Robert Foxworth
Robert Heath Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.
Early life
Foxworth earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting at Carnegie Mellon University.Career
Foxworth first gained attention as a stage actor, particularly at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. He was offered the role of J. R. Ewing in Dallas, but turned it down and Larry Hagman was cast.Among his numerous film and television roles, such as in the television series The Storefront Lawyers, Foxworth is best known for his stints on Falcon Crest and Six Feet Under, as well as a starring role in Gene Roddenberry's 1974 movie The Questor Tapes. He also appeared in the episode "All My Tomorrows" of the NBC romantic anthology series Love Story in 1973 and in the episode "The Mask of Adonis" from the 1977 NBC science fiction-horror anthology series Quinn Martin's [Tales of the Unexpected]. He had a guest-starring role on the seventh season of The West Wing and a guest spot on Law & Order.
Foxworth played the murderer, an Army colonel, in "Grand Deceptions," a 1989 episode of the TV series Columbo episodes|Columbo]. He has also guest-starred in Hawaii Five-O, Password Plus, Murder, She Wrote, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: [Deep Space Nine], The [Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits], Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, and Babylon 5. He has done voice acting as the corrupt Professor Hamilton on Justice League Unlimited. He also voiced the Autobot Ratchet in the film Transformers and its sequels.