Joe Penny

Actor Jun 24 (age 69) London, England 1977–2011 (34 year career)

5.8 avg rating

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,…

Known For

Film

Bloody Birthday

Mr. Harding

Film

Riptide

Nick Ryder

Film

S.O.B.

Officer Phil Buchwald

Film

Jake and the Fatman

Jake Styles

Film

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

Ben Fein

Film

The Sopranos

Victor Musto

Film

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

Ben Fein

Film

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

Robert McCay

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (44)

Betrayed at 17

2011

as John Taylor

5.9

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

2008

as Frank Darnell

6.1

Reign of the Gargoyles

2007

as Gus

5.9

Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss

2007

as Frank Darnell

6.0

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

2007

as Frank Darnell

5.2

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

2006

as Frank Darnell

6.4

Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well

2006

as Frank Darnell

6.0

Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't

2005

as Frank Darnell

5.9

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

2005

as Frank Darnell

6.2

Jane Doe: Vanishing Act

2005

as Frank Darnell

5.5

Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part

2005

as Frank Darnell

5.9

The Red Phone: Checkmate

as Darrow

The Little Unicorn

as Tiny

Two Against Time

as George Tomich

The Red Phone: Manhunt

as Jack Darrow

The Prophet's Game

as Walter Motter

Jack of Hearts

as Arden Cook

BitterSweet

as Carl Peckato

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

as Ben Fein

Stranger in My Home

as Ned Covington

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

as Ben Fein

Double Jeopardy

as John Dubroski

She Woke Up Pregnant

as Dr. Roger Nolton

Young at Heart

as Mike

Terror in the Night

1994

as Lonnie

5.0

The Disappearance of Vonnie

1994

as Ron Rickman

6.0

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

as Michael Carlin

The Operation

as Dr. Ed Betters

Whisper Kill

as Dan Walker

Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

1987

as Edward Moran

7.3

Roses Are for the Rich

1987

as Lloyd Murphy

6.0

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

1986

as Robert McCay

7.0

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

1985

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

1985

as Self

7.0

Gangster Wars

1981

as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

Bloody Birthday

as Mr. Harding

S.O.B.

as Officer Phil Buchwald

Lifepod

as Simmons

The Gossip Columnist

as Paul Cameron

The Girls in the Office

1979

as Beau Galloway

2.0

Samurai

1979

as Lee Cantrell

Deathmoon

as Rick Bladen

Our Winning Season

as Dean Berger

Delta County, USA

as Joe Ed

Television (29)

Threshold

Cold Case

as Hank Butler

CSI: Miami

as Travis Drake

Boomtown

as Les Van Buren

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Jack Oakley

The Sopranos

as Victor Musto

Twice in a Lifetime

as Flash Jericho / David Lazarus

5.5

Chicken Soup for the Soul

7th Heaven

as Nick

Touched by an Angel

as Zack Bennett

Diagnosis: Murder

as Det. Tanis Archer

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Sonny Tantero

Jake and the Fatman

as Jake Styles

Roses Are for the Rich

1987

as Lloyd Murphy

Matlock

as Paul Baron

The Twilight Zone

Riptide

as Nick Ryder

Lottery!

T. J. Hooker

as Miles Dickson

Matt Houston

as Eric Jason

Tucker's Witch

Flamingo Road

The Gangster Chronicles

1981

as Ben Siegel

6.8

Archie Bunker's Place

Paris

Vega$

Lou Grant

CHiPs

as Officer Brent Delaney

6.8

Forever Fernwood

1977

5.0