Known for Art
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ross Bellah (January 27, 1907 – February 2, 2004) was an American art director, primarily for Columbia Pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Solid Gold Cadillac. He also worked on most if not all television series produced by Screen Gems, the television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures such as The Donna Reed Show, Dennis the Menace, Hazel, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and The Partridge Family.
Born
January 27, 1907
Died
February 2, 2004 (age 97)
Birthplace
Blum, Texas, USA
Filmography
97 films, 10 shows


Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987 · 2h 23m
country: United States
Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.


Kate's Secret
1986 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.


There Must Be a Pony
1986 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a relationship with her teenage son, and risking a romance with a mysterious stranger.


Intimate Encounters
1986 · 1h 34m
country: United States
It started as fantasy...and ended as intimate encounters.


T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
1986 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner transfer in Hawaii while the Senator pushes his anti-terrorist bill.


A Winner Never Quits
1986 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his father and the constant coaching of his older brother, Pete never gives up on his dream of playing professional baseball. Driven by anger, he finally makes it to the big leagues. But it isn't until he agrees to meet a handicapped youngster who idolizes him that Pete finally becomes a genuine American hero.


Gidget's Summer Reunion
1985 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Former beach bunny/girl surfer Francine “Gidget” Lawrence is an adult and married to her long-term beau Jeff “Moondoggie” Griffin. She deals with a variety of marital spats, as well as running her own travel agency, running interferences with her teenage niece, and trying to arrange a reunion of her husband’s old surfing friends. Meanwhile, Jeff works as an architect and must fend off romantic advances from his beautiful and lascivious boss. Gidget’s niece wants to learn how to surf and gets too much when she sneaks out to see a suave, self-serving beach bum behind the back of her nerdy boyfriend.


Deadly Messages
1985 · 1h 34m
country: United States
When Laura unearths an old Ouija board in her closet, her roommate, Cindy, uses it and encounters the spirit of a man that had been murdered in their apartment. After Laura later witnesses Cindy being strangled to death, the authorities arrive to find Cindy missing and no evidence of a crime. Laura sets out to convince everyone that the murder was real while evading the man she feels is Cindy's killer.


Murder Me, Murder You
1983 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.


Cocaine and Blue Eyes
1983 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.


I, Desire
1982 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girlfriend's place of employment (a hospital), prostitutes, a defrocked priest, and vampires.


Money on the Side
1982 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Three middle-class housewives who are having money problems join a prostitution ring.


The Shadow Riders
1982 · 1h 36m
country: United States
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.


Fallen Angel
1981 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Twelve year old Jennifer is unhappy with her widowed mom's relationship with a family friend. Feeling lonely, she readily accepts the friendship of an adult man named Howie and joins the softball team he coaches. Soon, Howie is convincing Jennifer to pose for photographs which become more and more revealing. Howie turns out to be a pedophile who works in child pornography and he plans to make Jennifer a "star". Will Jennifer's mother be able to help her daughter before it's too late?


Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
1981 · 2h
country: United States
In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fight wants retribution.


The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.


To Find My Son
1980 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy, and particularly with a power-hungry administrator. After many delays, they deny his application. Then, he finds a way to turn the tables on them for the boy's own good.


Once Upon a Spy
1980 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of exploits with villainous Christopher Lee and his army of lethal blue-eyed blonde women.


Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980 · 1h 40m
country: United States
14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.


Detour to Terror
1980 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A homicidal dune-buggy trio terrorizes a busload of Las Vegas bound tourists with the intent to kidnap one of them.


Goldie and the Boxer
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a relationship with a struggling fighter who was his sparring partner and takes on the job of managing him from obscurity to the championship.


A Shining Season
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to a winning season.


Undercover with the KKK
1979 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during the trial of several Klansmen for crimes of destruction and murder.


The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · 1h 37m
country: United States
In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Quantrill. Rescued by runaway slave Joshua Brown, Golden is determined to get revenge. With the help of a legendary gunfighter and a special gun, Golden must not only deal with Quantrill and his men, but has to dodge General Custer and his army, as well.


The Billion Dollar Threat
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within 48 hours.


Fast Friends
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings.


The Child Stealer
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A young mother battles to get her children back after her ex-husband kidnaps them and the law won't help her in her efforts.


Institute for Revenge
1979 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film's title is its nickname) supervises an organization dedicated to correcting wrongs against the defenseless and assigns human operatives to track down the evildoers and bring them to justice non-violently.


Salvage
1979
country: United States
A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this pilot to the series.


A Fire in the Sky
1978 · 2h 30m
country: United States
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.


More Than Friends
1978 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.


The Courage and the Passion
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The lives and loves of a group of U.S. Air Force test pilots on a sprawling airbase called "Joshua Tree."


Space Force
1978 · 25m
country: Unknown
The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.


Go West, Young Girl
1978 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A lighthearted Western about a peppery New England lady who goes west to seek her fortune by writing about her experiences, and the attractive widow of a cavalry officer, both of whom go in search of Billy the Kid, teaming up to outwit gamblers, bounty hunters, and rough-and-tumble lawmen.


To Kill a Cop
1978 · 3h 6m
country: United States
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.


Crisis in Sun Valley
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Semi-follow up to "The Deadly Triangle" dealing with a sheriff and his deputy in a sleepy ski town involved with a group of urbanites planning a dangerous mountain climb as well as investigating sabotage in a condominium development.


Doctors' Private Lives
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Two heart surgeons clash over personal issues and medical ethics in a big-city hospital.


Keefer
1978 · 1h 11m
country: United States
An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II.
Last of the Good Guys
Last of the Good Guys
1978 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he suddenly dies, try to hide the fact so that his family can collect his full benefits.


Kill Me If You Can
1977 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.


A Killing Affair
1977 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.


Corey: For the People
1977 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A wealthy socialite is accused of killing her husband. She claims self-defense as a battered wife, and the district attorney plans to go along with that. However, an assistant district attorney files capital murder charges against her, as he believes she's not quite the innocent, abused wife she portrays herself to be. This was a pilot film for a proposed series that did not get picked up.


Cover Girls
1977 · 1h 12m
country: United States
Two beautiful fashion models work undercover as secret agents.


Never Con a Killer
1977 · 1h 12m
country: Unknown
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyonesque horseplayer E.J. Valerian.


Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
1977 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A millionaire hires a pair of private investigators, who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects, to find his daughter, who has apparently been smuggled out of the country.


In the Glitter Palace
1977 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.


The Quest
1976 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Eight years ago, Cheyenne Indians attacked the Baudine Family wagon and captured Morgan, whom they renamed Two Persons. Now Two Persons, raised in the ways of the Indians, has been reunited with his brother Quentin, a doctor and a stranger to frontier ways. Together the brothers set out in search of their sister Patricia, who was also captured and who Two Persons believes is still alive.


Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.


The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976 · 1h 29m
country: United States
To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market.


Matt Helm
1975 · 1h 11m
country: United States
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involved with black marketeers and gun runners.


Cop on the Beat
1975 · 1h 13m
country: United States
An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."


A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.


Cage Without a Key
1975 · 2h
country: United States
A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is killed. They are soon caught, and the girl, despite her protestations of innocence, is convicted of first-degree murder and sent to prison. Once she gets there, she finds out that her troubles are just beginning.


The Sex Symbol
1974 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A thinly-disguised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, detailing her ups and downs in life and how her erratic behavior contributed to her deteriorating career.


Nakia
1974 · 1h 13m
country: United States
An American Indian deputy sheriff is caught in the middle of a community dispute when the tribe tries to save an historic mission from a housing developer. This TV pilot film was an ABC Movie of the Week and later became a TV series.


The Last Angry Man
1974 · 1h 14m
country: United States
In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility and erratic behavior the doctor believes is due to more than just his environment.


The Cat Creature
1973 · 1h 12m
country: United States
When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police consult scholars from the local University to help with the investigation, which is taking a more serious turn as people connected with the case are killed by wounds that seem to be from a housecat.


Jarrett
1973 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls.


Call Her Mom
1972 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A sexy waitress becomes a house mother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a nationwide women's lib controversy.


Gidget Gets Married
1972 · 1h 13m
country: United States
Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.


Brian's Song
1971 · 1h 13m
country: United States
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.


Black Noon
1971 · 1h 15m
country: United States
Reverend John Keyes and his wife, Lorna, on their way to a new congregation out west, break down in the desert and are rescued by the residents of a nearby town. At first warm and welcoming, the townspeople become more and more solicitous of John and insistent that he stay on as their minister, against the wishes of Lorna, who goes unheeded and slowly becomes deathly ill. Will John realize the danger before it is too late?


The Sheriff
1971 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.


The Feminist and the Fuzz
1971 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates.


Gidget Grows Up
1969 · 1h 15m
country: United States
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.


Three's a Crowd
1969 · 1h 30m
country: United States
An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.


In Name Only
1969 · 1h 13m
country: United States
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.


Shadow on the Land
1968 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.


Scalplock
1966 · 1h 35m
country: United States
This Western is a pilot for the series "The Iron Horse," in which a dapper frontier gambler wins a railroad line in a poker game and has his hands full holding it from the clutches of various conniving bad guys.


Archie
1964 · 43m
country: United States
Archie is the 1964 unsold pilot based on the Archie comic book series. The whole gang is included, Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Mr. Weatherbee, Ms. Grundy… William Schallert (most notably the dad in The Patty Duke Show) plays Archie’s dad and Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma’s voice in The Flintstones) plays the mom.


The Ladies Man
1961 · 1h 35m
country: United States
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?


Strangers When We Meet
1960 · 1h 57m
country: United States
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.


Gidget
1959 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.


The Lineup
1958 · 1h 27m
country: United States
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.


The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.


The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958 · 1h 18m
country: United States
When the nephews of Phyllis Carter are killed in an automobile crash while under the influence of narcotics, she persuades Police Lieutenant Jim Hahan to use her as an undercover agent.


Jeanne Eagels
1957 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.


The Phantom Stagecoach
1957 · 1h 9m
country: United States
A stagecoach is plagued by robberies, but it takes an undercover Wells Fargo agent to discover that a rival company is responsible.


The 27th Day
1957 · 1h 15m
country: United States
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three capsules. The alien explains that no power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given, then anyone may take a capsule and, by speaking a latitude and longitude at it, cause instant death to all within a given radius: thus each of the five has been provided with the power of life and death. Then, they are given 27 days to decide whether to use the capsules, and returned to the places from which each one came...


Nightfall
1956 · 1h 19m
country: United States
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.


Commotion on the Ocean
1956 · 17m
country: United States
The stooges are would-be reporters, who are tricked into becoming stowaways by "Borscht", a spy for an enemy country. Stranded on a freighter on the high seas, they discover that Borscht has concealed some stolen microfilm in watermelons they brought aboard for him. After a wild chase, they subdue Borscht and recover the microfilm.


The White Squaw
1956 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.


Scheming Schemers
1956 · 16m
country: United States
The stooges are three incompetent plumbers who foul up the plumbing in a fancy mansion where a society party is going on. They manage to catch a couple of thieves masquerading as guests before the whole party degenerates into a pie fight.


Hot Stuff
1956 · 16m
country: United States
The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.


The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.


Rumpus in the Harem
1956 · 16m
country: United States
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys need money to pay their fiancée's taxes, or the girls will be sold as slaves. Some crooks come into their restaurant and convince the boys to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond. The stooges decide to return the diamond to the government and get the reward money. They learn that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the diamond.


Creeps
1956 · 16m
country: United States
The Stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Sir Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the their attempts to take the armor, and is about to skewer them with a sword when it's revealed that the they were only telling a bedtime story to their "sons", also played by the Stooges.


Husbands Beware
1956 · 16m
country: United States
To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp marries his student before the deadline, and then finds out that there is no inheritance. Moe and Larry have tricked him into marriage as revenge for their marrying his shrewish sisters.


Queen Bee
1955 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A wicked Southern woman ruthlessly manipulates her family.


Pals and Gals
1954 · 17m
country: United States
The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad guy has Nell's sisters locked up, and its up to the stooges to rescue them and save the day.


Musty Musketeers
1954 · 16m
country: United States
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but the King won't give his consent until Princess Alicia gets married. The princess is abducted by Mergatroyd, an evil magician who plans to marry her and become ruler of the country. The stooges help the princess escape and then defeat the magician and his henchmen in a sword fight.


Last of the Pony Riders
1953 · 58m
country: United States
Ex-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way to stage coach mail and the telegraph. Gene's last film appearance as a singing cowboy.


Gun Fury
1953 · 1h 23m
country: United States
After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off with his fiancée. Warren follows, and although none of the townspeople he comes across are prepared to help, he recruits two others who have sworn revenge on the ruthless Slayton.


Target Hong Kong
1953 · 1h 11m
country: United States
Yankee soldiers-of-fortune smash a spy plot aimed at seizing Hong Kong.


Paula
1952 · 1h 20m
country: United States
A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she seeks out the child in the hospital and attempts to help him regain his speech, even though, if successful, it might mean he will implicate her for the crime.


Nine Girls
1944 · 1h 18m
country: United States
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer.