Peter Boretski

Peter Boretski


Died: September 5, 2001
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Movies for Peter Boretski...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Title: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Character: Old man on subway
Released: February 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
bee
Title: FX: The Series
Character: Nikola Kostof
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: TV
Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
bee
Title: Goosebumps
Character: Grandpa Eddie
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: TV
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
bee
Harrison Bergeron
Title: Harrison Bergeron
Released: August 13, 1995
Type: Movie
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
bee
Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Leon Zgierski
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
bee
Getting Gotti
Title: Getting Gotti
Character: Dellocroce
Released: May 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, the new Assistant U.S. Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti. Uncooperative FBI agents and bureaucrats will not deter the driven young prosecutor as her quest culminates in the memorable and controversial trial of the "Dapper Don."
bee
Title: Forever Knight
Released: May 5, 1992
Type: TV
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.
bee
Naked Lunch
Title: Naked Lunch
Character: Creature Voices / Exterminator #2
Released: December 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
bee
Sam & Me
Title: Sam & Me
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
bee
F/X2
Title: F/X2
Character: Carl Becker
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: Movie
F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
bee
The Nutcracker Prince
Title: The Nutcracker Prince
Character: Uncle Drosselmeier (voice)
Released: November 21, 1990
Type: Movie
After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
bee
Day One
Title: Day One
Character: Albert Einstein
Released: May 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
bee
Title: War of the Worlds
Character: Howard Hugo
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.
bee
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.
bee
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Character: Bernard the Necromancer
Released: April 5, 1985
Type: Movie
The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.
bee
Charlie Grant's War
Title: Charlie Grant's War
Character: Trefius
Released: January 27, 1985
Type: Movie
A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.
bee
Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Bernard the Necromancer
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
bee
The Wordsmith
Title: The Wordsmith
Released: September 29, 1979
Type: Movie
Penned by Mordecai Richler and set in wartime Montreal, this touching telefilm stars Saul Rubinek as Mervyn Kaplansky, a young writer from Toronto who boards with a family on St. Urbain Street only to find his aspirations undermined by the colourful yet desperate characters that surround him. Rubinek delivers a very touching performance as the boyish idealistic writer, and he is backed by a strong supporting cast that includes Harvey Atkin, Janet Ward and Peter Boretski.
bee
Title: The New Avengers
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: TV
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
bee
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Title: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: Movie
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.