Richard Eden (actor)

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Richard Eden
Born1956 (age 6667)
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Actor
Years active1973–present
Known for RoboCop in RoboCop: The Series
Spouse
Shannon Hile
(m. 1993)

Richard Eden (born 1956) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer.

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Career

Eden is best known as RoboCop in RoboCop: The Series and has enjoyed a prolific career on stage, television, and in independent films. [1] Eden has received multiple awards and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1987 for his role as Brick Wallace on Santa Barbara .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Summer's Children Mechanic #1
1989 Liberty & Bash Jesse
1990 Solar Crisis Medical tech
1990 Club Fed Richard
1993Shootfighter: Fight to the DeathEllison
1993Mirror Images IIHugh
1996 Public Enemies George Barker
1996Blossom TimePa
1997Tear It DownMatthew
1997Just Add LoveLeonard
1999 Undercover Angel Fred
1999 Woman Wanted Michael
2005CallbackJake
2009The InterventionTom
2009Disappearing in AmericaMickey

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971TrialManEpisode: "Witness"
1972 Softly, Softly: Task Force Det. Con. RawsonEpisode: "Resolution"
1972 Villains ManEpisode: "George"
1972 Colditz PoleEpisode: "The Traitor"
1973Double IdentityZweiter SekretärEpisode: "Tote müssen nicht mehr sterben"
1973 Public Eye Celia's friendEpisode: "The Windsor Royal"
1973 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes OfficerEpisode: "Cell 13"
1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Airman in BilletEpisode: "The R.A.F. Reunion"
1983 Emerald Point N.A.S. Christopher Bailey8 episodes
1984Summer FantasyTodTelevision film
1984 Lottery! FrankelEpisode: "Minneapolis: Six Months Down"
1984–1987 Santa Barbara Brick Wallace296 episodes
1988 Falcon Crest BillEpisode: "Farewell My Lovelies"
1989 Tales from the Crypt AlienEpisode: "Lover Come Hack to Me"
1989, 1990 Freddy's Nightmares Roscoe2 episodes
1990 Max Monroe: Loose Cannon BartEpisode: "Felonious Monk"
1991, 1992 Tarzán Blake Evans2 episodes
1992 FBI: The Untold Stories District AttorneyEpisode: "Killer Patrol"
1992 Forever Knight MartyEpisode: "Dying for Fame"
1992 Counterstrike BullEpisode: "Death Seal"
1992 Tropical Heat Joel TellerEpisode: "The Pro and the Con"
1992 Secret Service Hartman / Esposito2 episodes
1993 Silk Stalkings Monty BanksEpisode: "Star Signs"
1993 Top Cops George GundlachEpisode: "John White"
1993 Matrix Tony GoffEpisode: "Shadows from the Past"
1994 RoboCop RoboCop 23 episodes
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Rob NoveauEpisode: "The Warning"
1999 Total Recall 2070 CliffEpisode: "Brain Fever"
1999Killer DealYork BealTelevision film
1999 Twice in a Lifetime Mark SmithEpisode: "Double Exposure"
1999 Earth: Final Conflict LockhartEpisode: "Emancipation"
1999 The City Randy2 episodes
2000 Relic Hunter Jacob StromEpisode: "Last of the Mochicas"
2001 Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science Franck RyanEpisode: "Bare Bones"
2001 Doc Alan SeachmanEpisode: "You Gotta Have Heart"
2001 Blue Murder Sgrt. Gerard KearnsEpisode: "Inside Jobs"
2001The Feast of All SaintsRobert BeauchampTelevision film
2002 Pretend You Don't See Her Steve Smith
2002 10,000 Black Men Named George Fred Bent
2002 Crossed Over Joe Magliolo
2002 Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story Peter Speers
2002 Adventure Inc. Charlton DoyleEpisode: "The Fate of the Liverpool Flyer"

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References

  1. Johnson, Allan (May 24, 1994). "Getting Into It". Chicago Tribune .