Birthday:
07-02-1946
Deathday:
03-15-2009 (62 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and political activist.
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Cutaway
Act like Lt. Brian Margate
event2000 star_border 5.1
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The successful undercover agent Victor Cooper is assigned for his ninth mission: to find how the loadings of drug is being brought to Miami. He suspects that the drug is coming through the air and joins a team of sky diving, under the leadership of Red Line, a fanatic and considered the athlete number one in this sport in the world. Due to his profile of winner, Vic gets involved with the group and he "disconnects" from his position of infiltrated agent, "connecting" with the team.
The Arrival
Act like Gordian
event1996 star_border 6
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Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Semi-Tough
Act like Vlada
event1977 star_border 5.6
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A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Act like Mike Fine
event2002 star_border 4.7
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True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and said mole
The Entity
Act like Phil Sneiderman
event1982 star_border 6.7
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Single mother Carla Moran is raped and attacked by an invisible force. She begins therapy with Dr. Phil Sneiderman, a psychiatrist who believes Carla's traumatic past is motivating her to commit self-induced injuries, rather than anything supernatural.
Ali
Act like Angelo Dundee
event2001 star_border 6.8
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In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Married to It
Act like Leo Rothenberg
event1991 star_border 5.9
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While setting up a school pageant, the parents at an elite private academy in New York City with contrastive lifestyles and professional paths reflect on their lives and marriages.
Timecop
Act like Senator Aaron McComb
event1994 star_border 6
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An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
Blue Steel
Act like Eugene Hunt
event1990 star_border 5.8
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Megan Turner, a rookie NYC cop, foils an armed robbery on her first day and then engages in a cat-and-mouse game with one of the witnesses who becomes obsessed with her.
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Act like Ron Kershaw
event1995 star_border 5.5
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The story of one of America's first female reporters.
Welcome to L.A.
Act like Massuese (uncredited)
event1976 star_border 5.2
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The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among them, a songwriter visits Los Angeles to work on a singer's album. The gig, unbeknownst to him, is being bankrolled by his estranged father, a dairy magnate, who hopes to reunite with his son. When the songwriter meets an eccentric housewife who fancies herself a modern-day Garbo, his world of illusions comes crashing down.
Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60
Act like Narrator (voice)
event2005
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The history of the United Nations highlighting the gap between the good intentions and ideals of its inception and the sad reality of its present state of inefficiency and corruption.
Live Wire
Act like Frank Traveres
event1992 star_border 5.3
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Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Silent Rage
Act like Dr. Tom Halman
event1982 star_border 6
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A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
Silkwood
Act like Paul Stone
event1983 star_border 7
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The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
The Ten
Act like Fielding Barnes
event2007 star_border 4.8
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Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Blind Side
Act like Doug Kaines
event1993 star_border 5.4
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A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business and hit a cop with their car on the way back stateside. Realizing that if they report it they could land in a Mexican jail (guilty until proven innocent) they clean up the car and return home. A few days later an insistent man shows up wanting a job and insinuating that he saw something in Mexico that he would not want to report, and the couple must make a decision about how far they will allow themselves to be blackmailed. Written by Ed Sutton
Oh, God! You Devil
Act like Gary Frantz
event1984 star_border 5.6
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George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul.
Best Friends
Act like Larry Weisman
event1982 star_border 5.1
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When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."
Reversal of Fortune
Act like Alan Dershowitz
event1990 star_border 6.7
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Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Black & White
Act like Simon Herzel
event1999 star_border 5.5
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Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is loose, and all the victims are low-life guys whom Nora has dealt with. So, when the tire tracks of a police car are found at a murder scene, she's the prime suspect of internal affairs investigator Simon Hertzel...
Red Mercury
Act like Sidney
event2005 star_border 4
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Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion.
Exposure
Act like Gary Whitford
event2001 star_border 4.4
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A photographer's life becomes dangerous when one of his models is murdered.
Lovesick
Act like Ted Caruso
event1983 star_border 5.5
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Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
Shadow Zone: The Undead Express
Act like Valentine
event1996 star_border 5.8
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A teen obsessed with horror films befriends a vampire who leads him to a whole coven of vampires that hide beneath the New York subways.
The Wisher
Act like Campbell
event2002 star_border 4.8
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Mary is a horror-movie junkie whose obsession is out of control, leading her over-protective father to ban her from seeing scary flicks. But when she and her friends sneak out to see a film called The Wisher, its creepy antagonist seems to escape into her life and make her darkest desires come true.
My Father's Will
Act like Dunbar
event2009 star_border 5.3
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Ferro Olivetti, a billionaire playboy and businessman, promises to fulfill his dying father's final request: to live one month without his wealth.
American Tragedy
Act like Robert Shapiro
event2000 star_border 10
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Johnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife's murder.
Billionaire Boys Club
Act like Ron Levin
event1987 star_border 6.6
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The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S. back in the early '80s. Known as the BBC, the story involves a couple of guys recruited into Hunt's company on the promise of making millions. However, every time Hunt's lapdogs think his boss has used his cleverness to make them filthy rich, they instead find themselves with financial losses. Trying to recoup a mounting pile of debt made from giant b.s. deals, the ruthless Hunt involves select members of the BBC to aid in the worst of crimes to get what they want. But a few, scared of how far Hunt will go, try to stop Hunt's brutal reign of terror possibly before real damage begins.
When Billie Beat Bobby
Act like Bobby Riggs
event2001 star_border 5.5
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The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
Deadly Outbreak
Act like Colonel Baron
event1996 star_border 5.2
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Dutton Hatfield, played by Jeff Speakman, is working for the American embassy. He finds himself inside a biochemical weapon laboratory when terrorists headed by Colonel Baron (played by TimeCop villain Ron Silver) take over the place. Baron is looking for a sample of a deadly virus that is being developed inside the facility.
Eat and Run
Act like Mickey McSorely
event1987 star_border 4.9
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A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Incompetent detective McSorely is the only one with a clue about what's going on, and even his grasp of the situation isn't too firm. The rest of the police force thinks he's crazy, while the alien continues sampling the Italian cuisine of New York City.
Ratz
Act like Herb Soric
event2000 star_border 6.5
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Like lots of young ladies their age, Marci (Vanessa Lengies) and Summer (Caroline Elliott) have boys on their feverish brains. But the closer the girls get to their school's Spring Fling dance, the further they seem from finding dates. A desperate search for dance partners doesn't turn up any leads until the duo finds a magic ring. Aided by their newfound powers, they transform two pet rats into teen dreamboats -- with nightmarish results.
Garbo Talks
Act like Gilbert Rolfe
event1984 star_border 6.1
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When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase through the streets of New York City to track down the iconic star, at the expense of his personal life and much to the chagrin of his wife, Lisa. Can he find Garbo before it's too late?
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
Act like Jordan Ford
event1990
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A lawyer representing Amnesty International tries to find the whereabouts and condition of 17 political prisoners detained in a country known for its systematic torture of prisoners.
Festival in Cannes
Act like Rick Yorkin
event2001 star_border 6
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Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall movie or he loses his star, Tom Hanks. Is Kaz for real? Can Rick sweet-talk Alice and sabotage Kaz to keep Millie from taking that deal? Millie consults with Victor, her ex, about which picture to make, Rick needs money, an ingenue named Blue is discovered, Kaz hits on Victor's new love, and Rick's factotum connects with Blue. Knives go in various backs. Wheels spin. Which deals - and pairings - will be consummated?
The Beneficiary
Act like Guy Girard
event1997 star_border 5.8
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Lust, desire and money motivate a greedy woman to murder her philandering rich husband.
Enemies, a Love Story
Act like Herman Broder
event1989 star_border 6.3
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A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
A Father's Revenge
Act like Max Greenwald
event1988 star_border 7
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German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.
Heat Vision and Jack
Act like Self
event1999 star_border 5.9
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As the result of a NASA miscalculation, Astronaut Jack Austin flew too close to the sun, the rays expanding his mind and making him the smartest man on the planet. Now he and his talking motorcycle (who contains the mind of his former roommate) are on the run from NASA and their assassin, actor Ron Silver who want to take his brain. They travel from place to place solving paranormal mysteries with the help of Jack's newfound ability to become a super genius when his brain absorbs sunlight.
Fellow Traveller
Act like Asa Kaufman
event1989 star_border 4
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In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.
Danger Zone
Act like Maurice Dupont
event1996 star_border 4.4
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Rick Morgan, an American engineer who runs a mine in East Africa, is approached one day by his friend Jim Scott, who needs someplace to store canisters of toxic waste. Unfortunately, a spill occurs a short time later, resulting in deaths and Morgan having to leave the country. A year later, he is approached by a government agent looking for a missing supply of potentially hazardous poison, which in truth hides something even more valuable.
Lifepod
Act like Terman
event1993 star_border 5.1
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Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
Rhapsody in Bloom
Act like Mitch Bloom
event1998 star_border 7
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Artist Lilah Bloom's life is upended when her widowed brother decides to remarry a strong-willed business woman. Humor and self-awareness emerge as she ventures out to start a new life with a charming musician.
Skeletons
Act like Peter Crane
event1997 star_border 4.8
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A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
Kissinger and Nixon
Act like Henry A. Kissinger
event1995 star_border 7.9
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A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.
Tunnel Vision
Act like Dr. Manuel Labor
event1976 star_border 4.8
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A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.
Fahrenhype 9/11
event2004 star_border 3.7
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A documentary which refutes and debunks facts made by Michael Moore in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Night of 100 Stars III
Act like Self
event1990 star_border 4
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A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
The White Raven
Act like Tully Windsor
event1998 star_border 3.5
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A journalist gets pulled into an intrigue by his editor that involves a story that he received a Pulitzer for years before. It seems that the second largest diamond ever mined was used during World War II to buy a Jewish woman freedom from a prison camp. Only trouble is it disappeared after the war and now everyone is after it, including the Russians, former Nazis, gangsters, and the original owner. Somehow, the story that the journalist originally wrote about a camp survivor is believed to have leads to the diamond.
Love Is Strange
Act like Tom Ainsworth
event1999
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As the closest-guarded secrets of a troubled family gradually begin to emerge from the shadows, a desperate mother struggles to bring the ones she loves together in this family drama starring Kate Nelligan and Ron Silver.
Word of Honor
Act like David Lerner
event1981 star_border 6
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A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of the small town in which they live. Virtually no one comes to his daughter's wedding, and at his office, the police search his desk, and his boss threatens to fire him.
The Goodbye People
Act like Eddie Bergson
event1984
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An elderly man is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed twenty-two years earlier for renovation, despite the fact he's recovering from a severe heart attack and it's the middle of February.
Trapped In Silence
Act like Dr. Jeff Tomlinson
event1986 star_border 6.8
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A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
Act like Dr. Collins
event1976
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A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is treating him, he sets out to solve the murder of an embezzler.
Romancing the Stone
Act like Vendor
event1984 star_border 6.8
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Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Jack
Act like Paul
event2004 star_border 4.9
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Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn out to have a gay dad as well and his best friend's parents end up not having the perfect marriage Jack thought they had.
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Act like Larry Cook
event1978
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A bubble-brained Philadelphia waitress witnesses a murder during the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans and finds herself stalked by the killer.
Dear Detective
Act like Det. Schwartz
event1979
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A female homicide detective is assigned to solve the murders of a series of local officials.
Mr. Saturday Night
Act like Larry Meyerson
event1992 star_border 5.7
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Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
Girl 6
Act like Director #2 - LA
event1996 star_border 5
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A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Act like Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
event2006
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The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.
In the Company of Spies
Act like Tom Lenahan
event1999 star_border 2
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An operative for the CIA is captured and interrogated by Korean officials; his bosses, in order to protect national security, decide to bring an old operative out of retirement to retrieve both the agent and the vital information in his possession.
Find Me Guilty
Act like Sidney Finestein
event2006 star_border 6.6
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Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob
Act like Narrator
event1994
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This historic documentary only aired once on July 25th 1994 on FOX. A special on organized crime as told by the people who lived it, as well as historical footage, newsreels and government surveillance tapes.
Betrayal
Act like Bob Cohen
event1978
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Dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her into a sexual relationship with him under the guise of therapy.
The Good Policeman
Act like Isaac Seidel
event1991
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Isaac Seidel is a highly unconventional New York police-commissioner. He is well-abled in dealing with trouble at the headquarter, the maffia and situations in the streets. His loyalty to his profession and the city he so loves make him do the utmost to solve the problems, even if it means he has to bend the rules.
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Act like Self
event1997 star_border 6.6
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Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
PoliWood
Act like Self
event2009 star_border 6.5
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An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.
Law & Order
Act like Bernie Adler (2 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.4
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In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Rhoda
Act like Gary Levy (73 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.2
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Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards.
Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
Heat Vision and Jack
Act like Ron Silver (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 5
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An astronaut with a medical secret is on the run from the evil Ron Silver and the rest of NASA, with the help of a talking motorcycle called Heat Vision. The failed pilot was originally ordered by FOX.
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Act like Bernie Adler (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8
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The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.
Hill Street Blues
(2 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.
The Practice
(1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 7.7
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A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
Charlie Rose
Act like Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 2/27/92) (1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 5.6
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Acclaimed interviewer and Emmy-winning journalist Charlie Rose engages a wide range of guests, including philosophers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, artists, business leaders, scientists, educators, and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and round-table discussions.
Chicago Hope
(11 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.
Wiseguy
(4 ep.)
event1987 star_border 6.5
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Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
McMillan & Wife
(1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 7.1
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McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
Skin
(8 ep.)
event2003 star_border 6.5
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Skin is a television serial drama which aired at 9:00 p.m. Monday on Fox in 2003. It followed the tale of two teenagers who came from feuding families on opposite sides of the moral and legal spectrum. Adam is the son of the Los Angeles District Attorney, and Jewel is the daughter of a pornographer. The show is a modern-day take on the Romeo and Juliet story. Even after an incredible amount of advertising, the show was cancelled after only three episodes due to poor ratings and less than favorable reviews. It was reprieved in 2005, when SOAPnet acquired broadcasting rights to all eight episodes and aired the last five episodes for the first time.
Bakers' Dozen
(6 ep.)
event1982
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Thirteen bakers compete to create the next viral baking sensation.
Big Eddie
(1 ep.)
event1975
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Big Eddie is an American sitcom that aired from August 23 until November 7, 1975.
Kane & Abel
Act like Thaddeus Cohen (3 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.6
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Kane & Abel is a television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name written by Jeffrey Archer, that aired on CBS in 1985. It stars Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane.
Trying Times
(1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 6.5
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This half-hour sitcom anthology series that aired on PBS from 1987 to 1989 is about people struggling with the daily routines of life.
The Stockard Channing Show
Act like Brad Gabriel (13 ep.)
event1980 star_border 5
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The Stockard Channing Show is an American sitcom starring Stockard Channing, Ron Silver, Sydney Goldsmith, Max Showalter and Jack Somack.
The show first aired on CBS from March 24 to July 12, 1980. 13 episodes were produced. The series aired at 8:30 P.M. EST, along with WKRP in Cincinnati, M*A*S*H and Flo on the Monday night lineup. After the show ended, Channing would not star in another sitcom until Out of Practice.
Billionaire Boys Club
Act like Ron Levin (2 ep.)
event1987 star_border 8.5
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Billionaire Boys Club is a two-part TV movie that aired on NBC in 1987. It told the story of the Billionaire Boys Club, and its founder, Joe Hunt, who was convicted in 1987 of murdering con-man Ron Levin. The film was written Gy Waldron and directed by Marvin J. Chomsky.
The West Wing
Act like Bruno Gianelli (19 ep.)
event1999 star_border 8.2
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The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
The Rockford Files
Act like Ted Haller (1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7.5
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Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Real Time with Bill Maher
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 6
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Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
Veronica's Closet
Act like Alec Bilson (22 ep.)
event1997 star_border 5.1
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Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase is the 'Queen of Romance.' Founder of a successful lingerie empire, and best-selling author of self-help romance books, Ronnie has it all ... money, success, sex appeal and a philandering husband. How she will find true happiness without jeopardizing her business will be her biggest challenge yet.
Crossing Jordan
Act like Shelly Levine (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.
A Woman of Independent Means
Act like Arthur (3 ep.)
event1995 star_border 10
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Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.
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