Joe Penny
1.2Acting

Joe Penny

Jun 24, 1956 - London, England

Joseph Edward Penny Jr. is an English-born American actor best known for his roles as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986, and as Jake Styles in the television series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992. Starting with a minor role on Forever Fernwood in 1977, Penny has appeared in numerous TV films and television series, including major roles on Riptide and Jake and the Fatman. He has also made many guest appearances on television shows, including Touched by an Angel, T. J. Hooker, Vega$, Matt Houston, Lou Grant, CHiPs, Flamingo Road, The Sopranos, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock, Walker, Texas Ranger, Archie Bunker's Place, 7th Heaven, Tucker's Witch, Boomtown, The Gangster Chronicles, and CSI. In 2005, he co-starred with Lea Thompson in the mystery series Jane Doe on the Hallmark Channel.

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Cast

Media
Movie1995Young at HeartMike
Movie2007Reign of the GargoylesGus
Movie1978Our Winning SeasonDean Berger
Movie2002The Little UnicornTiny
Movie2005Jane Doe: The Wrong FaceFrank Darnell
Movie2005Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don'tFrank Darnell
Movie2005Jane Doe: Vanishing ActFrank Darnell
Movie2000The Prophet's GameWalter Motter
Movie1981Bloody BirthdayMr. Harding
Movie2011Betrayed at 17John Taylor
Movie2007Jane Doe: Ties That BindFrank Darnell
Movie2005Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us PartFrank Darnell
Movie2007Jane Doe: How to Fire Your BossFrank Darnell
Movie2006Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It WellFrank Darnell
Movie2006Jane Doe: The Harder They FallFrank Darnell
Movie2008Jane Doe: Eye of the BeholderFrank Darnell
Movie1999BitterSweetCarl Peckato
Movie1996She Woke Up PregnantDr. Roger Nolton
Movie2002Two Against TimeGeorge Tomich
Movie1992The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus StoryMichael Carlin
Movie2000Jack of HeartsArden Cook
Movie1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting StarRobert McCay
Movie1987Roses Are for the RichLloyd Murphy
Movie1981S.O.B.Officer Phil Buchwald
Movie1997Stranger in My HomeNed Covington
Movie2004The Red Phone: CheckmateDarrow
Movie1990The OperationDr. Ed Betters
Movie1985Richard Lewis: I'm In PainSelf
Movie1994The Disappearance of VonnieRon Rickman
Movie1996Double JeopardyJohn Dubroski
Movie1979SamuraiLee Cantrell
Movie1981Gangster WarsBenjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Movie1981LifepodSimmons
Movie1979The Girls in the OfficeBeau Galloway
Movie1988Whisper KillDan Walker
Movie1980The Gossip ColumnistPaul Cameron
Movie2001The Red Phone: ManhuntJack Darrow
Movie1978DeathmoonRick Bladen
Movie1994Terror in the NightLonnie
Movie1987Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia WifeEdward Moran
Movie1977Delta County, USAJoe Ed
Movie1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops IIBen Fein
Movie1999Family of Cops III: Under SuspicionBen Fein
TV Show1977Lou Grant1
TV Show1977CHiPsOfficer Brent Delaney1
TV Show2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationJack Oakley1
TV Show2005Threshold1
TV Show1982T. J. HookerMiles Dickson1
TV Show2002BoomtownLes Van Buren1
TV Show2002CSI: Miami1
TV Show1994Touched by an AngelZack Bennett1
TV Show1986MatlockPaul Baron3
TV Show1985The Twilight Zone1
TV Show2003Cold CaseHank Butler2
TV Show1981Flamingo Road1
TV Show1993Walker, Texas RangerSonny Tantero1
TV Show1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries0
TV Show1993Diagnosis: MurderDet. Tanis Archer1
TV Show1979Archie Bunker's Place1
TV Show1987Jake and the FatmanJake Styles106
TV Show1984RiptideNick Ryder56
TV Show19967th HeavenNick1
TV Show1982Tucker's Witch1
TV Show1999Twice in a LifetimeFlash Jericho / David Lazarus1
TV Show1978Vega$1
TV Show1983Lottery!1
TV Show1981The Gangster ChroniclesBenjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel13
TV Show1999Chicken Soup for the Soul1
TV Show1979Paris1
TV Show1977Forever Fernwood8
TV Show1999The SopranosVictor Musto2
TV Show1982Matt HoustonEric Jason1

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