Lawrence Francis Manetti (born July 23, 1947)[2] is an American actor best known for his role as Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright on the CBS television series Magnum, P.I.. He also appeared in Baa Baa Black Sheep as First Lieutenant Robert A. "Bobby" Boyle, a pilot in the VMF-214 squadron headed by Greg "Pappy" Boyington.
Career
At the age of seven, Manetti began his film career with a small role in The Harder They Fall (1956).
Manetti studied acting in Chicago with the Ted Liss Players. His first television role was as a young detective in Jack Webb's Chase (1973–1974). He would go on to play pilot Bobby Boyle in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978) with Robert Conrad. He followed this up with a role as a bookie on the short-lived NBC series The Duke (1979), which also featured Conrad in the title role.[3]
It was announced on January 24, 2013 that Manetti had joined CBS' reboot of Hawaii Five-0 in the recurring role of Nicky "The Kid" Demarco. The character is described as "a local lounge legend ... [who], back in the day, was mentored by the one and only Frank Sinatra."[5] In October 2019, he appeared in the reboot of Magnum P.I., playing the same character. He also reunited with Tom Selleck on Blue Bloods as troubled retired police sergeant "Sam Velucci".[6]