Known for Art
Died
October 15, 1989
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Filmography
51 films, 1 show


The Munsters' Revenge
1981 · 1h 36m · US
The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.


Conquest of the Earth
1980 · 1h 36m · US
A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 1–3 and 7–9, with alternate footage. The Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive on Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.


The Gumball Rally
1976 · 1h 45m · US
A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.


Blazing Saddles
1974 · 1h 33m · US
Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.


Oklahoma Crude
1973 · 1h 48m · US
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.


Trouble Man
1972 · 1h 39m · US
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.


Deliverance
1972 · 1h 49m · US
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.


Fat City
1972 · 1h 37m · US
The story of two men, a veteran boxer who is down and out, and a young man who is just starting his life and boxing career. Their fighting careers cross paths as their lives and fortunes head in opposite directions.


Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 · 1h 39m · US
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.


Honky
1971 · 1h 32m · US
Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.


The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970 · 1h 38m · US
In the 1950s, a young American man goes to Denmark and makes headlines for having the first sex-change operation.


A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970 · 1h 38m · US
A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer.


Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970 · 1h 53m · US
The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other.


The Comic
1969 · 1h 35m · US
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.


Pendulum
1969 · 1h 42m · US
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.


They Saved Hitler's Brain
1968 · 1h 33m · US
At the end of WWII, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s, the time has come, so a top scientist is kidnapped in order to help keep Hitler alive. This film is a re-edit of The Madmen of Mandoras released in theaters in 1963.


The Devil's Brigade
1968 · 2h 10m · US
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.


Enter Laughing
1967 · 1h 52m · US
A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production directed by broken-down ham Marlowe.


Alvarez Kelly
1966 · 1h 46m · US
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.


Frankie and Johnny
1966 · 1h 27m · US
Johnny is a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. After a psychic tells Johnny how he can change his luck, the appearance of a new 'lady luck' soon causes a catfight with Johnny's girlfriend, Frankie.


Winter A-Go-Go
1965 · 1h 28m
Teenagers work, play, and dance to rock 'n' roll at the Lake Tahoe ski lodge.


In Harm's Way
1965 · 2h 45m · US
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.


Apache Rifles
1964 · 1h 32m · US
A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.


One Man's Way
1964 · 1h 45m · US
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.


Archie
1964 · 43m · US
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 Madmen of Mandoras
1963 · 1h 14m · US
A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler's brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a machine. The Nazis plan to release a deadly gas destroying all life on the planet. To ensure their success they kidnap Professor Coleman the only man on the planet with the antidote to the poison gas.


The Creation of the Humanoids
1962 · 1h 15m · US
Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work is done by androids, referred to derisively by humans as "clickers". A police official who is concerned that his sister has become involved with an android is sent to investigate a larger rumor that the androids are developing reason and emotion.


Beauty and the Beast
1962 · 1h 17m · US
Curse turns a handsome prince into a Beast at night. A princess tries to help him, while his enemies plot to take his throne.


Twist Around The Clock
1961 · 1h 23m · US
A struggling manager visits a hayseed town and discovers a new dance craze, and hopes to turn it into a overnight nationwide sensation.


Secret of Deep Harbor
1961 · 1h 10m · US
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.


The Flight That Disappeared
1961 · 1h 12m · US
A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.


Operation Bottleneck
1961 · 1h 17m · US
WWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.


Police Dog Story
1961 · 1h 2m · US
After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.


The Walking Target
1960 · 1h 15m · US
An ex-con finds unexpected romance with the widow of his former accomplice as he tries to collect his hidden loot.


Cage of Evil
1960 · 1h 10m · US
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises.


A Dog's Best Friend
1959 · 1h 10m · US
A young orphan rejects his foster parents and instead turns to a German shepherd whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.


Vice Raid
1959 · 1h 11m · US
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.


The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959 · 1h 10m · US
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.


Invisible Invaders
1959 · 1h 7m · US
Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.


Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959 · 1h 11m · US
When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully.


House on Haunted Hill
1959 · 1h 15m · US
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.


Guns Girls and Gangsters
1959 · 1h 10m · US
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.


How to Make a Monster
1958 · 1h 13m · US
When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.


The Buckskin Lady
1957 · 1h 6m · US
Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Angela Medley, who is forced by circumstances to align herself with outlaw Slinger. But Angela has never gotten over her love for honest frontier doctor Bruce Merritt, and at the first opportunity she redeems herself by catching a bullet intended for the doc. Henry Hull delivers the film's most memorable performance as Angela's drunken wretch of a father. Per the title, Buckskin Lady affords the viewer ample opportunity to see Patricia Medina in form-fitting western garb.


I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1957 · 1h 16m · US
A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.


Crime of Passion
1956 · 1h 26m · US
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.


Dance with Me, Henry
1956 · 1h 19m · US
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.


Strange Intruder
1956 · 1h 22m · US
A Korean War veteran must find his buddy's widow and children to keep a bizarre promise.


The Killer Is Loose
1956 · 1h 13m · US
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.


Hold Back Tomorrow
1955 · 1h 15m · US
A condemned murderer, scheduled to hang in the morning, asks for the company of a woman in his final hours.


Target Earth
1954 · 1h 15m · US
Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café, Vicki Harris and Jim Wilson. The quartet escape the robot patrol and take refuge in a large hotel. There, they encounter a new danger in Davis, a psychopathic killer.