Known for Production
Vic Ramos was born on September 1, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a casting director known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Thief (1981) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). He also acted in a few films. Ramos was married to Virginia Loew, granddaughter of Metro’s parent-company founder Marcus Loew. He died on October 21, 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA of pulmonary failure due to pneumonia.
Born
September 1, 1930
Died
October 21, 2007 (age 77)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
29 films


Thief
1981 · 2h 3m · US
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.


Gloria
1980 · 2h 2m · US
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.


Dressed to Kill
1980 · 1h 45m · US
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.


My Bodyguard
1980 · 1h 36m · US
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.


The Blue Lagoon
1980 · 1h 44m · US
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?


Apocalypse Now
1979 · 2h 27m · US
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.


Over the Edge
1979 · 1h 35m · US
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.


Hardcore
1979 · 1h 48m · US
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.


Blue Collar
1978 · 1h 54m · US
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.


Star Wars
1977 · 2h 1m · US
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.


The Godfather Part II
1974 · 3h 22m · US
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.


The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · 1h 42m · US
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.


Little Murders
1971 · 1h 48m · US
A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.


The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
1970 · 1h 57m · US
A 23-year-old Columbia University dropout seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.