Joe Penny
Actor
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
S.O.B.
as Officer Phil Buchwald 1981
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
as Ben Fein 1997
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
as Ben Fein 1999
The Prophet's Game
as Walter Motter 2000
Reign of the Gargoyles
as Gus 2007
Betrayed at 17
as John Taylor 2011
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Frank Darnell 2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Frank Darnell 2005
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Frank Darnell 2005
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Frank Darnell 2007
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Frank Darnell 2007
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Frank Darnell 2005
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Frank Darnell 2006
BitterSweet
as Carl Peckato 1999
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
as Robert McCay 1986
Double Jeopardy
as John Dubroski 1996