George DiCenzo

George DiCenzo

Born: April 21, 1940
Died: August 9, 2010
in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
George Ralph DiCenzo (April 21, 1940 – August 9, 2010) was an American actor, and one-time associate producer for Dark Shadows. He was in the show business for over 30 years, with extensive film, TV, stage, and commercial credits. DiCenzo notably played Marty's grandfather Sam Baines in the film Back to the Future. He also had a minor role in William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III.

DiCenzo died on August 9, 2010, as a result of sepsis.

Movies for George DiCenzo...

Hustle
Title: Hustle
Character: Bartlett Giamatti
Released: September 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Few figures in professional baseball had a career quite like Pete Rose -- and practically no one who climbed so high fell so hard. Rose made his major-league debut playing second base with the Cincinnati Reds in 1963; nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" for his daringness and enthusiasm over the course of his career, Rose played in eighteen All-Star games, earned three World Series rings, broke Ty Cobb's record for career hits, and in 1975 was named Sportsman of the Year by both Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News. In 1984, after six years with other teams, Rose returned to the Reds, signing on as both player and manager at the age of 43; he continued to play until 1986, and stepped down as manager in 1989. That same year, a dark secret Rose had been hiding for years came to the surface -- Rose had for years been dealing with an addiction to gambling, and after falling deep in debt to bookies by betting on horse racing, he attempted to make the money back by betting on baseball.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Judge Raoul Sabatelli
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Hotel
Title: Hotel
Character: Boris
Released: September 12, 2001
Type: Movie
A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu.
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Tempted
Title: Tempted
Character: Byron Blades
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
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It Had to Be You
Title: It Had to Be You
Character: Mel
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Sparks fly when Anna Penn and Charlie Hudson meet. Unfortunately, they're both engaged to other people. In fact, they're staying at the same New York City hotel in order to work on wrapping up the last details of their nuptials. Over days and evenings of joint wedding planning, the two grow closer -- and start to wonder if they're getting married to the right people after all.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Atty. Barr
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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Illuminata
Title: Illuminata
Character: Jailor
Released: May 21, 1998
Type: Movie
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents
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Lesser Prophets
Title: Lesser Prophets
Character: Jerry
Released: November 28, 1997
Type: Movie
The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them
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Down, Out and Dangerous
Title: Down, Out and Dangerous
Character: Lance Fredericks
Released: August 23, 1995
Type: Movie
An escaped killer convict (Richard Thomas) upheaves the lives of a San Diego businessman (Bruce Davison) and his pregnant wife (Cynthia Ettinger).
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Title: New York Undercover
Released: September 8, 1994
Type: TV
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
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Title: Joe's Life
Released: September 29, 1993
Type: TV
Joe's Life is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from September 29, 1993 until December 15, 1993. The series was created by Bob Myer, and produced by a.k.a. Productions and Bob Myer Productions in association with Buena Vista Television.
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Title: NYPD Blue
Character: Pete Russell
Released: September 21, 1993
Type: TV
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
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Gypsy Eyes
Title: Gypsy Eyes
Character: Wyden Burrows
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A security officer tracks down the Gypsy girl who can identify an American diplomat's killer.
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Title: Batman: The Animated Series
Character: Ubu (voice)
Released: September 5, 1992
Type: TV
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Title: Bodies of Evidence
Character: Robert Stiles
Released: June 18, 1992
Type: TV
Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee Horsley and George Clooney as Los Angeles homicide detectives.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Character: Albert Nardone
Released: September 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Eddie Palmieri
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Sam "Bunny" Russo
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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The Exorcist III
Title: The Exorcist III
Character: Stedman
Released: August 17, 1990
Type: Movie
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
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Title: Equal Justice
Character: Arnold Bach
Released: March 27, 1990
Type: TV
Equal Justice was a television legal drama broadcast in the United States by ABC from March 27, 1990 to July 3, 1991. This series details on the lives of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The series stars George DiCenzo, Cotter Smith, Kathleen Lloyd, Jane Kaczmarek, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, James Wilder, Jon Tenney and Debrah Farentino. Despite earning critical acclaim, the show received low ratings throughout its run and was cancelled after only two seasons.
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Sing
Title: Sing
Character: Mr. Marowitz
Released: March 31, 1989
Type: Movie
When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing," he is forced to come to terms with his defiant self-destructive lifestyle and his growing attraction to his co-star.
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Memories of Manon
Title: Memories of Manon
Character: Dorgan
Released: February 13, 1989
Type: Movie
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before. Created by editing 2-parts of episodes of the TV series, The Equalizer.
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Face of the Enemy
Title: Face of the Enemy
Character: James Wald
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Years after his release from captivity as a hostage during the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, a former US intelligence officer comes face to face with one of his former Iranian captors in Los Angeles.
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Title: Paradise
Character: Ned Wick
Released: October 27, 1988
Type: TV
The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Title: The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Character: Mr. Dan Blackheart
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Character: Pat LaToni
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Title: DuckTales
Character: Brigadier Broccoli (voice)
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: TV
Scrooge McDuck finds his hands full at home when nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie move to Duckburg. Joined by their loyal pals Launchpad McQuack, Gyro Gearloose and Mrs. Beakley, the DuckTales gang never fails to deliver a wealth of adventure. Get ready for a fortune of fun with DuckTales!
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Walk Like a Man
Title: Walk Like a Man
Character: Bob (Bub) Downs
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
Bobo, a feral man raised by wolves, is reunited with his family by a researcher. However, this disappoints his brother, Reggie, who has no intentions of sharing the family inheritance with him.
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Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Title: Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Character: Scotty
Released: January 18, 1987
Type: Movie
The Byrds are a young couple both working as reporters but for different newspapers. When Mike invents the story of how they had the idea to make a baby his wife at first becomes furious about his article but then she adapts to it and starts to write the story from her side in the other newspaper. Making the articles reality they are now acpecting their first child...
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Omega Syndrome
Title: Omega Syndrome
Character: Philadelphia 'Phil' Horton
Released: October 26, 1986
Type: Movie
An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
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About Last Night...
Title: About Last Night...
Character: Mr. Favio
Released: July 2, 1986
Type: Movie
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
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Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Title: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Character: (voice)
Released: April 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Learn the tale of Joshua's leadership and his determination to follow his God. Joshua leads the Hebrews through a battle with the Canaanites, who built a wall to prevent them from passing through to the Promised Land.
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Title: If Tomorrow Comes
Character: Anthony Orsatti
Released: March 16, 1986
Type: TV
Tracy Whitney was in love, pregnant and engaged to marry into one of America's best family. And then, with one phone call, she lost everything. After 5 years of unjust imprisonment, Tracy emerges from prison a new woman. Cunning. Ruthless. Determined to survive. But there is one man as formidable as she is. As their paths crisscross, they eventually become daredevil partners in an adventure that climaxes their criminal careers.
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Title: Matlock
Character: George Wilton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Title: Matlock
Character: George Wilton
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Title: Blacke's Magic
Released: January 5, 1986
Type: TV
Blacke's Magic is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986. The series stars Hal Linden as magician Alexander Blacke who, with some help from his con-man father Leonard, solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. The series aired for a total of thirteen episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against seemingly magical crimes. The stories were not so much whodunits as "how-he-do-its," for Alex Blacke often had to turn detective to solve the mysteries.
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He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Title: He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Character: Hordak / Bow (voice)
Released: December 25, 1985
Type: Movie
In this special Christmas episode of the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons, their sidekick Orko accidentally gets beamed to Earth during a test of a new spy satellite. Orko manages to get back Planet Eternia, but brings along two Earth children, Alisha and Manuel, with him. Since it's Christmastime on Earth, the kids are naturally filled with the holiday spirit, but this overflowing goodwill attracts the unwelcome attention of the Horde Prime and Skeletor. Will the combined power of He-Man, She-Ra and the spirit of Christmas be enough to stop them?
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Bruno Dominic
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Dorgan
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is an American animated television series that originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to December 6, 1986, with reruns airing until June 27, 1987.
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Title: She-Ra: Princess of Power
Character: Bow / Sea Hawk / Hordak / Tung Lashor / Dylamug / Vultak
Released: September 9, 1985
Type: TV
She-Ra, He-Man's twin sister, is leading a group of freedom fighters known as the Great Rebellion in the hope of freeing their homeworld of Etheria from the tyrannical rule of Hordak and the Evil Horde.
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Back to the Future
Title: Back to the Future
Character: Sam Baines
Released: July 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
Title: He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
Character: Bow / Hordak (voice)
Released: March 22, 1985
Type: Movie
After experiencing traumatic nightmares of a time now past, the Sorceress summons Prince Adam and Cringer to Castle Grayskull to give Adam a precious, jeweled sword and send the pair to the planet Etheria to investigate its secrets.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Sgt. Kettler
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Michael Gardner
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Inspector Lombardo
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Lt. Harry Fogel
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Johnny Blaze
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Mario Carboni
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Released: September 5, 1983
Type: TV
When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
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Cowboy
Title: Cowboy
Character: Davis Bentlow
Released: April 30, 1983
Type: Movie
A man from the city returns to his small home town in the countryside to live like a farmer. He finds couple of friends among the locals, but people running the town want his land.
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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Title: Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Character: Bowdish
Released: February 27, 1983
Type: Movie
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.
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Breach of Contract
Title: Breach of Contract
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for their own good, and, true to the film's title, their verbal "contract" is shattered.
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Title: McClain's Law
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: TV
McClain's Law is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC during the 1981-1982 season. New episodes ended on March 20, and rebroadcasts continued until August 24, 1982.
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Killing at Hell's Gate
Title: Killing at Hell's Gate
Character: Sam Caldwell
Released: October 31, 1981
Type: Movie
A whitewater rafting party is terrorized by a group of loggers who, after accidentally killing one of the rafters in a drunken session of target practice, decide to eliminate the rest of the witnesses.
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Title: Blackstar
Released: September 19, 1981
Type: TV
Blackstar is an American animated television series, a science fantasy story sometimes reported as being inspired by Thundarr the Barbarian. It was produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being tucked in as a segment of Tarzan and Tarzan and the Super 7, The Freedom Force. Blackstar has many notable similarities to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which was produced shortly afterwards.
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Title: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Character: Lance Macho (voice)
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: TV
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.
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Title: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Character: Cyclops / Scott Summers (voice)
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: TV
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.
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Title: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Character: Captain America / Steve Rogers (voice)
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: TV
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.
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Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Title: Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Character: Tony Caruso
Released: May 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a prospective series.
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Gangster Wars
Title: Gangster Wars
Character: Arnold Rothstein
Released: April 9, 1981
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.
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Title: The Gangster Chronicles
Released: February 2, 1981
Type: TV
The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama mini series starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo and narrated by E.G. Marshall.
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Title: Dynasty
Character: Charles Dalton
Released: January 12, 1981
Type: TV
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
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The Night the City Screamed
Title: The Night the City Screamed
Character: Cliff Barrankos
Released: December 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A massive blackout plunges a major American city into a night of terror.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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Reunion
Title: Reunion
Character: Vincent Scozzola
Released: October 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school girlfriend and her 17-year-old daughter, whose boyfriend is the star player on the school's basketball team his fellow alumni are playing.
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The Ninth Configuration
Title: The Ninth Configuration
Character: Capt. Fairbanks
Released: February 29, 1980
Type: Movie
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
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High Midnight
Title: High Midnight
Character: Bennett
Released: November 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Blue-collar worker Tony Giannetti vows to avenge the murder of his wife and child in a no-knock drug raid led by ruthlessly ambitious narcotics officer Capt. Lou Mikalich.
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The Frisco Kid
Title: The Frisco Kid
Character: Darryl Diggs
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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The Jordan Chance
Title: The Jordan Chance
Character: Sheriff DeVega
Released: December 12, 1978
Type: Movie
Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.
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To Kill a Cop
Title: To Kill a Cop
Character: Capt. Cornworth
Released: April 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
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Title: To Kill a Cop
Character: Captain Cornworth
Released: April 10, 1978
Type: TV
Police drama concerning a maverick chief of detectives dealing with two cop killings and a spate of bank robberies. He's also fighting a back stabbing police commissioner and a revolutionary leader plotting a police massacre.
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The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Lt. Grimsley
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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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Title: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Character: Major Benchley
Released: December 14, 1977
Type: Movie
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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Title: Aspen
Character: Abe Singer
Released: November 5, 1977
Type: TV
This sprawling miniseries details the trial of Lee Bishop, an Aspen man who was arrested, tried, and sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a fifteen-year-old girl, a crime for which Bishop is not guilty. As the years pass, and Bishop sits on death row, his attorney, Tom Keating, does everything in his power to clear Bishop's name and find the true killer.
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Title: Space Academy
Released: September 10, 1977
Type: TV
Space Academy is a live-action sci-fi children's television program produced by Filmation that originally aired Saturday mornings on the CBS television network, from September 10, 1977, to December 17, 1977. A total of fifteen half-hour episodes were made.
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Title: Space Sentinels
Released: September 10, 1977
Type: TV
Space Sentinels is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirteen half-hour episodes. The series has been called "ahead of its time" due to its racially diverse cast of main characters. In this series, the Roman mythological figures Hercules and Mercury are joined by Astrea, a character created specifically for the series, to form a superhero team to protect mankind. The complete series was released on Region 1 DVD on August 22, 2006, along with the complete series of The Freedom Force.
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The Hostage Heart
Title: The Hostage Heart
Character: Chief George Reinhold
Released: September 9, 1977
Type: Movie
When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and draw guns and holds the man and the entire surgical staff hostage. They then demand 10 million dollars. The administrator calls the police and the FBI. The police claim jurisdiction over the matter and the man in charge is intent on taking them even if some of the hostages get killed. Eventually they learn that some of the people in hospital are with them.
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Title: Eight Is Enough
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Rafik Saraffi
Released: February 18, 1977
Type: TV
Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.
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Title: How the West Was Won
Character: Tomaz
Released: February 6, 1977
Type: TV
The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: Vincent Bugliosi
Released: April 1, 1976
Type: Movie
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
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Title: McNaughton's Daughter
Character: Jack Perrili
Released: March 24, 1976
Type: TV
Series pilot about a female deputy district attorney assigned the task of trying to pin a murder rap on a "saint," a beloved religious crusader accused of killing her young lover.
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Las Vegas Lady
Title: Las Vegas Lady
Character: Eversull
Released: June 1, 1975
Type: Movie
In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women could be a weak link in a scheme that has to be flawless: Lucky's boyfriend is a security officer at the casino, Lisa is a trapeze artist who's now plagued with vertigo, and Carol is in debt to a nasty thug - plus, as a Black woman, she's subject to additional harassment. Can the gals pull off the heist, or is the plan, with it's mysterious organizer, too complicated to succeed?
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Last Hours Before Morning
Title: Last Hours Before Morning
Character: Owings
Released: April 19, 1975
Type: Movie
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Title: The Swiss Family Robinson
Character: Suramin
Released: April 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A family shipwrecked on a deserted island tries to survive the best way they can. All is going well until a gang of pirates arrives on the island looking for a hidden treasure.
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Title: Baretta
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Harry Stoner
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: The Manhunter
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974–1975 television season. The series was produced by Quinn Martin and starred Ken Howard as Dave Barret, a 1930s-era private investigator from Idaho. The series was executive produced by Quinn Martin.
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Murder Works Overtime
Title: Murder Works Overtime
Character: Pacciardi
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An advertising artist with a large amount of cash finds herself the latest target of a vicious killer.
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The Blue Knight
Title: The Blue Knight
Character: Zoot Lafferty
Released: November 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
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The Invasion of Carol Enders
Title: The Invasion of Carol Enders
Character: Dr. Palmer
Released: November 5, 1973
Type: Movie
Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Harry Ferguson
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Doc Elliot
Character: Jim Semple
Released: October 10, 1973
Type: TV
Doc Elliot is an American medical drama that aired from March 5, 1973 until May 1, 1974.
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Title: Police Story
Released: March 20, 1973
Type: TV
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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The Norliss Tapes
Title: The Norliss Tapes
Character: Man in Langdon Gallery
Released: February 21, 1973
Type: Movie
A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
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Title: Barnaby Jones
Character: Landau
Released: January 28, 1973
Type: TV
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
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The Night Strangler
Title: The Night Strangler
Character: Underground Tour Guide (uncredited)
Released: January 16, 1973
Type: Movie
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them of their blood and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
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Title: Kung Fu
Character: Jess
Released: October 14, 1972
Type: TV
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Character: Bert Masters
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Character: Frank Ciano
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: The Waltons
Character: Calvin Satterfield
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: TV
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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Going Home
Title: Going Home
Character: Sergeant
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend. But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy, shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge.
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Title: Cannon
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: TV
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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House of Dark Shadows
Title: House of Dark Shadows
Character: Deputy (uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1970
Type: Movie
The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Professor Alika Kalei
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Yuri Bloch
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Len Jessup
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: Ironside
Character: Joe
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Title: Ironside
Character: Paul Benson
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Dave
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Newt
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Mr. Bruce
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.