisode: "And the Reunion of Evil"
Guidance Principal John Decost9 episodes
Shooter Paul HellingEpisode: "Danger Close"
2018–2019 Lodge 49 Scott MillerMain role [10]
2018 Mom EarlEpisode: "Cottage Cheese and a Weird Buzz"
2019 On Becoming a God in Central Florida Carroll Wilkes2 episodes
2020 Sydney to the Max Coach CarlockEpisode: "Father of the Bribe"
9-1-1 Kendall's DadEpisode: "Pinned"
Fuller House KurtEpisode: "Something Borrowed" [11]
Good Luck Charlie: Reunion 2020HimselfTV special [12] [13] [14]
2020-2021 Side Hustle Briles3 episodes [15]
2021 Big Shot JerryEpisode: "Everything to Me"
Colin in Black & White Basketball CoachEpisode: "Cornrows"
2022 The Neighborhood BarryEpisode: "Welcome to the Quinceañera"
The Conners BoboEpisode: "Two More Years and a Stolen Rose"
Station 19 RandallEpisode: "The Road You Didn't Take"
2023 CSI: Vegas Mr. AuerbachEpisode: "Ashes Ashes"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Days Gone Iron Mike Wilcox (voice) [16] Also motion capture

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  2. ↑ "Roger Allan Kramer 1939 - 2023". www.forevermissed.com.
  3. ↑ Eric Allan Kramer ABC bio Archived March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine from The Hughleys
  4. ↑ "The Unknown Movies – Quest For The Mighty Sword (1989)". Archived from the original on April 6, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
  5. ↑ Eric Allan Kramer Biography ((?)-), Film Reference
  6. ↑ "Stan Lee on the set of the made-for-television movie "The Incredible Hulk Returns" with Eric Allan Kramer as 'Thor' and Lou Ferrigno as 'Hulk' in 1988". facebook.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023.
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  8. ↑ "On set with Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!". www.girlslife.com.
  9. ↑ "Eric Allan Kramer as Mr Evilman in The Thundermans edit fancam video". youtube.com.
  10. ↑ "Eric Allan Kramer Pours One Out For "Lodge 49"". whiskyadvocate.com.
  11. ↑ "Manny Kramer- Rumored Son Of Actor And Director Eric Allan Kramer". www.zgr.net.
  12. ↑ "Disney's 'Good Luck Charlie' Cast Reunites for 10-Year Anniversary! See Baby Charlie All Grown Up (Exclusive)". www.etonline.com.
  13. ↑ "The Good Luck Charlie 10 year reunion was something we didn't know we needed in life, but we really did. Life just got so much better 📸: @miatalerico101". instagram.com.
  14. ↑ "EmotionalSee All the Times the 'Good Luck Charlie' Cast Reunited Since the Show Wrapped". www.j-14.com. October 27, 2023.
  15. ↑ "'Trashy Jobs' Sneak Peek - Side Hustle - Nickelodeon". www.nickalive.net.
  16. ↑ "Talking Iron Mike with the Actor Eric Allan Kramer". thebrokenroad.blog. April 22, 2020.
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