
Matheson with Bruce Campbell at the San Diego Comic Con International, July 22, 2010Īlong with business partner Dan Grodnik, he bought National Lampoon in 1989, selling it in 1991. In 1989, he starred in the short-lived sitcom Nikki and Alexander produced by Reinhold Weege. Then Matheson starred in the comedy films Up the Creek (1984) and Fletch (1985). He and Catherine Hicks played Rick and Amanda Tucker, who operate a detective agency in Laurel Canyon in CBS' Tucker's Witch, which aired during the 1982–1983 season. Matheson appeared in the film To Be or Not to Be (1983) starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. In 1980 he auditioned for the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, for which Harrison Ford won the part.

The following year, he appeared with John Belushi again in Steven Spielberg's 1941. In 1978, he was part of the ensemble cast of National Lampoon's Animal House.
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In 1976, Matheson appeared with Kurt Russell in the 15-episode NBC series The Quest. In 1975, he guest starred in CBS's short-lived family drama Three for the Road. Matheson also appeared earlier in the CBS situation comedy My Three Sons. He portrayed a corrupt motorcycle cop, Phil Sweet, who was part of a death squad with some other young cops in the film Magnum Force (1973). In the final season of the television western Bonanza in 1972–1973, Matheson played Griff King, a parolee who tries to reform his life as a worker at the Ponderosa Ranch under Ben Cartwright's tutelage. He had a guest role in the 14th episode of the second season of Night Gallery, in the story "Logoda's Heads". In 1969, Matheson joined the cast of NBC's television western The Virginian in the eighth season as Jim Horn. He played the role of the oldest son, Mike Beardsley, in the film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), which starred Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.
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He co-starred as Joe Hardy, opposite Richard Gates as Frank Hardy, in a 1967 pilot episode for what would have been a TV series called The Hardy Boys, based on the novel series of the same name, but the series was not picked up. and his Magic Belt and Jace in the original animated series Space Ghost.

the Sailor in the 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series Sinbad Jr. He also supplied the voices of Sinbad Jr. In 1964, he provided the voice of the lead character in the animated series Jonny Quest.

In the 1962–1963 season he appeared in two episodes of Leave It to Beaver, cast as Mike Harmon, a friend of Beaver’s. Career Īt age 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert Young's CBS nostalgia comedy series Window on Main Street during the 1961–1962 television season. Matheson served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Matheson was born in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, Matheson was the son of Sally and Clifford Matthieson, a training pilot. As of 2023, he is one of two surviving main cast members from Bonanza, next to Mitch Vogel. Some of his best-known acting roles include the title character of the 1960s animated Jonny Quest TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House, and the recurring role of Vice President John Hoynes in the 2000s NBC drama The West Wing, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson December 31, 1947) is an American actor.
