Known for Acting
Joseph Patrick Cranshaw (June 17, 1919 – December 28, 2005) was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. He is best known for one of his last roles, that of Joseph "Blue" Pulaski, a fraternity brother, in the 2003 hit comedy Old School. It's been said that this role helped him achieve "pop-culture status".
Born
June 17, 1919
Died
December 28, 2005 (age 86)
Birthplace
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
Filmography
42 films, 43 shows


Air Buddies
2006 · 1h 20m · US
The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover a kidnapping plot motivated by a little rich boy's desire to have the world's most athletic dog as a pet.


Herbie Fully Loaded
2005 · 1h 41m · US
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.


Breakin' All the Rules
2004 · 1h 25m · US
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.


My Boss's Daughter
2003 · 1h 23m · US
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on – his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission. And he also has to deal with the daughter's older brother, who's on the run from local drug dealers.


Air Bud: Spikes Back
2003 · 1h 27m · US
Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.


Old School
2003 · 1h 32m · US
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.


Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
2002 · 1h 33m · CA
Josh is off to his first year of college and Buddy has stayed behind with Josh’s little sister Andrea and the rest of the family. Andrea, attempting to fit in with her Jr. High classmates, decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers that Buddy is a talented baseball player.


MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate
2001 · 1h 27m · US
MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct. Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by Ben, a homeless skateboarder, and Ollie, a skate shop owner. Jack proves to be as adept at mastering the half-pipe as he does at delivering a slap shot, and before long, he and Ben are crashing amateur skateboarder competitions all over the country.


Bubble Boy
2001 · 1h 24m · US
Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy – bubble suit and all – treks cross-country to stop her.


Best in Show
2000 · 1h 31m · US
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.


MVP: Most Valuable Primate
2000 · 1h 33m · CA
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.


The Cracker Man
1999 · 57m
A pretty loner hires a firecracker salesman to shoot fireworks for her great-grandfather's 100th birthday; disaster and romance ensue.


Almost Heroes
1998 · 1h 30m · US
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.


Broken Vessels
1998 · 1h 30m · US
A young Pennsylvania man moves to Los Angeles to begin work for an ambulance service. There he is teamed with a supremely confident vet who seemingly has gone through a large number of partners. Initially the novice is awed by the more experienced man's capabilities to deal with the high pressure situations they encounter. However, gradually he discovers that all is not as it seems. While the vet is ice on the surface, he actually gets through the ordeals by heavy drug use and avoids commitments. Soon the younger man finds himself pulled into the same world and has to decide what direction he wants to take.


Alien Avengers II
1997 · 1h 29m · US
Weird things are happening in the town of Justice, Arizona: three sheriffs have disappeared, and someone is killing the rancher's livestock in a bizarre, ritualistic fashion. Locals believe the incidents were caused by aliens... But a visiting couple, Charlie and Rhonda, knows better – because they're aliens themselves. When no one else will, Charlie and Rhonda volunteer to be the new sheriffs to get to bottom of the crimes. Hiding behind the power of the badge, the two make their own rules, punishing wrong-doers with their own form of "eye-for-an-eye" alien vengeance. Follow this twisted, outer space "Bonnie and Clyde" as they attempt to bring Justice the justice it deserves.


Nothing to Lose
1997 · 1h 37m · US
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.


Everyone Says I Love You
1996 · 1h 41m · US
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.


Ed Wood
1994 · 2h 7m · US
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.


The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · 1h 51m · UK
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.


The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 · 1h 33m · US
Mild-mannered dirt-poor hill-dweller Jed Clampett strikes it rich when oil is discovered on his property. At cousin Pearl's insistence, he moves his family to Beverly Hills to better enjoy his newfound wealth.


Moving
1988 · 1h 29m · US
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.


Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · 1h 31m · US
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.


Yes, Giorgio
1982 · 1h 50m · US
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.


Return of the Rebels
1981 · 1h 40m · US
An aging motorcycle gang assembles for a 25-year reunion to help out former member Mary Beth, a widowed operator of a popular campground which is being threatened by a band of arrogant groupies.


The Gong Show Movie
1980 · 1h 29m · US
A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.


The Private Eyes
1980 · 1h 31m · US
The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate the wacky house and its inhabitants.


Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · 1h 51m · DE
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.


Mule Feathers
1977 · 1h 19m · US
A drifter con artist, impersonating a parson, arrives in a small Wild West town with his mule and becomes embroiled in the lives of several townsfolk.


Thunder and Lightning
1977 · 1h 35m · US
A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.


Great Day
1977 · 30m · US
Pilot that was not picked up by ABC about the escapades of skid-row bums living at an inner-city mission.


Slumber Party '57
1976 · 1h 29m
In 1957, a group of high school girls spending the night in a mansion tell each other about their first sexual experiences.


Nightmare Honeymoon
1974 · 1h 35m · US
A newlywed couple seek revenge after narrowly surviving a savage attack in rural Louisiana.


Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973 · 1h 37m
A telepathic lion teaches an awkward zoologist how to love.


Clay Pigeon
1971 · 1h 33m · US
An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.


Mars Needs Women
1968 · 1h 23m · US
Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Kirk proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Yvonne Craig.


Bandolero!
1968 · 1h 46m · US
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.


Curse of the Swamp Creature
1968 · 1h 20m · US
While searching for oil in the deadly swamplands of the Florida Everglades, members of a geological expedition meet an insane doctor who is working on an experiment to create a creature that is part man and part alligator.


Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · 1h 51m · US
In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow, and together they start a violent crime spree throughout the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.


Hip Hot and 21
1967 · 1h 30m · US
Naïve young country gal Diane gets sold by her abusive father to hunky stud Rick for only fifty bucks. Alas, Rick turns out to be a total no-account jerk who leaves Diane high and dry to fend for herself in a cheap apartment after spending a single night with her. Pretty soon Diane finds herself in all kinds of trouble with the low-life characters who live in the apartment complex with her whom include lesbian junkie Marla and mobster Al Hoffman who runs a go-go bar in town.


Under Age
1964 · 1h 30m · US
A trial melodrama about a mother who encourages her 14 year old daughter to have sex with a 16 year old Mexican boy.


The 7th Commandment
1961 · 1h 22m · US
When Ted gets amnesia after a car wreck, he assumes the life of an evangelist with the help of of a preacher. After his newfound success, however, his old girlfriend and her new boyfriend decide to blackmail Ted for a search of the money. His problems intensify as memories start returning -- and he thinks he killed the other driver.


The Amazing Transparent Man
1960 · 57m · US
An ex-major forces a scientist to develop a invisibility formula, with which he plans to create an invisible army and sell it to the highest bidder. However there are side effects to the formula.