Richard Riehle (born 12 May 1948; age 76) is a prolific character actor who appeared as Batai in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "The Inner Light", Seamus in the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episodes "Fair Haven" and "Spirit Folk" and Jeremy Lucas in the Star Trek: Enterprise fourth season episodes "Cold Station 12" and "The Augments". His lab coat from "Cold Station 12" was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1](X)
Television work[]
Riehle has appeared in over fifty other television series and about one hundred films. He made his episodic television debut in 1989 with a guest appearance on Quantum Leap, starring future Enterprise actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. He made another appearance on the show the following year. He also made three guest appearances on L.A. Law, co-starring with Corbin Bernsen, Larry Drake, Jennifer Hetrick, Salome Jens and Sam Anderson.
In addition, Riehle has guest-starred on such shows as Murder, She Wrote (with William Windom and Mark Rolston), Murder One (with John Fleck, Gregory Itzin and Vanessa Williams), The Visitor (with Richard Cox and Leon Rippy), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (with Armin Shimerman), Diagnosis: Murder (with Scarlett Pomers and Leon Russom), The West Wing (with Ed Begley, Jr., J. Michael Flynn, Glenn Morshower and Tony Plana), and Boston Legal (starring William Shatner and René Auberjonois). Riehle also had a recurring role as Uncle Dave on Married to the Kellys (2003-04), which co-starred Sam Anderson and Bruce Gray. Perhaps Riehle's most famous television role is that of Walter Finnerty on Grounded for Life.
Riehle's notable made-for-TV movies include A Killer Among Us (1990, with Mike Genovese and Dwight Schultz), Keeper of the City (1991, with Tony Plana, John Putch, Jimmie F. Skaggs and Tony Todd), Mr. Murder (1998, with Jim Beaver, Stephanie Niznik and Bill Smitrovich) and The Pentagon Wars (1998, starring Kelsey Grammer, with Sam Anderson, Tom Wright, Beau Billingslea, Bruce French and Randy Oglesby), Au Pair (1999, with John Rhys-Davies), and the Columbo movies Ashes to Ashes (1998, with Spencer Garrett and Richard Libertini) and Murder with Too Many Notes (2000, with with Van Epperson, Obi Ndefo, Randy Oglesby and Herschel Sparber).
Film work[]
One of Riehle's earliest films was 1989's Black Rain, in which he and Next Generation guest star Stephen Root played Internal Affairs agents. (The film also featured Tim Kelleher and Keone Young.) In 1999, Riehle and Root co-starred in Office Space (with Gary Cole, Diedrich Bader and Paul Willson).
Riehle's exhaustive film credits also include Glory (1989, with Bob Gunton, Mark Margolis and Ethan Phillips), Of Mice and Men (1992, with Ray Walston and Joe Morton), Body of Evidence (1993, with Michael Forest, Frank Langella and Mark Rolston), Free Willy (1993, with Lori Petty), The Fugitive (1993, with Andreas Katsulas, Daniel Roebuck and Danny Goldring), Casino (1995, with Steven R. Schirripa), Stuart Baird's Executive Decision (1996, with Joe Morton, Len Cariou, Andreas Katsulas, Ken Jenkins, Warren Munson, Charles Hallahan, Eugene Roche and Dey Young), Desperate Measures (1998, with Dennis Cockrum and Tracey Walter), Mighty Joe Young (1998, with Naveen Andrews, Geoffrey Blake, Richard McGonagle, Robert Wisdom, David Paymer, Scarlett Pomers, Lawrence Pressman and Tracey Walter). Riehle also appeared in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996, with Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen, Susanna Thompson, Bill Cobbs, Spencer Garrett, Jerry Hardin, Thomas Kopache, Terry O'Quinn, Brock Peters and Bill Smitrovich).
His later credits include The Gristle (2001, with Michael Dorn), Joe Dirt (2001, with Brian Thompson), The Laramie Project (2002, with Clancy Brown), Time Changer (2002, with Callan White), The Hebrew Hammer (2003, with Andy Dick), and The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005, starring John Billingsley). He also worked with his Enterprise co-star John Billingsley and Tony Todd in Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth (2007).
Star Trek appearances[]
Other Trek connections[]
Additional projects in which Riehle appeared with other Star Trek performers include:
- Cast the First Stone (1989, with Salome Jens, Jeff McCarthy and Rudolph Willrich)
- Falcon Crest (1989, with Lee Bergere)
- Cross of Fire (1990 TV movie, with Stephen Root, William Schallert, Keith Szarabajka)
- Ferris Bueller (1990, with David Graf)
- Shadows and Fog (1991, with Kenneth Mars, Wallace Shawn, Kurtwood Smith and David Ogden Stiers)
- Civil Wars episode "Whippet 'Til It Breaks" (1992, with Tricia O'Neil and Don Stark)
- On the Air episode 1.2 (1992, with Miguel Ferrer and Tracey Walter)
- The Public Eye (1992, with Ian Abercrombie, Bob Gunton and Nick Tate)
- The Fugitive (1993, with Danny Goldring and Andreas Katsulas)
- A Dangerous Woman (1993, with Warren Munson)
- For Their Own Good (1993, with David Graf, Thomas Kopache and Glenn Morshower)
- Shaky Ground episode "Love Thy Neighbor" (1993, with Matt Frewer)
- Holy Matrimony (1994, with John Schuck, directed by Leonard Nimoy)
- Iron Will (1994, with David Ogden Stiers)
- Dominion (1995, with Glenn Morshower)
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995, with Jeremy Roberts, Harris Yulin and Michelle Horn)
- Jury Duty (1995, with Charles Napier)
- Lone Justice 2 (1995, with Jeremy Roberts)
- Trial by Fire (1995, with Keith Carradine)
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (video game, 1995, with Charles Esten, Malcolm McDowell and John Rhys-Davies)
Driven (1996, with Spencer Garrett, Eric Pierpoint and Tony Todd)
- The Fan (1996, starring Wesley Snipes, with Michael Jace)
- Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996, with Nicholas Guest)
- Last Resort (1996, with Dean Stockwell and Dendrie Taylor)
- The Single Guy episode "Best Man" (1996, with Olivia d'Abo)
- Soul of the Game (1996, with Jerry Hardin)
- 187 (1997, with Tony Plana)
- Brooklyn South (1998, with Titus Welliver)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, with Larry Cedar and Gregory Itzin)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998, with Richard Libertini)
- Chicago Hope (1998, starring Jayne Brook, with Michael Bofshever)
- The Lesser Evil (1998, starring David Paymer, with Anne Haney)
- Mercury Rising (1998, with Steve Rankin)
- The Ransom of Red Chief (1998, with Christopher Lloyd and Alan Ruck)
- The Arrangement (1999, with Lori Petty)
- Balloon Farm (1999, with Neal McDonough)
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999, with Keith Carradine, Spencer Garrett and Tony Plana)
- Kill the Man (1999, with Terri Garr and Michael McKean)
- City of Angels (2000, with John Cothran, Jr.)
- Crash Point Zero (2000, with J. Patrick McCormack and Jack Shearer)
- Beethoven's 5th (2003, with Clint Howard)
- Monster Makers (2003, with Tracey Walter)
- Death and Texas (2004, with Corbin Bernsen and John Fleck)
- Home on the Range (2004, voice only, with Charles Dennis)
- NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 (2004, with Brian Markinson)
- Detective (2005, with Christopher Lloyd)
- The Lost (2005, with Ed Lauter)
- Wedding Crashers (2005, with Henry Gibson, Ron Canada, Ellen Albertini Dow, Noél De Souza and Tiffany Turner)
- Hatchet (2006, with Tony Todd)
- Little Big Top (2006, with Sid Haig)
- Choose Connor (2007, with Erick Avari, April Grace, James Horan, Don McManus, John Rubinstein, Steven Weber and Michael Welch)
- Psych (2009, with Bruce McGill)
- Big Stan (2009, with Jennifer Morrison, Richard Kind and Henry Gibson)