Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Gilliland (born January 23, 1950) is an American television and movie actor. Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared onscreen in the 1970s. Notable appearances include Thirtysomething, Party of Five, Little Women, and a recurring role on Designing Women (where he met his wife Jean Smart, who starred as Charlene in that series). The couple has one son, Connor. Richard recently played Ellis Kapp on The Unit and Captain Stan Cotter on 24...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Case 347
2020
as Gustaf Berchum
CASE 347 follows psychologist and UFO skeptic, Dr. Mia Jansen (Maya Stojan), and a team of documentary filmmakers who believe that alien abduction cla...
Parts Per Billion
2014
as Anchor 1
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blind...
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Hugh
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
The Powder Puff Principle
2006
as Andy
A vindictive high school principal goes on a witch hunt to find a prankster.
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
This five principal original cast members (plus a handful of recurring guests) from the popular sitcom Designing Women (1986) reunite for the first ti...
Audrey's Rain
2003
as Terry Lloyd
Audrey Walker has given up her hopes and dreams, until an ex-love returns to town and helps her realize a second chance at life.
Vampire Clan
2002
as Sgt. Ben Odom
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a ver...
Star Kid
1997
as Roland Griffith
Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith's life changes when the meteor falls into local junkyard and he finds a Cybersuit - the wise and strong robot from...
Two Voices
1997
as Louis McClennon
When two women have breast implants for contrasting reasons, they both suffer from frightening side effects. They decide to unite and fight the drug c...
Playing Dangerous 2
1996
as Jack Harrison
Kid genius Stewart Wolfe has headed off to college and has landed a position replacing a programmer in a lab on some suspicious code. Things turn dead...
The Man Next Door
1996
as Moe
Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
Dog Watch
1996
as Orlanser
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to ...
The West Side Waltz
1995
as Neil
Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the vio...
Not in My Family
1993
as Tom Worth
Veronica Ricci is bombarded by strange feelings and fleeting involuntary memories about her childhood after giving birth to her first child. She seek...
Just My Imagination
1992
as Carl Chester
A woman lives a normal, peaceful life in a small town until the day when a famous rock star who went to college with her quotes and cites her in one o...
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
as Dale Morrison
The gory ax-murder of one suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: se...
Happy Hour
1987
as Blakely
A chemist experimenting with different formulas stumbles upon an ingredient that, when added to beer, makes it absolutely irresistible. Before he real...
Acceptable Risks
1986
as David Kohler
The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made...
Embassy
1985
as Ted Davidson
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
as Will Brodsky
Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her....
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Pervis
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Arlington 'Jonesy' Wescott Jones III
Most of the Waltons have split up in the days approaching Thanksgiving 1947. But most of the family begins to arrive at Walton's Mountain begging with...
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Jonesy
Mary Ellen marries Jonesy but they don't exactly have a good start.
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Arlington Wescott 'Jonesy' Jones III
Erin Walton is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for the war and married someone else, lived through his ...
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
1980
as Harvey Lewis
A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only that, but there's a gun-wielding bank robber usin...
The White Buffalo
1977
as Corporal Kileen
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquel...
Stay Hungry
1976
as Hal
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after...
Bug
1975
as Gerald Metbaum
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The s...
The Family Kovack
1974
as Lennie Kovack
A tightly-knit family headed by a beleaguered Chicago widow rallies behind the eldest son when he is charged with bribing a city health department ins...
Unwed Father
1974
as Jeff
A teenage boy fathers a child with his girlfriend. He then fights his parents, the girlfriend, the girl's parents and the courts in an attempt to get ...