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Jere Burns (b. October 15 1954 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an actor best-known for starring roles in the TV sitcom Dear John, and the film Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles. He also starred with Yasmine Bleeth in the 1999 TV thriller called Road Rage.

He was drawn to acting late in college. After graduating, he re-established himself in New York and landed the title role of "Don Juan" at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He made his official TV debut in a small role on ABC's Mom's On Strike (1984). He had memorable recurring roles as felons, like the pathological rapist "James Fitzsimmons" on several episodes of the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues (1981) and body collector Breugel on Max Headroom (1987). By 1988 he broke through and the landed plum role of "Kirk Morris", the mucho-sleazo member of the "One-Two-One" club on Dear John (1988).

In 1993, CBS cast him in the roles of "Arnan Rothman" in Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), the villainous "Cade Dalton" on the NBC miniseries The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991), and as a member of the loud, bickering, feuding family in Greedy (1994).

In 1993 he was brought in as the hateful "Pete Schmidt", the vice president of sales, for the last season of Bob (1992), Bob Newhart's unfortunate flop of a final series. Burns managed to get a different part in Something So Right (1996) as "Jack Farrell".

Jere Burns also had roles as "Frank Alfonse" on Good Morning, Miami (2002) and Michael on Help Me Help You (2006).

Family/Trivia

He likes extreme skiing, wakeboarding, and surfing.

He is the son-in-law of Abby Dalton. He has been married to Kathleen Kinmont since 1997; they have 3 children.

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