Television Jefferson co-starred as merchant seaman Roy Dwyer in the award-winning novel for television
Rich Man, Poor Man, its sequel,
Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and other TV films, such as the Emmy Award-winning
miniseries drama
The Law, with
Judd Hirsch, as Jamaican defendant Maxwell Fall, and the Revolutionary War novel for TV,
The Bastard, as Lucas, one of the legendary
Minutemen, which is based on the best-selling book by historical novelist
John Jakes. Jefferson also appeared as a guest star in the pilot episodes of both the 1982 TV series
Knight Rider as Muntzy, an undercover police officer and partner of Michael Long (who becomes Michael Knight), and the 1984 pilot of the TV series
Airwolf, as the commander of the aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise.
Battlestar Galactica He is probably best known for his role as
Lieutenant Boomer on the original
Battlestar Galactica television series, a role made possible when the intended actor,
Terry Carter, was injured by roller skating, but was still cast as Colonel Tigh in the series. Later, in the 1980
spin-off Galactica 1980, his character was promoted to colonel, and had moved up in the
chain of command to become the executive officer of the
Galactica, replacing Carter in the process.
Films His notable feature-film credits include the award-winning
Ron Howard film
Apollo 13 (1995), where he played a news reporter, and the
Wolfgang Petersen film
Outbreak (1995) as a doctor. He also appeared in two films starring football legend
Jim Brown,
Black Gunn (1972), as his brother,
The Slams (1973), as his cellmate, and
Roger Corman's
Private Duty Nurses (1971), as activist Dr. Elton Sanders, which marked his feature-film debut.
Web series In 2015, he appeared in the cameo role of Admiral Grant (Ben) Satterlee in the pilot of the web-based series
Star Trek: Renegades (the pilot episode was developed for television, but was rejected, and subsequently made available on the Internet). In 2007, he portrayed Captain Galt, a freedom fighter, in the Internet miniseries
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, from the same independent production company. ==References==