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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 24, 1956
Place of Birth
London, England
Also Known As
- جو پنی
Joe Penny
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.9
John Taylor
Betrayed at 17
2011
6.1
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008
6.0
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
5.9
Gus
Reign of the Gargoyles
2007
5.2
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007
6.4
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006
6.0
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006
7.0
Threshold
2005
6.2
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
5.9
Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
Credits
Betrayed at 17
as John Taylor
2011
5.9
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
as Frank Darnell
2008
6.1
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Frank Darnell
2007
6.0
Reign of the Gargoyles
as Gus
2007
5.9
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Frank Darnell
2007
5.2
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
as Frank Darnell
2006
6.4
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Frank Darnell
2006
6.0
Threshold
2005
7.0
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Frank Darnell
2005
6.2
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Frank Darnell
2005
5.9
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Frank Darnell
2005
5.9
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Frank Darnell
2005
5.5
🎬
The Red Phone: Checkmate
as Darrow
2004
4.6
Cold Case
as Hank Butler
2003
7.8
The Little Unicorn
as Tiny
2002
2.2
Boomtown
as Les Van Buren
2002
6.2
CSI: Miami
as Travis Drake
2002
7.7
Two Against Time
as George Tomich
2002
3.0
The Red Phone: Manhunt
as Jack Darrow
2001
4.0
Jack of Hearts
as Arden Cook
2000
1.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jack Oakley
2000
7.6
The Prophet's Game
as Walter Motter
2000
4.8
BitterSweet
as Carl Peckato
1999
4.4
Twice in a Lifetime
as Flash Jericho / David Lazarus
1999
5.5
🎬
Chicken Soup for the Soul
1999
2.0
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
as Ben Fein
1999
6.5
The Sopranos
as Victor Musto
1999
8.6
Stranger in My Home
as Ned Covington
1997
6.5
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
as Ben Fein
1997
6.5
7th Heaven
as Nick
1996
6.4
She Woke Up Pregnant
as Dr. Roger Nolton
1996
7.0
Double Jeopardy
as John Dubroski
1996
5.3
Young at Heart
as Mike
1995
0.0
The Disappearance of Vonnie
as Ron Rickman
1994
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Zack Bennett
1994
7.2
Terror in the Night
as Lonnie
1994
5.0
Diagnosis: Murder
as Det. Tanis Archer
1993
7.1
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Sonny Tantero
1993
6.9
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
as Michael Carlin
1992
3.1
The Operation
as Dr. Ed Betters
1990
2.3
Whisper Kill
as Dan Walker
1988
7.3
Jake and the Fatman
as Jake Styles
1987
6.2
Roses Are for the Rich
as Lloyd Murphy
1987
0.0
Roses Are for the Rich
as Lloyd Murphy
1987
6.0
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
as Edward Moran
1987
7.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
as Robert McCay
1986
7.0
Matlock
as Paul Baron
1986
7.1
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
as Self
1985
7.0
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.8
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
0.0
Riptide
as Nick Ryder
1984
6.8
Lottery!
1983
5.5
Tucker's Witch
1982
4.0
Matt Houston
as Eric Jason
1982
6.2
T. J. Hooker
as Miles Dickson
1982
6.4
S.O.B.
as Officer Phil Buchwald
1981
5.9
Bloody Birthday
as Mr. Harding
1981
5.9
Gangster Wars
as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
1981
7.5
The Gangster Chronicles
as Ben Siegel
1981
6.8
Flamingo Road
1981
6.1
Lifepod
as Simmons
1981
5.1
The Gossip Columnist
as Paul Cameron
1980
7.5
Paris
1979
5.0
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
6.5
Samurai
as Lee Cantrell
1979
0.0
The Girls in the Office
as Beau Galloway
1979
2.0
Vega$
1978
7.0
Deathmoon
as Rick Bladen
1978
5.4
Our Winning Season
as Dean Berger
1978
4.4
Forever Fernwood
1977
5.0
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
CHiPs
as Officer Brent Delaney
1977
6.8
🎬
Delta County, USA
as Joe Ed
1977
0.0
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1