Erin Gray
- Teen actor
The very beautiful and talented model, actress, and author Erin Gray (born January 7, 1950) was one of the first models to successfully crossover into television. She is best known as "Kate Summers" on the highly watched TV show "Silver Spoons" (1982), and "Colonel Wilma Deering" on the TV show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). Many women admired her commanding role as Col Deering, while many men admired her beautiful looks and sexy figure. Erin Gray was born on January 7, 1950 in Honolulu. Gray moved with her family from Hawaii to California when she was eight years old and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School. She was fifteen when a chance meeting with Nina Blanchard, head of one of Hollywood's top model agencies, convinced her what she wanted to do in life. Moving to New York, she became one of the town's most sought-after models, in elite company with Farrah Fawcett, Veronica Hamel and Susan Blakely. TV viewers encountered her commercials for Breck, Max Factor, Clairol, Camay Soap and RC Cola, and a classic spot--for English Leather cologne--in which she provocatively declared, "My men wear English Leather--or they wear nothing at all!" Between modeling assignments, she studied acting with well-known coach Warren Robertson and, when movie-TV offers came in, she was ready. Universal was impressed by her performances on such series as "Police Story" (1973) and "Gibbsville" (1976) and signed her to a seven-year contract. Under that pact, the studio co-starred her as a tough-minded newspaper reporter in Irwin Shaw's Evening in Byzantium (1978) (TV). Her performance scored with both critics and audiences, and led directly to the role in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). As a result, she has become a regular commuter between Hollywood and New York, the hub of the magazine and fashion world.
Acted in
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
2022
as Brianna
Finding Grace
2020
as Judge Ariel Harper
A Christmas Princess
2019
as Queen Alice
Pandora
2019
as Captain Beth Grant
My Christmas Inn
2018
as Molly Anderson
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
as Martha Masters
A Perfect Christmas
2016
as Patricia Faber
Christmas In Palm Springs
2014
as Mayor Tomlin
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
as Self
I Married Who?
2012
as Ethel Swift
Nesting
2012
as Mrs. Deegan
Four Days At Dragon*Con
2011
as Herself
Dreams Awake
2011
as Hope Emrys
Hunter Prey
2010
as Clea
Ghouls
2008
as Liz
Loaded
2008
as Susan Price
The Guild
2007
as Madeleine Twain
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
as Laura Sands
Nuclear Hurricane
2007
as Jane
The Wedding Bells
2007
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
as Self
Caught in the Headlights
2005
as Mrs. Jones
ManFast
2003
as Gloria Day
Clover Bend
2002
as Beth Clayton
Serial Intentions
2001
as Virginia Madden
Social Misfits
2001
as Sharon Cox
Touched by a Killer
2001
as Liza Collins
The Last Producer
2000
as Dee Freeman
Profiler
1996
Crowfoot
1995
as Nora
T-Force
1994
as Mayor Pendleton
A Dangerous Place
1994
as Audrey
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994
as Pamela Bozanich
Burke's Law
1994
as Brenda Palmer
Official Denial
1993
as Annie Corliss
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
as Diana Kimble
Renegade
1992
Silk Stalkings
1991
The Torkelsons
1991
as Jennifer
Dark Justice
1991
Evening Shade
1990
Laker Girls
1990
as Julie Lawrence
The New Lassie
1989
Baywatch
1989
as Chief Monica Johnson
Addicted to His Love
1988
as Jenny Barrett
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
as Captain Terry O'Malley
Breaking Home Ties
1987
as Carol
Jake and the Fatman
1987
L.A. Law
1986
as Rochelle Peters
Code of Vengeance
1985
as Nadine Flowers
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Andrea Dean
Hunter
1984
as Kate Lawson
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Leslie
Born Beautiful
1982
as Betsy Forrest
Silver Spoons
1982
as Kate Summers Stratton
Hotel
1982
Six Pack
1982
as Lilah
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Coach of the Year
1980
as Paula DeFalco
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Joy "Digger" Doyle
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Wilma Deering
The Ultimate Impostor
1979
as Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate
Winter Kills
1979
as Beautiful Woman Three
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Col. Wilma Deering
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Vega$
1978
Evening in Byzantium
1978
as Gail McKinnon
The Love Boat
1977
as Maggie Cook
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
The Rockford Files
1974
as Margaret 'Alta' Hatch
Malibu U
1967
as Self - Dancer