David Burns

David Burns

Born: June 22, 1901
Died: March 12, 1971
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for David Burns...

Eggs
Title: Eggs
Character: (voice)
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The spirits of life and death go for a drive in this darkly humorous fantasia featuring an original score by Quincy Jones.
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Title: Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Character: Leon Soloway
Released: June 15, 1971
Type: Movie
A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
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The Price
Title: The Price
Character: Gregory Solomon
Released: February 3, 1971
Type: Movie
After the Great Depression, Victor Franz gave up going to college to support his father. After 30 years, Victor returns to sell his parents’ estate. His wife, Esther, his brother, Walter, and a canny furniture dealer have their own agendas. Victor must finally deal with his sacrifice.
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Move
Title: Move
Character: Doorman
Released: July 31, 1970
Type: Movie
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
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Title: Then Came Bronson
Released: September 17, 1969
Type: TV
Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series starring Michael Parks that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by MGM Television. The series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was approved for one year and began its first run on September 17, 1969. The pilot was also released in Europe as a feature film.
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The Tiger Makes Out
Title: The Tiger Makes Out
Character: Mr. Ratner
Released: August 18, 1967
Type: Movie
During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living in a cluttered Greenwich Village basement, learns he has been paying rent to a woman who hasn't owned his building in 6 years. No longer able to endure the injustices of society, he decides to activate the ferocious tiger within himself by abducting a helpless female and dragging her back to his lair.
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Title: The Trials of O'Brien
Character: The Great McGonigle
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Let's Make Love
Title: Let's Make Love
Character: Oliver Burton
Released: September 8, 1960
Type: Movie
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
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Once Upon a Horse...
Title: Once Upon a Horse...
Character: Bruno de Gruen
Released: September 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.
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Four Boys and a Gun
Title: Four Boys and a Gun
Character: Television man
Released: January 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The moving story of four young men struggling against overwhelming odds to remain honest. When their crooked employer shorts their earnings; they turn to crime, their first theft ending in tragedy.
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It's Always Fair Weather
Title: It's Always Fair Weather
Character: Tim
Released: August 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
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Deep in My Heart
Title: Deep in My Heart
Character: Lazar Berrison, Sr.
Released: December 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
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Knock on Wood
Title: Knock on Wood
Character: Marty Brown
Released: April 6, 1954
Type: Movie
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Gregory Solomon
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - comedian
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Just like a Woman
Title: Just like a Woman
Character: Pedro
Released: November 16, 1939
Type: Movie
A group of private detectives working for a jeweler pursue a gang of thieves in Argentina.
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A Girl Must Live
Title: A Girl Must Live
Character: Joe Gold
Released: September 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
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The Saint in London
Title: The Saint in London
Character: Dugan
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
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A Gentleman's Gentleman
Title: A Gentleman's Gentleman
Character: Alfred
Released: May 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.
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The Gang's All Here
Title: The Gang's All Here
Character: Beretti
Released: March 4, 1939
Type: Movie
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.
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St. Martin's Lane
Title: St. Martin's Lane
Character: Hackett
Released: October 18, 1938
Type: Movie
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
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Hey! Hey! USA
Title: Hey! Hey! USA
Character: Tony Ricardo
Released: October 1, 1938
Type: Movie
While working as a porter Benjamin Twists mistakenly ends up on a cruise ship heading for the USA. Upon landing on the American coast Twist takes up work as a professor.
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The Sky’s the Limit
Title: The Sky’s the Limit
Character: "Ballyhoo" Bangs
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
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Crime Over London
Title: Crime Over London
Character: Sniffy
Released: October 21, 1936
Type: Movie
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
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Rendezvous
Title: Rendezvous
Character: German-Speaking Bellhop (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
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All American Drawback
Title: All American Drawback
Character: Game Announcer
Released: October 5, 1935
Type: Movie
The Dean and Board of Flunk Well College are arguing with its football coach, Bergen, about the team's star player, Charlie McCarthy, who is the only reason the team is a winning one, but who isn't doing well academically and could be pulled from the team if his grades and behavior don't improve. In other words, Charlie is a dummy in more ways than one. Beyond other problems Coach Bergen has with Charlie concerning the coach's girlfriend Joan, Coach Bergen has to get Charlie prepared to pass an exam administered by the Dean. Instead of cheating like he usually does, Charlie has his own way of dealing with the exam.
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The Queen's Affair
Title: The Queen's Affair
Character: Manager
Released: March 1, 1934
Type: Movie
'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Romance in Rhythm
Title: Romance in Rhythm
Character: Mollari
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
In this British crime drama, a nightclub chorine jilts her old boyfriend, a musician, in favor of a new fiancé. Not long after, her new love is murdered. Although the prime suspect is the musician, he is not the guilty party.
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That Goes Double
Title: That Goes Double
Character: Manny Stein
Released: July 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Complications ensue when a singer discovers he has a double in this musical short film.
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De Luxe Annie
Title: De Luxe Annie
Character: Joe - Grocery Clerk
Released: May 19, 1918
Type: Movie
A 1918 film directed by Roland West.