Larry Wilcox
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Larry Dee Wilcox August 8, 1947 San Diego, California, US |
| Alma mater | California State University, Northridge |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, businessman |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Vagner (1969–78; divorced) Hannie Strasser (1980–82; divorced) Marlene Harmon (1986— ) |
| Children | Derek, Heidi, Wendy, Chad and Ryan |
Larry Dee Wilcox (born August 8, 1947) is an American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker in CHiPs, an American television series. He is a decorated Marine veteran, accomplished motorcycle rider, race car driver, Bonneville Salt Flats Land Speed Record holder, and private pilot.
Wilcox was born on 8 August 1947 in San Diego, California, the son of Marion G. and John C. Wilcox. He was raised in Rawlins, Wyoming with his three siblings by a single parent - their mother.
He graduated from Rawlins High School and Cal State Northridge. He worked at different jobs including acting and rodeo cowboy. Wilcox joined the Marines in May 1967 and served 13 months in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant in 1973.
Wilcox made a guest appearance in 1971 in Room 222. In 1973, Wilcox appeared in The Streets of San Francisco episode "The Runaways" as older brother George. Also in 1973 he starred in Lassie as Dale, one of the boys who grew up there and was now working as a hired hand. Wilcox appeared in an episode of Cannon "Target In The Mirror" S3/Ep05 1973 in an uncredited role as a witness. He performed in the 1976 film The Last Hard Men, other TV appearances including The Partridge Family, Hawaii Five-O, M*A*S*H, Fantasy Island love boat, and Police Story, as well as commercials. He was the main (and only human for most of it) actor of a two-part show on the Disney anthology show in the mid-1970s playing a lone cowboy on a cattledrive to and their adventures en route to market.
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