
Birthday:
01-24-1937
Deathday:
05-15-1996 (59 years)
Birthplace:
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Awakenings
Act like Bert
event1990 star_border 7.8
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Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Valdez Is Coming
Act like El Segundo
event1971 star_border 6.2
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Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.
The Wizard of Loneliness
Act like Hank Kahler
event1988 star_border 5.8
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After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, a young boy moves in with his aunt and uncle who live in the countryside. Lonely and unhappy, he starts believing he has super powers. Then a "dead" man shows up.
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2007 star_border 6.5
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Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
The History of 'Cruising'
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2007 star_border 6.5
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Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
The Exorcist
Act like Dr. Klein
event1973 star_border 7.7
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When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil - and that her daughter's only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Act like Det. Martin
event1990 star_border 5.6
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After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Cruising
Act like Dr. Rifkin
event1980 star_border 6.6
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When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
Night of the Juggler
Act like Preacher
event1980 star_border 5.9
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An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Act like Duncan
event1971 star_border 6.2
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Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.
Coaster: The Adventures of the John F. Leavitt
Act like Narrator
event1983
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Six years in the making, "COASTER" is the true story of a wooden coastal schooner the John F. Leavitt. It is the story of the sea, seen through the eyes of a Melville...a rich human drama set against the backdrop of the harsh North Atlantic and the rugged coast of Maine. Prepare yourself to set sail on an adventure that will leave you deeply enriched - a story that will move every member of your family.
Rescuing Desire
Act like Willard
event1996 star_border 3.3
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Toni, a very accomplished social worker and award winning nurse, is engaged to successful physician, Dr Ralph Mallory and works in a hospital run by Ralph's father. Following the death of her teenage son, Toni is acutely aware of how short life can be and is determined to live it on her terms. Van, Toni's best friend also works in the hospital and has been a great support throughout her recent ordeal On the surface, a well adjusted middle class woman in a stable relationship, we are soon made aware of Toni's long term longing for women and her struggle to deal with it and conform. Rescuing Desire takes us through Toni's exploration of her sexuality and Van's efforts to ensure Toni's safety during her self discovery
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
event1970 star_border 6
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A BBC-produced docudrama based on trial transcripts and aired in the United Kingdom in October 1970
Largo Desolato
Act like 1st Sidney
event1990
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A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion. The play focuses on two days in the life of a dissident writer who is awaiting the knock at the door that may send him to prison.
The Lost Capone
Act like Whitey
event1990 star_border 4
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While Al Capone works his way up from top-dog street gang thug captain in Chicago to U.S. crime king, his brother Jimmy Capone chooses the righteous way, actually with father's blessing, leaving Illinois for small town Harmony in Nebraska, where he adopts the alias Richard Hart, marries teacher Kathleen, has offspring and becomes its incorruptible town marshal, with a loyal Indian deputy. When his efficient fight against Al's illegal alcohol trade starts to bite financially, the gang's top lawyer is sent to buy 'Hart' or order his death, but recognizes Jimmy and arranges a fraternal reunion in Chicago. Yet money nor threats can turn Jimmy bad...
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Act like Bobby Deane
event1983 star_border 6
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TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.
Weeds
Act like Godot Player
event1987 star_border 5.2
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A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
Billy Galvin
event1986 star_border 4
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Conflict arises between a steelworker and his son. The father wants the boy to have a chance to make more of himself than he did, but the son wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a steel-worker himself.
The Haunting of Penthouse D
Act like Boyle
event1974
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A troubled young woman agrees to spend two weeks at a friend's Manhattan penthouse while the friend is away on a modeling assignment, but a series of mysterious disturbances begin occurring during the night.
Final Verdict
Act like Bill Jory
event1991
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A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.
For Love and Glory
Act like Absher
event1993
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A failed pilot about a rich Virginia plantation owner and his family caught up in the American Civil War. He has a slave for a mistress, his older son is to marry a working class Irish girl and his younger son promotes the Confederacy.
The Naked Flame
event1964 star_border 5
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A Doukhobor sect in Northern Alberta tries to prevent the wedding of a Russian girl to a Canadian.
The Basketball Diaries
Act like Confessional Priest
event1995 star_border 7.4
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A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Act like Donald
event1992 star_border 6
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In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.
Found Money
Act like Whitlow
event1983
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Two former bank employees, executive Dick Van Dyke, forced into early retirement by a computer, and guard Sid Caesar, unceremoniously dismissed before his pension comes due, concoct a computerized scheme to steal from the rich (i.e. the bank) and give to the poor with anonymous checks (money accessed from inactive accounts) to average do-gooders.
Dead Man Walking
Act like Captain Beliveau
event1995 star_border 7.3
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A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Act like Coach
event1980 star_border 5
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Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Legs
Act like Larry Clark
event1983
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Three ambitious young women risk it all when they compete for a chance to dance with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
Static
Act like Sheriff William Orling
event1986 star_border 6.1
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Ernie Blick has just lost his job at a crucifix factory. Luckily, for Ernie, this allows him more time to devote to his invention. Yes, Ernie is an inventor -- and he's come up with something big. So big, in fact, Ernie's convinced it will change the way people look at life and death. With the support of his drummer friend Julia and his ex-Green Beret-evangelist cousin, Ernie unveils it to the world. But even he isn't prepared for the public's reaction.
Raising Cain
Act like Mack
event1992 star_border 6.1
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Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.
Is There Sex After Death?
Act like Brad Barlow
event1971 star_border 1
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Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the world of sex.
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Act like John Hogan
event1972
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On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They removed military draft records, took them outside, and set them afire with napalm.
Road Movie
event1974 star_border 6
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Gil and Hank are two independent truckers who run into problems when they are forced to pay off traffic managers to get loads. They also have to pay off highway cops when their rigs are overweight and bank loans but consider themselves lucky just to be able to keep up the interest payments. Add to that a small, frizzy-wigged highway hooker named Janice, who tempts them with her lurid charms.
The Super Cops
Act like Police Lt. Stratton
event1974 star_border 6
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The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
The Happy Hooker
Act like Dirty Harry
event1975 star_border 4
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Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.
Baby Blue Marine
Act like Barber
event1976 star_border 5.3
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A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A small Colorado town takes him in, treating him like the hero he appears to be.
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Act like Dr. Paegle
event1978 star_border 6
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Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
Lawman Without a Gun
Act like George Tayman
event1979
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During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
Act like Alan Cahill
event1983
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A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women.
The Satan Murders
Act like Mendoza
event1974
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Assured that it's a joke, a berated wife makes a deal with a local Satan occultist for the death of her irritating husband and finds that the Devil doesn't play games.
Bum Rap
Act like Dad
event1988 star_border 3.5
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Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
One Police Plaza
Act like Judge Niarxos
event1986
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A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
The Secret of My Success
Act like Arnold Forbush
event1987 star_border 6.5
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Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
Thin Ice
Act like Mr. Boynes
event1981
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A teacher falls in love with a student, and deals with the reactions of the people around her.
Jeffrey
Act like Elderly Man
event1995 star_border 6.3
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Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.
Masquerade
Act like Tommy McGill
event1988 star_border 5.7
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A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.
Bang the Drum Slowly
Act like Red
event1973 star_border 6.1
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The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.
California Dreaming
Act like Jerry
event1979 star_border 4.6
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Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
Nurse
Act like Hody Warner
event1980
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Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.
Robot in the Family
Act like Mr. Marshall
event1994 star_border 1.7
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A manic search for a valuable relic pits a father, son and trouble-prone robot against a nasty villain.
A Question of Honor
Act like Al Krikorian
event1982 star_border 7
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Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.
North and South
Act like West Point Instructor (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.4
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The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
Kojak
Act like Alistar McKnee Jr. (2 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.
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