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{{Short description|American actor (born 1947)}}{{distinguish|Tim Mathieson}}{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}

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| birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S.| death_date =| death_place =| other names = Tim Matthieson (early credits)| occupation = Actor| years_active = 1961–present

• {{marriage|Jennifer Leak|1968|1971|end=div{edih}
• {{marriage|Megan Murphy Matheson|1985|2010|end=div}}
• {{marriage|Elizabeth Marighetto|2018}}

}}| children = 3|}}Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor.NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131031041227weblink">weblink dead, 2013-10-31, Movies & TV Dept., The New York Times, Hal, Erickson, Hal Erickson (author), October 31, 2013, Tim Matheson, Some of his best-known acting roles include the title character of the 1960s animated Jonny Quest TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House, and the recurring role of Vice President John Hoynes in the 2000s NBC drama The West Wing, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

Early life

Matheson was born in Glendale, California, the son of Clifford Matthieson, a training pilot, and Sally Matthieson.JOURNAL,weblink Frat and Happy, People (magazine), People, Susan, Horsburgh, May 20, 2002,weblink June 22, 2019, Matheson served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.NEWS, Williams, Kari, July 25, 2022, 'Animal House' Star Tim Matheson Talks Marine Corps Service, Military.com,weblink July 26, 2022,

Career

At age 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert Young's CBS nostalgia comedy series Window on Main Street during the 1961–1962 television season. In the 1962–1963 season he appeared in two episodes of Leave It to Beaver, cast as Mike Harmon, a friend of Beaver’s.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}} In 1964, he provided the voice of the lead character in the animated series Jonny Quest. He also supplied the voices of Sinbad Jr. the Sailor in the 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt WEB,weblinkweblink 2021-11-07, live, Sinbad Jr. Intro, YouTube, YouTube, {{cbignore}} and Jace in Space Ghost. He co-starred as Joe Hardy, opposite Richard Gates as Frank Hardy, in a 1967 pilot episode for what would have been a TV series called The Hardy Boys, based on the novel series of the same name, but the series was not picked up.BOOK, Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018,weblink Vincent, Terrace, McFarland & Company, 2018, 310, 978-1-4766-7206-9, He played the role of the oldest son, Mike Beardsley, in the film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), which starred Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.(File:Tim Matheson The Virginian.jpg|thumb|Matheson as Jim Horn)In 1969, Matheson joined the cast of NBC's television western The Virginian in the eighth season as Jim Horn. He had a guest role in the 14th episode of the second season of Night Gallery, in the story "Logoda's Heads". In the final season of the television western Bonanza in 1972–1973, Matheson played Griff King, a parolee who tries to reform his life as a worker at the Ponderosa Ranch under Ben Cartwright's tutelage. He portrayed a corrupt motorcycle cop, Phil Sweet, who was part of a death squad with some other young cops in the film Magnum Force (1973). Matheson also appeared earlier in the CBS situation comedy My Three Sons. In 1975, he guest starred in CBS's short-lived family drama Three for the Road.In 1976, Matheson appeared with Kurt Russell in the 15-episode NBC series The Quest. In 1978, he was part of the ensemble cast of National Lampoon's Animal House. The following year, he appeared with John Belushi again in Steven Spielberg's 1941. In 1980 he auditioned for the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, for which Harrison Ford won the part.Matheson appeared in the film To Be or Not to Be (1983) starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. He and Catherine Hicks played Rick and Amanda Tucker, who operate a detective agency in Laurel Canyon in CBS' Tucker's Witch, which aired during the 1982–1983 season. Then Matheson starred in the comedy films Up the Creek (1984) and Fletch (1985). In 1989, he starred in the short-lived sitcom "Just in Time" produced by Warner Bros.File:Burn Notice Panel 3 2010 CC.jpg|thumb|left|Matheson with Bruce Campbell at the San Diego Comic Con InternationalSan Diego Comic Con InternationalAlong with business partner Daniel Grodnik, he bought National Lampoon in 1989,NEWS, Farhi, Paul, 30 December 1988, A Funny Twist for National Lampoon Inc.,weblinkweblink 1 February 2022, live, NEWS, Staff writer, 17 March 1989, An Actor Acquires Control of National Lampoon Inc.,weblink The New York Times, sec.D, p.5, NEWS, Delugach, Al, 17 March 1989, Film Producers Matheson and Grodnik Buy Control of National Lampoon Inc.,weblinkweblink 1 February 2022, live, Los Angeles Times, selling it in 1991.NEWS, 10 March 1990, National Lampoon Acquisition Set, Staff writer,weblink New York Times, sec.1, p.33, WEB,weblinkweblink 1 February 2022, live, New owner takes over National Lampoon, McNary, Dave, 26 October 1990, United Press International, He had a recurring role as Vice President John Hoynes on The West Wing. His work on The West Wing earned him two Primetime Emmy award nominations.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}} He has directed episodes of Third Watch, Ed, The Twilight Zone, Cold Case, Without a Trace, The West Wing, Psych, The Good Guys, Shark, White Collar, Criminal Minds, Suits and Burn Notice (on which he also performed in a recurring role).In 1996, Matheson took on the role of a con man who claims to be Carol Brady's thought-to-be-dead husband in A Very Brady Sequel. He appeared in the film Van Wilder (2002), playing the father of the title character, who was inspired by his own character in Animal House; Matheson's character even makes a veiled reference to the fun times he had had at Dartmouth, where the fraternity upon which Animal House is rumored to have "had a strong tradition of existence". He appeared in the auto-racing film Redline. He also appeared in a Volkswagen commercial in 2008.In 2009, Matheson directed the pilot episode of Covert Affairs, premiered on USA Network in 2010. Matheson also directed the pilot episodes of The Good Guys (2010) for the Fox Network, Criminal Behavior (2011) for Lifetime, and Wild Card (2011) for USA Network. He played Dr. Brick Breeland on Hart of Dixie from 2011 to 2015. Since 2019, Matheson has starred as Doc Mullins in the Netflix series Virgin River.

Personal life

Matheson has been married three times. He was first married to actress Jennifer Leak from 1968 to 1971, whom he met on the set of Yours, Mine, and Ours. In 1985 he married Megan Murphy, with whom he had three children; they divorced in 2010.WEB,weblink About, TimMatheson, He married Elizabeth Marighetto in March 2018; the two live together in Hollywood, California.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}

Filmography

Film{|class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable"| Notes 1967| Divorce American Style| Mark Harmon|| Joe Hardy|| 1968Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)>Yours, Mine and Ours| Mike Beardsley|| 1969| How to Commit Marriage| David Poe|| 1973| Magnum Force| Officer Phil Sweet| 1978Animal House>National Lampoon's Animal House| Eric "Otter" Stratton|| Almost Summer| Kevin Hawkins| 1979Dreamer (1979 film)>Dreamer| Dreamer|| Private Jeff Reed aka Captain Phillips|1941 (film)>1941| Captain Loomis Birkhead|| 1982| Michael Donovan|| 1983To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)>To Be or Not to Be| Lieutenant Andre Sobinski| 1984The House of God (film)>The House of God| Roy Basch|Up the Creek (1984 film)>Up the Creek| Bob McGraw|Impulse (1984 film)>Impulse| Stuart|| 1985Fletch (film)>Fletch| Alan Stanwyck|| 1989| Speed Zone| Jack O'Neill|| 1990Solar Crisis (film)>Solar Crisis| Steve Kelso|| 1991| Drop Dead Fred| Charles|| 1995| Midnight Heat| Tyler Grey| 1996Black Sheep (1996 film)>Black Sheep| Al Donnelly|| Roy Martin / Trevor Thomas|| 1998| A Very Unlucky Leprechaun| Howard Wilson| 1999| She's All That| Harlan Siler|| Marty|| 2000Chump Change (film)>Chump Change| Simon "Sez" Simone|| 2002| Van Wilder| Vance Wilder Sr.|| 2003| (Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update)| Dr. Eric "Otter" Stratton, OB / GYN| Video short 2005| Don't Come Knocking| Producer 1|| (Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D)| Houston Capcom| Voice| 2007Redline (2007 film)>Redline| Jerry Brecken| 2009| (Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia)| Carl Dobbs| Video| (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)| Alumnus Guy No. 4| Video| 2011No Strings Attached (2011 film)>No Strings Attached| Eli's Dad #2|| 2015| (Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest)| The PresidentACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 22, 2023, Behind The Voice Actors, A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.| 2017| (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle)| Old Man Vreeke|Uncredited| 2018| 6 Balloons| Gary|| 2019Child's Play (2019 film)>Child's Play| Henry Kaslan| ">

Television{|class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable"| Notes 1961–1962| Window on Main Street| Roddy Miller| First acting role| The Alvin Show| Additional voices| 1 episode| 1962–1963| Leave It to Beaver| Michael "Mike" Harmon | 2 episodes| 1962| My Three Sons| Alan Edgerton|Episode: "Tramp's First Bite" (uncredited)| 1963Ripcord (TV series)>Ripcord| David| Episode: "The Final Jump"| 1964–1965Jonny Quest (TV series)>Jonny Quest| Jonny Quest| Voice 1965| Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt| Sinbad Jr.| Voice| O.K. Crackerby!| Huntington Hawthorne| 1966Space Ghost (TV series)>Space Ghost| Jace| Voice| Thompson's Ghost| Eddie Thompson|Television film 1967| Samson & Goliath| Samson| Voice| NBC Children's Theatre| Randy|| 1969| Adam-12| Leroy|| 1969–1970| Jim Horn| 1970San Francisco International Airport (TV series)>San Francisco International Airport| SFX|| Bracken's World| Teek Howell| 1971| Matt Lincoln|Stan Lowell|Episode: "Karen"| Room 222| Jerry Cates|Hitched (1971 film)>Hitched| Clarence Bridgeman|Television film| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law| Jim McGuire|| Lock, Stock and Barrel| Clarence Bridgeman|Television film| Howard Goodman|| Miles Parker|| Night Gallery| Henley| 1972| Here's Lucy| Peter Sullivan|Ironside (1967 TV series)>Ironside| Darryl Podell|The Smith Family (TV series)>The Smith Family| Mark|| 1972–1973| Bonanza| Griff King|9 episodes| 1972–1978Insight (American TV series)>Insight| Various| 6 episodes 1973| The Wide World of Mystery| Tommy|Medical Center (TV series)>Medical Center| Sam Miller|Kung Fu (1972 TV series)>Kung Fu| Lieutenant Bill Wyland| Episode: "The Soldier" 1974| Jerry Purcell|Police Story (1973 TV series)>Police Story| Allen Rich|| Remember When| Warren Thompson|Television film 1975| The Last Day| Emmet Dalton|Television film| The Runaway Barge| Danny Worth|Television filmThree for the Road (TV series)>Three for the Road| Tom Aberling| 1976| Rhoda| Michael Stearns|Jigsaw John (TV series)>Jigsaw John| Nick Pappas|| Petrocelli| Mike Fisher|| The Hemingway Play| Wemidge – Young Hemingway| Television film| Quentin Beaudine|| Amy's Husband| VoiceVisions (1976 TV series)>Visions| Leonard| Voice 1977Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)>Hawaii Five-O| Brent Saunders|Mary White (film)>Mary White| William L. White|Television film| What Really Happened to the Class of '65?| Jay Miller| 1978Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)>Baa Baa Black Sheep| Major Bud Warren|How the West Was Won (TV series)>How the West Was Won| Curt Grayson|| 1982Bus Stop (William Inge play)#Television>Bus Stop| Beauregard "Beau" Decker|Television film| 1982–1983| Tucker's Witch| Rick Tucker|| 1983Listen to Your Heart (1983 film)>Listen to Your Heart| Josh Stern|| 1984| Mark Fisher|Television film 1985| Obsessed with a Married Woman| Tony Hammond|Television film| George Burns Comedy Week| "The Girl With Something Extra"|| 1986Blind Justice (1986 film)>Blind Justice| Jim Anderson|Television film 1987| Warm Hearts, Cold Feet| Mike Byrd|Television film| Bay Cove| Jerry Lebon|Television film| Trying Times| Mitch|| 1988Just in Time (TV series)>Just in Time| Harry Stadlin| 1989| Nikki and Alexander| Alexander|Television film| Doctor James Oleske|Television film| Little White Lies| Dr. Harry McCrae|Television film 1990Buried Alive (1990 TV film)>Buried Alive| Clint Goodman|Television film| Joshua's Heart| Tom|Television film 1991Sometimes They Come Back (film)>Sometimes They Come Back| Jim Norman|Television film| Michael Robeson|Television film| Charlie Hoover| Charlie Hoover|| 1992| (Quicksand: No Escape)| Scott Reinhardt|Television film 1993| Relentless: Mind of a Killer| Dr. Peter Hellman|Television film| Dying to Love You| Roger Paulson|Television film| (Batman: The Animated Series)| Deputy Commissioner Gil Mason| Voice, episode: "Shadow of the Bat"Fallen Angels (American TV series)>Fallen Angels| Howard Hughes|| Shameful Secrets| Daniel|Television film| A Kiss to Die For| William Tauber|Television film| Trial & Error| Peter Hudson|Television film| Harmful Intent| Dr. Rhodes|Television film 1994| Target of Suspicion| Nick|Television film| While Justice Sleeps| Winfield 'Win' Cooke|Television film 1995| Cybill| Teddy|| Fast Company| Detective Jack Matthews|Television film| Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead| Detective McKinley|Television film| Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects| 4-Dac| Voice, television film 1996| Alex Connor|Television film| Twilight Man| Jordan P. Cooper|Television filmBuried Secrets (film)>Buried Secrets| Clay Roff|Television film| Christmas in My Hometown| Jacob (Jake) Peterson| Television film; also known as A Holiday for Love 1997| Captain John O'Rourke|VoiceSleeping with the Devil (film)>Sleeping with the Devil| Dick Strang|Television film| Buried Alive II| Clint Goodman|Television film 1998| Dead Man's Gun| Reverent Jeremiah Early|| Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families| Adolf Althoff|Television filmForever Love (1998 film)>Forever Love| Alex Brooks|Television film| Michael Vreeland| Voice, episode: "Chemistry"| Catch Me If You Can| Norm|Television film| 1999| At the Mercy of a Stranger| John Davis|Television film| 1999–2006John Hoynes>Vice President John Hoynes| 20 episodesNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2002–2003) 2000| Navigating the Heart| John Daly|Television film| Hell Swarm| Kirk Bluhdorn|Television film| Sharing the Secret| John Moss|Television film| Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis| John F. Kennedy|Television film| 2001| Second Honeymoon| George|Television film| 2001–2002| Wolf Lake| Sheriff Matthew Donner| 2002| Mom's on Strike| Alan Harris|Television film| Dr. Farber| Episode: "Two-Thirty"Breaking News (American TV series)>Breaking News| Bill Dunne| 2003| (Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart)| Andy Stewart|Television film| The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay| Al Dodge|Television filmEd (TV series)>Ed| Peter Evashavik| | Without a Trace| Dr. Aaron Morrison| 2004Judas (2004 film)>Judas| Pontius Pilate|Television film| Justice League Unlimited| Maxwell Lord| Voice, episode: "Ultimatum"| 2006| Augusta, Gone| Ben Dudman|Television film 2007| The World According to Barnes||Television filmShark (American TV series)>Shark| Judge Andrew Bennett|| 2007–2013| Burn NoticeList of Burn Notice characters#Dead Larry>Larry Sizemore| Recurring role 2008Entourage (American TV series)>Entourage| Steve Parles|| To Love and Die| James White|Television film 2009| (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)| Jarvis Kord| Voice, episode: "Fall of the Blue Beetle!" Body Politic (TV pilot)>Body Politic| Senator Webster|Television film| 2010White Collar (TV series)>White Collar| Edward Walker|Episode: "Withdrawal"| 2011–2015| Hart of Dixie| Dr. Bertram "Brick" Breeland| Recurring role episodes 1–14; regular role episodes 15-76| 2012–2013| Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated| Brad Chiles| Voice, 13 episodes| 2013| | Oliver Tate| 2 episodes 2015| Soloman| Television film| Last Chance of Christmas| Reginald Buckley| Television film 2016Motive (TV series)>Motive| Brent Rodman| Episode: "Chronology of Pain"Killing Reagan (film)>Killing ReaganRonald ReaganHTTP://WWW.EW.COM/ARTICLE/2016/05/06/KILLING-REAGAN-TIM-MATHESON-CYNTHIA-NIXON JOURNAL=ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY DATE=MAY 6, 2016, | Television filmNominated — Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries (2016)| 2017Snowfall (TV series)>Snowfall| George Miller| Unaired pilot|2017|Magical Christmas Ornaments|J. P. Presley|Television film| 2017–2019Madam Secretary (TV series)>Madam Secretary| Fred Moran| 2 episodes| 2017–2018Me, Myself & I (TV series)>Me, Myself & I| Richard | 2 episodes 2018| The Good Fight| Tully Nelson| 4 episodesThe Affair (TV series)>The Affair| James| 2 episodes 2019| Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television| Steve| 3 episodesThe Goldbergs (2013 TV series)>The Goldbergs|Eric|Episode: "Animal House"| 2019–presentVirgin River (TV series)>Virgin River| Doc Mullins| Main role| 2019–2021| This Is Us| Dave Malone| 3 episodes| 2019–2020| Fast & Furious Spy Racers| General Dudley| Voice; 4 episodes| 2021Evil (TV series)>Evil|Edward Tragoren|2 episodes| 2023Quantum Leap (2022 TV series)>Quantum Leap| Neal Russell| 1 episode">

Theme parks{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes| 1989| Body Wars| Captain Braddock| Disney attraction">

As director{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! class="unsortable" | Notes| 1984| St. Elsewhere|| 1994| Breach of Conduct| Television film| 1995| Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead|Television film| 1997| Buried Alive II| Television film| 1999| In the Company of Spies|Television film| 2000| Hell Swarm| Television film 2003The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)>The Twilight Zone|| Threat Matrix|Ed (TV series)>Ed| 2003–2004| Third Watch|| Without a Trace| | 2004–2005| Cold Case| 2005Numbers (TV series)>Numbers|Las Vegas (TV series)>Las Vegas|Threshold (TV series)>Threshold|| E-Ring| 2006Killer Instinct (TV series)>Killer Instinct|| Augusta, Gone| Television film|| Just Legal|| 2006–2009| Criminal Minds| 2007Traveler (American TV series)>Traveler|Eureka (2006 TV series)>Eureka|Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)>Bionic Woman|| 2007–2009| Psych|| 2007–2010| Burn Notice| | 2008| True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet|Television film 2009| (Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia)| Video| Dirty Sexy Money|Greek (TV series)>Greek| 2010The Good Guys (2010 TV series)>The Good Guys|White Collar (TV series)>White Collar|| Covert Affairs|Persons Unknown (TV series)>Persons Unknown| 2011| (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior)|Suits (American TV series)>Suits|| Criminal Behavior|Television film| 2011–2012| Drop Dead Diva|| 2012–2015| Hart of Dixie| | 2014| Wild Card|Pilot| 2015The Last Ship (TV series)>The Last Ship| 2016Lucifer (TV series)>Lucifer|Person of Interest (TV series)>Person of Interest|| 2017Taken (2017 TV series)>Taken|| 2019–2020Virgin River (TV series)>Virgin River|

References

Further reading

• Kevin Scott Collier. Jonny, Sinbad Jr. & Me. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. {{ISBN|1978414838}}

External links

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• {{Official websiteweblink}}
• {{IMDb name|1513}}
• Interview with Tim Matheson @ A.V. Club

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