Bill Smitrovich

Bill Smitrovich is an actor who played Michael Webb in the third season episodes and . 
Smitrovich is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Drew Thatcher on . Smitrovich starred in this series for all of its four seasons (1989-93). Prior to this, he was a regular on NBC's , where he played Detective Danny Krychek.
Four years after Life Goes On, Smitrovich had a recurring role as Bob "Bletch" Bletcher in , on which Terry O'Quinn was a regular. Smitrovich had previously co-starred with O'Quinn in (1983, in which both Smitrovich and Thomas Kopache appeared as policemen), (1985, with Leon Russom and Lawrence Tierney), and (1996, co-starring Whoopi Goldberg, Susanna Thompson, Brock Peters, Richard Riehle, and Bill Cobbs). 
Smitrovich's early film credits also include (1984, starring Tom Hanks, with Clint Howard, Charles Macaulay, Jill Jacobson, Christopher Thomas, Valerie Wildman, and Patrick Cronin), (1986), (1989, co-starring Robert Knepper), (1989, with William Daniels). He later starred in such films as (1996, with Brent Spiner, Erick Avari, Leland Orser, Raphael Sbarge, Robert Pine, and Tim Kelleher), (1996, with Leon Russom and Cary-Hiroyuki) and (1996, with Rick Worthy and William Lucking), (1997, with Dean Stockwell), and (2000, with Steven Culp, Tim Kelleher, and Kevin Conway). 
Additionally, Smitrovich made two guest appearances on , one in 1984 and another in 1985. His "Past Tense" co-star Frank Military was a writer for that series. Smitrovich later made guest appearances on such television shows as (with Gregory Itzin), (starring Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence), (1998, starring Malcolm McDowell and Mädchen Amick, with Louise Fletcher), (with Roger R. Cross), (starring John Billingsley), (with Ethan Phillips), and (starring Teri Hatcher). 
From 2001 through 2003, Smitrovich had a recurring role as Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Welsh on . He also made two additional appearances as Walsh in 2004. During his time on this show, Smitrovich worked with such Star Trek performers as Earl Boen, Ellen Bry, Alan Dale, Eve H. Brenner, Richard Cox, Bari Hochwald, Clyde Kusatsu, John Larroquette, Virginia Madsen, Mark Margolis, Dakin Matthews, Carolyn McCormick, Richard McGonagle, Mark Moses, Alan Oppenheimer, Andrew Robinson, Cristine Rose, Jennifer Savidge, Mark L. Taylor, and William Shatner.
During his time on The Practice, Smitrovich was also starring as Inspector Cramer on (with Saul Rubinek), which ran for 29 episodes from 2001 through 2002. He also had roles in (2001, with James Cromwell and Norman Lloyd), and (2003).
Smitrovich later co-starred with Patrick Stewart in (2005) and had a supporting role in Paramount Pictures' (2008, with Faran Tahir). His later films include (2008), and (2008), both co-starring Tim Kelleher.
From 2004 to 2008, Smitrovich recurred as Special Agent Alexander Olczyk on CBS' , starring Enrique Murciano. Other Star Trek actors he worked with on this show include John Cothran, Jr., John Doman, Claudette Nevins, and Jennifer S. Parsons.
As a Screen Actors Guild (now SAG-AFTRA) member, Smitrovich worked in several positions for this union and in 2009 was voted to serve as SAG National Board alternate and to the Hollywood Division Board of Directors. 
Between 2017 and 2018, Smitrovich appeared as Tom Carrington in three episodes of , working alongside Alan Dale.
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