Known for Acting
Royal Edward Dano (November 16, 1922 – May 15, 1994) was an American film and television character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Royal Dano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
November 16, 1922
Died
May 15, 1994 (age 71)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
87 films, 65 shows


The Dark Half
1993 · 2h 2m · US
Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.


Spaced Invaders
1990 · 1h 40m · US
A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck would have it, they land on Halloween and get mistaken for trick-or-treaters. Comedy ensues as the Martians try to get taken seriously.


Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · 1h 36m · US
Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Twenty years later, upon his release, Henry is older but unrepentant. Within six hours after leaving his jail cell, he evens the score with Hayes by holding up the Bank of Texas for $20,000 in gold. Hayes, in his fury, gets himself out of retirement to take up the chase once more.


Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988 · 1h 26m · US
Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.


Date with an Angel
1987 · 1h 45m · US
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!


Ghoulies II
1987 · 1h 30m · US
Four bloodthirsty demons stow away on a truck belonging to the owners of a carnival attraction and, after arriving at the fairgrounds, hole up inside the ride, which becomes a sensation after patrons believe the creatures are part of the show.


House II: The Second Story
1987 · 1h 28m · US
Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the form of his mummified great-great grandfather, a mystical crystal skull, and a zombie cowboy.


James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · 1h 27m · US
A documentary retrospective on the life and career of James Stewart, featuring clips from his films and interviews with colleagues who worked alongside him.


Red Headed Stranger
1986 · 1h 45m · US
Reverend Julian Shay (Willie Nelson) strode into the saloon, pulled out his six-shooter, and killed his adulterous wife (Morgan Fairchild) and the man she had left him for. It was the beginning of his violent transformation from God-Loving preacher to ruthless outlaw.


Cocaine Wars
1985 · 1h 22m · AR
Miami DEA agent Cliff Adams is in South America working undercover for Gonzalo Reyes, the biggest cocaine exporter in South America. Cliff's fiancée, Janet Meade, is a reporter doing a story about Reyes. Reyes orders Cliff to kill Marcelo Villalba, who is running for his countries position as president, but Cliff can't bring himself to do it, because his assignment from the DEA is to work against Reyes. Reyes is afraid Villalba will put him out of business, and is afraid that Janet's story will do the same thing, so Reyes sends someone else after Villalba, and then Reyes has Janet kidnapped, and Cliff is the only one who can keep Reyes' plans from succeeding.


Teachers
1984 · 1h 47m · US
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.


The Right Stuff
1983 · 3h 13m · US
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.


Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983 · 1h 40m · US
The last of Robert Blake's three "Joe Dancer movies" finds the private investigator framed for manslaughter as he tries to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.


Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · 1h 35m · US
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?


Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983 · 3h · US
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.


Hammett
1982 · 1h 38m · US
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.


Take This Job and Shove It
1981 · 1h 40m · US
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.


A Dream Called Walt Disney World
1981 · 25m · US
The perfect way to reminisce about your Walt Disney World vacation! It's all here, exquisitely photographed and fully narrated. From Liberty Square to Fantasyland, the file covers every part of the Magic Kingdom. There's much more, though... an entire resort playground with all the luxurious resort hotels and rustic campgrounds that make up the Vacation Kingdom. Here's a beautiful souvenir of the single most popular vacation destination in the world!


Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980 · 1h 32m · US
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]


The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979 · 2h 22m · US
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels.


In Search of Historic Jesus
1979 · 1h 31m · US
This examination of historical sources speculates on the accuracy of the biblical depiction of Jesus.


Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979 · 1h 28m · US
A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to rebuild her relationship with her embittered mother before she dies.


The Crash of Flight 401
1978 · 1h 35m · US
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.


Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978 · 1h 40m · US
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.


Huckleberry Finn
1978 · 1h 18m · US
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.


Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
1978 · 1h 35m · US
Tycoon Howard Hughes and actress Jean Harlow have an affair while making his 1930 "Hell's Angels."


Bad Georgia Road
1977 · 1h 26m · US
New York City woman inherits a moonshine farm in the South.


The Killer Inside Me
1976 · 1h 39m · US
Haunted by visions from his abusive childhood, Montana deputy sheriff Lou Ford gradually exhibits the signs of a homicidal schizophrenic.


The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976 · 1h 20m · US
During a Cavalry massacre at an Indian village, two brothers, searching for their captured sister, rescue a white woman long ago kidnapped by the Cheyenne. They ride for their lives, haunted by the chant of the tribal Death Song.


Drum
1976 · 1h 40m · US
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.


The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · 2h 15m · US
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.


Messiah of Evil
1975 · 1h 30m · US
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.


Capone
1975 · 1h 41m · US
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.


The Wild Party
1975 · 1h 49m · US
An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.


Big Bad Mama
1974 · 1h 24m · US
Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country pursued by the law.


Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · 1h 43m · US
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.


Electra Glide in Blue
1973 · 1h 54m · US
A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.


Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973 · 1h 29m · US
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.
Howzer
Howzer
1973 · 1h 22m
Howzer Cassel and his sister Deborah, feel like run-always long before they one day, at the ages of 12 and 14, scrape up enough money and actually flee to California. "Howzer" was shown at the US Film Festival and at the New American Director Series at the Whitney Museum in New York City.


Moon of the Wolf
1972 · 1h 15m · US
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.


The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · 1h 31m · US
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 Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · 1h 32m · US
Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.


The Man Hunter
1972 · 1h 33m · US
A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp, and winds up getting romantically involved with the suspect's wife.


Skin Game
1971 · 1h 42m · US
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.


Decisions! Decisions!
1971 · 1h 50m · US
A salesman and a sexologist have misadventures with plot development determined by the votes of the studio audience.


Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
1971 · 1h 35m · US
A Mexican bandit and his gang are offered a pardon and a cash reward if he will cross the border into America and bring back a gang of murderous gold thieves who robbed the local church and killed the priest and the Head Federales' wife and children.


Run, Simon, Run
1970 · 1h 14m · US
A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.


The Undefeated
1969 · 1h 59m · US
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.


Backtrack!
1969 · 1h 35m · US
Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder. Edited from two episodes of the TV show, The Virginian (1962)


Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · 1h 34m · US
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town, on hiring him, had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.


If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968 · 1h 46m · US
James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Leslie Whitlock (Kevin McCarthy) offers James money to kill his wife, Ellen (Dana Wynter). He declines and tries to look up his old flame Lily (Barbara McNair), but discovers his own brother is now married to the sultry nightclub singer. James returns to Leslie, and the trio travel towards a mountain retreat. James and Ellen escape and try to find the murderer who had framed James years before.


Day of the Evil Gun
1968 · 1h 35m · US
Returning home after disappearing three years ago, former gunslinger Lorn Warfield finds that an Apache raiding party has kidnapped his wife and children. Though he has renounced violence, he now takes up his gun and joins forces with his neighbor, Owen Forbes. Complicating matters, Forbes is engaged to Warfield's wife, who believed her husband was dead. As they pursue the Apaches, the two men are joined by an Indian trader, Jimmy Noble.


The Last Challenge
1967 · 1h 45m · US
An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.


Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · 1h 43m · US
A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.


The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966 · 1h 25m · US
A dying marshal deputizes a drifter to deliver the two killers in his custody to prison. However, the new deputy must elude a pair of bounty hunters who want to deliver the prisoners themselves to collect the reward and would think nothing of killing the deputy to get them.


Gunpoint
1966 · 1h 26m · US
A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.


7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · 1h 40m · US
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.


Savage Sam
1963 · 1h 43m · US
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.


Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 · 52m · US
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.


King of Kings
1961 · 2h 51m · US
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.


Posse from Hell
1961 · 1h 29m · US
Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.


Cimarron
1960 · 2h 27m · US
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 · 1h 47m · US
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.


Hound-Dog Man
1959 · 1h 27m · US
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.


Face of Fire
1959 · 1h 19m · US
A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.


The Boy and the Bridge
1959 · 1h 31m · UK
A little boy named Tommy watches as his father is arrested after a brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return home, he heads to Tower Bridge to set up home there.


These Thousand Hills
1959 · 1h 36m · US
A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.


Never Steal Anything Small
1959 · 1h 34m · US
Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union's presidency.


Man of the West
1958 · 1h 40m · US
Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.


Handle with Care
1958 · 1h 22m · US
A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.


Saddle the Wind
1958 · 1h 24m · US
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new bride Joan Blake.


Man in the Shadow
1957 · 1h 20m · US
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.


All Mine to Give
1957 · 1h 43m · US
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.


Trooper Hook
1957 · 1h 21m · US
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.


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.


Tension at Table Rock
1956 · 1h 33m · US
When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.


Santiago
1956 · 1h 33m · US
Two American gun runners at odds with each other and looking to sell guns to the rebels during the Cuban War of Independence navigate a boat to Cuba. Along for the ride is a beautiful Cuban rebel in who both men are interested.


Moby Dick
1956 · 1h 55m · US
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.


Tribute to a Bad Man
1956 · 1h 35m · US
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock’s ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.


The Trouble with Harry
1955 · 1h 39m · US
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.


Johnny Guitar
1954 · 1h 50m · US
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.


The Far Country
1954 · 1h 37m · US
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.


Bend of the River
1952 · 1h 31m · US
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...


Flame of Araby
1951 · 1h 18m · US
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.


The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · 1h 9m · US
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.


Under the Gun
1951 · 1h 23m · US
A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.


Undercover Girl
1950 · 1h 23m · US
After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.