Alex Cord, Actor in "Airwolf," Dies at 88

The onetime rodeo rider also starred on the big screen in remakes of two John Wayne classics, "Stagecoach" and "The Searchers."

He was a major hunk! He and Joanna Pettet were married for 20 years, they were friends with Sharon Tate and I believe are the only two who really WERE at Sharon's house earlier in the day before the Manson murders.

R2 Joanna was at the Tate/Polanski residence for lunch, but Alex is not mentioned in Helter Skelter or referenced in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

I liked his Night Gallery episode

I first crushed on him in the 70s when He appeared on the 4 O’clock Movie airing of Genesis II, a failed Gene Roddenberry sci-fi tv pilot.

Apparently he was horribly abusive to Joanna and her son (I think he was biologically Terrence Stamp's?) who tragically died young. She's on Facebook and is basically celebrating.

Alex Cord (born Alexander Viespi Jr.; May 3, 1933 – August 9, 2021), 88, Floral Park, New York, was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, better known as Archangel, in 55 episodes of the television series Airwolf (1984–1986). Early in his career, he was credited as Alex Viespi.

Susan Dey, you have another chance to be nice.

Damn, he was handsome as a younger man. And a full head of hair until the end.

I'm sorry to hear that r9. Not that she's celebrating, but that he was an abuser. Sad that she stayed with him for so long.