Personal Info
Birth date
1940-10-26 (84 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New Jersey, USA
Also known as
Rudolph Wilrich
Rudy Willrich
Rudolph Willrich
Biography
Rudolph Willrich, also known as Rudy Willrich, is an American actor born on October 26, 1940, in New Jersey. He is known for his work in film, television, and theater, with notable appearances in movies such as "9½ Weeks" (1986), "Alice, Sweet Alice" (1976), and "Because I Said So" (2007). Willrich has also appeared in popular TV series including "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," and "Star Trek: Enterprise," often portraying roles such as Academy Commandant and Captain Kuulan. In addition to his screen work, he has a significant stage career, having performed in multiple Broadway productions including "Noises Off" and "Some of My Best Friends." Willrich has also participated in television movies and episodic TV roles throughout his extensive acting career. Early in his career, he was represented as a child actor and has maintained a steady presence in the entertainment industry across decades.
Filmography
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.368
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.9
Overview:
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.Melrose Place
5.9
Overview:
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”Star Trek: Enterprise
7.552
Overview:
During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.Home Improvement
7.396
Overview:
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.The Equalizer
7.1
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.The Golden Girls
7.5
Overview:
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.Three's Company
7.67
Overview:
When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.Kojak
7
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.Family Law
8.2
Overview:
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.Nine 1/2 Weeks
6.1
Overview:
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.A Cry for Help
7.2
Overview:
A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit suicide. After first encouraging her, he has a change of heart and frantically tries to get his listeners to help find the girl before she makes good on her threat.The Front
7
Overview:
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.For Richer, for Poorer
5.5
Overview:
Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan that he hopes will inspire his son to get a job.Kojak: None So Blind
6
Overview:
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice.Christine Cromwell
7.3
Overview:
Talented female attorney, Christine Cromwell, searches for justice, and the truth, when her friends and clients are accused of murder.Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
3.6
Overview:
A therapist turns an unhappy wife on to a deadly fantasy game with her husband.Alice, Sweet Alice
6.4
Overview:
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?Doctor Franken
2
Overview:
This variation of the Frankenstein legend, set in a brownstone in present-day Manhattan, has Robert Vaughn as a determined New York surgeon bringing "parts" home from work -- the hospital where he does experimental research -- to painstakingly rebuild the shattered body of an anonymous patient with organs from various donors.Delusion
4.7
Overview:
A computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. As soon as he can, he hits the road to get revenge and to find his money before they do.How to Pick Up Girls!
2
Overview:
The amusing adventures of an unsophisticated small-town lad who arrives in New York, moves in with his swinging buddy, and surprisingly becomes an authority on the ways and wiles of women as he enters the world of big-time girl-chasing.Lies Before Kisses
NYR
Overview:
A wealthy publisher is accused of murdering a prostitute he had once spent the night with. The accusations appear false until his own son testifies against him. Desperate to discredit her stepson, the publisher's wife tries to clear her husband's name, but is drawn deep into a tangled web.Acting
2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
2001Star Trek: Enterprise (1 Episode) as Captain Kuulan
1999Family Law (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997The Practice (2 Episodes) as Warden Stephen Marshall
1994Blindfold: Acts of Obsession as Mr. Henderson
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 Episode) as Academy Commandant
1992Condition: Critical as Dr. Norman "Swanny" Swanson
1992Melrose Place (1 Episode) as Fred Delaney
1992For Richer, for Poorer as Poker Player
1991Home Improvement (1 Episode) as Franco
1991Delusion as Executive #1
1991Lies Before Kisses as Ed
1990Kojak: None So Blind as Whitehead
1989Cast the First Stone as Moss
1989Christine Cromwell (2 Episodes) as Andreas Santiago
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 Episode) as Reittan Grax
1986Nine 1/2 Weeks as Chinatown Shopper
1985The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Elliott Jarvis
1985The Golden Girls (1 Episode) as Pete
1980Doctor Franken as Arthur Gurnsey
1978How to Pick Up Girls! as Frank Cavanaugh
1977Three's Company (1 Episode) as Special Agent Roth
1976Alice, Sweet Alice as Father Tom
1976The Front as Tailman
1975A Cry for Help as Quinn Shaw
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Cafe Owner