Known for Acting
Burton Gilliam (born August 9, 1938) is an American actor. He is best known for memorable roles in several popular 1970s movies, such as Blazing Saddles and Paper Moon, as well as comedic cameos in Back to the Future, Part III and Honeymoon in Vegas.
Born
August 9, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas, USA
Filmography
47 films, 19 shows


Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · 1h 33m · US
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in 'The Producers', to the enigmatic title role in the original 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like 'Silver Streak'.


The Lucky Man
2018 · 1h 38m · US
Traveling Route 66, a charismatic preacher, Reverend Johnny Jones, and his seductively beautiful Latina girlfriend, Rebecca, find their lives spiraling out of control as they travel from small town to small town; running their scam on the churches they encounter along the mother road. He's able to convince people he has the power to heal their illnesses and solve their most dreadful life experiences. But what the couple think is their scam begs the question does he really have the power? It's a question that haunts him and only intensifies his inner demons. Scarred for life, his childhood abuse from his evil father won't soon go away. He finds temporary refuge at the bottom of each bottle of tequila and endless grams of cocaine that goes up his nose. His childhood demons will not subside, neither will his vices. In the end, his powers serve as a blessing and a curse. Hang on tight while we follow this perilous couple's journey into the abyss of miracles and tragedy.


Rec X
2013 · 54m
The excitable German known as Flula Borg serves as unofficial tour guide to the City of Allen, Texas. Frolic with Flula as he explores all the Parks and Rec facilities in Allen.


Breaking the Press
2010 · 1h 35m · US
A contemporary retelling of the parable of the prodigal son set in the world of Texas high school basketball.


Fire from Below
2009 · 1h 29m · US
Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvertently brings it to the surface, where the Lithium combusts when coming into contact with water and begins to wreak havoc on the country side.


Cake: A Wedding Story
2007 · 1h 33m
When two star-crossed lovers, set on eloping, are forced into having a big wedding, the bride develops a plan of her own. Unfortunately, the groom is not privy to the plan. Meanwhile, family and friends start to take sides at a reception for a wedding that never took place!


Retribution Road
2007 · 1h 25m
A bank robbery gone wrong leads to a horrific crime and the capture of the most relentless outlaw in Texas...the infamous Johnny Rios. Incarcerated, Rios ups the ante with a daring ultimatum that gives the sleepy town of Wardlaw a rude awakening as their courageous Sheriff prepares for the shoot-out of a lifetime - one that could either put this town on the map or annihilate it all together. The laws they live by are the laws they’ll die by on RETRIBUTION ROAD.


Killing Down
2006 · 1h 48m
An army vet searching for the truth comes face to face with the man he thinks tortured him seven years ago. But how can he be sure? With limited resources and few details he must take down his torturer and expose the unsettling truth.


Drop Dead Sexy
2005 · 1h 23m · US
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.


Shtickmen
2003 · 1h 26m · US
While he struggles to make rent by teaching defensive-driving courses and comedy classes, a small-time Dallas comic named Jerry Martin (Dean Lewis) sets his sights on a career-making comedy contest at a local club. David Wilk also stars as Jerry's annoyingly successful nemesis Jim "Buckeye" Marvin, who will serve as a judge at the competition. This mockumentary screened at a dozen international film festivals, winning awards at five.


Mi Amigo
2002 · 1h 29m · US
Thirty years after separating when their friendship is harmed by a mutual love of the same woman, two friends, Bobby Ray and Pal, return to their hometown to settle old debts.


Drive-In Movie Memories
2001 · 57m · US
A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America's greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-in's birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.


Back in the Saddle
2001 · 28m · US
The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.


The Journeyman
2001 · 1h 33m · US
In the Wild West at the turn of the century, two young brothers watch as their Grandpa is gunned down in cold blood. The desperados kidnap the older boy while a priest takes in the younger one. Thirteen years later these two brothers will cross paths again as they both seek revenge, each in their own way.


Soccer Dog: The Movie
1999 · 1h 39m · US
A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.


The Love Bug
1997 · 1h 28m · US
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.


Wild Bill
1995 · 1h 38m · US
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.


Victim of Desire
1995 · 1h 25m · US
An SEC agent investigating $70M in missing funds and a murdered businessman gets involved with the man's wife.


The Getaway
1994 · 1h 56m · JP
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.


Honeymoon in Vegas
1992 · 1h 36m · US
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.


Quake
1992 · 1h 25m · US
Set around the tragic events of an earthquake, a young couple experience the horror of being terrorized by a psychotic neighbor in a city where panic and fear is the order of the day.


The Terror Within II
1991 · 1h 30m · US
In a world gone mad, the last human colony struggles to survive underground, beneath a land of nightmarish mutants who seek to destroy them. But when the mutant breaks inside humanity's final stronghold, the battle for survival pits the human colonists against their deadly invaders miles below the earth's surface.


Back to the Future Part III
1990 · 1h 59m · US
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.


The Underachievers
1988 · 1h 26m
Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher. He joins a colorful group of characters that includes ex-cons, illegal aliens, and brain-dead baby boomers that cause more trouble than their younger counterparts. Swimming classes and wine tastings serve as background for a series of comic catastrophes.


Uphill All the Way
1986 · 1h 26m · US
Two unemployed good ol' boys are mistaken for a pair of notorious bank robbers.


Fletch
1985 · 1h 38m · US
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.


The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1981 · 1h 33m · US
In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a floundering business, and the magical gold watch which can stop time. But his wedding plans with Bonnie Lee Beaumont are interrupted when her mother phones them to help her save her family farm from a nasty land developer - using the gold watch's powers.


The Georgia Peaches
1980 · 1h 40m · US
A Southern gal who runs her family's auto repair shop, her aspiring country singer sister, and their stock-car racing friend who runs moonshine on the side are conned into working as government undercover agents to track down a dangerous criminal in this pilot to a prospective series.


The Jericho Mile
1980 · 1h 37m · US
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team.


The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980 · 1h 40m · US
After inheriting a magical gold watch from his multimillionaire uncle's estate, Robert Hays and his girlfriend, Pam Dawber, soon discover not only that he can stop time with the watch, but also that it holds the secret to his late uncle's fortune -- a secret that others fall over themselves trying to steal.


Where the Ladies Go
1980 · 1h 40m · US
A small-town bar, open only from 9AM to 3PM and owned by Buck (Earl Holliman), is the setting where bored housewives and wandering husbands go to find some adventure in their miserable lives.


The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980 · 1h 44m · US
A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line.


Lawman Without a Gun
1979 · 1h 30m · US
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.


Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978 · 1h 40m · US
A stunt car racing team gets involved in a madcap cross-country auto race that is supposed to determine the disposition of a family fortune.


The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978 · 1h 36m · US
Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.


Telefon
1977 · 1h 42m · US
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.


Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · 2h 11m · FR
Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile, animal doctor David lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. She has already decided to return to France as soon as possible, but love, and fate, have other plans.


Gator
1976 · 1h 55m · US
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.


The Ransom of Red Chief
1975 · 27m
Two con artists kidnap a young boy for ransom. The boy, who calls himself Red Chief, becomes a problem for them.


The Night That Panicked America
1975 · 1h 32m · US
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.


Hearts of the West
1975 · 1h 42m · US
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.


Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · 1h 35m · US
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.


At Long Last Love
1975 · 2h 5m · US
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.


Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · 1h 56m · US
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.


Remember When
1974 · 1h 40m · US
An uncle's (Jack Warden) memories give strength to a New England family with four sons fighting in World War II.


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.


Paper Moon
1973 · 1h 42m · US
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.