Bruce_Fairbairn_(actor)
Bruce Fairbairn (actor)
American film and television actor
Robert Bruce Fairbairn (born February 19, 1947)[2] is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing for Officer Chris Owens in the American police procedural television series The Rookies.[2][3]
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Fairbairn (bottom center) with Georg Stanford Brown, Kate Jackson, Gerald S. O'Loughlin and Sam Melville in The Rookies, 1975 | |
| Born | Robert Bruce Fairbairn (1947-02-19) February 19, 1947 (age 77) |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1974–2000 |
| Spouse | Jeri Fairbairn[1] |
Fairbairn worked at a restaurant while he studied acting.[1] He began his career in 1974, where Fairbairn succeeded departing actor Michael Ontkean on the police series The Rookies.[4] From 1974 to 1976, he played Officer Chris Owens in the American police procedural television series The Rookies.[1]
On September 9, 1975, he was arrested for drunk driving in Los Angeles, California, for which he paid the fine.[5][6]
After The Rookies ended in 1976, Fairbairn guest-starred in television programs including Knight Rider, Matt Houston, Remington Steele, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, Baywatch, The Incredible Hulk, Matlock, Simon & Simon and Charlie's Angels.[2] He also appeared in four films: Cyclone, Vampire Hookers (as "Tom Buckley"), 3 Strikes, The Hanoi Hilton. He played the recurring role of "Sheldon Ganz" in the legal drama television series L.A. Law, and also played Ray Geary in the soap opera Knots Landing.[2]
- "Action Line". The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. September 23, 1974. p. 5. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Lentz, Harris (July 2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999. McFarland. p. 73. ISBN 9780786409198 – via Google Books.
- "The Rookies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
- O'Connor, John (March 16, 1975). "TV View". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- "Television cop is guilty". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. October 8, 1975. p. 5. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "100 subpoenaed in probe of pressroom violence". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 8, 1975. p. 34. Retrieved January 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
