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John Pleshette is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Pleshette also wrote several scripts for Knots Landing in the 1980s.
Born
Monday, 27 July 1942
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mistresses | Judge Kavanaugh | 2013 |
| American Horror Story | Committee Chairman | 2011 |
| Happily Divorced | Rabbi | 2011 |
| Gentlemen Broncos | Merve | 2009 |
| Eli Stone | Judge Nettles | 2008 |
| The Nine | Mr. Kates | 2006 |
| Sex and Breakfast | Older Man in Elevator | 2005 |
| The Failures | Pricipal Holbrook | 2004 |
| Helter Skelter | Mr. Krenwikle | 2004 |
| NCIS | Tom Crawley | 2003 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mistresses | Judge Kavanaugh | 2013 |
| American Horror Story | Committee Chairman | 2011 |
| Happily Divorced | Rabbi | 2011 |
| Gentlemen Broncos | Merve | 2009 |
| Eli Stone | Judge Nettles | 2008 |
| The Nine | Mr. Kates | 2006 |
| Sex and Breakfast | Older Man in Elevator | 2005 |
| The Failures | Pricipal Holbrook | 2004 |
| Helter Skelter | Mr. Krenwikle | 2004 |
| NCIS | Tom Crawley | 2003 |
| Detonator | Stuart Newman | 2003 |
| For the People | Dr. Goodwin | 2002 |
| James Dean | Billy Rose | 2001 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Therapist | 2000 |
| Good vs Evil | Wallace Augur | 1999 |
| The Sopranos | Dr. Ira Fried | 1999 |
| The Truman Show | Network Executive | 1998 |
| The Day Lincoln Was Shot | William Henry Seward / Secretary of State William Henry Seward | 1998 |
| Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Auggie Sterling / Augustus Hancock Sterling II | 1997 |
| Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Gary Blondo | 1997 |
| The Practice | Attorney Nick Jamison | 1997 |
| The Curse of Inferno | Mr. Wizzard | 1996 |
| The Pretender | Sean Flanagan | 1996 |
| Arli$$ | Orson | 1996 |
| The Sentinel | Brother Christopher | 1996 |
| JAG | Prosecutor Joe Wilson | 1995 |
| Murder One | Gary Blondo | 1995 |
| Born to Be Wild | Donald Carr | 1995 |
| ER | Stuart | 1994 |
| Party of Five | Professor Conklin | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Dr. John Foster | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Emil Hamilton | 1993 |
| Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Neil Woodman | 1993 |
| Eye of the Stranger | Joe | 1993 |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Detective Simpson | 1993 |
| The Larry Sanders Show | Leo | 1992 |
| Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story | 1992 | |
| Civil Wars | Al Noonan | 1991 |
| Lies of the Twins | 1991 | |
| Deadly Game | Charley Sloan | 1991 |
| Vietnam, Texas | Harold | 1990 |
| Paramedics | Doctor Lido | 1988 |
| Shattered Innocence | Mel Erman | 1988 |
| Windmills of the Gods | Eddie | 1988 |
| The Wonder Years | Charlie Barrett | 1988 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Jimmy Faber | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Mark Kumpel | 1986 |
| Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | David Elias / David Eilas | 1986 |
| Welcome Home, Bobby | John Hammill | 1986 |
| MacGyver | Lancer / Benson | 1985 |
| MacGruder and Loud | Malcolm Skeat | 1985 |
| Malice in Wonderland | Tommy Gallep | 1985 |
| Micki + Maude | Hap Ludlow | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Nicky Saperstein | 1984 |
| Burning Rage | Frank Vandenberg | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Charley Trapola / Stanley | 1984 |
| Hunter | Ron Nieman | 1984 |
| Whiz Kids | Richard Chapman | 1983 |
| The Kid with the Broken Halo | Jeff McNulty | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Attorney Dorsey Pender / Dr. John Ashfield | 1981 |
| S.O.B. | Capitol Studios Vice-President | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Steve Elliott | 1980 |
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Bill Kingman | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Richard Avery | 1979 |
| Rocky II | Director | 1979 |
| The Users | Kip Nathan | 1978 |
| House Calls | Theatrical agent | 1978 |
| The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Lee Harvey Oswald | 1977 |
| Seventh Avenue | Marty Cass | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Carl Fry | 1977 |
| The Feather and Father Gang | Schecter | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Hugh Boswell | 1976 |
| Doctors' Hospital | Dr. Danvers | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | Danny Green / Jackie Tetuska / Julius 'Jay' Rockfelt | 1974 |
| Kojak | Resident | 1973 |
| Parades | Murray | 1972 |
| End of the Road | Finkle | 1970 |
| Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle | Bruce | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | Dan | 1967 |
| The Patty Duke Show | Pete | 1963 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Knots Landing | 1979 |
