Known for Acting
Born
March 10, 1921
Died
April 10, 1992 (age 71)
Birthplace
Radziechów, Poland
Filmography
66 films, 22 shows


The Last Best Year
1990 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a therapist (Mary Tyler Moore) who is very hesitant to become involved in this case due to the loss she suffered as a young child. As her condition deteriorates, Jane learns how to come to terms with her past as does her therapist.


Hitler's Daughter
1990 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Hitler's daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi hunters and their latest recruit can figure out who the heck she is.


Bridge to Silence
1989 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A hearing impaired woman suffers a mental breakdown when a drunk-driving accident kills her husband and she finds herself in a struggle with her mother over the fate of her young daughter.


Betrayal of Silence
1988 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
A new lawyer investigates the abuse case of a young orphan girl and begins to believe that the orphanage priests have something to hide.


George and Rosemary
1987 · 9m
country: Canada
A shy old man works up the gumption to meet a woman on whom he has a crush.


Fight for Life
1987 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA to approve a drug (at that time only available in England) for use in the U.S.
Blades of Courage
Blades of Courage
1987 · 1h 18m
country: Canada
Lori makes her way to Olympic training camp, only to be seduced by her unscrupulous coach. Having succumbed to the pressures of training, her coach and the media, she rises to the occasion and fights back, taking victory on her own terms.


Christmas Eve
1986 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children (who are scattered across the U.S. living their own lives), with their estranged father, her son. She hires a private detective to search for them so as to try to get everyone together on Christmas Eve.


Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986 · 2h
country: United States
An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.


The High Price of Passion
1986 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.


Perry Mason Returns
1985 · 1h 36m
country: United States
When his former secretary is accused of a murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.


Honeymoon
1985 · 1h 41m
country: France
A Frenchwoman in Manhattan, in danger of being deported because of her relationship with a recently arrested drug offender, enters into a marriage of convenience with a stranger that is arranged through an agency. But even though the two are not supposed to even meet, her new husband starts taking his faux wedding vows entirely too seriously.


Heavenly Bodies
1984 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
A small dance studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club.


Heartsounds
1984 · 2h 8m
country: Unknown
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.


Deadly Eyes
1982 · 1h 27m
country: Canada
Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college basketball coach, teams up with Kelly, a local health inspector, to uncover the source of the mysterious rat attacks and they eventually try to prevent the opening of a new subway line as well as find the mutant rats nest quickly, or there will be a huge massacre of the entire city!


Atlantic City
1980 · 1h 44m
country: Canada
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.


Virus
1980 · 2h 36m
country: Japan
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.


F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · 3h
country: United States
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.


The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
1980 · 1h 40m
country: Canada
The story of a champion sled dog named Kavik who survives a plane crash in the wilds of Alaska and is found and cared for by a young boy named Andy Evans. But the dog's owner finds Kavik and takes him back to his home in Colorado where the dog escapes and embarks on a 2,000-mile odyssey in search of Andy.


An American Christmas Carol
1979 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.


Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Filmmaker Harry Rasky presents an intimate portrait of Arthur Miller, exploring the playwright’s life, influences, and literary achievements. Through extended interviews, archival materials, and clips from productions of his plays and screenplays, Miller reflects on the themes behind works such as The Crucible and The Misfits, his resistance to McCarthy-era political pressure, and the personal experiences—including his marriage to Marilyn Monroe—that shaped one of the most influential voices in modern American drama.


Lost and Found
1979 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg. In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to fake a suicide. They lose and find each other, again and again.


City on Fire
1979 · 1h 46m
country: Canada
An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.


Something's Rotten
1979 · 1h 16m
country: Canada
The queen of an unnamed European country is being pressured by her Prime Minister to abdicate the throne in favour of one of her sons. But she wrestles with the question which son, the older but emotionally unstable Prince Calvin or the younger but more mature Prince George, will be named as her successor. Meanwhile, a series of murders of the palace staff is being committed by an unidentified “Skulker”, whom the queen begins to suspect may in fact be one of the princes.


I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
1978 · 1h 28m
country: Canada
Successful businessman Charles Kruschen (Donald Pilon) is accused of bludgeoning to death his beautiful but manipulative model wife Magdalene (Elke Sommer). As the trial draws to a close, Charles reflects on the events leading up to the terrible incident...


Drága kisfiam!
1978
country: Hungary


High-Ballin'
1978 · 1h 37m
country: Canada
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.


Tomorrow Never Comes
1978 · 1h 49m
country: Canada
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. The two of them get into a fight and things quickly get out of control and the police are called and in turns into a hostage situation...


Deadly Harvest
1977 · 1h 27m
country: Canada
Farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world's worst famine.


Three Dangerous Ladies
1977 · 1h 25m
country: United Kingdom
Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.


Age of Innocence
1977 · 1h 41m
country: Canada
A British schoolteacher finds trouble in a conservative Canadian town.


The Mannikin
1977 · 28m
country: Canada
A singer is possessed by a demonic spirit. From the book by Robert Bloch (Psycho).


The Clown Murders
1976 · 1h 36m
country: Canada
A group of young professionals decides to play a practical joke on one of their ex-girlfriends who married a rich man who is about to close a major real estate deal. They plan to kidnap her and mess up the deal. Unfortunately, the joke becomes deadly serious.


Point of No Return
1976 · 1h 23m
country: Canada
In this sci-fi thriller, authorities begin looking into a series of violent deaths. Their investigation leads them into the arcane worlds of UFOs and nuclear research.


Second Wind
1976 · 1h 33m
country: Canada
A successful executive and family man takes up jogging for a hobby. Soon his desire to excel as a long distance runner interferes with his career and marriage.


Nurse Will Make It Better
1975 · 1h 10m
country: United Kingdom
A woman is hired to care for a young paraplegic girl at her father's estate. Unbeknownst to them, the woman is a devil-worshiper who sets out to steer the young girl down the path of evil.


Sunday in the Country
1974 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them into into his cellar and torture them a little before the police arrive.
Why Rock the Boat?
Why Rock the Boat?
1974 · 1h 53m
country: Canada
A young naive reporter romances a female reporter who is quietly organizing a journalist union and joins her cause.


To Kill the King
1974 · 1h 26m
country: Canada
Hank Adams, a restaurateur, is having an affair with the wife of a Presidential adviser when they overhear her husband and an admiral discussing “the killing of the patient.” Their discovery draws the attention of a federal agent, who uncovers a government plot to assassinate the President.


Only God Knows
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Canada
The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.


The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973 · 1h 17m
country: United States
Addie tries to invite her father's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending their long-standing feud.


A Touch of Class
1973 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.


Mafia Junction
1973 · 1h 34m
country: Italy
Cliff works as a narcotics investigator for the police and infiltrate a mafia gang. Soon it turns out that Cliff has bigger plans than just to bust bad guys.


Innocent Bystanders
1972 · 1h 51m
country: Turkey
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.


The Sloane Affair:
1972 · 54m
country: Canada
The investigation of a suspected tax fraud, based on actual case files of the Department of National Revenue.


The Write-Off
1970 · 1h 6m
country: Canada
A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.


Zabriskie Point
1970 · 1h 53m
country: Italy
Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.


Explosion
1969 · 1h 38m
country: United States
During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
1967 · 50m
country: Unknown
An aging union leader, after a lifetime of service for the cause, finds that he has outlived his usefulness and esteem among the workers of his factory, that times have changed and a new strategy is needed in bargaining with the company.


The Hired Killer
1966 · 1h 40m
country: France
Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. The corporation which hires him demands that Harris "erase" an ex-employee who has become a snitch for the police. At first Harris refuses but when his own brother is assassinated he accepts the job.


The Scribe
1966 · 30m
country: Canada
Comedy short produced by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario, Canada. It demonstrates the dos and don'ts of construction site safety. The film is the last professionally filmed footage of film legend Buster Keaton, shot months before his death from lung cancer on February 1, 1966. He recreates several routines from his youth, as well as some new material for the film. Most notable was his recreation of a gag from his 1918 film The Bell Boy in which he mops the floor using only the tip of the mop, little by little while sitting on the floor.


Little White Crimes
1966 · 28m
country: Canada
A tale from downtown, where the morality of business is not always as transparent as the shining glass fronts of the office buildings. The film follows the adventures of a young man on the way up, intent on building an image to match his ambitions. In doing so he leaves a trail of hurt feelings among those he uses as steps toward his goal.


Goldfinger
1964 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.


The Verdict
1964 · 59m
country: United Kingdom
A racketeer, deported back from America, faces murder charge and hatches jury rigging plot with accomplice. Cross and double-cross follow.


Lolita
1962 · 2h 34m
country: United Kingdom
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea
John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea
1961 · 27m
country: Canada
The story of John A. MacDonald’s rise to power.


Surprise Package
1960 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.


Crack in the Mirror
1960 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Three stars appear in two separate but intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong in this ambitious drama. In the first segment, Hagolin is a loutish construction worker with an unhappy wife, Eponine. The wife becomes involved with a swarthy working man, Larnier, and their passion knows no boundaries of caution or safety. Eventually, Eponine's and Larnier's lust drives them to madness, and they murder Hagolin. The second tale concerns an up-and-coming young lawyer, Claude, whose mentor is a highly successful veteran attorney, Lamerciere, with a beautiful young wife named Florence. Claude finds himself defending Larnier and Eponine, while Lamerciere dies of a heart attack after he discovers that Florence has been unfaithful to him with Claude.


Too Young to Love
1960 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.


Subway in the Sky
1959 · 1h 27m
country: United Kingdom
Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.


SOS Pacific
1959 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the passengers include a policeman and his smuggler prisoner, a slimey limey witness against him, a physicist, and a globe-hopping good-time girl. On the island they find a fleet of derelict ships, farm animals tethered, and cameras in a lead-lined bunker and a stark realisation soon dawns.


Jet Storm
1959 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1958 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.


Flaming Frontier
1958 · 1h 10m
country: Canada
Army officer whose parents are white and Indian tries to avert an Indian war.


Is It a Woman's World?
1956 · 30m
country: Canada
This film, made especially for television in 1956, embodies the conventional myth that women indirectly exercise power through their ability to manipulate men through sex and marriage.
Strike in Town
Strike in Town
1955 · 30m
country: Unknown
Depicts the act of collective bargaining common to Canadian industry and shows how it affected a union, a company and a community.