1956Born, London
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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…
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The SopranosVictor Musto
CSI: MiamiTravis Drake
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationJack Oakley
Walker, Texas RangerSonny Tantero
Cold CaseHank Butler2011Betrayed at 17John TaylorMovie
2008Jane Doe: Eye of the BeholderFrank DarnellMovie
2007Jane Doe: How to Fire Your BossFrank DarnellMovie
2007Reign of the GargoylesGusMovie
2007Jane Doe: Ties That BindFrank DarnellMovie
2006Jane Doe: The Harder They FallFrank DarnellMovie
2006Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It WellFrank DarnellMovie
2005Threshold1 episodeShow
2005Jane Doe: The Wrong FaceFrank DarnellMovie
2005Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us PartFrank DarnellMovie
2005Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don'tFrank DarnellMovie
2005Jane Doe: Vanishing ActFrank DarnellMovie
2004The Red Phone: CheckmateDarrowMovie
2003Cold CaseHank Butler · 2 episodesShow
2002The Little UnicornTinyMovie
2002BoomtownLes Van Buren · 1 episodeShow
2002Two Against TimeGeorge TomichMovie
2001The Red Phone: ManhuntJack DarrowMovie
2000Jack of HeartsArden CookMovie
2000The Prophet's GameWalter MotterMovie
1999BitterSweetCarl PeckatoMovie
1999Twice in a LifetimeFlash Jericho / David Lazarus · 1 episodeShow
1999Chicken Soup for the Soul1 episodeShow
1999Family of Cops III: Under SuspicionBen FeinMovie
1997Stranger in My HomeNed CovingtonMovie
1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops IIBen FeinMovie
19967th HeavenNick · 1 episodeShow
1996She Woke Up PregnantDr. Roger NoltonMovie
1996Double JeopardyJohn DubroskiMovie
1995Young at HeartMikeMovie
1994The Disappearance of VonnieRon RickmanMovie
1994Touched by an AngelZack Bennett · 1 episodeShow
1994Terror in the NightLonnieMovie
1993Diagnosis: MurderDet. Tanis Archer · 1 episodeShow
1993Walker, Texas RangerSonny Tantero · 1 episodeShow
1992The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus StoryMichael CarlinMovie
1990The OperationEd BettersMovie
1988Whisper KillDan WalkerMovie
1987Jake and the FatmanJake Styles · 106 episodesShow
1987Roses Are for the RichLloyd MurphyMovie
1987Roses Are for the RichLloyd Murphy · 2 episodesShow
1987Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia WifeEdward MoranMovie
1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting StarRobert McCayMovie
1986MatlockPaul Baron · 3 episodesShow
1985The Twilight Zone1 episodeShow
1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be ThereMovie
1984RiptideNick Ryder · 56 episodesShow
1983Lottery!1 episodeShow
1982Tucker's Witch1 episodeShow
1982Matt HoustonEric Jason · 1 episodeShow
1982T. J. HookerMiles Dickson · 1 episodeShow
1981S.O.B.Officer Phil BuchwaldMovie
1981Bloody BirthdayMr. HardingMovie
1981Gangster WarsBenjamin "Bugsy" SiegelMovie
1981The Gangster ChroniclesBen Siegel · 13 episodesShow
1981Flamingo Road1 episodeShow
1981LifepodSimmonsMovie
1980The Gossip ColumnistPaul CameronMovie
1979Paris1 episodeShow
1979Archie Bunker's Place1 episodeShow
1979SamuraiLee CantrellMovie
1979The Girls in the OfficeBeau GallowayMovie
1978Vega$1 episodeShow
1978DeathmoonRick BladenMovie
1978Our Winning SeasonDean BergerMovie
1977Forever Fernwood30 episodesShow
1977Lou Grant1 episodeShow
1977CHiPsOfficer Brent Delaney · 1 episodeShow
1977Delta County, USAJoe EdMovie
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesShow
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