Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Born: July 6, 1937
Died: June 13, 2021
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and won a Drama Desk Award.

These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and TV series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991) and the adaptation movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004).

He had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men (1976), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Bates' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy (1982), twice characters Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy (1993), detective McNair in Just Cause (1995), Ray and Claude's warden/employer Dexter Wilkins in Life (1999), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter (2007), United States Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010).

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The Big Ask
Title: The Big Ask
Character: Old Man Carl
Released: May 30, 2014
Type: Movie
The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Baggage Claim
Title: Baggage Claim
Character: Mr. Donaldson
Released: September 27, 2013
Type: Movie
Determined to get engaged before her youngest sister's wedding, flight attendant Montana Moore finds herself with only 30 days to make a connection. Fortunately, her friends have cooked up a high-flying scheme to help Montana land...the perfect guy!
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Casting By
Title: Casting By
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
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Rampart
Title: Rampart
Character: Hartshorn
Released: November 23, 2011
Type: Movie
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
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Rango
Title: Rango
Character: Mayor (voice)
Released: March 2, 2011
Type: Movie
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.
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Toy Story 3
Title: Toy Story 3
Character: Lotso (voice)
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
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The Killer Inside Me
Title: The Killer Inside Me
Character: Chester Conway
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.
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In the Electric Mist
Title: In the Electric Mist
Character: Twinky LeMoyne
Released: April 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
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Charlie Wilson's War
Title: Charlie Wilson's War
Character: Doc Long
Released: December 19, 2007
Type: Movie
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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Shooter
Title: Shooter
Character: Senator Charles F. Meachum
Released: March 22, 2007
Type: Movie
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.
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The Walker
Title: The Walker
Character: Jack Delorean
Released: February 13, 2007
Type: Movie
An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Title: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Character: Otis
Released: November 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Title: Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 12, 2006
Type: Movie
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.
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The Making of 'Network'
Title: The Making of 'Network'
Character: Self
Released: February 28, 2006
Type: Movie
An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."
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Sweet Land
Title: Sweet Land
Character: Harmo
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.
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The Wool Cap
Title: The Wool Cap
Character: Gigot's Father
Released: November 20, 2004
Type: Movie
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.
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Where the Red Fern Grows
Title: Where the Red Fern Grows
Character: Sheriff Abe McConnell
Released: May 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
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Thunderpants
Title: Thunderpants
Character: Gen. Ed Sheppard
Released: May 24, 2002
Type: Movie
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
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Roughing It
Title: Roughing It
Character: Slade
Released: March 16, 2002
Type: Movie
A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.
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I Was a Rat
Title: I Was a Rat
Character: Mudduck
Released: December 9, 2001
Type: Movie
A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is cold, wet and desperate for shelter, but Bob and Joan are perplexed by his claims that he was once a rat. Meanwhile, rumours are rife at the newspaper about the prince's new love: a girl who captivated everyone at the palace ball.
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Spring Forward
Title: Spring Forward
Character: Murph
Released: December 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Trying to put himself back together after serving prison time for robbery, Paul takes a job as a parks employee in a small Connecticut town. His co-worker, Murph, a generation older than Paul, is dealing with his own issues, chiefly the the impending death of his very ill gay son. After the men have a run-in with local snob Frederickson, Murph's age and experience starts to temper Paul's fiery nature, as the younger man begins to embrace his new life.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Dr. David Lowry
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Homicide: The Movie
Title: Homicide: The Movie
Character: Stanley Bolander
Released: February 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.
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Life
Title: Life
Character: Dexter Wilkins
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
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Cookie's Fortune
Title: Cookie's Fortune
Character: Lester Boyle
Released: March 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
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He Got Game
Title: He Got Game
Character: Warden Wyatt
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
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The Curse of Inferno
Title: The Curse of Inferno
Character: Moles Huddenel
Released: December 30, 1996
Type: Movie
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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Crazy Horse
Title: Crazy Horse
Character: Dr. McGillicuddy
Released: July 7, 1996
Type: Movie
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.
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Title: Gulliver's Travels
Character: Farmer Grultrad
Released: February 4, 1996
Type: TV
Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.
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Title: Streets of Laredo
Character: Judge Roy Bean
Released: November 12, 1995
Type: TV
Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron to track down Joey Garza, a new kind of killer, only a boy, who kills from a distance with a rifle.
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The Affair
Title: The Affair
Character: Col. Banning
Released: October 14, 1995
Type: Movie
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Title: Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Character: Sam Lawrence
Released: February 17, 1995
Type: Movie
After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible tragic misunderstandings, they go on the run, leaving a bloody trail wherever they go.
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Just Cause
Title: Just Cause
Character: McNair
Released: February 17, 1995
Type: Movie
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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Radioland Murders
Title: Radioland Murders
Character: General Whalen
Released: October 21, 1994
Type: Movie
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Replikator
Title: Replikator
Character: Insp. Victor Valiant
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
In a poisoned world where sunshine kills, a hit squad from the Zyklor Corporation interrupts the testing of a matter replikator capable of duplicating living tissue for the purpose of extending human life. When the smoke clears, scientist Ludovic finds himself framed for murder and on the run from an exact duplicate... of himself. Joining forces with ex-lover Kat Moscow and cynical Detective Valiant, Ludovic follows the bloody path of destruction wrought by a monster with his face.
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La Classe américaine
Title: La Classe américaine
Character: Frédéric (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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Warren Oates: Across the Border
Title: Warren Oates: Across the Border
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 10, 1993
Type: Movie
A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.
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Rudy
Title: Rudy
Character: Daniel Ruettiger
Released: September 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.
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Title: The Boys
Character: Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt
Released: August 20, 1993
Type: TV
The Boys is an American sitcom television series that aired from August 20 until September 17, 1993.
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Ed and His Dead Mother
Title: Ed and His Dead Mother
Character: Uncle Benny
Released: June 4, 1993
Type: Movie
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.
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Illusions
Title: Illusions
Character: Landlord
Released: May 28, 1993
Type: Movie
Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their strained marriage. Their privacy is interrupted by the arrival of Greg's stunning and mysterious sister, Laura. Jan's paranoia deepens as she suspects that Greg's and her sister's relationship is too close. In her desperation, she confides her fears to the landlord but his weird reaction only creates more confusion.
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Title: Homicide: Life on the Street
Character: Stanley Bolander
Released: January 31, 1993
Type: TV
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
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Lincoln
Title: Lincoln
Character: Dennis Hanks (voice)
Released: December 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
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T Bone N Weasel
Title: T Bone N Weasel
Character: Doc Tatum
Released: November 2, 1992
Type: Movie
A couple of con men look for paradise in a stolen car.
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Earth and the American Dream
Title: Earth and the American Dream
Character: Reader (voice)
Released: October 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been wrought to make the American Dream come true.
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Title: The Golden Palace
Character: Tad Hollingsworth
Released: September 18, 1992
Type: TV
The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
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Prelude to a Kiss
Title: Prelude to a Kiss
Character: Dr. Boyle
Released: July 10, 1992
Type: Movie
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
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Blind Vision
Title: Blind Vision
Character: Sgt. Logan
Released: July 7, 1992
Type: Movie
A shy mail clerk becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a man involved with the beautiful neighbor he is obsessed with.
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Trial: The Price of Passion
Title: Trial: The Price of Passion
Character: Scoot Shepard
Released: May 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused of murdering her husband.
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Hear My Song
Title: Hear My Song
Character: Josef Locke
Released: December 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.
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Tennessee Nights
Title: Tennessee Nights
Character: Charlie Kiefer
Released: October 12, 1991
Type: Movie
When entertainment lawyer Wolfgang Leighton decides to take a break from business for some fishing in Tennessee's backwoods, he ends up embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. Pursued by the killers, he's running from the police and a young hitchhiker appears to be his only friend.
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Angel Square
Title: Angel Square
Released: October 11, 1991
Type: Movie
A Canadian boy comes of age and investigates a mystery in 1945.
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Going Under
Title: Going Under
Character: Admiral Malice
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
An American submarine races to get a nuclear weapon before a Russian submarine.
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Captain America
Title: Captain America
Character: Sam Kolawetz
Released: December 14, 1990
Type: Movie
During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.
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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Title: The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Character: Edward C. Acker
Released: December 9, 1990
Type: Movie
Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Title: Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Character: Duke of Bridgewater
Released: October 21, 1990
Type: Movie
This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges.
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Repossessed
Title: Repossessed
Character: Ernest Weller
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Malcolm Reynolds
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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A Cry in the Wild
Title: A Cry in the Wild
Character: Pilot
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
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Chattahoochee
Title: Chattahoochee
Character: Dr. Harwood
Released: April 20, 1990
Type: Movie
In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.
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Big Bad John
Title: Big Bad John
Character: Charlie Mitchelle
Released: February 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.
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Spy
Title: Spy
Character: Thomas Ludlow
Released: December 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Richard is a spy. Ever since his wife Angela left him, cause she never liked what he did or became, his heart has not exactly been in it anymore. After failing to complete his mission, he decides to leave. His friend and boss, Tony Cooper, brings him to a plastic surgeon, so that he could change his appearance and disappear. A year later, he learns that the doctor who operated on him and Tony are dead. He suspects that someone's either trying to get back at him through them or is trying to flush him out. He then fears that Angela could be next. So he goes to her but she's gotten on with her life and doesn't want him back.
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Last Train Home
Title: Last Train Home
Character: Cornelius van Horne
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Tom Bradshaw searches for his family while riding the rails in this family drama set in the 1880s.
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Ministry of Vengeance
Title: Ministry of Vengeance
Character: Rev. Bloor
Released: November 3, 1989
Type: Movie
David Miller is a Vietnam vet who renounced violence and became a minister after he was forced to blow up a Viet Cong kid in self defense, but years later, when David's wife Gail and daughter Kim are killed by a group of terrorists led by Ali Aboud, in a massacre at an airport in Rome, Italy, David is devastated. Going against his faith, David sets out to find and kill Ali Aboud.
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Time Trackers
Title: Time Trackers
Character: Harry Orth
Released: May 1, 1989
Type: Movie
When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter, aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer, pursues him back to twelfth century England where - disguised as a damsel in distress - she enlists the help of a knight errant whose secret past holds the key to her future.
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Title: B.L. Stryker
Released: February 13, 1989
Type: TV
B.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5, 1990 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie along with Gideon Oliver, Columbo and Kojak. The series was executive produced by Tom Selleck.
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Physical Evidence
Title: Physical Evidence
Character: James Nicks
Released: January 27, 1989
Type: Movie
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
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Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Title: Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Actor Ned Beatty hosts a look at the genre known as "exploitation" films. Interviews with some of the producers and directors of these films are shown, along with scenes from and trailers for some of these films.
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Purple People Eater
Title: Purple People Eater
Character: Grandpa
Released: December 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.
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Go Toward the Light
Title: Go Toward the Light
Character: George
Released: November 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
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Title: Roseanne
Character: Ed Conner
Released: October 18, 1988
Type: TV
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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After the Rain
Title: After the Rain
Character: Matthew Bonner
Released: September 23, 1988
Type: Movie
A father disowns his daughter, Annie, because of her choice to marry a neighboring woodsman. The marriage is strong and bears four children, but Annie is determined to also include her father in her family.
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Midnight Crossing
Title: Midnight Crossing
Character: Ellis
Released: May 13, 1988
Type: Movie
A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.
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The Unholy
Title: The Unholy
Character: Lt. Stern
Released: April 22, 1988
Type: Movie
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.
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Switching Channels
Title: Switching Channels
Character: Roy Ridnitz
Released: March 5, 1988
Type: Movie
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Title: Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal with typical family situations involving the use of illegal drugs.
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Shadows in the Storm
Title: Shadows in the Storm
Character: Thelonious Pitt
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie's husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires 3 shots, knocking her husband's body into the icy river below. The nightmare has begun...
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The Trouble with Spies
Title: The Trouble with Spies
Character: Harry Lewis
Released: December 4, 1987
Type: Movie
George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.
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Rolling Vengeance
Title: Rolling Vengeance
Character: Tiny Doyle
Released: October 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton monster truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family.
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The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Title: The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Character: Cole Scholar
Released: March 28, 1987
Type: Movie
The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.
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The Fourth Protocol
Title: The Fourth Protocol
Character: Borisov
Released: March 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.
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The Big Easy
Title: The Big Easy
Character: Jack Kellom
Released: November 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
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Back to School
Title: Back to School
Character: Dean Martin
Released: June 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
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Hostage Flight
Title: Hostage Flight
Character: Art Hofstadter
Released: November 17, 1985
Type: Movie
A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.
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Konrad
Title: Konrad
Character: Mr. Thomas
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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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Larry Broome
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Restless Natives
Title: Restless Natives
Character: Bender
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
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Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Title: Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Character: Reverend Mansfield French
Released: February 25, 1985
Type: Movie
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners fled, and the 10,000 blacks who lived there, almost all of whom were slaves, were freed in the first test of President Abraham Lincoln's dream of emancipation. Charlotte Forten, a 21-year-old educated black woman, helped the freed slaves to begin to build a new society. That experience forms the plot of this drama, based on Charlotte Forten's journals, which was telecast on "American Playhouse."
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Title: Robert Kennedy & His Times
Character: J. Edgar Hoover
Released: January 27, 1985
Type: TV
Robert Kennedy & His Times is a 1985 American television miniseries directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. The miniseries was released in three parts and depicts the life of Robert F. Kennedy.
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Answers
Title: Answers
Character: Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for decades. Lastly, in "Twinkle, Twinkle," a restless housewife who has been writing fan letters to a television soap opera star, receives a surprise visit by him on her husband's bowling night.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Roy Gunderson
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: Highway to Heaven
Character: Bill Cassidy
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: TV
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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Title: The Last Days of Pompeii
Character: Diomed
Released: May 6, 1984
Type: TV
This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.
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Title: Celebrity
Character: Otto Leo
Released: February 12, 1984
Type: TV
Self-proclaimed faith healer T.J. Luther, movie star Mack Crawford and journalist Kleber Cantrell share a fateful reunion in a deserted Texas cabin that was the scene of a night of violence over two decades.
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Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Title: Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Character: [Self]
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.
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Touched
Title: Touched
Character: Herbie
Released: October 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Two mental patients in an institution fall in love and plan to escape in the search of a normal life.
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Title: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Character: Lynch Mob Leader
Released: August 19, 1983
Type: Movie
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.
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Stroker Ace
Title: Stroker Ace
Character: Clyde Torkle
Released: July 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.
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Kentucky Woman
Title: Kentucky Woman
Character: Luke Telford
Released: January 11, 1983
Type: Movie
A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small son and ailing dad.
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The Toy
Title: The Toy
Character: Sydney Morehouse
Released: December 10, 1982
Type: Movie
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
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Rumpelstiltskin
Title: Rumpelstiltskin
Character: The King
Released: October 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Desperate to save her life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange character - After which, she must find a way to get out of this dangerous bargain.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: The King
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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A Woman Called Golda
Title: A Woman Called Golda
Character: Sen. Durward
Released: April 26, 1982
Type: Movie
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Title: A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Character: Benjamin Hammett
Released: February 17, 1982
Type: Movie
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.
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Pray TV
Title: Pray TV
Character: Rev. Freddy Stone
Released: February 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A newly ordained minister accepts a summer job with a dynamic TV evangelist only to find deep conflicts between the latter's conventional activities servicing his community's spiritual needs and his power wielded as a TV celebrity.
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All the Way Home
Title: All the Way Home
Character: Ralph Follet
Released: December 21, 1981
Type: Movie
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
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Splendor in the Grass
Title: Splendor in the Grass
Character: Ace Stamper
Released: October 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Title: The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Character: Dr. Walter Keys
Released: May 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Title: The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Character: Dan Beame
Released: January 30, 1981
Type: Movie
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.
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Superman II
Title: Superman II
Character: Otis
Released: December 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
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Friendly Fire
Title: Friendly Fire
Character: Gene Mullen
Released: November 9, 1980
Type: Movie
In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
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Hopscotch
Title: Hopscotch
Character: Myerson
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
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All God's Children
Title: All God's Children
Character: Mike Naponic
Released: April 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.
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Title: Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Character: Rep. Leo Ryan
Released: April 15, 1980
Type: TV
The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.
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The American Success Company
Title: The American Success Company
Character: Mr. Elliott
Released: March 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Title: The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.
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1941
Title: 1941
Character: Ward Douglas
Released: December 14, 1979
Type: Movie
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
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Promises in the Dark
Title: Promises in the Dark
Character: Bud Koenig
Released: November 2, 1979
Type: Movie
A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut. She joins the West Hartford medical practice of Dr. Walter McInterny, a doctor approaching retirement age. 17-year-old Elizabeth "Buffy" Koenig is a precocious student at West Hartford's William Hall High School. Her boyfriend Gerry is a football player at Hall High. While Dr. McInterny is away on vacation, longtime patient Buffy hurts her leg while harmlessly kicking a soccer ball during Gerry's nearby football practice. At the hospital, Dr. Kendall finds that not only is the leg broken, but the bone was also weakened by cancer. Dr. Kendall treats Buffy and the two develop a bond that extends beyond the doctor-patient relationship; Dr. Kendall is drawn to Buffy's humor and raw honesty.
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Wise Blood
Title: Wise Blood
Character: Hoover Shoates
Released: October 24, 1979
Type: Movie
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
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Superman
Title: Superman
Character: Otis
Released: December 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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A Question of Love
Title: A Question of Love
Character: Dwayne Stabler
Released: November 26, 1978
Type: Movie
A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.
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The Great Bank Hoax
Title: The Great Bank Hoax
Character: Julius Taggart
Released: November 1, 1978
Type: Movie
When the prominent citizens of a small town discover that the officers of the local bank have been embezzling money from it, they decide to rob the bank themselves.
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Gray Lady Down
Title: Gray Lady Down
Character: Mickey
Released: March 10, 1978
Type: Movie
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
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Alambrista!
Title: Alambrista!
Character: Anglo Coyote
Released: October 16, 1977
Type: Movie
After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man, slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.
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Title: Lucan
Released: September 12, 1977
Type: TV
Lucan is a TV Drama which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978, starring Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon. A 20-year old man who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by wolves, Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of human society. He is befriended by a kind research doctor whom he bonded with during his journey to civilization. Lucan's continued freedom at the research center is put in peril once his doctor friend and mentor is hurt. Unable to insure Lucan's well being at the institute, his friend encourages him to strike out on his own in search of his identity. The short-lived TV series chronicled the encounters, challenges, and intrigues Lucan faced interacting with people using his new learned social graces and old Wolfen instincts. Lucan did have special Wolfen skills that were invoked when he was made very angry. When upset to the point of violence his eyes glowed amber. He also had heightened senses of smell and hearing. In a few episodes he was able to call on his old wolf family/pack for help. This series was based on a 1977 made-for-TV movie of the same name directed by David Greene.
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Title: Szysznyk
Released: August 1, 1977
Type: TV
Szysznyk was an short-lived American television series produced by Paramount Network Television, originally broadcast on CBS during the 1977-78 television season, and starring Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk. Only ten episodes were aired.
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
Title: Exorcist II: The Heretic
Character: Edwards
Released: June 17, 1977
Type: Movie
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
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Our Town
Title: Our Town
Character: Dr. Gibbs
Released: May 30, 1977
Type: Movie
3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.
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Lucan
Title: Lucan
Character: Larry MacElwaine
Released: May 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own in search of his identity. Pilot film for the short-lived series.
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Title: Nashville 99
Character: Randy Blair
Released: April 1, 1977
Type: TV
Featuring Claude Atkins as Metro Nashville police lieutenant and Jerry Reed as his sidekick, this show features many country music personalities and is shot on location at various downtown Nashville sites as well as other locations (including Opryland).
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Tail Gunner Joe
Title: Tail Gunner Joe
Character: Sylvester
Released: February 6, 1977
Type: Movie
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
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Title: Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Released: February 2, 1977
Type: TV
Anthology series presenting stories of suspense, mystery and science-fiction, usually with some sort of twist ending.
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The Gardener's Son
Title: The Gardener's Son
Character: Pinky
Released: January 6, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876, the story follows the rich Greggs, who run the mill, and the poor McEvoys, who work there. The animosity between their sons leads to tragedy.
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Mikey and Nicky
Title: Mikey and Nicky
Character: Kinney
Released: December 21, 1976
Type: Movie
In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.
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Silver Streak
Title: Silver Streak
Character: Bob Sweet
Released: December 3, 1976
Type: Movie
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
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Network
Title: Network
Character: Arthur Jensen
Released: November 14, 1976
Type: Movie
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
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Gator
Title: Gator
Character: Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
Released: August 25, 1976
Type: Movie
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.
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The Big Bus
Title: The Big Bus
Character: Shorty Scotty
Released: June 23, 1976
Type: Movie
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
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All the President's Men
Title: All the President's Men
Character: Dardis
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
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Title: NBC Special Treat
Character: Big Henry
Released: October 21, 1975
Type: TV
An anthology series of television specials geared towards teenagers.
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The Deadly Tower
Title: The Deadly Tower
Character: Allan Crum
Released: October 18, 1975
Type: Movie
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.
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Nashville
Title: Nashville
Character: Delbert Reese
Released: June 11, 1975
Type: Movie
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Title: W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Character: Country Bull
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie. The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore, Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Title: Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Character: Ollie Thompson
Released: February 20, 1975
Type: Movie
After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Al Brennan
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Leon Fielder
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: Petrocelli
Character: Gage
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
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The Execution of Private Slovik
Title: The Execution of Private Slovik
Character: Father Stafford
Released: March 13, 1974
Type: Movie
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Det. Dan Corrigan
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Dying Room Only
Title: Dying Room Only
Character: Tom King
Released: September 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.
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White Lightning
Title: White Lightning
Character: Sheriff J.C. Connors
Released: August 6, 1973
Type: Movie
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
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The Last American Hero
Title: The Last American Hero
Character: Hackel
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Title: The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Character: Det. Dan Corrigan
Released: March 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Title: The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Character: Deams
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Title: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Character: Tector Crites
Released: December 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
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Footsteps
Title: Footsteps
Character: Frank Powell
Released: October 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Colonel Hollister
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
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Title: The Waltons
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: TV
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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Title: The Rookies
Released: September 11, 1972
Type: TV
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
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Deliverance
Title: Deliverance
Character: Bobby Trippe
Released: August 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Caldwell
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Karp
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.