Joe Penny

Joe Penny

Birthday: 1956-06-24

Place of Birth: London, England

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, T. J. Hooker, Vega$, Matt Houston, Lou Grant, CHiPs, Flamingo Road, The Sopranos, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock, Walker, Texas Ranger, Archie Bunker's Place, 7th Heaven, Tucker's Witch, Boomtown, The Gangster Chronicles, and CSI. In 2005, he co-starred with Lea Thompson in the mystery series Jane Doe on the Hallmark Channel.

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Young at Heart
Young at Heart

A matriarch of three generations born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, discovers that her recently...

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Reign of the Gargoyles
Reign of the Gargoyles

During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their airc...

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Our Winning Season
Our Winning Season

This teen drama follows high-school senior David Wakefield, a talented runner who is set on leading ...

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The Little Unicorn
The Little Unicorn

After her favorite mare dies while giving birth on her grandfather's farm, Polly's spirits are lifte...

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Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe....

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

The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles bank. The NSA, with the ...

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Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act

Cathy Davis, one the smartest government agents in the country is urged out of retirement to crack t...

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The Prophet's Game
The Prophet's Game

Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting contestants into solving the riddles it sup...

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Bloody Birthday
Bloody Birthday

In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking ...

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Betrayed at 17
Betrayed at 17

A mother vows to get justice when her daughter's life is destroyed by a sex video that goes viral....

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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company...

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Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part

When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell, NSA...

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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss

Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents....

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Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well

Jane Doe must solve the kidnapping of a famous mentalist who possesses the names of secret foreign a...

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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yac...

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Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece. Fra...

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BitterSweet
BitterSweet

A young co-ed who's just been release from prison for a crime she didn't commit plots her revenge ag...

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She Woke Up Pregnant
She Woke Up Pregnant

A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives for dental surg...

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Two Against Time
Two Against Time

This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery help...

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The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

Michael Carlin, a teacher, has been having an affair with a much younger fellow teacher Carolyn Warm...

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Jack of Hearts
Jack of Hearts

A cop looking for a chance to redeem himself comes up against a man who has built a fortune out of c...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the prac...

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Roses Are for the Rich
Roses Are for the Rich

In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She ...

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S.O.B.
S.O.B.

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic...

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Stranger in My Home
Stranger in My Home

A famous female lawyer suspects that her client, a homeless transient, may in fact be a brother she ...

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The Red Phone: Checkmate
The Red Phone: Checkmate

The special unit "AT-13" is a top-secret, multinational anti-terrorist unit whose unconventional pro...

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The Operation
The Operation

Duplicity reigns supreme as a doctor in a messy, emotional divorce from his wife, who is also his pa...

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Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

A live performance by "neurotic" stand-up comedian Richard Lewis. Includes tongue-in-cheek interview...

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The Disappearance of Vonnie
The Disappearance of Vonnie

Corrine Kaczmarek is seeking desperately for the truth in the case of the mysterious disappearance o...

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Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy

A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, h...

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Samurai
Samurai

Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles...

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Gangster Wars
Gangster Wars

The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (M...

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Lifepod
Lifepod

The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and p...

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The Girls in the Office
The Girls in the Office

A romantic comedy about four women employed by an ultra-modern Houston department store who discover...

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Whisper Kill
Whisper Kill

Ambitious reporter, Liz Bartlett, secretly wishes that Jerry Caper, her business associate were dead...

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The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on am...

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The Red Phone: Manhunt
The Red Phone: Manhunt

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Deathmoon
Deathmoon

An overworked executive vacationing in Hawaii finds that his romance with an attractive businesswoma...

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Terror in the Night
Terror in the Night

A fugitive killer posing as a policeman arrests two campers in the Arizona mountains....

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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

A fashion designer marries a lawyer only to discover that his father is an imfamous mafia don....

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Delta County, USA
Delta County, USA

Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing ...

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Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian M...

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Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

Police Inspector Paul Fein copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of adv...

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

The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars...

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