Biff Manard

Biff Manard was the actor who played the holographic ruffian in the second season episode . He may have been best known for his role as Officer Murphy on in the early 1990s. Manard also played Hap Ashby in (1985, with Richard Herd and Michael McGrady) and (1991, co-starring Jeffrey Combs).
One of Manard's earliest television appearances was a guest spot in a 1970 episode of Mission: Impossible, during which time Leonard Nimoy was a regular player on that series. (Manard's episode, "The Amateur", also featured Peter Brocco and Anthony Zerbe.) Twenty five years later Manard's episode, Manard appeared in the 1995 Bonanza TV special, Under Attack, also featuring Nimoy. Manard was seen in at least four episodes of Bonanza between 1971 and 1972, including one with Don Keefer and another with Noble Willingham. He also appeared in a short film called Cowboysan with Ted Cassidy and directed by Susan Oliver.
In 1981, Manard appeared on CHiPs while Michael Dorn was a regular on the show. His other TV credits include appearances on Knots Landing (with Allan Miller and Bert Remsen), Night Court (starring John Larroquette, with Paddi Edwards), Full House (with Shannon Cochran), and (with Jeremy Roberts). Besides Trancers, his feature film credits include (1980, with Charlie Brill), (1981, with Frank Gorshin and Sid Haig), (1981, with Nehemiah Persoff), and (1981, with Michael Ensign and Ed Begley, Jr.), (1983, starring Paul Sorvino and Monte Markham), (1988, with Jonathan Schmock), 1992's Desert Kickboxer (with Robert O'Reilly), (1994, co-starring Stephen McHattie) and (with Jason Alexander), 1996's Stitch (with Mariette Hartley), and 1997's Eight Days a Week (with Darleen Carr, Van Epperson, Catherine Hicks, and Mark L. Taylor).
After an eight year absence from film and television, Manard appeared in an episode of the short-lived CBS series Smith, starring Virginia Madsen. The episode in which he appeared also featured William Lucking, Billy Mayo, and Barbara J. Tarbuck.
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