Joe Penny
Acting
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.
Filmography 74
Movies (44)
Betrayed at 172011John Taylor
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder2008Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss2007Frank Darnell
Reign of the Gargoyles2007Gus
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind2007Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall2006Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well2006Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face2005Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part2005Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't2005Frank Darnell
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act2005Frank Darnell- The Red Phone: Checkmate2004Darrow
The Little Unicorn2002Tiny
Two Against Time2002George Tomich
The Red Phone: Manhunt2001Jack Darrow
Jack of Hearts2000Arden Cook
The Prophet's Game2000Walter Motter
BitterSweet1999Carl Peckato
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion1999Ben Fein
Stranger in My Home1997Ned Covington
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II1997Ben Fein
She Woke Up Pregnant1996Dr. Roger Nolton
Double Jeopardy1996John Dubroski
Young at Heart1995Mike
The Disappearance of Vonnie1994Ron Rickman
Terror in the Night1994Lonnie
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story1992Michael Carlin
The Operation1990Dr. Ed Betters
Whisper Kill1988Dan Walker
Roses Are for the Rich1987Lloyd Murphy
Shows (30)
Threshold2005
Cold Case2003Hank Butler
Boomtown2002Les Van Buren
CSI: Miami2002Travis Drake
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000Jack Oakley
Twice in a Lifetime1999Flash Jericho / David Lazarus- Chicken Soup for the Soul1999
The Sopranos1999Victor Musto
7th Heaven1996Nick
Touched by an Angel1994Zack Bennett
Diagnosis: Murder1993Det. Tanis Archer
Walker, Texas Ranger1993Sonny Tantero
Jake and the Fatman1987Jake Styles
Roses Are for the Rich1987Lloyd Murphy
Matlock1986Paul Baron
The Twilight Zone1985
Riptide1984Nick Ryder
Lottery!1983
Tucker's Witch1982
Matt Houston1982Eric Jason
T. J. Hooker1982Miles Dickson
The Gangster Chronicles1981Ben Siegel
Flamingo Road1981
Paris1979
Archie Bunker's Place1979
Vega$1978
Forever Fernwood1977
Lou Grant1977
CHiPs1977Officer Brent Delaney
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1977