Cotter Smith

Cotter Smith

Born: May 29, 1949
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

Movies for Cotter Smith...

Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
Title: Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
Character: Senator Smith
Released: March 10, 2024
Type: Movie
The true story of rushed investigations, political interference, and the grasp for corporate accountability woven amongst heart wrenching flashbacks of the Titanic disaster as it unfolded.
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Rustin
Title: Rustin
Character: Chief Wells
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
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Jack and the Treehouse
Title: Jack and the Treehouse
Character: Pap
Released: August 7, 2021
Type: Movie
A boy refuses to let his father tear down his beloved backyard forest.
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Things Heard & Seen
Title: Things Heard & Seen
Character: Tom Claire
Released: April 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property—and in her marriage to George.
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The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
Title: The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
Character: Roman
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. Understanding that the shooting could set off a chain reaction of copycat violence across the country, Gannon quarantines his fellow militiamen in the remote lumber mill they call their headquarters. There, he sets about a series of grueling interrogations, intent on ferreting out the killer and turning him over to the authorities to prevent further bloodshed.
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The Post
Title: The Post
Character: Under Secretary William Macomber
Released: December 22, 2017
Type: Movie
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
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Title: MINDHUNTER
Character: Unit Chief Shepard
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: TV
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
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The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
Title: The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
Character: Preacher (voice)
Released: April 30, 2017
Type: Movie
When Frank comes to pick up his favorite recliner from his ex-wife Donna, they learn what is left of their marriage and what must be left behind.
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Title: Blindspot
Character: General
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: TV
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
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Burning Blue
Title: Burning Blue
Character: Admiral Lynch
Released: June 29, 2013
Type: Movie
Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.
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Title: The Americans
Character: Deputy Attorney General
Released: January 30, 2013
Type: TV
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
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Title: The Following
Character: Nathan
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.
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Title: Revolution
Character: President Jack Davis
Released: September 17, 2012
Type: TV
One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years later, a young woman's life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously—and unbeknownst to her—had something to do with the blackout. An unlikely group sets out off on a daring journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future.
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Friends with Kids
Title: Friends with Kids
Character: Phil Fryman
Released: March 9, 2012
Type: Movie
In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can experience the joys of parenthood without significantly curbing their personal freedom. However, when Julie and Jason both become involved with others, they discover that they secretly harbor romantic feelings for each other.
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Title: Person of Interest
Character: Denton Weeks
Released: September 22, 2011
Type: TV
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 
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Title: Unforgettable
Character: Jay Barrett
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: TV
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
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Lunatics, Lovers & Poets
Title: Lunatics, Lovers & Poets
Character: Scotty MacGregor
Released: April 20, 2010
Type: Movie
A struggling novelist finds himself haunted by the character in his book, when his homeless, alcoholic father shows up after 20 years of reciting Shakespeare
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You Don't Know Jack
Title: You Don't Know Jack
Character: Dick Thompson
Released: April 14, 2010
Type: Movie
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
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Title: White Collar
Character: Adam Wilson
Released: October 23, 2009
Type: TV
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
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Title: Brothers and Sisters
Character: Gordon Alexander
Released: September 24, 2006
Type: TV
The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
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Title: The Unit
Released: March 7, 2006
Type: TV
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
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Title: Night Stalker
Character: Tony Vincenzo
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: TV
Carl Kolchak and his partner Perri investigate the mysterious death of Kolchak's wife and the paranormal phenomena plaguing their city.
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Title: Commander in Chief
Character: Governor Stan Preston
Released: September 27, 2005
Type: TV
Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to become the first female president of the United States. Before that happens, however; Mackenzie, who serves as vice president, has to decide whether or not to go against the dying wishes of the current president, who has asked her to step down and let someone "more appropriate" fill his shoes in the Oval Office. Not only does the president want her to resign, so does the entire party that elected her in the first place. But when the moment of truth arrives, Mackenzie isn't willing to be a mere footnote in history. Instead of allowing her detractors to keep her down, she decides to trust her instincts and accept the most powerful job in the world.
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Title: Ghost Whisperer
Character: Gerald Lucas
Released: September 23, 2005
Type: TV
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.
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Title: Invasion
Released: September 21, 2005
Type: TV
In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?
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Sleeper
Title: Sleeper
Character: Dr. Altman
Released: May 1, 2005
Type: Movie
One man must stop the government's ultimate assassin, a Sleepwalker Agent capable of entering people's dreams and killing them from within, only to discover that the killer is the one person he may not be capable of stopping.
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Title: Tru Calling
Character: Richard Davies
Released: October 30, 2003
Type: TV
A university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Sam Stevens
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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X2
Title: X2
Character: President McKenna
Released: April 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
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Reeseville
Title: Reeseville
Character: John Meyers
Released: March 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Reeseville is a character driven murder mystery, set in the rural midwest. David Meyers returns to the small town in an attempt to silence the demons of his past. Shortly after his arrival, David's father, John Meyers is found dead of an apparent suicide. Or is it? Buried secrets of the town begin to unfold as the coroner, Zeek Oakman begins to suspect that the suicide was staged. The Sheriff, Jason Buchanan must work quickly to solve the crime and stem the tide of a rapidly growing obsession between David and Jason's sister Iris. The outwardly peaceful appearance of Reeseville begins to unravel as the town's dark underbelly is exposed.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Sean McGinnis
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Title: Alias
Character: Hank Foster
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
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Run the Wild Fields
Title: Run the Wild Fields
Character: Silas Green
Released: March 5, 2000
Type: Movie
A gentle, pacifist drifter faces a town's patriotic wrath on the World War II era home front in this original drama. Ten-year-old Pug (Alexa Vega) and her lonely mother Ruby (Joanne Whalley) have their lives shaken by a conscientious objector named Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery) who brings their loneliness to an end but also stirs up bitter feelings among their neighbors.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: ASA Jeremy Friedman
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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The History of Glamour
Title: The History of Glamour
Character: Loren Valentine (voice)
Released: July 16, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of rock'n'roll singer Charles Valentine, who came from small-town Ohio and conquered New York. Charles' own narration is interspersed with interviews to people who know her — her friend Sarah, her brother Loren, her manager and more. Beauty, talent, charisma: Charles has it all, and it nets her a glamourous life. But is glamour enough for her? And what does glamour mean?
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Title: Oz
Character: Judge Benjamin Fee
Released: July 12, 1997
Type: TV
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
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Bridge of Time
Title: Bridge of Time
Character: Robert Creighton
Released: March 15, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: Spy Game
Released: March 3, 1997
Type: TV
Spy Game is a short-lived American action-adventure television series that aired on the ABC network for 13 episodes during the spring and summer of 1997. The series was created by screenwriter and physician Ivan Raimi, director Sam Raimi, and writer John McNamara.
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Title: Orleans
Character: Bill Brennecke
Released: January 8, 1997
Type: TV
Orleans is a short-lived American drama series that aired on CBS from January 7, 1997 through April 10, 1997. It ran for only 8 episodes. The series was said to be inspired by the experiences of creater producer Toni Graphia, who was the daughter of a Louisiana judge.
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Lifeform
Title: Lifeform
Character: Dr. Case Montgomery
Released: September 24, 1996
Type: Movie
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in armor, it extends a human like form from its shell to examine its surroundings and shows an interest in humans including a soft caress of a female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This only enrages its sibling.
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Remember Me
Title: Remember Me
Released: November 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Set in a Victorian haunted mansion, Kelly McGillis as a grieving Mom is being driven mad by a vocal but unseen entity. She believes it to be her son.
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Title: Courthouse
Character: Andrew Rawson
Released: September 13, 1995
Type: TV
Courthouse is a short-lived drama television series that ran from September to November 1995 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Deborah Joy LeVine. The series ranked during the Nielsen Media Research. During the expection, CBS continued to replaced 1 hour Holiday programs in December 1995.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Title: Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Character: Steve
Released: December 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Three people, including a pregnant woman, embark on a yachting excursion during a hurricane.
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With Hostile Intent
Title: With Hostile Intent
Character: Officer Rob Arnold
Released: May 11, 1993
Type: Movie
After police officer Miranda Berkley dumps her boyfriend, who's also her superior, she and her colleague Kathy Arnold constantly are harassed by their male co-workers. In everyday as well as in dangerous situations they don't get any support. The women see no other way than to lodge a complaint with the internal affairs division under judge Baxter - and make the men even more furious.
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A Place To Be Loved
Title: A Place To Be Loved
Character: Mike Caldwell
Released: April 4, 1993
Type: Movie
Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and takes his natural mother to court to have her parental rights revoked so that he can be adopted by the Russes. The story is based on the real case of the boy who really did have to take this action to avoid being sent back into an unacceptable situation.
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A Message from Holly
Title: A Message from Holly
Released: December 13, 1992
Type: Movie
Kate is a high-powered, workaholic executive who discreetly takes time off from her work to live with her artist friend Holly, who reveals she has terminal cancer which leaves her with only six months left to live. Over the course of those months, things get tense after Kate accepts custody of Holly's daughter.
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Midnight's Child
Title: Midnight's Child
Character: Nick Cowan
Released: April 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Spooky tale of a lawyer who sees Satan in the Swiss au pair she and her artist husband have hired for their young daughter.
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The Last Prostitute
Title: The Last Prostitute
Character: Joe
Released: September 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Two 60s teenagers find work rather than pleasure when it turns out that the prostitute they desire now owns a horse farm.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Eric Martin
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: Equal Justice
Character: Eugene 'Gene' Rogan
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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K-9
Title: K-9
Character: Gilliam
Released: April 28, 1989
Type: Movie
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life...
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Cameron's Closet
Title: Cameron's Closet
Character: Sergeant Sam Taliaferro
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
A father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have released a demon from hell which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
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Lady Beware
Title: Lady Beware
Character: Mac Odell
Released: August 14, 1987
Type: Movie
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Tony Henderson
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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The Rape of Richard Beck
Title: The Rape of Richard Beck
Character: Lt. Hugo
Released: May 27, 1985
Type: Movie
The tables turn for cynical police officer Richard Beck when he's viciously attacked by two homicidal crooks. Having never been empathetic toward the victims he's dealt with on a daily basis, Beck must now confront the tough system he was a part of. As he struggles to regain his status at work, he also must make sure those responsible for his attack are prosecuted.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Brian Baker
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Title: Moonlighting
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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A Bunny's Tale
Title: A Bunny's Tale
Character: Ned Holcomb
Released: February 25, 1985
Type: Movie
A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Robert Rhine
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: Mistral's Daughter
Character: Frank
Released: September 24, 1984
Type: TV
Beautiful and naïve Maggy Lunel arrives in Paris completely broke. She becomes an artist's model and the toast of Paris, attracting the attention of Picasso-like painter Julien Mistral, an arrogant and selfish man who places his work above everything. Their paths diverge as Mistral's art catches the eye of a rich American woman who becomes his patroness and eventually his wife. During the war years in France, Mistral collaborates with the Nazis in order to continue with his work, a decision that will come back to haunt him years later. In the meantime, Maggy has a daughter named Teddy who grows up and falls in love with Mistral with whom she has a child named Fauve. As Mistral ages, he comes to terms with his selfish past and wartime betrayal through his art, leaving a beautiful legacy for his daughter, Fauve.
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Master Ninja II
Title: Master Ninja II
Character: Chad Webster
Released: January 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Lee Van Cleef and Timoty Van Patten are back in this "sequel" to their last "movie" about a ninja and his apprentice battling evil wherever they go. In reality, it's two episodes of failed TV show 'The Master' repackaged as a movie. Also featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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Nickel Mountain
Title: Nickel Mountain
Character: Trucker
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard splits. Henry takes in Callie, and helps her through the pregnancy. They fall in love and get married. All is going well until Willard is back from the road and wants the baby.
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Blood Feud
Title: Blood Feud
Character: Robert F. Kennedy
Released: April 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice.
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Title: Blood Feud
Character: Robert F. Kennedy
Released: April 25, 1983
Type: TV
Blood Feud is a 1983 television miniseries surrounding around the conflict between Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy in a 11-year span from 1957 until Kennedy's assassination in 1968. The 210-minute film was directed by Mike Newell and written by Robert Boris. It stars Robert Blake as Hoffa and Cotter Smith as Kennedy with Danny Aiello and Brian Dennehy in supporting roles as union associates of Hoffa's. The television film was distributed by Operation Prime Time, a syndicated block of television programming offered to mostly American independent stations. Blake was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance as Hoffa.
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Title: St. Elsewhere
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: TV
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Basic Psych
Title: Basic Psych
Character: Dr. Grant Harrison
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A psychological thriller