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Larry Manetti (born July 23, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his starring role as Orville "Rick" Wright on the long-running CBS television series Magnum P.I. which starred Tom Selleck as the title character. He also starred as Maj. Pappy Boyington's (played by Robert Conrad) pilot partner, Lt. Bobby Boyle, in Baa Baa Black Sheep. Claims which formerly indicated that Manetti and Conrad are half-brothers are false.
He is married to actress Nancy DeCarl; they have one son, Lorenzo Manetti (b. 1980).
Manetti studied acting in Chicago with the Ted List Players.... MORE
Larry Manetti (born July 23, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his starring role as Orville "Rick" Wright on the long-running CBS television series Magnum P.I. which starred Tom Selleck as the title character. He also starred as Maj. Pappy Boyington's (played by Robert Conrad) pilot partner, Lt. Bobby Boyle, in Baa Baa Black Sheep. Claims which formerly indicated that Manetti and Conrad are half-brothers are false.
He is married to actress Nancy DeCarl; they have one son, Lorenzo Manetti (b. 1980).
Manetti studied acting in Chicago with the Ted List Players. Manetti's first television role was as a young detective in Jack Webb's Chase (1973–74). He would go on to play pilot "Bobby Boyle" in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–78) with Robert Conrad. He followed this up with a role as a bookie on the short-lived NBC series, The Duke (1979), which also featured Conrad in the title role.
Manetti's signature role on Magnum, P.I. lasted for the entire eight year run of the series (1980–88). He also had co-starring roles in 25 feature films and guest starred on many other television shows, including Emergency!, Tenspeed and Brownshoe, Tales from the Darkside, Baa Baa LESS
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