Larry Wilcox is an American actor, producer, and director who has a net worth of $2.5 million. Larry Wilcox is best known for starring as Officer Jonathan Andrew Baker on the NBC crime drama CHiPs (1977–1982).
Larry has more than 50 acting credits to his name, including the films Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), The Thundering 8th (2000), Wish Man (2019), and Forgiven This Gun4hire (2021), the TV movies The Girl Most Likely to… (1973), Relentless (1977), The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979), The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985), The Streets of San Francisco (1973; 1976), The Magical World of Disney (1973; 1978), Hotel (1984), and Murder, She Wrote (1986–1992). Wilcox directed the “CHiPs” episodes “Ride the Whirlwind” (1979) and Tow Truck Lady (1980) as well as the 1995 film The Little CHP. He produced CHiPs ’99, and he served as an executive producer on the TV movie Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981), the television series The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992), and the film 94 Feet (2016). Larry is a Vietnam veteran and a private pilot, and he races cars and has set several land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Early Life
Larry Wilcox was born Larry Dee Wilcox on August 8, 1947, in San Diego, California. After his parents, Marion and John Wilcox, split up, Larry and his three siblings were raised by their mother in Rawlins, Wyoming. After graduating from Rawlins High School, Wilcox enrolled at the University of Wyoming. He later transferred to Los Angeles Pierce College, followed by Cal State Northridge. His sister was tragically murdered by her husband while Larry was attending Cal State Northridge, so he returned to Wyoming to help his family. In 1967, Wilcox enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and he served during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. He studied French during his time in Vietnam, and he later took classes at College of the Desert in Twentynine Palms, California. Larry reached the rank of Staff Sergeant, and he was honorably discharged in 1973.
Early Career
In the ’70s, Wilcox appeared in the TV movies Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971), The Great American Beauty Contest (1973), The Girl Most Likely To… (1973), Sky Heist (1975), Death Stalk (1975), Relentless (1977), and The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979) and the feature film The Last Hard Men (1976). He guest-starred on Room 222 (1971; 1973), Streets of San Francisco (1973; 1976), The Partridge Family (1973), Police Story (1973), The Magical World of Disney (1973; 1978), Hawaii Five-O (1974), and M*A*S*H (1977).
Personal Life
Larry married Judy Vagner on March 29, 1969, and they welcomed son Derek and daughter Heidi before divorcing in early 1979. On April 11, 1979, Wilcox wed Hannie Strasser, who once worked as an assistant sound technician on “CHiPs.” Larry and Hannie had one child together, daughter Wendy, and they divorced in December 1980. Wilcox married Marlene Harmon on December 22, 1985, and they have two sons together, Ryan and Chad.
