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David Rasche

David Rasche (born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film, and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer! Since then he has often played characters in positions of authority, in both serious and comical turns. In television he is known for his main role as Karl Muller in the HBO drama series Succession, as well as recurring and guest performances in L.A. Law, Monk, The West Wing, Veep, and Ugly Betty.

Known For: Acting

Born: St. Louis, Missouri, 1944-08-07

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Sanctuary of Fear	Jack Collins	60
2	1979	Manhattan	Television Actor #3	77
3	1979	Something Short of Paradise	David Ritchie	30
4	1980	Just Tell Me What You Want	Stopwatch Producer	45
5	1981	Honky Tonk Freeway	Eddie White	52
6	1982	Fighting Back	Michael Taylor	57
7	1983	Hellfire	Rev Howard Woode	40
8	1983	Special Bulletin	David McKeeson	69
9	1984	The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck	Donald Catton	40
10	1984	Best Defense	Jeff	43
11	1985	Code Name: Foxfire	Sam Rawlings	0
12	1986	Cobra	Dan	61
13	1986	Native Son	Buckley	52
14	1987	Made in Heaven	Donald Summer	66
15	1987	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall	Cal McGinnis	64
16	1989	Wicked Stepmother	Steve Fisher	45
17	1989	An Innocent Man	Detective Mike Parnell LBPD	61
18	1990	Wedding Band	Sloane Vaughn	43
19	1990	Masters of Menace	Buddy Wheeler	56
20	1990	Silhouette	Sheriff Kyle Lauder	70
21	1991	Bingo	Hal Devlin	50
22	1991	Delirious	Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis	56
23	1993	Barbarians at the Gate	Ted Forstmann	68
24	1993	Twenty Bucks	Baker	58
25	1993	Partners	"Grave Squad" Lawyer	42
26	1994	Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter	Chaz Frederick	49
27	1994	Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die	Alfred Raine	65
28	1994	A Million to Juan	Jeff	54
29	1995	Lieberman in Love	M.C. at Luau	69
30	1995	Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester	Ben Landry	75
31	1995	Magic in the Water	Phillip, Patient #4	53
32	1995	Dead Weekend	Payne	24
33	1995	Out There	Emmett Davis	48
34	1996	Pie in the Sky	Amy's Dad	66
35	1997	That Old Feeling	Alan	63
36	1998	Tourist Trap	Derek Early	58
37	1999	Pros & Cons	Jack Stanford	30
38	1999	The Settlement	Denny	50
39	1999	Friends & Lovers	Richard 'Richie' Wickham	49
40	1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	Robert Sinclair	67
41	1999	The Big Tease	Stig	57
42	2001	Teddy Bears' Picnic	Elliot Chevron	23
43	2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Taylor Abbott	61
44	2003	Just Married	Mr. McNerney	58
45	2003	Exposed	Warren Ward	50
46	2004	Off the Lip	Dr. Martin Shutte	13
47	2005	Junior Pilot	Gen. Perkins	46
48	2005	The L.A. Riot Spectacular		26
49	2006	The Sentinel	President Ballentine	61
50	2006	United 93	Donald Freeman Greene	71
51	2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Senator	69
52	2006	United 93: The Families and the Film		68
53	2007	The Girl in the Park	Doug	60
54	2008	Burn After Reading	CIA Officer	67
55	2009	Crimes of the Past	Thomas Sparrow	38
56	2009	Peter and Vandy	Alan	63
57	2009	In the Loop	Linton Barwick	70
58	2010	Blue Eyes	Marshall	63
59	2011	Remembrance	Daniel Levine	69
60	2012	Men in Black 3	Agent X	65
61	2012	Revenge for Jolly!	Eichelberger	47
62	2013	The Big Wedding	Barry O'Connor	58
63	2013	Petunia	Percy Petunia	49
64	2013	Kill Your Darlings	Dean	70
65	2014	The Discoverers	Cyrus Marshall	49
66	2014	Amira & Sam	Jack	60
67	2014	Freedom	Jefferson Monroe	55
68	2019	Father Figurine	Larry Berman	72
69	2020	Swallow	Michael Conrad	66
70	2021	Paper Spiders	Bill Hoffman	63
71	2022	The Good House	Scott	64
72	2023	About My Father	William 'Bill' Collins XII	61
73	2023	Theater Camp	Dr. Bill Rauch	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Columbo	Patrick Kinsley	81
2	1977	The Andros Targets	Smitty	50
3	1977	On Our Own	Doug	50
4	1979	Mrs. Columbo		61
5	1984	Kate & Allie		59
6	1984	Miami Vice		75
7	1985	Sara		75
8	1986	L.A. Law	David McCoy	71
9	1986	Sledge Hammer!	Sledge Hammer	79
10	1988	Empty Nest	Jack Trenton	58
11	1990	Law & Order	Joe Delaney	74
12	1991	Nurses	Jack Trenton	70
13	1994	Burke's Law	John Ramsey	67
14	1995	Signs and Wonders	Brother Nahum	0
15	1995	High Society	Peter Thomas	60
16	1996	Suddenly Susan	Evan	57
17	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Michael Tenzer	66
18	1999	Providence	Doc Croc	65
19	1999	Grown Ups		52
20	1999	The West Wing	Carl Everett	83
21	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Lawyer	85
22	2000	DAG	President Whitman	70
23	2002	Monk	Nick Patterson	79
24	2002	She Spies	Norton Andrews	74
25	2003	Las Vegas		70
26	2006	The Book of Daniel		71
27	2006	Ugly Betty	Calvin Hartley	63
28		Roker on the Road		0
29	2012	Veep	Jim Marwood	74
30	2014	Black Box	Hunter Black	64
31	2014	Madam Secretary	Ambassador Arlen Maxwell	70
32	2015	Impastor	Alden Schmidt	71
33	2018	Succession	Karl Muller	83
34	2025	Dying for Sex	Dr. Pankowitz	62