Robert Hooks

Career timeline

1. 1937 · Born

   Born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

2. 1964 · Screen debut

   Profiles in Courage (TV)

3. 1984 · Breakthrough

   Murder, She Wrote (TV)

4. 2003 · Latest release

   L.A. Dragnet (TV)

Career in numbers

7 1960s

25 1970s

25 1980s

17 1990s

2 2000s

• Drama56
• Crime22
• Tv Movie16
• Comedy13
• Action10
• Mystery9

Highest-rated title Seinfeld 1989 8.2 Most popular title Seinfeld 1989 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Hooks in our catalogue.

Robert Douglas

4 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

3 titles together

Michael Nader

3 titles together

Ray Danton

3 titles together

Charles Weldon

2 titles together

Aaron Spelling

2 titles together

Heather Locklear

2 titles together

M. Emmet Walsh

2 titles together

John Wesley Shipp

2 titles together

Paul Wendkos

2 titles together

1. 2003 L.A. Dragnet TV
2. 2000 Seventeen Again as Grandpa Gene Donovan 7.0 Movie
3. 1999 The Hoop Life TV
4. 1999 Free of Eden as Joe Sherman Movie
5. 1996 Fled as Lieutenant Clark 5.7 Movie
6. 1995 Abandoned and Deceived as Doctor Peck Movie
7. 1995 The Parent 'Hood TV
8. 1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. TV
9. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Andrew Chivers 7.1 TV
10. 1993 The Sinbad Show TV
11. 1993 Posse as King David 5.4 Movie
12. 1992 Passenger 57 as Dwight Henderson 6.0 Movie
13. 1992 Out All Night as Cliff Emory TV
14. 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Hurry Sundown' (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
15. 1990 The Flash as Chief Arthur Cooper 6.5 Movie
16. 1990 The Flash as Chief Arthur Cooper 7.4 TV
17. 1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Dean Morgan 7.9 TV
18. 1990 Heat Wave as Reverend Brooks Movie
19. 1990 Appearances as Wesley Movie
20. 1989 Family Matters as Dr. Smiley 6.8 TV
21. 1989 Seinfeld as Joe Temple 8.2 TV
22. 1988 Supercarrier as Commander Jim Coleman TV
23. 1987 J.J. Starbuck TV
24. 1987 A Different World as Phillip Dalton 7.2 TV
25. 1987 21 Jump Street as Dr. Tony Hoffs 7.3 TV
26. 1986 Head of the Class 6.3 TV
27. 1986 L.A. Law as Judge Earl Gregory 7.0 TV
28. 1986 Blacke's Magic TV
29. 1985 227 6.8 TV
30. 1985 The Execution as Alton Reese Movie
31. 1985 Words by Heart as Ben Sills Movie
32. 1984 V as George Caniff 7.1 TV
33. 1984 WonderWorks as Ben Sills TV
34. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Everett Charles Jensen 7.5 TV
35. 1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Admiral Morrow 6.6 Movie
36. 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick 6.5 TV
37. 1982 Hotel as Frank 'Squire' Vance 6.7 TV
38. 1982 Fast-Walking as William Galliot 5.8 Movie
39. 1982 T. J. Hooker as Lt. Ellis / Detective Joe Fisher 6.6 TV
40. 1982 Cassie & Co. as Matthews TV
41. 1981 The Sophisticated Gents as Ezra 'Chops' Jackson TV
42. 1981 Madame X as Dist. Atty. Roerich Movie
43. 1981 The Oklahoma City Dolls as John Miller Movie
44. 1981 Dynasty 6.5 TV
45. 1979 Trapper John, M.D. 6.6 TV
46. 1979 Hart to Hart 6.9 TV
47. 1979 The Facts of Life as Mr. Ramsey 7.0 TV
48. 1979 Hollow Image as Paul Movie
49. 1979 Time Express TV
50. 1979 Backstairs at the White House as John Mays TV
51. 1978 A Woman Called Moses as William Still TV
52. 1978 WKRP in Cincinnati 7.6 TV
53. 1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries TV
54. 1978 To Kill a Cop as Capt. Pete Rolfe TV
55. 1978 To Kill a Cop as Capt. Pete Rolfe Movie
56. 1977 Airport '77 as Eddie 5.6 Movie
57. 1976 Quincy, M.E. 7.5 TV
58. 1976 Just an Old Sweet Song as Nate Simmons Movie
59. 1976 The Killer Who Wouldn't Die as Commissioner Frank Wharton Movie
60. 1975 Carter's Army as Lt. Edward Wallace Movie
61. 1975 Ceremonies in Dark Old Men as Blue Haven Movie
62. 1974 Petrocelli 7.2 TV
63. 1974 Trapped as Sergeant Connaught Movie
64. 1973 Police Story 7.0 TV
65. 1972 Trouble Man as Mr. T 6.3 Movie
66. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco as Joe Joplin 7.1 TV
67. 1972 Two for the Money as Larry Dean Movie
68. 1971 Vanished as Larry Storm TV
69. 1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots as Chicken Movie
70. 1969 Then Came Bronson as Henry Tate TV
71. 1967 Mannix 6.9 TV
72. 1967 N.Y.P.D. as Jeff Ward TV
73. 1967 Hurry Sundown as Reeve Scott 6.4 Movie
74. 1967 Sweet Love, Bitter as Keel Robinson Movie
75. 1965 The F.B.I. as Steven Harber 5.6 TV
76. 1964 Profiles in Courage as Frederick Douglass TV

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