Robert Ginty


About

Also Known As
Robert W Ginty
Birth Place
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born
November 14, 1948
Died
September 21, 2009
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Recognized for his tough-guy parts, actor Robert Ginty later ventured into roles as a writer, director, and producer for TV and films. Ginty got his start as an actor on several hit action series, but he first turned entertainment industry heads with his portrayal of First Lieutenant Thomas Joseph "T.J." Wiley, Robert Conrad's misfit protégé, in the World War II series "Black Sheep Squad...

Biography

Recognized for his tough-guy parts, actor Robert Ginty later ventured into roles as a writer, director, and producer for TV and films. Ginty got his start as an actor on several hit action series, but he first turned entertainment industry heads with his portrayal of First Lieutenant Thomas Joseph "T.J." Wiley, Robert Conrad's misfit protégé, in the World War II series "Black Sheep Squadron" ("Baa Baa Black Sheep"). He went on to costar in the semi-successful show "The Paper Chase," about Harvard Law School students; the hit primetime soap "Falcon Crest"; and "Hawaiian Heat," in which he played a hard-charging Chicago cop who moves to Hawaii to become a detective. Nurturing a film career as well, Ginty nabbed a role opposite David Carradine in the Woody Guthrie biopic "Bound For Glory." He also appeared in the Vietnam vet flick "Coming Home," opposite Bruce Dern, before landing a lead role as a Vietnam vet-turned-vigilante in the unexpectedly popular "The Exterminator" and "Exterminator 2." After Ginty's acting career cooled down, he directed episodes of such hit TV entries as "China Beach" and "Charmed," as well as the Canadian sci-fi effort "Tracker."

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Here Come the Munsters (1995)
Director
Woman of Desire (1993)
Director
Vietnam, Texas (1990)
Director
The Bounty Hunter (1989)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Taken Alive (1994)
Lady Dragon (1992)
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man (1991)
Vietnam, Texas (1990)
Thomas Mccain
Madhouse (1990)
Dale
Out on Bail (1989)
John Dee
The Bounty Hunter (1989)
Duke Evans
Loverboy (1989)
Code Name Vengeance (1989)
Monroe Bieler
Mania (1988)
Three Kinds of Heat (1987)
Elliot Cromwell
Programmed to Kill (1987)
Eric
Warriors of the Lost World (1985)
The Alchemist (1985)
Mission Kill (1985)
Vivre pour survivre (1984)
Beau Donnelly
Exterminator 2 (1984)
I Want to Live (1983)
Henry Graham
The Act (1982)
The Exterminator (1980)
The Courage and the Passion (1978)
Airman Donald Berkle
Coming Home (1978)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
Arthur Pond
And Baby Makes Three (1972)
Dr Khuri

Writer (Feature Film)

Day of Reckoning (1994)
From Story
Woman of Desire (1993)
Screenwriter
The Bounty Hunter (1989)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Day of Reckoning (1994)
Executive Producer
Vietnam, Texas (1990)
Producer

Cast (Special)

The Hollywood Christmas Parade (1989)
Hardesty House (1986)
The Big Stuffed Dog (1980)

Writer (Special)

Hardesty House (1986)
From Story

Producer (Special)

Hardesty House (1986)
Executive Producer

Special Thanks (Special)

Hardesty House (1986)
From Story

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Prophet's Game (2000)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)

Life Events

Bibliography