About
Tim Matheson
Overview
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy Animal House. His other well-known roles are as Vernon 'Doc' Mullins on Netflix's Virgin River, Henry Kaslan in the remake of Child's Play (2019), Dr. Brick Breeland on CW's Hart of Dixie, Vance Wilder Sr. in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, John Hoynes on West Wing, Al Donnelly in Black Sheep, Alan Stanwyk in Fletch, Officer Phil Sweet in Magnum Force, David Poe in How to Commit Marriage, Mike Beardsley in Yours, Mine & Ours (1968), and Mark Harmon in Divorce American Style.
He also voiced the cartoon character roles of Jonny Quest, Jace in Space Ghost and Dino Boy, and Samson in Young Samson & Goliath.
Known for
Acting |
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2023 | Virgin River: The More The Merrier | Actor | Doc Mullins | 59 Average |
2023 | Virgin River: Father Christmas | Actor | Doc Mullins | 59 Average |
2019 | Child's Play | Actor | Henry Kaslan | 59 Average |
2018 | The Etruscan Smile | Actor | Weiss | 59 Average |
2018 | 6 Balloons | Actor | Gary | 59 Average |
2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Actor | Old Man Vreeke (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
2017 | Magical Christmas Ornaments | Actor | JP Presley | 59 Average |
2016 | Killing Reagan | Actor | Ronald Reagan | 59 Average |
2015 | Last Chance for Christmas | Actor | Reginald Buckley | 59 Average |
2015 | Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest | Actor | The President (voice) | 58 Average |
2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Actor | Self - Actor / Director / Producer | 59 Average |
2011 | Hart of Dixie | Actor | Dr. Brick Breeland | 73 Good |
2011 | No Strings Attached | Actor | Eli's Dad #2 | 62 Fair |
2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | Actor | Alumnus Guy #4 | 53 Average |
2009 | Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia | Actor | Dodd | 58 Average |
2008 | To Love and Die | Actor | James White | 58 Average |
2008 | To Love and Die | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2008 | Animal House: The Inside Story | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2007 | Redline | Actor | Jerry Brecken | 57 Average |
2006 | Augusta, Gone | Actor | Ben Dudman | 59 Average |
2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Actor | Producer 1 | 59 Average |
2004 | Judas | Actor | Pontius Pilate | 58 Average |
2003 | Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update | Actor | Dr. Eric 'Otter' Stratton, OB/GYN | 58 Average |
2003 | The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay | Actor | Al Dodge | 58 Average |
2003 | Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart | Actor | Andy Stewart | 58 Average |
2002 | Breaking News | Actor | Bill Dunne | 69 Fair |
2002 | National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Actor | Vance Wilder Sr. | 59 Average |
2002 | Mom's on Strike | Actor | Alan Harris | 58 Average |
2001 | Wolf Lake | Actor | Sheriff Matthew Donner | 71 Good |
2001 | Second Honeymoon | Actor | George Weston | 58 Average |
2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Actor | John F. Kennedy | N/A N/A |
2000 | Sharing the Secret | Actor | John Moss | 59 Average |
2000 | Hell Swarm | Actor | Kirk Bluhdorn | 58 Average |
2000 | Navigating the Heart | Actor | John Daly | 59 Average |
2000 | Chump Change | Actor | Simon Sez Simone | 58 Average |
1999 | At the Mercy of a Stranger | Actor | John Davis | 59 Average |
1999 | Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1999 | She's All That | Actor | Harlan Siler | 62 Fair |
1998 | Catch Me If You Can | Actor | Norm | 58 Average |
1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion | Actor | Self - Otter | 59 Average |
1998 | Forever Love | Actor | Alex Brooks | 59 Average |
1998 | A Very Unlucky Leprechaun | Actor | Howard Wilson | 58 Average |
1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families | Actor | Adolf Althoff | N/A N/A |
1997 | Buried Alive II | Actor | Clint Goodman | 58 Average |
1997 | Sleeping with the Devil | Actor | Dick Strang | 59 Average |
1996 | A Holiday for Love | Actor | Jake Peterson | 58 Average |
1996 | Buried Secrets | Actor | Clay Roff | 59 Average |
1996 | A Very Brady Sequel | Actor | Roy Martin / Trevor Thomas | 58 Average |
1996 | Midnight Heat | Actor | Tyler Grey | 58 Average |
1996 | An Unfinished Affair | Actor | Alex Connor | 58 Average |
1996 | Black Sheep | Actor | Al Donnelly | 59 Average |
1995 | Twilight Man | Actor | Jordan P. Cooper | 59 Average |
1995 | Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects | Actor | 4-DAC | 59 Average |
1995 | Fast Company | Actor | Det. Jack Matthews | N/A N/A |
1995 | Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead | Actor | Detective McKinley | 59 Average |
1994 | While Justice Sleeps | Actor | Winfield 'Win' Cooke | 59 Average |
1994 | Target of Suspicion | Actor | Nick | N/A N/A |
1993 | A Kiss to Die For | Actor | William Tauber | 59 Average |
1993 | Harmful Intent | Actor | Dr. Rhodes | N/A N/A |
1993 | Shameful Secrets | Actor | Daniel | 58 Average |
1993 | Dying to Love You | Actor | Roger Paulson | 58 Average |
1993 | Trial & Error | Actor | Peter Hudson | 58 Average |
1993 | Mood Indigo | Actor | Dr. Peter Hellman | N/A N/A |
1992 | Solar Crisis | Actor | Steve Kelso | 58 Average |
1992 | Quicksand: No Escape | Actor | Scott Reinhardt | 58 Average |
1991 | The Woman Who Sinned | Actor | Michael Robeson | 58 Average |
1991 | Charlie Hoover | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1991 | Sometimes They Come Back | Actor | Jim Norman | 58 Average |
1991 | Drop Dead Fred | Actor | Charles | 58 Average |
1990 | Joshua's Heart | Actor | Tom | 58 Average |
1990 | Buried Alive | Actor | Clint Goodman | 60 Fair |
1989 | Little White Lies | Actor | Dr. Harry MacRae | 58 Average |
1989 | The Littlest Victims | Actor | Doctor James Oleske | N/A N/A |
1989 | Speed Zone | Actor | Jack | 56 Average |
1989 | Nikki and Alexander | Actor | Alexanda | N/A N/A |
1988 | Just in Time | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1987 | Bay Coven | Actor | Jerry Lebon | 58 Average |
1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Actor | Mike Byrd | 58 Average |
1986 | Blind Justice | Actor | Jim Anderson | N/A N/A |
1985 | Fletch | Actor | Alan Stanwyk | 63 Fair |
1985 | Obsessed with a Married Woman | Actor | Tony Hammond | 59 Average |
1984 | Impulse | Actor | Stuart | 58 Average |
1984 | Up the Creek | Actor | Bob McGraw | 58 Average |
1984 | The Best Legs in Eighth Grade | Actor | Mark Fisher | 59 Average |
1984 | The House of God | Actor | Roy Basch | 58 Average |
1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Actor | Lt. Andre Sobinski | 61 Fair |
1983 | Listen to Your Heart | Actor | Josh Stern | N/A N/A |
1982 | Tucker's Witch | Actor | Rick Tucker | 68 Fair |
1982 | Bus Stop | Actor | Bo Decker | N/A N/A |
1982 | A Little Sex | Actor | Michael Donovan | 58 Average |
1979 | 1941 | Actor | Capt. Loomis Birkhead | 58 Average |
1979 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Actor | Jeff Reed | 59 Average |
1979 | Dreamer | Actor | Harold 'Dreamer' Nuttingham | 58 Average |
1978 | Animal House | Actor | Eric 'Otter' Stratton | 67 Fair |
1978 | Almost Summer | Actor | Kevin Hawkins | 58 Average |
1978 | Confessions of the D.A. Man | Actor | Howard Goodman | N/A N/A |
1977 | Mary White | Actor | William L. White | 59 Average |
1976 | The War Widow | Actor | Amy's Husband (voice) | 58 Average |
1976 | The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 | Actor | Quentin Beaudine | 58 Average |
1976 | The Quest | Actor | Quentin Beaudine | 58 Average |
1976 | The Quest | Actor | Quentin Beaudine | 69 Fair |
1976 | The Hemingway Play | Actor | Wemedge | N/A N/A |
1976 | The Quest: The Longest Drive | Actor | Quentin Beaudine | 58 Average |
1975 | The Runaway Barge | Actor | Danny Worth | N/A N/A |
1975 | The Last Day | Actor | Emmet Dalton | 58 Average |
1974 | Remember When | Actor | Warren Thompson | N/A N/A |
1973 | Magnum Force | Actor | Officer Phil Sweet | 67 Fair |
1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Actor | Clarence Bridgeman | N/A N/A |
1971 | Hitched | Actor | Clare Bridgeman | 58 Average |
1969 | How to Commit Marriage | Actor | David Poe | 59 Average |
1969 | Trial Run | Actor | Delivery Person | N/A N/A |
1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Actor | Mike Beardsley | 60 Fair |
1967 | Young Samson & Goliath | Actor | Samson (voice) | 67 Fair |
1967 | The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk | Actor | Joe Hardy | 59 Average |
1967 | Divorce American Style | Actor | Mark Harmon | 59 Average |
1966 | Space Ghost and Dino Boy | Actor | Jace (voice) | 68 Fair |
1964 | Jonny Quest | Actor | Jonny Quest (voice) | 72 Good |
1961 | The Alvin Show | Actor | 70 Good |
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1961 | Window on Main Street | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1959 | Bonanza | Actor | Griff King | 74 Good |
Directing |
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2013 | Wild Card | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2009 | Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2008 | True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2006 | Augusta, Gone | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2000 | Hell Swarm | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1999 | In the Company of Spies | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1997 | Buried Alive II | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1995 | Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1994 | Breach of Conduct | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Production |
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2006 | Augusta, Gone | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
1994 | Breach of Conduct | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
1989 | Blind Fury | Production | Producer | 62 Fair |