Billy Beck

Billy Beck

Born: May 26, 1920
Died: June 29, 2011
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Billy Beck (born Frank Billerbeck; May 26, 1920 – June 29, 2011) was an American clown and character actor.

Movies for Billy Beck...

Title: Dollhouse
Character: Old Man
Released: February 13, 2009
Type: TV
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?
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Just Like Heaven
Title: Just Like Heaven
Character: Mr. Clarke
Released: September 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
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Title: The Tick
Character: Octogenarian
Released: November 8, 2001
Type: TV
Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime.
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Mystery Men
Title: Mystery Men
Character: Old Man
Released: August 6, 1999
Type: Movie
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
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Title: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Character: Old Man (segment "Ring Toss")
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.
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Title: Charmed
Character: Rathmere
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
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Title: Charmed
Character: Demonic Wizard
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
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Title: The King of Queens
Character: Joe
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
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Poodle Springs
Title: Poodle Springs
Character: Old Man in Jail
Released: July 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Old Guy
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Leprechaun 2
Title: Leprechaun 2
Character: Homeless Man
Released: April 8, 1994
Type: Movie
A thousand years ago, the Leprechaun left a bloody trail when he ripped through the countryside in search of his stolen gold. Now he's back in the big city using all of his deadly tricks to snare the girl of his nightmares. His bloody quest becomes more deadly when her boyfriend steals one of the Leprechaun's gold coins. The town soon discovers two dead bodies and a trail of gold dust leads them to the Leprechaun's lair.
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Brain Donors
Title: Brain Donors
Character: Janitor
Released: April 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Three manic idiots—a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
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Another You
Title: Another You
Character: Harry
Released: July 26, 1991
Type: Movie
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
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The Killing Mind
Title: The Killing Mind
Character: Digby
Released: April 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Isobel Neiman, a former FBI agent turned cop, is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.
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Guilty As Charged
Title: Guilty As Charged
Character: Old Man
Released: April 19, 1991
Type: Movie
Rod Steiger stars as a vigilante who with the aid of his helper, Isaac Hayes, captures men who he considers evil and executes them in his homemade electric chair.
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Title: Baywatch
Character: Fisherman
Released: April 23, 1989
Type: TV
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.
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Checking Out
Title: Checking Out
Character: Father Carmody
Released: April 21, 1989
Type: Movie
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
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Baby Boom
Title: Baby Boom
Character: Roofer
Released: October 7, 1987
Type: Movie
J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!
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Near Dark
Title: Near Dark
Character: Motel Manager
Released: October 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
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Title: Married... with Children
Character: Guard
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: TV
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
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Amazing Stories
Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Old Blind Man / Caretaker
Released: July 10, 1986
Type: Movie
A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy and Go to the Head of the Class.
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House
Title: House
Character: Priest
Released: February 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: old blind man
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Caretaker
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Moving Violations
Title: Moving Violations
Character: Grandfather
Released: April 19, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Airport Security Guard
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Avenging Angel
Title: Avenging Angel
Character: Tall Man
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: Movie
Molly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind. After learning that the detective who helped save her life has been murdered, she quickly finds herself pitted against an underworld of mob figures who might be more than she's bargained for...
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Title: Crazy like a Fox
Character: Dusty
Released: December 30, 1984
Type: TV
Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.
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Micki + Maude
Title: Micki + Maude
Character: Finn
Released: December 21, 1984
Type: Movie
TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, Maude, leads to her pregnancy. Rob receives another shock when Micki announces that she's also expecting! In love with both women, he marries Maude and starts leading a double life full of complicated and riotous situations.
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The Woman in Red
Title: The Woman in Red
Character: Bartender
Released: August 15, 1984
Type: Movie
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
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Bachelor Party
Title: Bachelor Party
Character: Patient
Released: June 29, 1984
Type: Movie
On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.
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Invitation to Hell
Title: Invitation to Hell
Character: Mover
Released: May 24, 1984
Type: Movie
Matt Winslow and his family move to California where they settle in an affluent community where people enjoy good life. After a private tour of an exclusive country club, he notices disturbing changes in his wife and son...
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Title: Night Court
Character: Mr. Griffin
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: TV
Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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The Day After
Title: The Day After
Character: Dying Old Man Squatter (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1983
Type: Movie
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
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Things Are Tough All Over
Title: Things Are Tough All Over
Character: Pop
Released: August 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.
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The Kid with the Broken Halo
Title: The Kid with the Broken Halo
Character: Fenton
Released: April 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the problems of three cases. First, the Desautel family, who are on the edge of breaking up. Then, the McNulty family, who are workaholics. Finally, Dorothea Powell who is a secluded, grumpy old woman. Andy's guide on earth is Blake, who is none too thrilled to work with Andy.
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Buddy Buddy
Title: Buddy Buddy
Character: Gentleman
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: Movie
During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
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First Family
Title: First Family
Character: French Delegate
Released: December 25, 1980
Type: Movie
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
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Stir Crazy
Title: Stir Crazy
Character: Flycatching Prisoner
Released: December 12, 1980
Type: Movie
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
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A Change of Seasons
Title: A Change of Seasons
Character: Older Man
Released: December 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a younger lover of her own.
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The Black Marble
Title: The Black Marble
Character: Man at Cemetery
Released: March 7, 1980
Type: Movie
When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome Valnikov's company. But as these emotionally bruised cops are drawn deeper into the bizarre world of dog shows, animal fanatics and pet cemeteries, they're also drawn to each other.
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Title: The French Atlantic Affair
Character: Cabanal
Released: November 15, 1979
Type: TV
When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.
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Stranger in Our House
Title: Stranger in Our House
Character: Sheriff
Released: August 16, 1979
Type: Movie
A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.
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Mean Dog Blues
Title: Mean Dog Blues
Character: Deadman
Released: March 3, 1978
Type: Movie
A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Cafeteria Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.
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Nickelodeon
Title: Nickelodeon
Character: Movie Fanatic
Released: December 21, 1976
Type: Movie
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
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From Noon Till Three
Title: From Noon Till Three
Character: Mental Patient (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1976
Type: Movie
Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.
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Airport 1975
Title: Airport 1975
Character: Funeral Director (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
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Dirty O'Neil
Title: Dirty O'Neil
Character: Craddock
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman.
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Yours, Mine and Ours
Title: Yours, Mine and Ours
Character: Short Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1968
Type: Movie
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
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Valley of the Dolls
Title: Valley of the Dolls
Character: Man Sleeping in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1967
Type: Movie
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
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The Fortune Cookie
Title: The Fortune Cookie
Character: Maury's Assistant
Released: October 19, 1966
Type: Movie
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
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Title: That Girl
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: TV
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.
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Fireball 500
Title: Fireball 500
Character: Jobber
Released: June 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
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Title: Bewitched
Released: September 17, 1964
Type: TV
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
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The Best Man
Title: The Best Man
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1964
Type: Movie
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
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Irma la Douce
Title: Irma la Douce
Character: Officer Dupont
Released: June 5, 1963
Type: Movie
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
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The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Title: The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Character: Prof. Grant
Released: February 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Penniless Fred Bancroft, along with his new wife Molly, visits a sinister uncle he hasn't seen in years in hopes of living rent-free in his musty, decaying mansion.
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Two Men in Manhattan
Title: Two Men in Manhattan
Character: Le Partenaire de Judith Nelson sur Scène
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Crazy in the Noodle
Title: Crazy in the Noodle
Released: May 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Pierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing suicide, he decides to hire professional hit men to do the job on him. But as he's waiting for death, he accidentally saves a suicidal young woman's life... and falls in love. Having suddenly found a reason to live, he now fears the killers he himself hired. Is there still time to call off his contract?
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Released: October 18, 1954
Type: TV
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.
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Title: The Red Skelton Show
Character: Fred the Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 1951
Type: TV
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.