John McNamara

John McNamara

Born: July 24, 1925
Died: October 27, 1968

Movies for John McNamara...

Portrait in Black
Title: Portrait in Black
Character: Minister
Released: July 27, 1960
Type: Movie
A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.
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Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Title: Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Character: Mr. Khortney
Released: February 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Doctor
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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Title: Men into Space
Character: Gen. Withers
Released: September 30, 1959
Type: TV
Men Into Space is an American science-fiction television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The black-and-white filmed show starred William Lundigan as Col. Edward McCauley.
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The Lost Missile
Title: The Lost Missile
Character: CONAD Colonel
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A missile from parts unknown enters an orbit only 5 miles above Earth's surface and, due to friction from its intense speed through our atmosphere, proceeds to incinerate everything in its immediate wake.
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Title: Behind Closed Doors
Character: Ingram
Released: October 2, 1958
Type: TV
Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further espionage. Behind Closed Doors is based on the files and experiences of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, who offers comments at the end of each segment. Behind Closed Doors, a Screen Gems production, replaced Jackie Cooper's sitcom The People's Choice, followed the NBC quiz show, Twenty-One, and preceded the The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. Its competition was The Pat Boone Chevy Show on ABC and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater western anthology series on CBS.
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Crash Landing
Title: Crash Landing
Character: Phil Burton
Released: July 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.
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War of the Colossal Beast
Title: War of the Colossal Beast
Character: The Neurologist
Released: June 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very angry.
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The Return of Dracula
Title: The Return of Dracula
Character: Sheriff Bicknell (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1958
Type: Movie
After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
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Suicide Battalion
Title: Suicide Battalion
Character: Colonel Craig
Released: February 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. The men spend their last hours drowning their sorrows in a bar, but time is running out. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Jet Attack".
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Peter Cole
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Title: Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Character: Judge
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses.
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From Hell It Came
Title: From Hell It Came
Character: Professor Clark
Released: August 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump.