Richard Gilliland

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Richard Gilliland born January 23 1950 is an American television and movie actor Gilliland was born in Fort Worth Texas He appeared onscreen in the 1970s Notable appearances include Thirtysomething Party of Five Little Women and a recurring role on Designing Women where he met his wife Jean Smart who starred as Charlene in that series The couple has one son Connor Richard recently played Ellis Kapp on The Unit and Captain Stan Cotter on 24 while his wife Jean Smart played the First Lady Martha Logan in season 5 He was in episode 200am to 300am Gilliland is best friends with actor Joe Mantegna Gilliland is also very active in the theatre Recent credits include Balancing Act with Yeardley Smith and I Remember You with Tony Danza both at Garry Marshalls Falcon Theatre He studied at the Goodman School of Drama Playwrights Kitchen Ensemble and spent four seasons at summer stock Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Gilliland licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia