Joe Penny

Born: 1956-06-24

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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Bloody Birthday

as Mr. Harding
Released: 1981-04-28

In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon...

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Family of Cops III

as Ben Fein
Released: 1999-01-12

Police Inspector Paul Fein copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of...

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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2007-03-17

DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a...

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S.O.B.

as Officer Phil Buchwald
Released: 1981-07-01

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an...

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Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

as Ben Fein
Released: 1997-02-02

The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the...

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Jane Doe: Vanishing Act

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2005-01-21

Cathy Davis, one the smartest government agents in the country is urged out of retirement to...

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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2006-03-04

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private...

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She Woke Up Pregnant

as Dr. Roger Nolton
Released: 1996-04-28

A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives for dental...

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Betrayed at 17

as John Taylor
Released: 2011-10-09

A mother vows to get justice when her daughter's life is destroyed by a sex video that goes viral.

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

as Robert McCay
Released: 1986-11-08

An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the...

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Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2008-01-12

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece....

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The Little Unicorn

as Tiny
Released: 2002-12-14

After her favorite mare dies while giving birth on her grandfather's farm, Polly's spirits are...

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The Prophet's Game

as Walter Motter
Released: 2000-06-06

Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting contestants into solving the riddles it...

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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2007-05-09

Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.

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Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2006-01-14

Jane Doe must solve the kidnapping of a famous mentalist who possesses the names of secret...

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Two Against Time

as George Tomich
Released: 2002-04-21

This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery...

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Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2005-06-19

When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.

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Deathmoon

as Rick Bladen
Released: 1978-05-31

An overworked executive vacationing in Hawaii finds that his romance with an attractive...

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Reign of the Gargoyles

as Gus
Released: 2007-03-24

During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their...

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Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2005-02-18

The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles Bank. The NSA with...

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BitterSweet

as Carl Peckato
Released: 1999-09-30

A young co-ed who's just been release from prison for a crime she didn't commit plots her...

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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

as Edward Moran
Released: 1987-01-18

A fashion designer marries a lawyer only to discover that his father is an imfamous mafia don.

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The Gossip Columnist

as Paul Cameron
Released: 1980-03-21

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt...

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Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part

as Frank Darnell
Released: 2005-03-11

When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell,...

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The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

as Michael Carlin
Released: 1992-10-04

Michael Carlin, a teacher, has been having an affair with a much younger fellow teacher Carolyn...

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The Disappearance of Vonnie

as Ron Rickman
Released: 1994-09-27

Corrine Kaczmarek is seeking desperately for the truth in the case of the mysterious...

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Gangster Wars

as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Released: 1981-04-09

The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky"...

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The Red Phone: Checkmate

as Darrow
Released: 2004-04-01

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Double Jeopardy

as John Dubroski
Released: 1996-01-30

A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls...

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Stranger in My Home

as Ned Covington
Released: 1997-02-11

A famous female lawyer suspects that her client, a homeless transient, may in fact be a brother...

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The Operation

as Dr. Ed Betters
Released: 1990-01-21

Duplicity reigns supreme as a doctor in a messy, emotional divorce from his wife, who is also...

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The Girls in the Office

as Beau Galloway
Released: 1979-02-02

A romantic comedy about four women employed by an ultra-modern Houston department store who...

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Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

as Self
Released: 1985-10-16

A live performance by "neurotic" stand-up comedian Richard Lewis. Includes tongue-in-cheek...

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Roses Are for the Rich

as Lloyd Murphy
Released: 1987-05-17

In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion....

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Samurai

as Lee Cantrell
Released: 1979-04-30

Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and...

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Whisper Kill

as Dan Walker
Released: 1988-05-16

Ambitious reporter, Liz Bartlett, secretly wishes that Jerry Caper, her business associate were...

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The Red Phone - Manhunt

as Jack Darrow
Released: 2001-11-10

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Terror in the Night

as Lonnie
Released: 1994-01-11

A fugitive killer posing as a policeman arrests two campers in the Arizona mountains.

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Young at Heart

as Mike
Released: 1995-03-12

A matriarch of three generations born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, discovers that her...

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Jack of Hearts

as Arden Cook
Released: 2000-11-02

A cop looking for a chance to redeem himself comes up against a man who has built a fortune out...

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Lifepod

as Simmons
Released: 1981-01-01

The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew...

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Our Winning Season

as Dean Berger
Released: 1978-05-01

This teen drama follows high-school senior David Wakefield, a talented runner who is set on...

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CSI: Miami

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-23

CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Jack Oakley
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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7th Heaven

as Nick
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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Touched by an Angel

as Zack Bennett
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Sonny Tantero
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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Jake and the Fatman

as Jake Styles
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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T. J. Hooker

as Miles Dickson
First aired: 1982-03-13

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...

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Matlock

as Paul Baron
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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Twice in a Lifetime

as Flash Jericho / David Lazarus
First aired: 1999-08-25

Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in...

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-30

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....

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The Sopranos

as Victor Musto
First aired: 1999-01-10

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he...

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Lou Grant

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Archie Bunker's Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-23

Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Det. Tanis Archer
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Cold Case

as Hank Butler
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Tucker's Witch

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-06

Rick and Amanda Tucker own and operate their private detective agency in Laurel Canyon in Los...

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Riptide

as Nick Ryder
First aired: 1984-01-03

Riptide is an American TV detective series that ran on NBC from December 3, 1983 to August 22,...

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Vega$

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-20

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981....

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The Gangster Chronicles

as Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel
First aired: 1981-02-02

The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama mini series starring Michael...

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Matt Houston

as Eric Jason
First aired: 1982-09-26

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...

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Flamingo Road

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-06

Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV...

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Boomtown

as Les Van Buren
First aired: 2002-09-29

Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many...

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Paris

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-29

Paris is an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from...

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Threshold

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-16

Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September...

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Lottery !

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-09

Lottery! is an American drama series that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series...

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CHiPs

as Officer Brent Delaney
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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