Actor
Robert Symonds
December 1, 1926 · Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
Symonds was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, the son of Nellie (née Barry) and Walter Stout Symonds. He married Elizabeth Janel Kaderli in 1952 and had three children; Victoria, Barry, and Rebecca. He and Janel divorced in 1969. He was married to actress Priscilla Pointer from 1980 until his death and was the step-father of actress Amy Irving and her siblings, David and Katie. He was the father of Vicki Morrison, Barry Symonds, and Becca Wooldridge.
He died on the morning of August 23, 2007, aged 80, from complications of prostate cancer.
Notable work
8Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Mr. Rosen
7.7The Exorcist (1973)
as Dr. Taney
7.5Knight Rider (1982)
as Cat Holliday
7.8ER (1994)
as Jay Jackson
8Quantum Leap (1989)
as Dr. Wickless
7.9M*A*S*H (1972)
as Col. Horace Baldwin
6.8Alias (2001)
as Second Man
7.6Cheers (1982)
as Mr. Brubaker
7.1...And Justice for All (1979)
as Judge Burns
7.6Airwolf (1984)
as Adrian Paley
7.7Cold Case (2003)
as Ted Chester (2006)
7.3The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
as Jay Rogers and as Jensen
Often works with
John Finn
2 titles together
Catch Me If You Can, Cold Case
Jennifer Garner
2 titles together
Catch Me If You Can, Alias
Anne Lockhart
2 titles together
Knight Rider, Airwolf
Lance LeGault
2 titles together
Knight Rider, Airwolf
Alan Oppenheimer
2 titles together
Knight Rider, The Six Million Dollar Man
Maura Tierney
2 titles together
ER, Primary Colors
Full filmography · 48
Cold Case
as Ted Chester (2006)
20037.7
Alias
as Second Man
20016.8
ER
as Jay Jackson
19947.8
Quantum Leap
as Dr. Wickless
19898
thirtysomething
cast
19876.3
Jake and the Fatman
as Judge A. Davis (uncredited)
19876.2
Beauty and the Beast
as Alan Taft
19877.4
Airwolf
as Adrian Paley
19847.6
St. Elsewhere
as Dr. Friedman
19825.7
Cheers
as Mr. Brubaker
19827.6
Knight Rider
as Cat Holliday
19827.5
American Playhouse
as Morten Kiehl
1982