R.D. Call was an American actor, best known for his roles in films directed by
Walter Hill. He was born and raised in Utah and attended the Utah State University and Weber State University. Call moved to Los Angeles in 1976 and began training with
Lee Strasberg. His first role was in
Barnaby Jones (1973), a TV series directed by
Leo Penn.
Call then took roles in the Walter Hill films
48 Hrs. (1982) and
Brewster's Millions (1985).
Next came
At Close Range (1986), opposite
Sean Penn, and the
Charlie Sheen thriller,
No Man's Land (1987).
Dennis Hopper cast him in Hopper's thriller,
Colors (1988), again opposite Sean Penn. Call would work with both Leo and Sean Penn -- and
Martin Sheen -- in
Judgment in Berlin (1988).
Towards the end of the 1980s, roles included
Michael Mann's
L.A. Takedown (1989) -- the original version of Mann's
Heat (1995) -- and a cameo appearance in
Oliver Stone's
Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Call appeared opposite
Emilio Estevez and
Kiefer Sutherland in
Young Guns II (1990) and was back with Sean Penn in
State of Grace (1990), conveying a close working relationship with both the Penn and Sheen families.
The mid-1990s were equally kind to Call, with roles in
Waterworld (1995) and Walter Hill's
Last Man Standing (1996), in which he starred with
Bruce Willis. More recent roles include the
Sandra Bullock thriller,
Murder by Numbers (2002), the
Brad Pitt drama,
Babel (2006), and the Sean Penn-directed
Into the Wild (2007).
Call appeared in numerous TV series, including
The X-Files (1993) and
Stephen King's
Golden Years (1991).
Not a Stranger(2018)as Sergeant Fitzgerald
Wildfires(2016)as Dalton
Code of Honor(2016)as Mayor Randolf
Rogues of LA(2014)as Neil, Neal
Castle(2009)as Mickey Barbozz
Auschwitz Escape: The Klara Wizel Story(2009)
TCM Remembers 2020(2020)as Self - Actor
