Tim Matheson

Highest Rated: 100% Divorce American Style (1967)

Lowest Rated: 0% Redline (2007)

Birthday: Dec 31, 1947

Birthplace: Glendale, California, USA

As a child actor, Tim Matheson was billed under his fuller family name of Matthieson. His first weekly TV co-starring assignment was opposite Robert Young in the 1961 "dramedy" Window on Main Street. The young actor's voice became familiar to a generation of cartoon fans via his "role" as the title character in Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest. The handsome Matheson appeared on-screen during his maturation years on such western series as The Virginian, Bonanza, and The Quest. He remained busy in films during this period, scoring his biggest 1970s success as party animal Otter in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Matheson also kept his hand in the voiceover business, providing the truculent mutterings of "Blood" the dog in Harlan Ellison's A Boy and His Dog (1975) and recording the narration for the 1985 revival of Disney's Fantasia. His adult TV appearances have included weekly stints on the TV series Tucker's Witch (1982), Just in Time, (1988) and Charlie Hoover (1991). Turning to directing in 1985, Matheson has been active in episodic television, music videos and direct-to-cassette movies. In 1989, he became CEO of the National Lampoon Company, though he still manages to find time for the occasional acting assignment, appearing in everything from the theatrical feature Drop Dead Fred to the live-action prologue for one of the "thrill rides" at Disneyworld.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
71%	The Etruscan Smile (Rory's Way)	Actor	—	2019
63%	Child's Play	Henry Kaslan	—	2019
No Score Yet	Magical Christmas Ornaments	J.P. Presley	—	2017
63%	Killing Reagan	Ronald Reagan	—	2016
No Score Yet	Killing Reagan	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Last Chance for Christmas	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest	The President	—	2015
49%	No Strings Attached	Eli's Dad	$70.4M	2011
No Score Yet	Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia	Dodd Director	—	2009
No Score Yet	To Love and Die in L.A.	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet	Director	—	2008
0%	Redline	Jerry	$6.8M	2007
43%	Don't Come Knocking	Producer #1	$0.4M	2006
No Score Yet	Augusta, Gone	Ben Dudman Executive Producer Director	—	2006
88%	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Houston Capcom	$32.6M	2005
No Score Yet	Judas	Pontius Pilate	—	2004
No Score Yet	Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay	Al Dodge	—	2003
No Score Yet	Martha Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart	Andy Stewart	—	2003
18%	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Vance Wilder Sr.	$21.1M	2002
No Score Yet	Second Honeymoon	George Weston	—	2001
No Score Yet	Sharing the Secret	John	—	2000
No Score Yet	Hell Swarm	Bluhdorn Director	—	2000
No Score Yet	Navigating the Heart	John Daly	—	2000
No Score Yet	Chump Change	Simon Sez	—	2000
No Score Yet	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	At the Mercy of a Stranger	John Davis	—	1999
No Score Yet	In the Company of Spies II	Director	—	1999
28%	The Story of Us	Marty	—	1999
41%	She's All That	Harlan Siler	—	1999
No Score Yet	Catch Me If You Can	Norm Gannon	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Forever Love	Alex Brooks	—	1998
No Score Yet	A Very Unlucky Leprechaun	Howard Wilson	—	1998
No Score Yet	Rescuers: Stories of Courage---Two Families	Adolph Althoff	—	1998
No Score Yet	Buried Alive II	Director Clint Goodman	—	1997
No Score Yet	Sleeping with the Devil	Dick Strang	—	1997
No Score Yet	Buried Secrets	Clay Roff	—	1996
No Score Yet	Christmas in My Hometown, (A Holiday for Love)	Jake	—	1996
53%	A Very Brady Sequel	Roy Martin/Trevor Thomas	—	1996
No Score Yet	An Unfinished Affair	Alex Connor	—	1996
28%	Black Sheep	Al Donnelly	—	1996
No Score Yet	Twilight Man	Jordan Cooper	—	1996
No Score Yet	Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects	Actor	—	1995
No Score Yet	Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead	Director McKinley	—	1995
No Score Yet	While Justice Sleeps	Winn Cooke	—	1994
No Score Yet	Breach of Conduct	Executive Producer Director	—	1994
No Score Yet	Midnight Heat	Actor	—	1994
No Score Yet	Those Bedroom Eyes	William Tauber	—	1993
No Score Yet	Going Underground	Daniel Walker-Tate	—	1993
No Score Yet	Dying to Love You	Roger Paulson	—	1993
No Score Yet	Trial & Error	Peter Hudson	—	1993
No Score Yet	A Kiss to Die For	William Tauber	—	1993
No Score Yet	Solar Crisis	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Quicksand: No Escape	Scott Reinhardt	—	1992
9%	Drop Dead Fred	Charles Cronin	—	1991
67%	Sometimes They Come Back	Jim Norman	—	1991
No Score Yet	Joshua's Heart	Tom	—	1990
No Score Yet	Buried Alive	Clint Goodman	—	1990
54%	Blind Fury	Producer	—	1990
No Score Yet	Solar Crisis (Crisis 2050)	Steve Kelso	—	1989
0%	Speed Zone	Jack	—	1989
55%	1969	Producer	—	1988
No Score Yet	Bay Coven	Jerry Lebon	—	1987
No Score Yet	Blind Justice	Jim Anderson	—	1986
77%	Fletch	Alan Stanwyk	—	1985
No Score Yet	Little White Lies	Harry MacRae	—	1984
33%	Impulse	Stuart	—	1984
No Score Yet	Up the Creek	Bob McGraw	—	1984
No Score Yet	Beyond the Darkness (Buio Omega)	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade	Actor	—	1984
60%	To Be or Not to Be	Lt. Andre Sobinski	—	1983
No Score Yet	Listen to Your Heart	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	A Little Sex	Michael Donovan	—	1982
42%	1941	Birkhead	—	1979
No Score Yet	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Jeff Reed	—	1979
No Score Yet	Dreamer	Dreamer	—	1979
90%	National Lampoon's Animal House	Otter	—	1978
No Score Yet	Mary White	Actor	—	1977
No Score Yet	The Captive	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Quest (The Longest Drive)	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Last Day	Emmet Dalton	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Runaway Barge	Danny Worth	—	1975
75%	Magnum Force	Sweet Phil Sweet	—	1973
No Score Yet	Hitched	Actor	—	1971
No Score Yet	Lock, Stock and Barrel	Clarence Bridgeman	—	1970
No Score Yet	How to Commit Marriage	David	—	1969
50%	Yours, Mine and Ours	Mike	—	1968
100%	Divorce American Style	Mark Harmon	—	1967
No Score Yet	Jonny Quest	Actor	—	1964

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Goldbergs 2013	Eric	2019
No Score Yet	Virgin River 2018	Doc Mullins	2019
No Score Yet	Madam Secretary 2014	Fred Moran	2019 2017
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Griff Griff King	2019 2018 1973 1972
63%	Me, Myself & I 2017-2018	Richard	2017
87%	Lucifer 2016-2019	Director	2016
92%	Person Of Interest 2011	Director	2016
No Score Yet	Vigilados: Person of Interest 2011-2016	Director	2016 2012
83%	The Last Ship 2014-2018	Director Producer	2015 2014
81%	Hart of Dixie 2011-2015	Director Brick Breeland Producer	2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
88%	Burn Notice 2007-2013	Director Larry Sizemore	2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Oliver Tate	2013 2001
42%	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 2011	Director	2011
90%	Suits 2011-2019	Director	2011
93%	Covert Affairs 2010-2014	Director	2010
30%	Persons Unknown 2010	Director	2010
68%	The Good Guys 2010	Director	2010
96%	White Collar 2009-2014	Director Edward Walker	2010 2009
75%	Greek 2007-2011	Director	2009 2008
89%	Psych 2006-2014	Director	2009 2007
No Score Yet	Criminal Minds 2005	Director Producer	2009 2006 2005
52%	Bionic Woman 2007	Director	2007
81%	Eureka 2006-2012	Director	2007
52%	Shark 2006-2008	Judge Andrew Bennett	2007
44%	Traveler 2007	Director	2007
No Score Yet	A Town Called Eureka 2006-2012	Director	2007 2006
77%	Just Legal 2005-2006	Director	2006
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Director Vice President John Hoynes John Hoynes	2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
15%	E-Ring 2005-2006	Director	2005
No Score Yet	Nature 1982	Narrator	2005
No Score Yet	Numb3rs 2005-2010	Director	2005
44%	Threshold 2005	Director	2005
No Score Yet	Las Vegas 2003-2008	Director	2005 2004
No Score Yet	Cold Case 2003-2010	Director	2005 2004 2003
No Score Yet	Without a Trace 2002-2009	Director Dr. Aaron Morrison	2005 2004 2003 2002
96%	Justice League Unlimited 2004-2006	Voice	2004
No Score Yet	Third Watch 1999-2005	Director	2004 2003
No Score Yet	Ed 2000-2004	Peter Evashavik	2003
44%	The Twilight Zone 2002-2003	Director	2003
62%	Breaking News 2002	Bill Dunne	2002
No Score Yet	The King of Queens 1998-2007	Dr. Farber	2002
20%	Wolf Lake 2001-2002	Sheriff Matthew Donner	2002 2001
0%	Charlie Hoover 1991	Charlie Hoover	1994 1991
No Score Yet	St. Elsewhere 1982-1988	Director	1984
No Score Yet	Rhoda 1978	Michael	1976
No Score Yet	Kung Fu 1972-1975	Army Lieutenant	1973
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Darryl Podell	1972
No Score Yet	Night Gallery 1970-1973	Henley	1972 1971
No Score Yet	Space Ghost and Dino Boy 1966-1967	Voice	1967 1966
No Score Yet	Jonny Quest 1964-1965	Voice	1965 1964
No Score Yet	Leave It to Beaver 1957-1963	Michael Harmon	1962
No Score Yet	Hart of Dixie	Director Brick Breeland
No Score Yet	The Legend of Calamity Jane 1998	Voice

QUOTES FROM Tim Matheson CHARACTERS

Alan Stanwyck says: Will you kill me?

I.M. Fletcher says: Sure.

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: You fucked up, you trusted us

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: You fucked up, you trusted us.

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!

Alan Stanwyck says: You'll be wearing rubber gloves. Do you own rubber gloves?

I.M. Fletcher says: I rent them. I have a lease with an option to buy.

I.M. Fletcher says: I was curious about something your wife said when we were in bed together

I.M. Fletcher says: I was curious about something your wife said when we were in bed together.

Alan Stanwyck says: Oh? What's that?

I.M. Fletcher says: That roughly we have the same build. From the waist up I imagine.

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: Point of parliamentary procedure!

Robert Hoover says: Don't screw around, they're serious this time!

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: Take it easy, I'm pre-law.

Donald "Boon" Schoenstein says: I thought you were pre-med.

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: What's the difference?

Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day says: Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! NEIDERMEYER......!!!!!!!!!

Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day says: Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer...

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: DEAD!!!

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: Dead! Bluto's right.

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: She was gonna make a pot for me

Eric "Otter" Stratton says: She was gonna make a pot for me.