Tim Matheson
Biography
Tim Matheson is an American actor and director, born in Glendale, California, who started as a teenage performer and voice actor. At 13 he appeared in the comedy Window on Main Street, and in 1964 he voiced the lead in Jonny Quest. He later played Mike Beardsley in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), a corrupt motorcycle cop in Magnum Force (1973), and Otter in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). His films include 1941 (1979), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Up the Creek (1984), Fletch (1985), A Very Brady Sequel (1996), Van Wilder (2002), and Redline. On television he played Vice President John Hoynes in The West Wing across several episodes, work that earned him two Primetime Emmy nominations, and from 2011 to 2015 he was Dr. Brick Breeland in Hart of Dixie. He directed episodes of series including The West Wing, Psych, White Collar, and Suits, and stars as Doc Mullins in Virgin River.
78years old
Turns 79 on December 31in 50 days
- Born Glendale
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Timothy Lewis Matthieson
Movie Career
- Films
- 36
- Career span
- 52 years1967 to 2019
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First role
Matheson was 13 when he played Roddy Miller on Robert Young's CBS comedy Window on Main Street in the 1961-1962 season.
A role that slipped away
Matheson auditioned for the title role in Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1980, but Harrison Ford won the part.
Behind the camera
Matheson took the directing chair for the Covert Affairs pilot, which USA Network premiered in 2010. He also helmed pilot episodes of The Good Guys, Criminal Behavior and Wild Card.
Tim Matheson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together13 more actors
- Peter BoyleSolar Crisis (1990) and Cannonball Fever (1989)
- Treat WilliamsThe Etruscan Smile (2018) and 1941 (1979)
- Kenneth MarsFletch (1985) and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
- Van JohnsonYours, Mine and Ours (1968) and Divorce American Style (1967)
- William SandersonSometimes They Come Back (1991) and Fletch (1985)
- Mike PniewskiKilling Reagan (2016) and Buried Alive II (1997)
- Chris OwenVan Wilder: Party Liaison (2002) and Black Sheep (1996)
- George CoeNational Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015) and The House of God (1984)
- Tom BosleyYours, Mine and Ours (1968) and Divorce American Style (1967)
- George WynerFletch (1985) and To Be or Not to Be (1983)
- Stephen FurstUp the Creek (1984) and Animal House (1978)
- Brian LibbyBuried Alive II (1997) and Buried Alive (1990)
- Gary GoetzmanYours, Mine and Ours (1968) and Divorce American Style (1967)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tim Matheson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$705 million
17 of the 36 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 36 films: 17 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 17Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 82% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$141M20.0% of the total
- 2$103M14.6% of the total
- 3$95M13.5% of the total
- 4$60M8.5% of the total
- 5$59M8.4% of the total
- 6$45M6.4% of the total
- 7$40M5.6% of the total
- 8$39M5.6% of the total
$124 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 18% of the total
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