Brian Smiar

Brian Smiar

Born: August 27, 1937
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Movies for Brian Smiar...

The Great Debaters
Title: The Great Debaters
Character: Harvard Dean
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
bee
Title: Hack
Character: Bill Olshansky
Released: September 27, 2002
Type: TV
Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with corruption and now works as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
bee
The Royal Tenenbaums
Title: The Royal Tenenbaums
Character: Elderly 'Baumer' Fan #1
Released: October 5, 2001
Type: Movie
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
bee
Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Mr. Eldon
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
bee
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Title: Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Character: Judge
Released: September 2, 2001
Type: Movie
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
bee
Radical Jack
Title: Radical Jack
Character: Ollie
Released: March 22, 2001
Type: Movie
After quitting his job, a man decides to go after the one person responsible for ruining his life.
bee
Stranger in My House
Title: Stranger in My House
Character: Barry Simpson
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .
bee
Title: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Character: Edwin Costin (segment "The Ice Box")
Released: November 4, 1998
Type: TV
Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.
bee
The Bachelor's Baby
Title: The Bachelor's Baby
Released: October 29, 1996
Type: Movie
Jake Henry, freewheeling product reviewer, is surprised one night when Jamie appears on his doorstep with a baby she claims is Jake's. When Jamie can't care for Zack, Jake volunteers for daddy duty, despite his ignorance of childrearing and the hostility of Zack's social worker. Jake rapidly discovers that his entire life revolves around his newfound son...and that he likes it. But when Jamie wants Zack back, will Jake be able to give him up? Written by Kathy Li
bee
The Next Karate Kid
Title: The Next Karate Kid
Character: O'Connor
Released: July 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother and fellow pupils.
bee
In My Daughter's Name
Title: In My Daughter's Name
Character: Judge #1
Released: May 10, 1992
Type: Movie
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
bee
Shadows and Fog
Title: Shadows and Fog
Character: Cop at Police Station
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
bee
Title: A Woman Named Jackie
Character: Lyndon B. Johnson
Released: October 13, 1991
Type: TV
This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
bee
A Matter of Degrees
Title: A Matter of Degrees
Character: Dean Simon
Released: September 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Max can't face his yuppie future. Graduation's only weeks away and he's having second thoughts. Inspired by the campus radio station, he decides to get a little crazy.
bee
Regarding Henry
Title: Regarding Henry
Character: Dr. Marx, Chief of Staff
Released: July 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Respected lawyer, Henry Turner survives a convenience-store shooting only to find he has lost his memory, and has serious speech and mobility issues. After also losing his job—where he no longer 'fits in'—his loving wife and daughter give him all their love and support.
bee
Age Isn't Everything
Title: Age Isn't Everything
Character: Dr. Bush
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.
bee
Title: Law & Order
Character: Mr. McCracken
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.
bee
Title: Law & Order
Character: Arraignment Court Judge Harper
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.
bee
Title: Law & Order
Character: Arraignment Court Judge Tyler B. Ashford
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.
bee
Title: The Slap Maxwell Story
Character: Nelson Kruger
Released: September 23, 1987
Type: TV
The Slap Maxwell Story is a situation comedy broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1987-88 lineup. It stars Dabney Coleman as "Slap" Maxwell, an egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger, somewhere in the American Southwest. The Ledger was a very old-fashioned newspaper -- Slap still composed his column, "Slap Shots," on a typewriter -- and Slap was a very old-fashioned guy. Despite the newly litigious environment of journalism, Slap insisted on filling his column with rumor and innuendo, drawing lawsuits and Slap's frequent termination, to be followed by a groveling apology and his rehiring. He had an on-again, off-again relationship with girlfriend Judy, one of the paper's secretaries, due primarily to his off-putting personality. Annie was Slap's ex-wife, who nonetheless retained a soft spot for him. A recurring event throughout the series' run is that at some point in each episode, someone would hit Slap, with a nun even doing the honors in one episode. The show was created by Jay Tarses, who in 1983 was co-creator of Buffalo Bill, an NBC sitcom in which Coleman starred as a similarly off-putting character, the host of a TV talk show.