Robert Pine (born July 10, 1941) is an American actor who has starred on television and in film. He is probably best known for his role as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the hit NBC television series CHiPs from 1977 to 1983.
Pine was born Granville Whitelaw Pine in Scarsdale, New York. He is married to actress Gwynne Gilford. She made a couple of appearances on CHiPs as the wife of Sgt. Joe Getraer. They are the parents of actor Chris Pine and actress Katie Pine.
Pine starred on the soap operas Days of Our Lives as Walker Coleman in 1987 and on The Bold and the Beautiful as Stephen Logan in 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001. He also starred in the 2001 science fiction TV series Black Scorpion as Major Worth. He has co-starred in films too. He appeared in Independence Day (1996) as the President's Chief of Staff, Red Eye (2005) as a grumpy hotel guest, Empire of the Ants (1977), and his first film, Gunpoint (1966).
Robert has made guest appearances in many TV shows, some of those shows include Gunsmoke, Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I. as Thomas' father in a flashback episode, "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" as Zach's father, Star Trek Voyager (as an Akritirian Ambassador named Liria in the season 3 episode The Chute), Six Feet Under, and Match Game in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Pine reprised his role as Joe Getraer in the 1998 TNT TV movie CHiPs '99. His character was now the CHP commissioner.
