John Steadman

John Steadman

Born: July 20, 1909
Died: January 28, 1993
in Lexington, South Carolina, USA

Movies for John Steadman...

The Outlaws
Title: The Outlaws
Character: Prospector
Released: July 9, 1984
Type: Movie
Eugene Griswold is an average, suburban nine-to-five guy tired of working long hours for his income. Then Eugene gets mixed up in his inventor friend Stanley Flynn's get-rich-quick scheme which lands them both in prison and eventually leads to a series of misadventures when they are caught up in a bizarre prison breakout made by other prisoners which they are blamed for mastermining it and now must run from the law.
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Chattanooga Choo Choo
Title: Chattanooga Choo Choo
Character: Norman
Released: May 18, 1984
Type: Movie
The owner of a professional football team must restore the titular train and run it from Tennessee to NYC in 24 hours if he is to inherit $1 million in this comedy.
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Title: Just Our Luck
Released: September 20, 1983
Type: TV
Just Our Luck is a short-lived American sitcom which aired on the American Broadcasting Company in the fall of 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the classic 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The series stars Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries. The series was produced by Lorimar Productions, and initially promoted by ABC as one of its new ambitious comedies along with Webster. Just Our Luck was created to compete against The A-Team on NBC but earned low ratings for much of its run. It was poorly received by critics, however, and was the subject of controversy when the NAACP charged the show with promoting negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The NAACP originally campaigned to have the show removed but later settled for a degree of creative control in the show's development. This included changes to Carter's dialogue, the hiring of black staff writers and the addition of Leonard Simon to the cast. The show was cancelled after three months.
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Title: The A-Team
Character: Man with Red Pickup Truck
Released: January 23, 1983
Type: TV
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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Things Are Tough All Over
Title: Things Are Tough All Over
Character: Old Timer
Released: August 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.
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Young Doctors in Love
Title: Young Doctors in Love
Character: The Patients - 82 Year Old Man
Released: July 16, 1982
Type: Movie
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.
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A Small Killing
Title: A Small Killing
Character: Leon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug connection following the brutal killing of a skid row crone.
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Title: Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Character: Mr. Loomis
Released: October 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Title: Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Character: Snyder
Released: August 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
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Marilyn: The Untold Story
Title: Marilyn: The Untold Story
Released: November 10, 1980
Type: Movie
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
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The Return of Frank Cannon
Title: The Return of Frank Cannon
Character: Guard at Zoo
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate an old friend and Army Intelligence colleague's death, which has been ruled a suicide, but which smells like murder.
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Fade to Black
Title: Fade to Black
Character: Sam
Released: October 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
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Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Title: Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Character: Drunk in Welfare Office
Released: July 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.
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Stranger in Our House
Title: Stranger in Our House
Character: Vet
Released: August 16, 1979
Type: Movie
A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.
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The Frisco Kid
Title: The Frisco Kid
Character: Booking Agent
Released: July 6, 1979
Type: Movie
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
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Hanging On A Star
Title: Hanging On A Star
Character: Crash Schwartz
Released: November 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A struggling rock band is discovered by a gutsy young woman determined to make it as their manager. Certain that the band can be a winner, she convinces the group to give her a shot at making them stars. Surviving a slew of pitfalls -- among them a motorcycle gang and a helicopter pilot named "Crash" -- the band soon discovers that while making it isn't all that easy, getting there is all the fun.
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Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Title: Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Character: Old Codger
Released: July 5, 1978
Type: Movie
Twin brothers -- one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast -- compete for their father's fortune.
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The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Odello
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
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Poco… Little Dog Lost
Title: Poco… Little Dog Lost
Character: Ben Ashton
Released: November 23, 1977
Type: Movie
It looks like the end of the line for Poco and Kim when they are separated following a car accident. Poco's relentless search takes him through the desert. Bravely facing the odds, Poco encounters many dangers, and makes some new friends.
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A Killing Affair
Title: A Killing Affair
Character: Cooks
Released: September 21, 1977
Type: Movie
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.
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The Hills Have Eyes
Title: The Hills Have Eyes
Character: Fred
Released: July 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Taking an ill-advised detour en route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their RV breaks down in the middle of the desert. Stranded, they find themselves at the mercy of monstrous cannibals lurking in the surrounding hills.
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Sherlock Holmes in New York
Title: Sherlock Holmes in New York
Character: Stage Doorman
Released: October 18, 1976
Type: Movie
An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.
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Vigilante Force
Title: Vigilante Force
Character: Shakey Malone
Released: September 9, 1976
Type: Movie
In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless oil-field workers who have infested their community. One resident, Ben Arnold, enlists his brother Aaron, a Vietnam veteran, to assemble a group of men to restore law and order to the town. Though Aaron's crew succeeds, the newfound power goes to some of their heads, and Aaron and Ben must again reclaim the town for the citizens.
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Gator
Title: Gator
Character: Ned McKlusky
Released: August 25, 1976
Type: Movie
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.
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Treasure of Matecumbe
Title: Treasure of Matecumbe
Character: Guide
Released: July 1, 1976
Type: Movie
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
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Family Plot
Title: Family Plot
Character: Old Man in Cemetery
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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St. Ives
Title: St. Ives
Character: Willie
Released: February 24, 1976
Type: Movie
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
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The Blue Knight
Title: The Blue Knight
Character: Wimpey
Released: May 9, 1975
Type: Movie
In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Morry Blauner
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: Little House on the Prairie
Character: Grandfather
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
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The Longest Yard
Title: The Longest Yard
Character: Pop
Released: August 21, 1974
Type: Movie
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
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Dirty O'Neil
Title: Dirty O'Neil
Character: Old Bill
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman.
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Little House on the Prairie
Title: Little House on the Prairie
Character: Frederick Holbrook
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
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The Outfit
Title: The Outfit
Character: Gas Station Attendant
Released: October 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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White Lightning
Title: White Lightning
Character: Skeeter
Released: August 6, 1973
Type: Movie
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
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Emperor of the North
Title: Emperor of the North
Character: Stew Bum
Released: May 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
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The Unholy Rollers
Title: The Unholy Rollers
Character: Guard
Released: November 10, 1972
Type: Movie
Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.
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Deadhead Miles
Title: Deadhead Miles
Character: Old Sam
Released: August 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.
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The Grissom Gang
Title: The Grissom Gang
Released: May 28, 1971
Type: Movie
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
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Night Chase
Title: Night Chase
Released: November 20, 1970
Type: Movie
A man fleeing the scene after shooting his wife's lover forms an unexpected relationship with the tough cab driver he hires to drive him to the Mexican border.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Old Man
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Pop
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Old Watchman
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.