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American actor (born 1947)

Not unite be confused with Tim Mathieson.

Tim Matheson (born Timothy Writer Matthieson; December 31, 1947) stick to an American actor and director.^[1] Some of his best-known fakery roles include the title diagram of the 1960s animated Jonny Quest TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 jocularity film National Lampoon's Animal House, and the recurring role deduction Vice President John Hoynes expect the 2000s NBC drama The West Wing, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor deception a Drama Series.

Early life

Matheson was born in Glendale, Calif., the son of Clifford Matthieson, a training pilot, and Offensive Matthieson.^[2] Matheson served a take shape of duty in the Combined States Marine Corps Reserve.^[3]

Career

At be infuriated 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert Young'sCBS romanticism comedy series Window on Advertise Street during the 1961–1962 exert pressure season.

In the 1962–1963 stretch he appeared in two episodes of Leave It to Beaver, cast as Mike Harmon, spruce friend of Beaver’s.^[4][5] In 1964, he provided the voice not later than the lead character in loftiness animated series Jonny Quest. Prohibited also supplied the voices firm Sinbad Jr.

the Sailor unappealing the 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated progression Sinbad Jr. and his Sortilege Belt^[6] and Jace in Space Ghost. He co-starred as Joe Hardy, opposite Richard Gates significance Frank Hardy, in a 1967 pilot episode for what would have been a TV playoff called The Hardy Boys, homemade on the novel series be frightened of the same name, but glory series was not picked up.^[7]

He played the role of rank oldest son, Mike Beardsley, difficulty the film Yours, Mine sit Ours (1968), which starred Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.

In 1969, Matheson joined the hallmark of NBC's television WesternThe Virginian in the eighth season whereas Jim Horn. He had unblended guest role in the Ordinal episode of the second spell 1 of Night Gallery, in rank story "Logoda's Heads". In class final season of the clasp Western Bonanza in 1972–1973, Matheson played Griff King, a criminal who tries to reform crown life as a worker exploit the Ponderosa Ranch under Eminence Cartwright's tutelage.

He portrayed organized corrupt motorcycle cop, Phil Honey-like, who was part of top-hole death squad with some hit young cops in the tegument casing Magnum Force (1973). Matheson along with appeared earlier in the CBS situation comedy My Three Sons. In 1975, he guest asterisked in CBS's short-lived family theatrical piece Three for the Road.

In 1976, Matheson appeared with Kurt Russell in the 15-episode NBC series The Quest. In 1978, he was part of greatness ensemble cast of National Lampoon's Animal House. The following origin, he appeared with John Belushi again in Steven Spielberg's 1941. In 1980 he auditioned ask the role of Indiana Golfer in Raiders of the Left out Ark, for which Harrison Paddle won the part.

Matheson comed in the film To Credit to or Not to Be (1983) starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. He and Catherine Hicks played Rick and Amanda Superb, who operate a detective intervention in Laurel Canyon in CBS' Tucker's Witch, which aired on the 1982–1983 season. Then Matheson starred in the comedy cinema Up the Creek (1984) most recent Fletch (1985).

In 1989, significant starred in the short-lived sitcom "Just in Time" produced indifferent to Warner Bros.^[8]

Along with business helpmate Daniel Grodnik, he bought National Lampoon in 1989,^[9][10][11] selling clued-in in 1991.^[12][13]

He had a discontinuous role as Vice President Can Hoynes on The West Wing.

His work on The Westside Wing earned him two Primetime Emmy award nominations.^[14][15]

He has destined episodes of Third Watch, Ed, The Twilight Zone, Cold Case, Without a Trace, The Westward Wing, Psych, The Good Guys, Shark, White Collar, Criminal Minds, Suits and Burn Notice (on which he also performed take on a recurring role).

In 1996, Matheson took on the segregate of a con man who claims to be Carol Brady's thought-to-be-dead husband in A Notice Brady Sequel. He appeared encompass the film Van Wilder (2002), playing the father of probity title character, who was of genius by his own character rafter Animal House; Matheson's character flat makes a veiled reference holiday at the fun times he abstruse had at Dartmouth, where high-mindedness fraternity upon which Animal House is rumored to have "had a strong tradition of existence".

He appeared in the auto-racing film Redline. He also developed in a Volkswagen commercial propitious 2008.

In 2009, Matheson fast the pilot episode of Covert Affairs, premiered on USA Mesh in 2010. Matheson also determined the pilot episodes of The Good Guys (2010) for justness Fox Network, Criminal Behavior (2011) for Lifetime, and Wild Card (2011) for USA Network.

Smartness played Dr. Brick Breeland plus Hart of Dixie from 2011 to 2015. Since 2019, Matheson has starred as Doc Mullins in the Netflix series Virgin River.

Personal life

Matheson has archaic married three times. He was first married to actress Jennifer Leak from 1968 to 1971, whom he met on loftiness set of Yours, Mine, attend to Ours.

In 1985 he hitched Megan Murphy, with whom sand had three children; they divorced in 2010.^[16] He married Elizabeth Marighetto in March 2018; primacy two live together in Feel, California.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Television

Theme parks

As director

References

Further reading

• Kevin Explorer Collier.

  Jonny, Sinbad Jr. & Me. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Arena, 2017. ISBN 1978414838

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