Christopher Rich

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Biography

Rich started out on stage and made his Broadway debut starring as Dionysius in the 1980 Circle in the Square production of "The Bacchus". By the following year, he was a regular on the NBC daytime drama "Another World", playing Sandy Cory, an audience favorite harboring a secret. Though his character was earmarked to be the first gay man in daytime television, producers changed their minds and Rich lost an opportunity to be a very memorable …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Other

Born

September 16, 1953

Career Milestones

Had a recurring guest role as a special agent on "Nash Bridges" (CBS)

Made recurring guest appearances as cocky newsman Miller Redfield on episodes of the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown"

Returned to "Murphy Brown" as frequently recurring character Miller Redfield, a good looking but intellectually lacking news anchor

Starred as the patriarch of "The Charmings", an ABC fairy tale family stranded in contemporary suburbia

Was a regular on the Fox sitcom "The George Carlin Show"

1980

Starred as Dionysius in "The Bacchae" on Broadway

1981

Was a regular on the NBC daytime drama "Another World", playing Sandy Cory; when introduced the character was intended to be the first continuing gay male in a daytime drama but the network and sponsor (Proctor & Gamble) became worried and changed direction of the character, making him a gigolo instead

1982

Had a cameo in the forgettable teen comedy "The First Time"

1989

Co-starred in the independent romantic comedy "Prisoners of Inertia"

1990

Appeared in the action feature "Flight of the Intruder"

1990

Featured in the NBC TV-movie "In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas"; also served as associate produer

1990

Played popular comic book character Archie Andrews in the TV-movie "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again" (NBC)

1991

Acted in and associate produced the NBC two-part TV-movie "Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns"; first collaboration with Reba McEntire

1993

Played Tamlyn Tomita's husband in "The Joy Luck Club"

1993

Starred as a man who hires a nanny and takes in her many children on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Almost Home"

1998

Guest starred on episodes of "Alright Already" (The WB), playing an astronaut who dates the show's protagonist (Carol Leifer)

1998

Played a sexually harassing politican on a two-part episode of "Suddenly Susan" (NBC)

1998

Starred in the children's TV-movie thriller "R.L. Stine's Ghosts of Fear Street" (ABC)

2000

Made a guest appearance on an episode of NBC's "ER"

2001

Co-starred on the sitcom "Reba" (The WB), playing the title character's philandering ex-husband

2001

Guested on the short-lived "The X-Files" spin-off "The Lone Gunmen"