Known for Art
Born
November 13, 1917
Died
June 14, 2003 (age 85)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
51 films, 1 show


Too Good to Be True
1988 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.


Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · 1h 29m
country: United States
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.


The Untouchables
1987 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.


Back to the Future
1985 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.


An Early Frost
1985 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.


Cloak & Dagger
1984 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother. However, fantasy becomes reality for Davey after he witnesses the murder of an FBI agent, who in his dying breath, gives Davey a mysterious video game cartridge called Cloak & Dagger, which in actuality contains top-secret government information. With the help of his younger friend Kim, the tech savvy Morris, and even a little help from his fictional secret agent mentor, Davey must stay one step ahead of pursuers as he tries to survive a real-life game of espionage in the streets of San Antonio, Texas.


Crackers
1984 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.


D.C. Cab
1983 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.


Doctor Detroit
1983 · 1h 29m
country: Lebanon
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.


Raggedy Man
1981 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A divorced mother of two boys is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town during World War II. Her friendship with a Navy sailor on shore leave causes gossip in town.


The Blues Brothers
1980 · 2h 13m
country: United States
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.


The Jordan Chance
1978 · 2h
country: United States
Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.


Animal House
1978 · 1h 49m
country: United States
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.


It Happened One Christmas
1977 · 1h 50m
country: Unknown
It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father. What Mary does not know is that most in town, including her husband George Hatch and their children, are also praying for her. All the prayers are heard by Joseph, God's gatekeeper of prayers. As there are no other angels available on such a busy day, Joseph assigns Clara Oddbody, angel second class (i.e. she has yet to receive her wings), to Mary's case, which he reluctantly does as Clara has never been assigned a case on her own in the two hundred years she's been in heaven for good reason.


MacArthur
1977 · 2h 10m
country: United States
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, when he was removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.


Swashbuckler
1976 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.


Gable and Lombard
1976 · 2h 11m
country: United States
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.


Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.


Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.


The Girl from Petrovka
1974 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them up.


Return of the Big Cat
1974 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A boy, Leroy McClaren, trains a wild dog to hunt the cougar that has been threatening the family.


Herbie Rides Again
1974 · 1h 28m
country: United States
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.


Hog Wild
1974 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A Chicago man and his family move to an Idaho pig farm, where he's crippled by an angry sow.
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1974 · 1h
country: United States
A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city official and his pals to justice


One Little Indian
1973 · 1h 30m
country: United States
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.


The World's Greatest Athlete
1973 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.


The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · 1h 31m
country: United States
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.


The Biscuit Eater
1972 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Lonnie and Text are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing 'biscuit eater'.


The Priest Killer
1971 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A police chief, confined to a wheelchair, and a former cop, who is now a priest, team up to discover who has been committing a series of murders of local priests. This TV movie was a backdoor pilot for the crime series SARGE and aired as a special-event spinoff of IRONSIDE.


The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.


Pufnstuf
1970 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined to steal Freddy the flute away from the boy to impress the visiting Witches' Council and win the Witch of the Year Award.


Ritual of Evil
1970 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.


Smoke
1970 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A boy finds an injured German Shepherd Dog whom he names Smoke.


The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses..


Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
1969 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A gang of kids helps a sea captain search for a pirate’s treasure that’s rumored to be hidden somewhere in the old dilapidated inn the sea captain just inherited from his dead brother. Along the way, they unravel a series of clues which lead to a variety of hidden passages and trap doors. But they are not alone in their quest for Jean Lafitte’s pirate goodies!


Ride a Northbound Horse
1969 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Fifteen-year-old Cav Rand purchases a racehorse and trains him into a winner, but a con artist is plotting to get the stallion away from the innocent Cav.


The Love Bug
1968 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.


Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · 1h 46m
country: United States
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.


The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · 1h 25m
country: United States
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.


The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967 · 1h 48m
country: United States
To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!


That Darn Cat!
1965 · 1h 56m
country: United States
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.


The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · 1h 27m
country: United States
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.


Mary Poppins
1964 · 2h 19m
country: United States
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.


Those Calloways
1964 · 2h 11m
country: United States
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.


Backstage Party
1961 · 1h
country: Unknown
Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes


The Parent Trap
1961 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.


The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.


Zorro, the Avenger
1959 · 2h
country: United States
Masked crusader Zorro and his father, Don Alejandro, face off against mysterious despot The Eagle in a fight for control of old Spanish California.


The Young Don't Cry
1957 · 1h 29m
country: United States
An orphaned teen gets involved with some chain-gang convicts.