Joe Penny
Biography
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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Acting History
2011
Betrayed at 17 as John Taylor
2008Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder as Frank Darnell
2007Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss as Frank Darnell
2007Reign of the Gargoyles as Gus
2007Jane Doe: Ties That Bind as Frank Darnell
2006Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall as Frank Darnell
2006Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well as Frank Darnell
2005Threshold
2005Jane Doe: The Wrong Face as Frank Darnell
2005Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part as Frank Darnell
2005Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't as Frank Darnell
2005Jane Doe: Vanishing Act as Frank Darnell
2004The Red Phone: Checkmate as Darrow
2003Cold Case as Hank Butler
2002The Little Unicorn as Tiny
2002Boomtown as Les Van Buren
2002CSI: Miami as Travis Drake
2002Two Against Time as George Tomich
2001The Red Phone: Manhunt as Jack Darrow
2000Jack of Hearts as Arden Cook
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jack Oakley
2000The Prophet's Game as Walter Motter
1999BitterSweet as Carl Peckato
1999Twice in a Lifetime as Flash Jericho / David Lazarus
1999Chicken Soup for the Soul
1999Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion as Ben Fein
1999The Sopranos as Victor Musto
1997Stranger in My Home as Ned Covington
1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II as Ben Fein
19967th Heaven as Nick
1996She Woke Up Pregnant as Dr. Roger Nolton
1996Double Jeopardy as John Dubroski
1995Young at Heart as Mike
1994The Disappearance of Vonnie as Ron Rickman
1994Touched by an Angel as Zack Bennett
1994Terror in the Night as Lonnie
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Det. Tanis Archer
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Sonny Tantero
1992The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story as Michael Carlin
1990The Operation as Dr. Ed Betters
1988Whisper Kill as Dan Walker
1987Jake and the Fatman as Jake Styles
1987Roses Are for the Rich as Lloyd Murphy
1987Roses Are for the Rich as Lloyd Murphy
1987Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife as Edward Moran
1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star as Robert McCay
1986Matlock as Paul Baron
1985Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain as Self
1985The Twilight Zone
1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1984Riptide as Nick Ryder
1983Lottery!
1982Tucker's Witch
1982Matt Houston as Eric Jason
1982T. J. Hooker as Miles Dickson
1981S.O.B. as Officer Phil Buchwald
1981Bloody Birthday as Mr. Harding
1981Gangster Wars as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
1981The Gangster Chronicles as Ben Siegel
1981Flamingo Road
1981Lifepod as Simmons
1980The Gossip Columnist as Paul Cameron
1979Paris
1979Archie Bunker's Place
1979Samurai as Lee Cantrell
1979The Girls in the Office as Beau Galloway
1978Vega$
1978Deathmoon as Rick Bladen
1978Our Winning Season as Dean Berger
1977Forever Fernwood
1977Lou Grant
1977CHiPs as Officer Brent Delaney
1977Delta County, USA as Joe Ed
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries