Robert Viharo

Robert Viharo

Born: August 14, 1942
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Robert Viharo (born August 14, 1942) is an American actor. He made an early appearance in 1966 as Harry in Dark Shadows. He is known for his role in Valley of the Dolls (1967) in the part of a Broadway director. He had the starring role as Zachary Kane in the action film Bare Knuckles (1977). He also played the part of Col. Ernesto Dorio in the film Romero (1989).

From 1966 to 1991, he appeared in numerous television shows. In Dark Shadows in 1966, he played the part of Harry. In the same year, he was in The Fugitive. In the Gunsmoke episode "The Sodbusters" (1972), he played the part of the gunslinger Dick Shaw. In The High Chaparral episode "Alliance" (1969), he played the part of Johhny Ringo.

The 1980s saw him in such shows as Hardcastle and McCormick in the "Black Widow" episode, TJ Hooker playing the part of John Simone in the "Funny Money" episode, Hill Street Blues in the "Last Chance Salon" episode, and starring as Jake Calbar in 'The Deadly Collection' episode of The New Mike Hammer. He also appeared in CHiPs.

In the early 1990s, he played Caesar in Palace Guard.

In the 1960s, he appeared in Valley of the Dolls (1967), Villa Rides (1968), and Stuntman (1968). Viharo starred alongside Sherry Jackson as Zachary Kane in Bare Knuckles (1977), a film about a bounty hunter.

His other films included Return to Macon County (1975), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), The Evil (1978), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980), and The Night Stalker (1987). One of his later roles was in Presque Isle (2007).

Viharo was married to actress Jennifer West in the late 1960s; the couple had two sons, Rome Viharo and Zola Viharo.

Viharo was married to actress Anne Helm in the early 1970s and divorced some time later. They had one daughter together, Serena Viharo. Helm's marriage to Viharo was her second. In 1981 he married actress and singer Jeane Manson; the marriage was short-lived.

He is also the father of Will Viharo, an author.

Source: Article "Robert Viharo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Robert Viharo...

Title: Palace Guard
Released: October 17, 1991
Type: TV
Palace Guard is the story of a reformed jewel thief and cat burglar, Tommy Logan, who, after serving three years in prison, is released on parole and accepts an offer to become the head of security for the posh Palace Hotel chain. There were two reasons for this somewhat unusual job offer. One was that Logan had previously enjoyed great success in stealing from the high-class clientele of the Palace chain, and hence it was thought that he'd understand how to prevent others from doing so. And the other was that Tommy was the illegitimate son of the chain's owner, Arturo Taft, though Taft did not reveal this to Logan. The show centered primarily around the working relationship between Logan and his new boss, Christy Cooper, the hotel chain's Vice-President of Public Relations. In each episode, Logan and Cooper travelled to a hotel in a different city where Logan would help avert some disaster using quirky and questionable methods, leaving Cooper to sweep up the fallout.
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The Death Merchant
Title: The Death Merchant
Character: Jason Cardwell (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A nasty "businessman" strives to get a deal back on track after an archaeologist removes a computer chip from an artifact before it is stolen.
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Coldfire
Title: Coldfire
Character: Getz
Released: April 29, 1990
Type: Movie
The "Coldfire" is a lethal new designer-drug with destructive capabilities. Its origins are unknown...and its effects are irreversible. This drug promises the "ultimate high." However, what does the user acquire instead? The ultimate way to die... The main purpose of the "Coldfire" drug is to help the enemy cripple the United States. An epidemic is imminent if the use of this drug spreads everywhere... Entering the scene are Nick and Jake Edwards two audacious police officers. They may lack age, but they certainly have attitude. These Generation-X cops hope to show some of the veteran members of the police force a trick or to. These two officers will be working with a company of experienced pros including the seasoned Lars and the short-tempered Dix. Their assignment is to track down who or what is responsible for the distribution of this virulent drug substance... Written by David Choi
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Romero
Title: Romero
Character: Col. Ernesto Dorio
Released: August 25, 1989
Type: Movie
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
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Title: Father Dowling Mysteries
Character: Spelling
Released: January 20, 1989
Type: TV
Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie aired on November 30, 1987. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC for its last two seasons. It is based on the adventures of the title character created by Ralph McInerny, in a series of mystery novels. The series was produced by The Fred Siverman Company and Dean Hargrove Productions in association with Viacom Productions.
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The Night Stalker
Title: The Night Stalker
Character: Charlie Garrett
Released: September 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
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Title: Airwolf
Character: Zach Daks
Released: January 22, 1984
Type: TV
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.
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Title: The A-Team
Character: Sonny Marlini
Released: January 23, 1983
Type: TV
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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Seguin
Title: Seguin
Character: Stephen Austin
Released: January 26, 1982
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the struggle between two contrasting cultures in the turbulent decade between the Texas Revolution (1836) and the Mexican-American War (1846-1847).
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Evita Peron
Title: Evita Peron
Character: Juan Duarte
Released: February 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.
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Happy Birthday, Gemini
Title: Happy Birthday, Gemini
Character: Nick Geminiani
Released: May 3, 1980
Type: Movie
Based on the off-Broadway/Broadway smash of the 1970s; a poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes, on his 21st birthday, that he may be in love with her brother.
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Hide in Plain Sight
Title: Hide in Plain Sight
Character: Jack Scolese
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: Movie
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
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The Evil
Title: The Evil
Character: Dwight
Released: May 5, 1978
Type: Movie
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
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The Kid from Not-So-Big
Title: The Kid from Not-So-Big
Character: Sylvester Quick
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A young girl is left to run her grandfather's frontier newspaper. She finds out about a group of conmen and a devious swindle and tries to expose them.
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Over-Under Sideways-Down
Title: Over-Under Sideways-Down
Character: Roy Stennis
Released: October 30, 1977
Type: Movie
A dramatic feature from Cine Manifest, Over-Under, Sideways-Down explores the politics of everyday life in America. The film centers on a working-class couple, Roy and Jan Stennis (played by Robert Viharo and Sharon Goldman), who live, with their two children, in a cramped tract home. An assembly line worker in a steel plant, Roy entertains the escapist fantasy of moving from the local semi-pro baseball team for which he plays third base, to the big leagues. "It's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time," he figures. However, when Roy simultaneously loses his job (by being at the right place at the right time - coming to the defense of a black co-worker and thus being branded a trouble-maker) and his one chance to impress an interested baseball scout, his life begins to unravel. The strains on his marriage increase, intensified by Jan's decision to take a job, and Roy begins to isolate himself both from his family and his fellow workers.
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Bare Knuckles
Title: Bare Knuckles
Character: Zachary Kane
Released: September 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A bounty hunter in Los Angeles sets out to track down and stop a masked serial killer who murders women by using kung-fu moves.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Title: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Character: Anterrabae
Released: July 14, 1977
Type: Movie
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Character: Jack Cunningham / John Gallagher
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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Return to Macon County
Title: Return to Macon County
Character: Sergeant Bob Wittaker
Released: July 23, 1975
Type: Movie
In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Raymond Callis
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Stuntman
Title: Stuntman
Character: Johnny
Released: December 31, 1968
Type: Movie
Stuntman Johnny gets tired of putting his life constantly at risk and instead joins up with a bunch of international thieves who are looking to steal a priceless statue, but that's where the trouble starts....
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Villa Rides
Title: Villa Rides
Character: Urbina
Released: May 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté
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Valley of the Dolls
Title: Valley of the Dolls
Character: Director
Released: December 27, 1967
Type: Movie
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
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The Odds Against
Title: The Odds Against
Character: John James Mitchell
Released: October 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A raw, rare short film about the need for a progressive overhaul of the penal system.
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Mission to Death
Title: Mission to Death
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
During World War II, one small band of brave soldiers is on a covert mission deep behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France. Their mission is to take out a secret Axis radar installation and pave the way for an all-out Allied air strike. Against harrowing odds, the resilient heroes will stop at nothing to complete their mission. This independent war drama from Kenneth W. Richardson stars James E. McLarty, Jim Westbrook and Robert Stolper.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Chino
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.