Ric Carrott

Born: 1949-02-05

Ric Carrott was an American actor, active during the 1970s. Youthful-looking and handsome, Carrott's only regular television series role was as Captain Chris Gentry, on the Saturday morning children's series Space Academy, but he made guest appearances on numerous popular shows of the decade. These included Nanny and the Professor, The Partridge Family, Love American Style, Dirty Sally, The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, The Blue Knight, The Streets of San Francisco, Lucas Tanner, S.W.A.T., Cannon, and later The Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones, Fantasy Island and Three's Company. Carrott originated the role of Chuck Cunningham, in the pilot for Happy Days (which aired as a segment of Love, American Style, "Love and the Happy Days"), later played by Gavan O'Herlihy in the series. His film work includes roles in The Swinging Cheerleaders (also known as Locker Room Girls), Earthquake, Slashed Dreams, Mother, Jugs & Speed, Marathon Man, and the television movies A Summer Without Boys, Hurricane, SST: Death Flight, and When Hell was in Session.


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Earthquake

as National Guardsman (uncredited)
Released: 1974-11-15

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude...

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Marathon Man

as Plainclothesman
Released: 1976-10-08

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving...

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Mother, Jugs & Speed

as Harvey
Released: 1976-05-26

To beat out competing ambulance services, an ace driver, an office secretary/paramedic and a...

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The Swinging Cheerleaders

as Ross
Released: 1974-09-25

In order to write an expose on how cheerleading demeans women, a reporter for a college...

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Slashed Dreams

as Marshall
Released: 1975-04-24

A couple on vacation in the woods is stalked by a pair of rapists.

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A Summer Without Boys

as Joe
Released: 1973-12-05

A middle-aged woman going through a divorce takes her daughter to a summer lodge where the girl...

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When Hell Was in Session

as Lt. Hadley
Released: 1979-10-08

This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war....

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Starsky & Hutch

as Officer Baker
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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The Odd Couple

as Steve O'Connor
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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Fantasy Island

as Ken Lansing
First aired: 1978-01-28

A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons...

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Three's Company

as Rick
First aired: 1977-03-15

The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share...

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S.W.A.T.

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-02-24

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And...

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Space Academy

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-10

Space Academy is a live-action sci-fi children's television program produced by Filmation that...

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