
Birthday:
08-18-1926
Deathday:
07-29-2012 (85 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
John P. "J.P." Finnegan was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series Columbo. He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the 1986 Don Bluth film An American Tail.
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Nowhere to Run
Act like O'Neil
event1978 star_border 7
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Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels that a divorce is not the answer. After developing a winning blackjack system, he hatches a plan that takes years of preparation: to fake his death, assume a new identity and win $500,000 at blackjack.
Love Streams
Act like Taxi Driver (Animals)
event1984 star_border 7.2
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Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
An American Tail
Act like Warren T. Rat (voice)
event1986 star_border 6.7
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A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
The Independent
Act like Guard
event2000 star_border 5.7
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A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Act like Policeman
event1984 star_border 5
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Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes.
Gloria
Act like Frank
event1980 star_border 6.9
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When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
The Deacon Street Deer
Act like Sidney
event1986
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Neighborhood children protect a deer that has escaped from cruel carnival owners.
Big Trouble
Act like Det. Murphy
event1986 star_border 5.3
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Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
Nickelodeon
Act like Kathleen's Director
event1976 star_border 6
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In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
The In-Laws
Act like Deliveryman #1
event1979 star_border 6.6
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In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Mars Attacks!
Act like Speaker of the House
event1996 star_border 6.4
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A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Act like Matthew Thomas Cleary
event1975
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When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation. This was the pilot film for the short-lived TV series.
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
Act like Deputy Marshal Vieter
event1976
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In this pilot film, Mallory is a prominent lawyer with a tarnished reputation who defends a young man charged with committing homicide against a sexual predator in prison.
Lucan
Act like Jess
event1977
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A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own in search of his identity. Pilot film for the short-lived series.
Heroes
Act like Mr. Munro
event1977 star_border 6.3
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A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.
Terror at Alcatraz
Act like Murphy
event1982
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Tom and Dick Smothers play Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, a TV cameraman and intrepid reporter, respectively, involved in the race to find the buried treasure of Al Capone on Alcatraz Island at the former prison where he was imprisoned.
Big Man on Campus
Act like Judge Ferguson
event1989 star_border 6.2
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In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He discovers life as two students bring him out of the tower and into society.
Bloodbrothers
Act like Bartender
event1978 star_border 5.9
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A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
JFK
Act like Judge Haggerty
event1991 star_border 7.6
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Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
The Journey of Natty Gann
Act like Logging Boss
event1985 star_border 6.9
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America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
Last Action Hero
Act like Watch Commander
event1993 star_border 6.5
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After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
The Natural
Act like Sam Simpson
event1984 star_border 6.9
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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Rehearsal for Murder
Act like Damon
event1982 star_border 6.4
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A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
A Woman Under the Influence
Act like Clancy
event1974 star_border 7.8
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Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
Play It as It Lays
Act like Frank
event1972 star_border 6.2
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Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Opening Night
Act like Bobby
event1977 star_border 7.6
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Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
Conspiracy of Terror
Act like Sgt. Carroll
event1975 star_border 6
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A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven't forgiven him for marrying a Gentile woman.
The Last of the Finest
Act like Tommy Grogan
event1990 star_border 5.9
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An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
Little Miss Marker
Act like Casino Clerk
event1980 star_border 6.5
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Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Capone
Act like N.Y. Police Lt.
event1975 star_border 5.9
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Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.
Terror on the 40th Floor
Act like Stark
event1974 star_border 4.2
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A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Act like Taxi Driver
event1976 star_border 7.1
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Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
The Knife and Gun Club
Act like Mr. Warshawski
event1990
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Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open.
Come See the Paradise
Act like Brennan
event1990 star_border 6.2
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In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Finish Line
Act like Purdy Hall
event1989 star_border 6
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In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.
Street Killing
Act like Alex Lesko
event1976
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In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a high-ranking crime lord.
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Act like Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden") (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 7.2
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Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.
Columbo
Act like Guard (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 8.1
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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Act like Reporter (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 8.6
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Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.
Banacek
Act like Lt. Hallohan (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 8.6
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Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
The Amazing Spider-Man
(1 ep.)
event1978 star_border 5.8
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The first live-action TV series based on the popular comic book.
ER
Act like Mitchell (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.8
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ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Quincy, M.E.
Act like Joe Ives (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7.5
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Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Murder, She Wrote
Act like Uncle Charlie (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.5
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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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