John Pleshette

John Pleshette is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing. He also gained recognition for his portrayal of Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Pleshette has written several scripts for Knots Landing in the 1980s. Throughout his television acting career, Pleshette has appeared in popular shows such as The Rockford Files, Highway to Heaven, Kojak, Magnum P.I., Simon & Simon, Murder, She Wrote, MacGyver, Beauty and the Beast, L.A. Law, The Larry Sanders Show, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, ER, NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, Law & Order: LA, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.