Trivia

A member of Chicago's Second City in the '70s, he replaced John Belushi when Belushi took off to do SNL.

His name is pronounced "RAH-shee".

Blond, handsome actor, known for his Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry" take-off on TV's Mr. Gun (1986) in the late 1980s.

His wife Heather Rasche has a guest role in Mr. Gun (1986), as ex-Mrs. Hammer (episode Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer (1988)).

His close association with David Mamet led to him becoming a major interpreter of the playwright's works -- including "Sexual Perversity in Chicago", "Speed-the-Plow" and "Edmond".

Was on the original artistic board -- nicknamed the Eight Great Tomatoes -- of Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre along with Warren Casey, Cecil O'Neal, Mac McGinnes, Cordis Heard (then Cordis Fejer), Stuart Gordon, Roberta Maguire and June Pyskacek. Each chipped in $1,000 or the equivalent toward the new venture, circa 1973.

He played "Admiral Piett" in the NPR radio dramatization of L'Empire contre-attaque (1980) (1983).

Graduated from Elmhurst College and the University of Chicago.

Has played the President in the show DAG (2000) and the film The Sentinel (2006).

Born in St. Louis but raised in Illinois.

In 2020 the series "Nurses" celebrated it's 30th anniversary.

Starred in the television series Nurses (1991) as the character Jack. In 2014 he continued this role for the movie "Amira and Sam".