Richard Morris Gilliland (1950 - 2021)

Born 23 Jan 1950 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

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Died 18 Mar 2021 at age 71 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Richard was born in 1950. Richard Gilliland (January 23, 1950 – March 18, 2021) was an American television and movie actor.

Contents 1 Early and personal life 2 Career 3 Select TV and filmography 4 References 5 External links Early and personal life Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended High School in Overland Park, KS (Shawnee Mission South) graduating in 1968. He was active in plays and musicals.

He married actress Jean Smart in 1987. They met while working on the set of Designing Women (he played J. D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts' character, Mary Jo Shively). They have a son, Connor Douglas (born 1989)[1] and a daughter, Bonnie Kathleen (adopted May 2009).

Gilliland played Captain Stan Cotter on 24 during season 5, while his wife Smart played First Lady Martha Logan in the same season.[2]

He died following a short illness in Los Angeles, California in March 2021 at the age of 71.[3][4]

Career He first appeared onscreen in the 1970s. Notable appearances include The Waltons, Thirtysomething, Party of Five, Little Women, and a recurring role on Designing Women (where he met his wife Jean Smart, who starred as Charlene in that series). He played Ellis Kapp on The Unit and Captain Stan Cotter on 24.[5] He also had a recurring role as serial killer Jeffrey Speidel in the NBC series Matlock.

Select TV and filmography The Streets of San Francisco (1974) (TV series) Bug (1975) Stay Hungry (1976) McMillan & Wife (1976–77) (TV series) The White Buffalo (1977) Operation Petticoat (1977–78) (TV series) Little Women (1978) (TV miniseries) The Waltons (1981) (TV series) Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983) (TV movie) Just Our Luck (1983) (TV series) Challenge of a Lifetime (1985) (TV movie) The Love Boat (1985) (TV series) Mary (1986) (TV series) Designing Women (1986–91) (TV series) Hunter (1987) (TV series) Heartland (1989) (TV series) Thirtysomething (1989–90) (TV series) Murder, She Wrote (1991, 93) (TV series) Matlock (1991, 93, 95) (TV series) Winnetka Road (1994) (TV series) Touched by an Angel (1996) (TV series) Dark Skies (1996–97) (TV series) Early Edition (1997) (TV series) Star Kid (1997) Brooklyn South (1998) (TV series) The Practice (1998) (TV series) Party of Five (1998, 97) (TV series) Judging Amy (2000) (TV series) Becker (2001) (TV series) Vampire Clan (2002) Joan of Arcadia (2003) (TV series) Crossing Jordan (2004) (TV series) 24 (2006) (TV series) The Unit (2007) (TV series) Dexter (2009) (TV series) Desperate Housewives (2010) (TV series) Torchwood (2011) (TV series) Imposters (2017–18) (TV series) References "Jean Smart- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 16 November 2012. Gans, Andrew (2007-01-02). "Jean Smart and Richard Gilliland Will Read Love Letters Feb. 10-11". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-24. Richard Gilliland, 'Designing Women' Actor and Husband of Jean Smart, Dies at 71 "Richard Gilliland, Actor and Husband of Jean Smart, Dead at 71". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2021-03-26. "Richard Gilliland - Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Official Movie Site - myLifetime.com". Mylifetime.com. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2018. External links Richard Gilliland at IMDb Authority control Edit this at Wikidata BNF: cb14181534g (data)ISNI: 0000 0000 0303 8945LCCN: no97011874NKC: xx0170983PLWABN: 9810618385205606VIAF: 22351921WorldCat Identities: lccn-no97011874

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