Robert Tessier

Robert Tessier (born June 2, 1934 in Lowell , Massachusetts , † October 11, 1990 ibid) was an American actor and stuntman.

Life

Tessier served as a paratrooper in the Korean War . He was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart .

His motorcycling skills earned him his first role in the 1967 film Hell's Angels, directed by Tom Laughlin . Tessier then starred in the television series Magnum , Starsky & Hutch , Vegas , Spenser , Sledge Hammer! or a Colt just in case . Repeatedly he took on the role of villain in his films and series .

Tessier died in 1990 of complications from cancer. He left behind his wife Diana Ivarson and a son and five children from a previous marriage.

Filmography

Movies

• 1967: Angels of Hell (The Born Losers)
• 1968: Wild Side Gang (The Glory Stompers)
• 1969: Run, Angel, Run
• 1969: Five the Hard Way
• 1969: The Babysitter
• 1970: cry when we die! (Cry Blodd, Apache)
• 1971: Outlaw Riders
• 1971: The Jesus Trip
• 1971: The Velvet Vampire
• 1973: Madness of Violence (Gentle Savage)
• 1974: The Longest Yard (The Longest Yard)
• 1975: How Come Nobody's on Our Side?
• 1975: Doc Savage : The Man of Bronze
• 1975: A Hard Times (Hard Times)
• 1975: Nevada Pass (Breakheart Pass)
• 1977: The depth (The Deep)
• 1977: Another man, another woman (Un autre homme, une autre chance)
• 1977: The Last of the Mohicans (Last of the Mohicans)
• 1978: To the head and neck (Hooper)
• 1979: Star Crash - Stars in a duel (Starcrash)
• 1979: Cactus Jack (The Villain)
• 1979: Six Men of Steel (Steel)
• 1981: All hell breaks loose on the highway (The Cannonball Run)
• 1982: Talon fighting the Empire (The Sword and the Sorcerer)
• 1983: Psycho-Killer (Double Exposure)
• 1984: Mission to Kill (The Fix)
• 1985: Angel Returns (Avenging Angel)
• 1985: Three Angels on Death Island (The Lost Empire)
• 1987: Clint Harris - With Your Back to the Wall (No Safe Haven)
• 1989: Beverly Hills Brats
• 1989: Nightwish - Out of Control (Nightwish)
• 1989: One Man Force - A man like a tank (One Man Force)
• 1990: Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell
• 1990: Future Force
• 1991: Fists of Steel

watch TV

• 1974: Kung Fu
• 1975: Our Little Farm (Little House on the Prairie)
• 1978: Colorado Saga (Centennial)
• 1979: Starsky & Hutch (Starsky and Hutch)
• 1979: The Billion Dollar Threat
• 1979: Buck Rogers (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) (two episodes)
• 1980: A Duke Seldom Comes Alone (The Dukes of Hazzard)
• 1980: The Incredible Hulk (The Incredible Hulk)
• 1980: Vegas (Vega $)
• 1981: Fantasy Island
• 1981-1986: The Fall Guy (The Fall Guy) (four episodes)
• 1982: CHiPs
• 1983-1985: The A-Team (The A-Team) (two episodes)
• 1983: A Case for Professor Chase (Manimal)
• 1983: The Rousters
• 1984: Magnum (Magnum, PI)
• 1985: Spenser (Spenser: For Hire)
• 1986: Amazing Stories (Amazing Stories)
• 1987: Sledge Hammer!
• 1989: BL Stryker

Web links

• Robert Tessier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography (English)
• Robert Tessier in the database of Find a Grave (English)