Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell

Born: February 5, 1941
Died: September 30, 2010
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Actor / Producer / Writer.

Movies for Stephen J. Cannell...

Title: Castle
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Ice Spiders
Title: Ice Spiders
Character: Frank Stone
Released: June 9, 2007
Type: Movie
When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to find a retired Olympic skier is there to help them train. But their plans are halted when a scientist working at a nearby government lab arrives with the horrifying news that a top secret Government project has produced giant spiders and they have escaped, killing and eating everything in sight.
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Title: Army Wives
Released: June 3, 2007
Type: TV
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.
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Threshold
Title: Threshold
Character: Pacheco Laval
Released: April 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Alien seeds hitch a ride to earth in a space shuttle crew and begin to grow. When their numbers reach the Threshold amount they will be an unstoppable swarm.
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Half Past Dead
Title: Half Past Dead
Character: Frank Hubbard
Released: November 15, 2002
Type: Movie
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
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Dead Above Ground
Title: Dead Above Ground
Character: Carl Hadden
Released: September 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Jeff Lucas is already an outcast, but when he makes a horror film instead of a documentary for his class project, the ridicule his classmates inflict upon him soon turns to outright abuse.
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The Contract
Title: The Contract
Character: William Goodwin
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
After a bad day with her boss, friend, husband, babysitter etc., Anne goes to a bar. A man offers to solve her problems. As a joke, she signs a napkin. Hours later, the boss is dead.
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CHiPs '99
Title: CHiPs '99
Character: Bendix
Released: October 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Ponch has returned to the police force, and is determined to help his friend Jon investigating various car thefts.
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Title: V.I.P.
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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Title: Profit
Character: Himself
Released: April 8, 1996
Type: TV
Jim Profit is a newly promoted junior-executive at a multinational conglomerate, who uses ruthless methods to climb the corporate ladder. He is not above using blackmail, bribery, extortion, or worse to take down one rival after another.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Jackson Burley
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Posse
Title: Posse
Character: Jimmy Love
Released: May 14, 1993
Type: Movie
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
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Title: Love & War
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1992
Type: TV
A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.
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Title: Renegade
Character: Marshal Donald 'Dutch' Dixon
Released: September 19, 1992
Type: TV
Framed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he testified about police corruption, leading Lt. Donald Dixon to set him up.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Released: April 3, 1991
Type: TV
Scene of the Crime is the title of a mystery anthology series that aired in 1991 and 1992 on CBS, as part of the Crimetime After Primetime late-night block. Rather than employing different actors each episode, the program had a regular cast who played different characters in each story. Series regulars included Stephen McHattie, and producer Stephen J. Cannell appeared onscreen to introduce each story.
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Identity Crisis
Title: Identity Crisis
Character: The Coroner
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
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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.