Known for Acting
Born
February 26, 1919
Died
April 26, 2005 (age 86)
Filmography
43 films, 22 shows


American Eats: History on a Bun
2006 · 1h 32m
The history behind America's most popular foods.


Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait
2002 · 1h
Biography of the American Painter and Illustrator, Norman Rockwell.


Life Among the Cannibals
1999 · 1h 35m · US
Jasper James decides to leave his girlfriend and moves into a very large house with low rent but gradually discovers that his neighbor Troy has a very strange behavior.


The Lesser Evil
1998 · 1h 33m · US
Four best friends reunite in a remote cabin for the first time in two decades. They are not there to reminisce about the good old days, but rather, to sort out the deadly details of one fateful afternoon in their past, when they all skipped school - and their lives were altered forever. Now the haunting truth has caught up with them, along with the reality that they are probably heading for jail. But in the soul-searching angst of deciding right from wrong, the though of going down after all this time seems incomprehensible. And with the authorities hot on their trail, the old friends quickly realize that someone has to pay and their only option to remain free is to sacrifice the only thing they've held on to for years... each other!


Hudson River Blues
1997 · 1h 31m · US
Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.


Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997 · US
Wyler and associates take on the case of an admitted serial killer.


Touch
1997 · 1h 36m · US
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him.


Not of This Earth
1995 · 1h 23m · US
An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.


Houseguest
1995 · 1h 49m · US
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.


Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · 1h 35m · US
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets


Son in Law
1993 · 1h 35m · US
Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named Crawl, who convinces the ambivalent Rebecca to stay in the city. When Thanksgiving break rolls around, Rebecca, no longer an innocent farm girl, invites Crawl back to South Dakota, where he pretends to be her fiancé.


Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992 · 1h 35m · US
A Down-syndrome boy left in an institute by his parents. Ginny works in the institute and wants to have Jonathan but has to fight the system and the parents.


Buying a Landslide
1992
Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised debate. Drafted to play Kautsky in rehearsals is Michael Tyne, ex Democrat turned Republican. But Tyne is alarmed by an unexpected twist in the Partin campaign and reacts in devastating fashion.


Solomon Northup's Odyssey
1991 · 1h 55m · US
A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.


Toy Soldiers
1991 · 1h 52m · US
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.


Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
1991 · 1h 35m · US
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...


It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989 · 1h 25m · US
The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.


Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986 · 3h 10m · US
Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is unaware that James Moretti, an underworld figure, holds her responsible for the death of his brother. Moretti determines to blackmail her and Warner into halting a Justice Department indictment against another underworld figure. Further complicating Jennifer's life is her mother, who abandoning her as a child, reappears with a new identity, Marchesa Allabrandi.


Who Is Julia?
1986 · 1h 31m · US
A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lower middle class woman simply faints and suffers brain death. The beautiful womans brain is fine, so, doctors merely transplant her brain into plain Jane. Problems ensue when plain Janes husband continues to believe she is still his wife. She has no memory of him, and goes to live with the beautiful womans husband. She doesn't mix well with her new socialite friends and family. Mirrors are emotional battlefields as well.


Walt Disney World: A Dream Come True
1986 · 1h 8m · US
A historical perspective of the creation of Walt Disney World.


Northstar
1986 · 1h
An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.


Under Siege
1986 · 2h 16m
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.


F/X
1986 · 1h 49m · US
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
The Whimsical World of Oz
The Whimsical World of Oz
1985 · 40m · UK
A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.


The Night They Saved Christmas
1984 · 1h 32m · US
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her children to convince her husband (who works for the company) that the first site is where the oil they want is. Along the way, Santa explains all his secrets in delivering presents all around the world.


Passions
1984 · 1h 32m · US
A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for her son's education fund. While they are butting heads, they both discover that they were both deceived by him.


Adam
1983 · 1h 37m · US
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.


Great Day
1983 · 30m · US
When a neighborhood is plagued by break-ins, a family looks to burglar-proof their house. Dead bolts aren't enough, so the father (Tim Conway) has to ratchet things up. Comic situations ensue.
Peking Encounter
Peking Encounter
1982 · 1h 30m
Syndicated TV movie about an American who falls in love in China, shot in Peking.


The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
1982 · 25m · US
The Cat in the Hat is all set for a lovely picnic, but the evil Grinch changes his plans by inventing a contraption that captures noise and makes it sound ferocious. The Cat has to save the world from the clutches of the Grinch and the only way to do it is to reach Grinch's soft spot.


The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982 · 1h 40m · US
Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the problems of three cases. First, the Desautel family, who are on the edge of breaking up. Then, the McNulty family, who are workaholics. Finally, Dorothea Powell who is a secluded, grumpy old woman. Andy's guide on earth is Blake, who is none too thrilled to work with Andy.


The Final Conflict
1981 · 1h 48m · US
Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.


Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980 · 1h 36m · US
A TV reporter arrives in the quiet town of Stepford to launch an investigation into why the town has the lowest divorce and crime rates in America. However, she begins to notice some bizarre behavior in the women of the town, discovering that Stepford is not as clean-cut as it seems.


Murder Can Hurt You!
1980 · 1h 40m · US
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.


Flamingo Road
1980 · 1h 44m · US
A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.


A Shining Season
1979 · 1h 40m · US
The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to a winning season.


And Baby Makes Six
1979 · 1h 40m · US
A middle-aged couple with three grown children discovers that they soon will be parents once more and faces a variety of emotional responses from friends and family.


Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 · 1h 26m · UK
Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with other toys, reside in the nursery of a little girl named Marcella. During Marcella's seventh birthday, Babette, from France, is introduced as the new doll from a large package. When the lecherous Captain Contagious kidnaps Babette and escapes from the nursery, Ann and Andy must navigate the Deep Deep Woods to save her.


The Deadliest Season
1977 · 1h 38m · US
Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice. During one particularly violent game a player on an opposing team dies, and the authorities charge Miller with manslaughter.


God Told Me To
1976 · 1h 30m · US
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.


The Happy Hooker
1975 · 1h 38m · US
Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.
The Computer Comes to Marketing
The Computer Comes to Marketing
1960 · 29m
Five executives at a company argue about whether they should buy a computer and what it would do for their company.
Mr. Bell
Mr. Bell
1947 · 32m · US
This is 1947 biography movie about how Alexander Graham Bell and his partner Thomas Augustus Watson invented the first discernible speech, transmitted over a telephone.