Richard Gilliland

Richard Gilliland

1950-01-23 Fort Worth, Texas, USA 30 Credits

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...

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Case 347

Case 347

2020

as Gustaf Berchum

3.9
Acting

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

Parts Per Billion

2014

as Anchor 1

4.4
Acting

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

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

as Hugh

7.0
Acting

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

The Powder Puff Principle

The Powder Puff Principle

2006

as Andy

2.0
Acting

A vindictive high school principal goes on a witch hunt to find a prankster.

The Designing Women Reunion

The Designing Women Reunion

2003

Acting

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

Audrey's Rain

2003

as Terry Lloyd

3.3
Acting

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

Vampire Clan

2002

as Sgt. Ben Odom

4.3
Acting

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

Star Kid

1997

as Roland Griffith

6.3
Acting

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

Two Voices

1997

as Louis McClennon

4.8
Acting

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

Playing Dangerous 2

1996

as Jack Harrison

4.3
Acting

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

The Man Next Door

1996

as Moe

5.0
Acting

Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.

Dog Watch

Dog Watch

1996

as Orlanser

5.0
Acting

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

The West Side Waltz

1995

as Neil

5.2
Acting

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

Not in My Family

1993

as Tom Worth

4.4
Acting

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

Just My Imagination

1992

as Carl Chester

2.0
Acting

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

A Killing in a Small Town

1990

as Dale Morrison

5.2
Acting

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

Happy Hour

1987

as Blakely

2.8
Acting

A chemist experimenting with different formulas stumbles upon an ingredient that, when added to beer, makes it absolutely irresistible. Before he real...

Acceptable Risks

Acceptable Risks

1986

as David Kohler

4.2
Acting

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

Embassy

1985

as Ted Davidson

2.0
Acting

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

3.5
Acting

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

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Pervis

6.1
Acting

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

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

1982

as Arlington 'Jonesy' Wescott Jones III

5.3
Acting

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

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

1982

as Jonesy

5.0
Acting

Mary Ellen marries Jonesy but they don't exactly have a good start.

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

1982

as Arlington Wescott 'Jonesy' Jones III

5.0
Acting

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

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

1980

as Harvey Lewis

6.1
Acting

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

The White Buffalo

1977

as Corporal Kileen

5.9
Acting

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

Stay Hungry

1976

as Hal

5.7
Acting

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

Bug

1975

as Gerald Metbaum

5.3
Acting

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

The Family Kovack

1974

as Lennie Kovack

2.0
Acting

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

Unwed Father

1974

as Jeff

4.0
Acting

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 ...