Michael Ruud

Michael Ruud

Born: October 7, 1944
Died: September 21, 1999
in Afton, Wyoming, United States
Michael Ruud (October 7th, 1944-September 21st 1999) was an American Character Actor who had appeared in 48 films and tv shows. He graduated from the University of Utah with a master's degree in fine arts. He also served in the Army from 1967-1969 during the Vietnam War, reaching the Rank of Sergeant and getting an honorable discharge. After his military service he found work in theater and film. On-Screen he his best remembered as "Big Al Gateway in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988), where attempted to Fight Michael Myers while Protecting the Lloyd Sisters. He passed away on September 27, 1999, from a massive stroke in Murray, Utah.

Movies for Michael Ruud...

The Testaments
Title: The Testaments
Character: Rabbi
Released: March 24, 2000
Type: Movie
This film depict events from the Life and ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. The story culminates with a portrayal of the Ressurected Savior's visit to the ancient Americas as seen through the eyes of a fictional family. Jesus' ministry to the members of His fold in both the Holy Land and the ancient Americas powerfully demonstrates that He is the Good Shepherd of all who hear His voice.
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Rockwell: A Legend of the Wild West
Title: Rockwell: A Legend of the Wild West
Character: Brigham Young
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The feature-film debut from writer/director Richard Lloyd Dewey, this Western stars Randy Gleave as Porter Rockwell, an outlaw looking to go straight. After landing on the right side of the law as a deputy, Rockwell assembles a team and takes on the dangerous task of bringing down a corrupt business owner. Rockwell also stars NBA superstar Karl Malone and George Sullivan.
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Geronimo: An American Legend
Title: Geronimo: An American Legend
Character: Chaplain
Released: December 10, 1993
Type: Movie
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
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The Ballad of Little Jo
Title: The Ballad of Little Jo
Character: Russian Father
Released: August 20, 1993
Type: Movie
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
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Red Rock West
Title: Red Rock West
Character: Red Rock Bartender
Released: May 14, 1993
Type: Movie
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
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Double Jeopardy
Title: Double Jeopardy
Character: Steve Krug
Released: November 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and yound daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an affair. Lisa kills her current boyfriend in self-defense and Jack witnesses the whole thing. Lisa goes on trial for murder with Jack's wife as her lawyer. As the movie progresses Lisa's devious side becomes known and make for an interesting conclusion
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Love Kills
Title: Love Kills
Character: Wallet Man
Released: November 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Glamorous fashion photographer Rebecca is getting even. Angered by her husband's infidelity, she takes a lover - a mysterious hunk she fist met during a photo shoot. He's exciting. He's handsome. And, after a night of lovemaking, he confesses he's a hit man hired by her husband to kill her. The stranger also says he's had a change of heart and wants to be Rebecca's protector. But Rebecca's husband, a renowned psychologist, insists the man is a former patient with a hidden, twisted agenda. Both men can't be right. Both could be lying. As the circle of suspense closes in on her, one thing is clear to Rebecca. Any choice she makes could be more than wrong...it could be fatal.
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Tripwire
Title: Tripwire
Character: Trucker #3
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the terrorists' scheme for world domination is Jack DeForest. During the battle between good and evil the hero DeForest accidentally kills the son of the Szabo. Seeking revenge Szabo locates DeForest’s family, murders his wife and kidnaps their teenage son thereby turning their fight it into a personal vendetta. So, DeForest must fight not only to save the world, but for his only remaining family.
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A More Perfect Union
Title: A More Perfect Union
Released: January 7, 1989
Type: Movie
Become an eyewitness to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This stirring 2-hour film will bring the Founding Fathers to life as you witness the struggles and the miracles that produced the Constitution of the United States and the freest nation on earth. Filmed on location at Independence Hall; Williamsburg, Virginia; and other historical sites, it dramatically chronicles how America became a nation. It is exciting drama of the best kind-fact, rather than fiction. "It brings the history books to life," writes one reviewer. "Dramatically moving, and visually handsome," says another. Officially recognized by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, who cited the film as being "of exceptional merit."
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Title: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Character: Big Al
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Michael returns to Haddonfield for Jamie Lloyd -- the orphaned daughter of Laurie Strode -- and her babysitter Rachel. Can Dr. Sam Loomis stop him before the unholy slaughter reaches his innocent young niece?
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Promised Land
Title: Promised Land
Character: Cowboy in Casino
Released: January 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.
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A Hobo's Christmas
Title: A Hobo's Christmas
Character: Omaha John Boswell
Released: October 20, 1987
Type: Movie
A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at Christmas time. Here he hopes to close old wounds and be reunited with his unforgiving son played by Gerald McRaney, and get to know the grandchildren he has never met. McRaney, still resenting the fact that Hughes ran out on his family 25 years earlier, gives his father only one day with his grandkids; after that, he's expected to leave and never come back. All the while Hughes' friends warn him that his son and the past are memories that are best left alone, and should leave, but he has to find out for himself.
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Konrad
Title: Konrad
Character: Joe
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Konrad is a factory-made child, perfect in every way. When he is mistakenly delivered to the eccentric Mrs. Bartelotti, the factory demands his return. Konrad must go against everything he has been taught to stand up to his creators.
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The Philadelphia Experiment
Title: The Philadelphia Experiment
Character: Truck Driver
Released: August 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
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Solo
Title: Solo
Character: Sid Matthews
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A woman named Liz Brantley takes a three-legged solo flight and then her plane crashes.
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A Killer in the Family
Title: A Killer in the Family
Character: Customer
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.
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Incident at Crestridge
Title: Incident at Crestridge
Character: Yank Tabor
Released: December 29, 1981
Type: Movie
A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and outright corruption of the local law enforcement in a small town in the West.
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Nashville Grab
Title: Nashville Grab
Character: Drunk
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: Movie
A dashing, fast-living country singer almost turns Nashville upside-down after he is kidnapped by a pair of conniving female convicts determined to use him as a passport to freedom.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Released: July 9, 1981
Type: Movie
The escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a homemade raft, and their encounter with the Duke and his cohort, Dauphin.
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The Adventures of Nellie Bly
Title: The Adventures of Nellie Bly
Character: Horrigan
Released: June 11, 1981
Type: Movie
A "Classics Illustrated" account of pioneer female journalist Nellie Bly, who became a legend through her exposes of corruption and inhumane conditions in New York of the 1880s in "The New York World."
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Character: Winthrop Palmer
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.
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The Fall of the House of Usher
Title: The Fall of the House of Usher
Released: October 1, 1979
Type: Movie
After a long journey, a traveller and his wife arrive at the Usher mansion. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the mansion's sibling inhabitants, Roderick and Madeline Usher, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guests of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
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Abraham's Sacrifice
Title: Abraham's Sacrifice
Released: May 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Tale of Abraham who battles a King for his land and who seeks revenge on Abraham for killing his son. And the birth of his son, Isaac and the scheming of a slave who wishes for his freedom and is willing to do whatever to get it. And eventually his test where he has to sacrifice Issac.
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The Time Machine
Title: The Time Machine
Released: November 5, 1978
Type: Movie
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Title: Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Released: October 24, 1978
Type: Movie
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.