Richard Cox (born May 6, 1948) is an American theater, film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Richards in the film Cruising and Max Frazier on Ghostwriter. He has won a Clarence Derwent Award and was nominated for Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for Platinum.

Personal life and education

Richard Cox, whose full name is Richard Cox Zuckerman, was born on May 6, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is the only child of Gabe Zuckerman and Rosanna Cox, both of whom were professional dancers. He first took the stage at the age of eight with his mother at the Petersburg Players Professional Theatre in Peterborough, New Hampshire, who frequently performed there. Cox cited it as the spark that got him interested in the theatre and still considers himself a member of the institution. Cox trained at the American Repertory Theater when he was young. Cox then went on to study at Yale, dual majoring in drama and anthropology.

Career Cox performed on Broadway with Ingrid Bergman in Captain Brassbound's Conversion before going to Hollywood in 1975 with the national company of Grease.

He appeared with Al Pacino in Cruising (1980) and Looking for Richard (1996). Other film credits include Seizure (1974), Between the Lines (1977), Sanford and Son (1975), King of the Mountain (1981), Hellhole (1985), The Vindicator (1986), Zombie High (1987) and Radio Free Albemuth (2010).

He played a terrorist fighting for independence in the Star Trek episode "The High Ground" (1990).

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1974SeizureGerald1977Between the LinesStuart Wheeler1980CruisingStuart Richards1981King of the MountainRoger1983Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?Customer At Cafe1985HellholeRon1986The VindicatorAlex Whyte1987Zombie HighPhilo1987Street JusticeSam Chandler1989The OasisPaul1996Looking for RichardSelf / Lord Catesby1997A Hero's ClimbStoreman2001BesottedRaymond2002Outta TimeTaylor2002Storm WatchRichard Clark2003Missing BrendanSean Calden2005Barry DingleLevinowsky2008The Toe TacticStalker Timmy2010Radio Free AlbemuthDr. Weinberg2011Wilde SaloméRobbie Ross

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1975SunshineLevisEpisode: "Buy the Book"1975Sanford and SonHippie KidEpisode: "The Sanford Arms"1975BarettaDetective Josephson / Pogo2 episodes1976The Adams ChroniclesCol. William Stephens SmithEpisode: "Chapter IV: John Adams, Minister to Great Britain"1976–1977Executive SuiteMark Desmond18 episodes1978What Really Happened to the Class of '65?JoshEpisode: "Reunion in Terror"1979The Rockford FilesKenny SpectorEpisode: "Love Is the Word"1980StonePeter WardEpisode: "Just a Little Blow Between Friends"1980Camp GrizzlyNickTelevision film1982Alice at the PalaceCaterpillar / Mad Hatter1982Remington SteeleTony DinaldoEpisode: "Etched in Steele"1983Simon & SimonDuke DwyerEpisode: "What's in a Gnome?"1983Magnum, P.I.RandyEpisode: "The Big Blow"1985Scarecrow and Mrs. KingMalcolm BurlingEpisode: "Life of the Party"1986Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBenEpisode: "Four O'Clock"1986Slow BurnTommy WalshTelevision film1987HunterCarl RemickEpisode: "Crossfire"1987The Bronx ZooCharlie Turner4 episodes1987Murder, She WroteClay McCloudEpisode: "Witness for the Defense"1987Once AgainJagTelevision film1988Shattered InnocenceBrad Pullman1988Tanner '88David Seidelman7 episodes1988CBS Summer PlayhouseSearlesEpisode: "Mad Avenue"1988Unholy MatrimonyIrvin DymondTelevision film1988Midnight CallerMike BarnesEpisode: "After It Happened"1989Peaceable KingdomFrank EverettEpisode: "Aardvark"1989Freddy's NightmaresJerryEpisode: "Heartbreak Hotel"1989Designing WomenBarringerEpisode: "Manhunt"1989L.A. LawCurtis HaberEpisode: "Lie Down and Deliver"1990Star Trek: The Next GenerationKyril FinnEpisode: "The High Ground"1990WIOUJimi SlavinEpisode: "Diamond Dogs"1991–1992LovingGifford Bowman124 episodes1992–1994GhostwriterMax Frazier13 episodes1993Law & OrderSteven GreggEpisode: "Right to Counsel"1995Young at HeartMarcoTelevision film1995LegendFlintridge CaineEpisode: "Custer's Next to Last Stand"1997MillenniumAlistair 'Al' PepperEpisode: "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions"1997Guiding LightDavid Jacobs / Richard Jacobs2 episodes1997–1998The VisitorAsst. Director Grushaw4 episodes1998The NetJericho DenainEpisode: "Harvest"2000Nash BridgesNorman CraftEpisode: "Heist"2000Diagnosis: MurderAdministrator ZanuckEpisode: "A Resting Place"2000The X-FilesDaniel BrimleyEpisode: "Brand X"2000The HuntressAdam KirkmanEpisode: "Bad Boys & Why We Love Them"2000American TragedyAlan DershowitzTelevision film2000The FugitiveAl GreenlawEpisode: "Liar's Poker"2001The PracticeAttorney Stuart Miller2002TitusDr. FranklinEpisode: "The Session"2003DragnetAlex Von LoyEpisode: "The Artful Dodger"2003ERRick MathersEpisode: "Shifts Happen"2003Veritas: The QuestCosimo MediciEpisode: "The Lost Codex"2004JAGMr. HandyEpisode: "A Girl's Best Friend"2004Without a TraceFather Gavin CavanaghEpisode: "Risen"2005ThresholdCapt. Hank ManciniEpisode: "Blood of the Children"2005NumbersEdward BarretEpisode: "Calculated Risk"2005Cold CaseClifton ColemanEpisode: "Start-Up"2006Crossing JordanClark CredleEpisode: "Code of Ethics"2006The CloserMichael HensonEpisode: "Out of Focus"2006Close to HomeHenry BrooksEpisode: "Legacy"2007RainesRichard BillingsEpisode: "Closure"2007BonesAtty. Leonard HuntzingerEpisode: "Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van"2007MoonlightRichard HaggansEpisode: "Fleur De Lis"2008Blank SlateSenator Davis WilmontTelevision film2008LeverageCharles DufortEpisode: "The Homecoming Job"2009SouthlandDavid MilliardEpisode: "Westside"2011CSI: MiamiJudge Ebersol2 episodes2012The MentalistBrother JosefEpisode: "Ruddy Cheeks"2013NCIS: Los AngelesDr. Roy HaleEpisode: "History"2013Franklin & BashGreg HarrellEpisode: "Freck"2013–2014Alpha HouseGraydon Talbot10 episodes2015A Mother BetrayedHarryTelevision film2015The LibrariansProspero4 episodes2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeFranklinEpisode: "Winter"2019Grey's AnatomyMarvin ReedEpisode: "I Walk The Line"2020NovelmoreTindercloakEpisode: "Family Ties"

Theatre

1978 Year Platinum Title Dan DangerRole Broadway Clarence Derwent Award, Tony and Drama Desk NominationsVenue 1993: Blood Brothers (The Narrator) . Music Box TheaterWriter1975: Moonchildren Theater de Lys

1990What a Man WeighsHaseltineSecond Stage TheaterSherry Kramer

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