Known for Acting
Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice. Abbott's career began as a dancer/actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he spent three seasons in the late 1970s. In 1980, Abbott relocated from Portland to Hollywood ("in the middle of the actors' strike, and I didn't know Anyone," he recalls). Shortly afterwards, he was cast as the villain in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game. He met his future (first) wife, Linda Hamilton on the set. The union produced one child, Dalton Bruce (born October 4, 1989) (who can be seen in Terminator II as "Infant John Connor"). Bruce and Linda divorced circa 1989. That same year, on the Dallas, Texas, set of the TV movie Trapped, Abbott met actress Kathleen Quinlan. They married April 12, 1994 and have 1 son, Tyler Quinlan (born October 17, 1990). Throughout his career, Abbott has been a guest star on many TV series Murder She Wrote, Family Law, Diagnosis: Murder, and more. He had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Net, based on the film of the same title starring Sandra Bullock. Abbott is semi-retired from acting. He is an architect and artist and works in the custom-design industry. He has designed his last two homes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born
July 28, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Filmography
27 films, 8 shows


Till Death Do Us Part: Making of Bride of Re-Animator
2026 · 1h
A newly produced, 60-minute documentary Extended interviews with Director Brian Yuzna, Bruce Abbott, Fabiana Udenio, Jeffrey Combs, and Kathleen Kinmont.
Eagles in the Chicken Coop
Eagles in the Chicken Coop
2011 · 1h 35m · US
Two artists are forced to make a formulaic, late-night, made for TV "skin flick."
Dream Cast
Dream Cast
2011 · 21m · US
The cast of the 1988 film, Bad Dreams, talk about their experiences making a film with heavy themes of suicide, guilt, depression, and mass death.


A Call to Arms
2009 · 1h 25m · US
A documentary which traces the controversial Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) in the United States and the United Kingdom.


Re-Animator Resurrectus
2007 · 1h 10m · US
Features interviews with the cast and crew of Re-Animator (1985), except for the late David Gale.


Trance
2002 · 1h 27m · US
Catherine Leoni is a connoisseur of the illusionary arts. She learned her craft from her grandfather, Henry Santorini, a master magician with a disgraced past. Now in search of the fine line between reality and magic, she travels to Death Valley with her gangster husband Robert to meet Taylor Black, a mysterious magician who is about to replicate Santorini’s ruinous past. Adding to the mystery is Wally, who claims he can smell ectoplasm, and Robert’s hit man Bongo. Under Black’s power, Catherine is forced to make a choice…find her own power or succumb to the TRANCE and the seduction of magic. This was the Best Fantasy Feature winner at the New York International Independent Film Festival yet remains obscure.


The Prophecy II
1998 · 1h 23m · US
The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Danyael.


Melanie Darrow
1997 · 1h 28m · US
A flamboyant female defense attorney takes on a seemingly airtight case, defending an apparently gold-digging husband against the charge of murdering his older, wealthy wife.


Black Scorpion
1995 · 1h 32m · US
Darcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her superhero garb can stop him with the assistance of a petty thief named Argyle.


The Demolitionist
1995 · 1h 40m · US
A murdered police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demolitionist", the ultimate crime-fighting weapon in a city overrun by criminals and internal corruption
Bride of Re-Animator Documentary
Bride of Re-Animator Documentary
1991 · 26m
This follows various actors, directors, special effects team ETC. through the making of the second installment of Re-animator


Dillinger
1991 · 1h 35m · US
Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the FBI after a string of armed bank robberies during the Great Depression. When Dillinger's attacks on banks threaten to make him a dangerous folk hero, the pressure mounts on the FBI – even from the White House – for his capture.


Kaleidoscope
1990 · 1h 36m · US
A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from the Big Apple to Beantown to the City of Light. His investigation, however, opens the door to disturbing revelations about a forgotten past.


Bride of Re-Animator
1990 · 1h 36m · US
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.


Johnny Ryan
1990 · 1h 36m · US
An honest, hard-working cop has to go up against the mob in 1949 New York City.


Trapped
1989 · 1h 33m · US
A businesswoman and a corporate spy, locked in a high-rise building after dark, must outwit a murderous intruder.


Out of Time
1988 · 1h 32m · US
A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.


Casual Sex?
1988 · 1h 28m · US
Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change. They discover that they can't find the perfect man, and this forces them to reconsider their attitudes to men in general.


Bad Dreams
1988 · 1h 26m · US
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.


Baja Oklahoma
1988 · 1h 45m · US
Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouching for her promiscuous friend, Doris Steadman, she's trying to maintain some semblance of a romantic life. As Juanita prepares to make the leap to Nashville, her former boyfriend, Slick Henderson, returns to town, further complicating her situation.


Summer Heat
1987 · 1h 20m · US
The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.


Interzone
1987 · 1h 37m · IT
Humans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.


Re-Animator
1985 · 1h 26m · US
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.


Command 5
1985 · 1h 33m · US
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.


Velvet
1984 · 1h 40m · US
A female team of government agents, under the guise of owners of a popular worldwide franchise of aerobic centers, matches wits with a group of criminals who have kidnapped a top defense specialist and his ailing son, intending to sell him to the highest bidder.


Why Me?
1984 · 1h 40m · US
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.


Tag: The Assassination Game
1982 · 1h 30m · US
Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who he long admired from afar. Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may be more serious than most contenders realize...