
Birthday:
04-10-1930
(94 years)
Birthplace:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Biography
Lee Weaver (born April 10, 1930) is an American film and television actor.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Act like Blind Seer
event2000 star_border 7.3
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In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
The Box - 2003
Act like Joe
event2003 star_border 5.1
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An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her share of trouble and they start up a tenuous relationship. Then there's a murder and things get complicated. It's noir so the plot isn't the main focus but the mood of the film is consistent and properly downbeat. The characters can't seem to shake the fate that hangs over them.
The Two Jakes
Act like Caddy #1
event1990 star_border 6
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Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Vanishing Point
Act like Jake
event1971 star_border 7.1
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Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Cleopatra Jones
Act like Friend
event1973 star_border 5.8
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After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
The Onion Field
Act like Billy
event1979 star_border 6.1
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An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.
Mean Dog Blues
Act like Cheatem
event1978 star_border 4.9
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A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.
How to Make the Cruelest Month
Act like Archie
event1998 star_border 1
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Bright and neurotic girl Bell sets two goals for New Year - to quit smoking and to fall in love. As the first task turns out to be too difficult, she puts all her energy into the second.
The Buddy System
Act like Ray
event1984 star_border 4.7
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A school truant officer uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake his residential address and subsequently befriends the kid and his mother.
Bulworth
Act like Man in Church #2
event1998 star_border 6.3
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A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!
Act like Alpine (voice)
event1986 star_border 8.6
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After yet another defeat inflicted by G.I. Joe, the immediate subordinates of Cobra's leader, Cobra Commander, have finally come to the end of their patience with his apparent incompetence and his inability to achieve real victories. The leader of the research and interrogations wing, Dr. Mindbender, receives a dream showing the solution. His plan is to collect the genetic material of great warriors and military leaders to create a composite clone that would be the perfect leader for Cobra. Now they set out to put this scheme into motion, and G.I. Joe has very little time to learn of this plot before Cobra becomes that much more a dire threat to the world.
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Act like Alpine (voice)
event1987 star_border 6.5
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G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
The Failures
Act like Mr. Fishbau
event2004
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In this dark comedy, a teenage misfit helps a depressed loser try to end his life. But her plan gets complicated when love gets in the way.
House Calls
Act like Anaesthesiologist
event1978 star_border 6.7
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Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Fathers' Day
Act like Airline Passenger
event1997 star_border 5.4
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A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Meet the Munceys
Act like Frank Munroe
event1988
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A maid is left a huge inheritance. She moves in her low-class family, upsetting the relatives of the deceased. They plot to get rid of the entire clan of the Munceys.
The Scout
Act like Ben
event1994 star_border 5.2
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When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Act like Bob
event1978 star_border 4
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The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdrawal to his own world.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Act like Nate
event1998 star_border 5.8
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Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
Flamingo Road
event1980
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A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.
Swedish Auto
Act like Leroy
event2006 star_border 6.4
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Carter is a small-town mechanic who observes life from the shadows. When he discovers that a young woman is similarly watching him, he is compelled to confront a world that he has always avoided.
Heavy Traffic
Act like (voice)
event1973 star_border 6.3
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An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Mr. Fix It
Act like Ralph
event2006 star_border 4.9
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Lance Valenteen (David Boreanaz) makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith (Pat Healy) to get Sophia Fiori (Alana De La Garza) back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.
A Season of Hope
Act like Elmer
event1995 star_border 3.5
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When trees in their only source of income, a lemon grove, start showing signs of disease, a burdened Californian family reaches their breaking point. Is there any hope left for them?
Wildcats
Act like Maurice
event1986 star_border 6.2
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Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Act like Joe
event2005 star_border 6.4
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Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
The Company We Keep
Act like Isaiah
event2010 star_border 2.1
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Teri Stewart is the 28 year-old President of Eclectic Records, a boutique music label struggling to survive in the declining music industry. As Teri searches for love, she juggles a constantly demanding professional life with the emotional ups and downs of her personal relationships.
The Thirteenth Floor
Act like 30's Limo Driver
event1999 star_border 7.1
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In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Godzilla
Act like Homeless Guy
event1998 star_border 5.6
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French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
My Brother's Wife
event1989
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Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where they first met. And Barney recalls how things kept them apart like his need to act out at his father. And his fear of commitment.
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Act like Barney
event2009 star_border 3.9
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Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predetermines their existence. Mr. Jack attempts to illustrate to his sidekick the delicate and natural forces of the universe. Sweet Stephen's superficial charm and bloodsucking lifestyle sends him and Mr. Jack on a voyage that is relentless, engaging, and darkly hilarious.
Goodbye Lover
Act like Old Codger
event1999 star_border 5.7
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Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
The Trials of Cate McCall
Act like Mr. George
event2013 star_border 6.3
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In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Brown's Requiem
Act like Wino
event1998 star_border 5
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Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detective agency. When a filthy caddie named Freddy "Fat Dog" Baker wanders into Fritz's office one day, flashing a wad of cash, Fritz is hired to follow Fat Dog's kid sister Jane, who is holed up with a Beverly Hills sugar daddy named Sol Kupferman. Kupferman is a 70 year-old bag man for the mob, and Fat Dog claims that "Solly K" is up to something evil that may harm Jane. The trail leads Fritz to an encounter with his dark past in the person of Haywood Cathcart, current head of LAPD internal affairs and the person who kicked Fritz off the police force.
Donnie Darko
Act like Leroy
event2001 star_border 7.8
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After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
In Name Only
Act like Bartender
event1969
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In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.
A Hobo's Christmas
Act like Biloxi Slim
event1987 star_border 5.8
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A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at Christmas time. Here he hopes to close old wounds and be reunited with his unforgiving son played by Gerald McRaney, and get to know the grandchildren he has never met. McRaney, still resenting the fact that Hughes ran out on his family 25 years earlier, gives his father only one day with his grandkids; after that, he's expected to leave and never come back. All the while Hughes' friends warn him that his son and the past are memories that are best left alone, and should leave, but he has to find out for himself.
Heaven Can Wait
Act like Way Station Attendant
event1978 star_border 6.6
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Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
Music from Another Room
Act like Porter
event1998 star_border 5.7
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Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor. Twenty-five years later, Danny returns to his hometown and finds the irresistible Anna Swann but she finds it easy to resist him since she is already engaged to dreamboat Eric, a very practical match. In pursuit of Anna, Danny finds himself entangled with each of the eccentric Swanns including blind, sheltered Nina, cynical sister Karen, big brother Bill and dramatic mother Grace as he fights to prove that fate should never be messed with and passion should never be practical.
Max Rose
Act like Lee Miller
event2016 star_border 5.6
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An ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Act like Homeless Man Who Gets Shot
event2001 star_border 6.1
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LA's finest have crossed the thin blue line between Cop and Criminal. Based on a true story.
The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe
Act like Alpine
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Zartan and Cobra seize the Delta Space Station and destroy G.I. Joe headquarters. Shipwreck and Snake Eyes are lost behind enemy lines while Cobra Commander reveals his plan to deprive the world of electricity.
The Lost Man
Act like Willie
event1969 star_border 4
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A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
Good Times
(1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 8
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Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons.
The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
Six Feet Under
Act like James Dubois Marshall (2 ep.)
event2001 star_border 8.1
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When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
Martin
(2 ep.)
event1992 star_border 7.6
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Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
The District
Act like Mr. Horton (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 6.8
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The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Act like Kerwinkle Lord (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 7.6
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A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Suddenly Susan
Act like Clyde (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 5.7
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Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
Starsky & Hutch
(1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 7.3
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Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
Providence
(1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 6.5
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Providence is an American television drama series.
Beverly Hills, 90210
(1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.4
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Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
Sliders
Act like Hilton Brown (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7.6
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In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?
Touched by an Angel
Act like Candy McCloud (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.2
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Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
The Bernie Mac Show
Act like Schooney (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6.4
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The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Act like Ed (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.9
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Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
The Cosby Show
Act like Waiter (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7
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The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
The Jamie Foxx Show
(1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 6.8
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Texas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and fortune in the entertainment industry. To support himself, he works at his Aunt Helen and Uncle Junior's Los Angeles hotel, the King's Towers.
227
(2 ep.)
event1985 star_border 6.8
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A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
The Jeffersons
(1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 7.3
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Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
Diff'rent Strokes
(1 ep.)
event1978 star_border 7
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The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
My Wife and Kids
Act like Attendant (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 7.4
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Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style. As he teaches his three children some of life's lessons, he does so with his own brand of humor.
Sister, Sister
(1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.2
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Twins Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell were separated and adopted at birth. Fourteen years later, they encounter each other by chance at the mall. After the families meet, Tia's widowed father agrees to let Tamera and her single mother move in with them.
Love, Inc.
(1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 5.3
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The energetic staff of LOVE, INC. takes pride in their success as full-service dating consultants. Leading the flourishing team is owner and founder of LOVE, INC., Clea. After her marriage of nine years falls apart, she now finds herself thrust into the dating world once again. Denise Johnson, an energetic, pragmatic, young woman who helps Clea make the company a success, is skilled at helping her clients find their seemingly unattainable soulmates, yet struggles with her inability to find true love. Making the hip busy offices run smoothly is Francine, who in addition to being a excellent wingwoman, has a great sense of fashion style and encourages her clients to trust it. Rounding out the staff is Viviana, a quick-witted and sharp tongued receptionist, and Barry, a wingman whose quirky ways and comments always stun everyone.
Hill Street Blues
(4 ep.)
event1981 star_border 7.6
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A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Sanford and Son
(1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 7.5
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The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
Mannix
(1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.7
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Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
MacGyver
Act like Stumpy (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.7
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He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.
Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
Step by Step
(1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 7.7
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Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family
Diagnosis: Murder
Act like Isaiah (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7.1
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Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
The Bill Cosby Show
(1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 5.2
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The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in I Spy. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series.
Quantum Leap
Act like Mr. Thompson (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 8
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Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
The Parkers
(1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 8.3
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The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's Moesha, The Parkers features the mother-daughter team of Nikki and Kim Parker. The Parkers' signature "Heeyyy" greeting became very popular in the early 2000s.
Kojak
Act like Ozzie Turnbull (1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 7
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A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Voyagers!
(1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 7.5
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A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
Soap
Act like Sergeant (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 7.3
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The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.
Chicago Hope
(1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.2
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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
Amen
(1 ep.)
event1986 star_border 6.6
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Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227.
The Wild Wild West
(1 ep.)
event1965 star_border 7.6
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The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States.
The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
That's My Mama
(1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7
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Clifton Curtis has got it made—he runs a successful business he inherited from his late father and he's lucky with the the ladies—but he still lives with his Mama. She rules the roost and dispenses advice to everyone who'll listen—no one at Oscar's Barbershop is spared from Mama's wisdom. And they wouldn't have it any other way.
Nanny and the Professor
(1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 6
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Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.
Dear John
Act like Snookie Reams (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 5.7
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Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
(1 ep.)
event1980 star_border 5.5
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Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends, one black and one white, growing up in a small Southern town during the 1930s.
Party Down
Act like William (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.4
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A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d'oeurves for a Hollywood catering company 'Party Down.'
Men, Women & Dogs
(1 ep.)
event2001
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Men, Women & Dogs is an American comedy television series starring Bill Bellamy. The series premiered October 14, 2001 on The WB Television Network.
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
(2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 4.5
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The adventures of a woman who grew up in the jungle as she protects the beasts and the natives while encountering white hunters, native Africans, wild animals and slave traders.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
(5 ep.)
event1983 star_border 7.7
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but due to production difficulties was released as a television mini-series.
Easy Street
(22 ep.)
event1986 star_border 5.7
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Easy Street is an American sitcom that aired for 22 episodes on NBC during the 1986-87 television season.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Act like Junkyard Owner (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.3
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Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.
Community
Act like Joe (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 8
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Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Adam-12
Act like Neighbor (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 7.1
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Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Act like Supervisor (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7
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A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
Roc
Act like Ollie (1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 7.8
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Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
A Different World
Act like Ray Nay (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.1
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A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.
Mork & Mindy
Act like Gus (1 ep.)
event1978 star_border 7.1
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A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
My Name Is Earl
Act like Homeless Joe (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7.7
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When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.
Night Court
Act like Mr. Burke (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.3
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An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Veronica Mars
Act like Walter (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 7.8
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In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
Grace and Frankie
Act like Mel (2 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.7
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Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.
Quincy, M.E.
Act like Chambers (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7.5
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Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
That's So Raven
Act like Mr. Jenkins (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 7.2
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No ordinary teenager; Raven Baxter can see glimpses of the future! Watch her schemes and misadventures as she enlists the help of friends, including best friends Eddie and Chelsea, to change life's little outcomes. Raven's younger brother, Cory, is obsessed with money and creates get-rich-quick schemes to try to earn cash.
Crossing Jordan
Act like Photo Shop Owner (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 7.2
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Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Good Morning World
Act like Cab Driver (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 5.3
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In this flirty '60s sitcom, the action unfolds every day at a small Los Angeles radio station where Larry and Dave work as morning show DJs. While Larry is a swinging ladies' man with his eye on every woman on the block, Dave is the bumbling married guy who is just trying to stay out of trouble with his wife.
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