In 1984, Seymour appeared nude in the film Lassiter, co-starring Tom Selleck, but the film was a box office flop.

After a 26-year absence from motion pictures, West appeared as Leticia Van Allen in Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge ( 1970 ) with Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Farrah Fawcett, and Tom Selleck in a small part.

His television roles have included a recurring role in Joss Whedon ’ s Angel as the lawyer Lindsey MacDonald, the Jerry Bruckheimer produced series Close to Home on CBS, the TNT television film Crossfire Trail in which he appeared alongside Tom Selleck, and he played the role of Abe Wheeler in the Steven Spielberg produced miniseries Into the West.

In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made for TV and general-release movies, including Mr. Baseball, Quigley Down Under, and Lassiter.

Selleck has also appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies in recent years.

For a number of years, Selleck appeared in television advertising for The National Review ( he also subscribes to The New Republic ).

including guest stars Roger Mosley and Larry Manetti appeared on the program with Las Vegas regular Tom Selleck.

After Poltergeist, she appeared in the final season premiere of CHiPs and the 1982 TV movie The Shadow Riders with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott.

The pre-stardom Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Lindsay Wagner, Tom Selleck and Lee Majors appeared as " contestants " on the show in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Other contestants who appeared in their unknown or pre-stardom eras included The Carpenters, Jackson Bostwick, Joanna Cameron, Andy Kaufman ( who went under the name Baji Kimran ), Steve Martin, Burt Reynolds, John Ritter, Phil Hartman, Jennifer Granholm ( Governor of Michigan from 2003 – 2010 ), Arnold Schwarzenegger ( Governor of California from 2003-2011 ), and Tom Selleck ( who went on the show twice but was not chosen as a " date " either time ).

She appeared in the movie Killers, released 4 June 2010, along with Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck and Usher.

In addition, Miss Sikes appeared on the CBS series Magnum, P. I., which starred Tom Selleck, during the 1980s, and in the feature film, Good-bye, Cruel World.

Selleck also had a recurring role in the 1970s as " too good to be true " private investigator Lance White in The Rockford Files.

Though Spielberg was interested in casting Ford in the lead role from the start, Lucas was not, due to having already worked with the actor in American Graffiti and Star Wars, but he eventually relented after Tom Selleck was unable to accept.

Many of Ford's major film roles came to him by default through unusual circumstances: he won the role of Han Solo while reading lines for other actors, was cast as Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available, and took the role of Jack Ryan supposedly due to Alec Baldwin's fee demands, although Baldwin disputes this ( Baldwin had previously played the role in The Hunt for Red October ).

Selleck was originally offered the role, but he was unavailable for the part because of his commitment to the television series Magnum, P. I.

producers would not release the actor for other projects, and, thus, Selleck had to pass on the equally enticing film project for the title role of Indiana Jones, which then went to rising star Harrison Ford.

Selleck played the role of Thomas Magnum in 1980 after six failed TV pilots.

Selleck has confirmed that he is the most popular choice by fans to play the role of Magnum in the rumoured upcoming Magnum P. I.

Throughout the late nineties, Selleck played the role of Richard Burke, Monica's boyfriend, in the hugely successful TV series Friends.

In February 1998, Selleck accepted the lead role in a sitcom for CBS called The Closer.

Since 2005, Selleck has starred in the role of transplanted lawman Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on Robert B. Parker's novels.

Selleck was offered the lead role of Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch, but turned down the role because he did not want to be seen as a sex symbol.

Surprising many of his fans, Selleck unexpectedly played the role of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in A & E's 2004 made-for-TV movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day.

In 2001, Selleck played the lead role of Murray in a Broadway revival of Herb Gardner's comedic play A Thousand Clowns.

Tom Selleck made two guest appearances on Rockford in the comic role of private investigator Lance White, a character who was everything Rockford was not — wealthy, highly educated, debonair, irresistible to women, and ethical to a fault.

It was in 1989 that she had her largest, and best-known role to date, co-starring with Tom Selleck ( who was rumored to not get along with her at all ) in the film Her Alibi.

In 1980, he was offered the chance for a lead role on Magnum, P. I., unfortunately, he turned that down, hence, the role was eventually given to another Universal contract player, Tom Selleck.

Haysbert followed that up with a role in 1990's Navy SEALs, which also starred Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn, before moving on to another baseball movie, Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck.

Rhodes garnered her first non-dance related role in Michael Crichton's science fiction thriller Runaway with Tom Selleck, Kirstie Alley and Gene Simmons.

* Download & play a recording of " Jenny Lind ", a polka from the Library of Congress ' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection ; performed by John Selleck ( violin ) on October 2, 1939 in Camino, California.

Gold Selleck Silliman, whose home still stands on Jennings Road, was put in charge of the coastal defenses.

Selleck has acted in many TV roles, including Dr. Richard Burke on Friends and A. J.

Along with modeling, Selleck attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship where he played for the USC Trojans men's basketball team.

actually haunted Selleck so much that before making the decision, he consulted his best friend on what to do.

Selleck on the Red Carpet at the Academy Awards | 61st Annual Academy Awards in 1989

As of March 2012, Selleck is featured in Coldwell Banker's new television ad campaign focusing on the deepest, most personal meanings of homeownership.

In the mid-1990s, Selleck hosted a special series on TLC called The Practical Guide to the Universe, in which he talked about the stars, planets, galaxies, and other things in the universe.

Selleck received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986.

In 1993, during the brief run of the late night The Chevy Chase Show on Fox, Selleck guest-starred.

When the Razzie was presented to him on the air, Selleck took it in stride and asked the entire studio audience to " blow me a raspberry.

In the 1980s — specifically around the time of filming Three Men and a Baby — Selleck owned a home on upscale Lakeshore Road in Burlington, Ontario, a city southwest of Toronto.

Selleck lives on an avocado farm.

The following quote is from a Good Housekeeping interview titled " Man of the House: Tom Selleck ", " So I like to get outside and work on the farm, from fixing roads to clearing brush.

Manetti lauded Selleck for his extraordinary work ethic on a grueling show ( shooting for hours in the midday Hawaiian sun ), Selleck's work with Hawaiian charities and his willingness to go to bat for the program's cast and crew members.

In February 2009, Selleck joined the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund as national spokesman for the new Education Center being built on the National Mall.

To promote his movie The Love Letter, Selleck was invited to be on The Rosie O ' Donnell Show on May 19, 1999.

* Tom Selleck as Lance White, a suave and dapper ( and more successful ) private investigator, who sometimes works with Jim on cases.

During the flight, she was acclaimed for her weightless acrobatics and a playful sense of humor, once holding a sign reading " Hi Dad " up to the camera, and displaying a sticker on her flight locker that advertised her crush on actor Tom Selleck.