Cast & creator
Fred Dryer
Best known for NCIS, Diagnosis: Murder, Late Night with David Letterman
Fred Dryer (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Rick Hunter, a tough police detective in the TV series Hunter (1984 - 1991). He also was a defensive end for the New York Giants and the Los Angeles Rams, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Also known as: John Frederick Dryer , Fred Dreyer, John F. Dryer
30
film credits
26
television credits
48
1970–2020 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
Showing 56 of 56 credits
NCIS
Thomas Fletcher
2003
Diagnosis: Murder
Police Chief Masters
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Cheers
Dave Richards
1982
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Octavian Bloom
2013
Hart to Hart
1979
Hunter
Rick Hunter
1984Hunter
Director
1984Hunter
Producer
1984
Lou Grant
1977
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Relic Hunter
Randall Fox
1999
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Justice League
Sgt. Rock (voice)
2001Justice League
Sgt. Rock / Flagship Pilot #2 (voice)
2001
Monday Night Football
Defensive End
1970Monday Night Football
Defensive end
1970Monday Night Football
1970
CHiPs
Lt. John LeGarre
1977
The Millers
Sarge
2013
Bumblebee
Sheriff Lock
2018
Crisis
Thomas Jefferson Smith
2014
Accidentally on Purpose
Edward
2009
Cannonball Run II
CHP #3
1984
Land's End
Mike Land
1995Land's End
Creator
1995
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter
1988
Suits on the Loose
Senator Boxwell
2005
Hunter
Rick Hunter
2003Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
The Wrong Woman
Detective Sanford
2013
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
Barney Daniels
1984
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Rick Hunter
1995The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Executive Producer
1995
Hunter: Return to Justice
Rick Hunter
2002Hunter: Return to Justice
Executive Producer
2002
The Independent
Jean Claude
2000
Gus
Atoms player (sideline & showers) (uncredited)
1976
The Kid From Nowhere
Larry Kandal
1982
American Raspberry
Self
1977
Influence
Howie Goldstein
2020
Death Before Dishonor
Gunnery Sgt. Burns
1987
Something So Right
Mike Bosnick
1982
Hunter: Back in Force
Rick Hunter
2003Hunter: Back in Force
Executive Producer
2003
The Star Maker
Milt Cooperman
1981
Shakedown
General Wolf
2002
Highway 395
Rawley Wade
2000Highway 395
Director
2000
Day of Reckoning
Jack O'Brien
1994Day of Reckoning
Executive Producer
1994
Warm Texas Rain
Karl Lorens
2000
Stray Bullet
Forest Mason
1999
Wild Grizzly
Ranger Frank Bradford
2000
Fire Over Afghanistan
Collins ezredes
2003