John Pleshette (born July 27, 1942) is an American actor and
screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the
television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald
in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Pleshette also wrote
several scripts for Knots Landing in the 1980s.In a television acting
career spanning decades, Pleshette has appeared in such shows as The
Rockford Files; Highway to Heaven; Kojak; Magnum P.I.; Simon & Simon;
Murder, She Wrote; MacGyver; Beauty and the Beast; L.A. Law; Diagnosis
Murder; The Larry Sanders Show; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; ER; NYPD
Blue; The Sopranos; Law & Order: LA and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Pleshette played Lee Harvey Oswald in the television film The Trial of
Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and appeared in the TV miniseries Seventh
Avenue the same year. In 1979, he was cast in the role of Richard
Avery on Knots Landing. Series creator David Jacobs was acquainted
with Pleshette's work, and Pleshette was married to literary agent
Lynn Pleshette, Jacobs' ex-wife. Pleshette appeared on Knots Landing
for four seasons (1979â€"83), and returned briefly in 1987. During the
1980s, he wrote several scripts for the series.Pleshette also appeared
in the Blake Edwards comedy S.O.B. (1981), and Micki & Maude (1984).
He appeared in the episode 'The Judas Bug" of the ABC crime drama The
Feather and Father Gang in 1977, and in MacGyver in the Season Two
episode "D.O.A.: MacGyver".Pleshette is the cousin of actress Suzanne
Pleshette. He is a 1964 graduate of Brown University.
screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the
television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald
in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Pleshette also wrote
several scripts for Knots Landing in the 1980s.In a television acting
career spanning decades, Pleshette has appeared in such shows as The
Rockford Files; Highway to Heaven; Kojak; Magnum P.I.; Simon & Simon;
Murder, She Wrote; MacGyver; Beauty and the Beast; L.A. Law; Diagnosis
Murder; The Larry Sanders Show; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; ER; NYPD
Blue; The Sopranos; Law & Order: LA and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Pleshette played Lee Harvey Oswald in the television film The Trial of
Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and appeared in the TV miniseries Seventh
Avenue the same year. In 1979, he was cast in the role of Richard
Avery on Knots Landing. Series creator David Jacobs was acquainted
with Pleshette's work, and Pleshette was married to literary agent
Lynn Pleshette, Jacobs' ex-wife. Pleshette appeared on Knots Landing
for four seasons (1979â€"83), and returned briefly in 1987. During the
1980s, he wrote several scripts for the series.Pleshette also appeared
in the Blake Edwards comedy S.O.B. (1981), and Micki & Maude (1984).
He appeared in the episode 'The Judas Bug" of the ABC crime drama The
Feather and Father Gang in 1977, and in MacGyver in the Season Two
episode "D.O.A.: MacGyver".Pleshette is the cousin of actress Suzanne
Pleshette. He is a 1964 graduate of Brown University.
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