Mitchell Ryan

Mitchell Ryan

Born: January 11, 1934
Died: March 4, 2022
in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Mitchell Ryan (born January 11, 1934) was an American actor most recently known for playing Edward Montgomery on Dharma & Greg. Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War. After the Korean War, he went to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. There he went on to make his acting debut in Thunder Road along with the Theatre's founder Robert Porterfield.

Ryan was an original cast member on Dark Shadows, His other acting credits include Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Liar, Liar, Magnum Force, Lethal Weapon, Grosse Pointe Blank, Electra Glide in Blue, and Hot Shots! Part Deux. In 1973, he played the lead on Chase.

His Broadway theatre credits include Wait Until Dark, Medea, and The Price.

Ryan was married and divorced twice and is the father of three children.

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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character: The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Released: July 28, 2004
Type: Movie
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
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Title: Justice League
Character: Highfather (voice)
Released: November 17, 2001
Type: TV
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.
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Title: Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Character: Frank Agostini
Released: November 14, 1999
Type: TV
Without warning, an earthquake rips through the "City That Never Sleeps," turning it into a vulnerable state of chaos: skyscrapers topple, subways are buried in the rubble, countless lives are lost and loved ones are torn apart. As turmoil reigns in the screaming streets, Mayor Bruce Lincoln and former Fire Chief Thomas Ahearn race against time to enact a city-wide emergency plan.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Senator Roland Pierce
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Title: Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Character: Averell Harriman
Released: October 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century. While not showing her childhood, first marriage to Winston Churchill's son, or most of her affairs, we do get to see her affair and eventual marriage to Broadway producer Leland Hayward, and then her marriage to politician Averell Harriman, with whom she had an affair while both were married to others in World War II. We also see her as ambassador to France during her last years, and her death in 1997. While some (mostly her lovers) adored her, others (mostly her son and her husbands' children) hated her.
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Title: Dharma & Greg
Character: Edward Montgomery
Released: September 24, 1997
Type: TV
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete opposites. The series is co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, More-Medavoy Productions and 4 to 6 Foot Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The show's theme song was written and performed by composer Dennis C. Brown. Created by executive producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, the comedy took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite Awards nominations. Elfman earned a Golden Globe in 1999 for Best Actress.
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Grosse Pointe Blank
Title: Grosse Pointe Blank
Character: Mr. Bart Newberry
Released: April 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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Liar Liar
Title: Liar Liar
Character: Mr. Allan
Released: March 21, 1997
Type: Movie
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.
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The Devil's Own
Title: The Devil's Own
Character: Chief Jim Kelly
Released: March 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
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Title: The Practice
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Title: Dark Skies
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: TV
Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this proposed competitor following a pitch from producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman. The series debuted September 21, 1996 on NBC, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel. Its tagline was "History as we know it is a lie."
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Raven Hawk
Title: Raven Hawk
Character: White
Released: July 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.
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A Face to Die For
Title: A Face to Die For
Character: Joe Thomas
Released: March 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A scarred, unattractive young woman is conned into helping with a robbery of her employer. As a result, she is sent to prison, gets plastic surgery, and returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her.
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Title: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Character: Dr. Terence Wynn
Released: September 29, 1995
Type: Movie
Six years after being kidnapped by a cult, Jamie tries to escape the clutches of her serial killer uncle, Michael Myers.
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Title: The Single Guy
Released: September 21, 1995
Type: TV
The Single Guy is an American television sitcom
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Title: The Drew Carey Show
Character: Woody
Released: September 13, 1995
Type: TV
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
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Judge Dredd
Title: Judge Dredd
Character: Vartis Hammond
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
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Gramps
Title: Gramps
Character: Oliver
Released: May 20, 1995
Type: Movie
After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At first, everything seems fine with his new extended family, until the two set off on a hunting trip, where Jack starts showing a rather violent streak to his nature.
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Speechless
Title: Speechless
Character: Lloyd Wannamaker
Released: December 16, 1994
Type: Movie
In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
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Blue Sky
Title: Blue Sky
Character: Ray Stevens
Released: September 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.
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Title: One West Waikiki
Released: August 4, 1994
Type: TV
One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It starred Cheryl Ladd, Richard Burgi and Kayla Blake and was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy in 1995.
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Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Title: Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Character: Chief Carson
Released: February 18, 1994
Type: Movie
When a mentor and friend of Jennifer's dies, she and Jonathan return to the sleepy town where Jennifer once lived and worked as a reporter. Nearly immediately, they discover that all is not right within this picturesque town. The town's economic troubles pale next to the danger the Harts find themselves in as they try to sort out whether their friend's death was murder, and what sinister secrets may lie behind the truth.
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Title: NYPD Blue
Character: Officer Jack Hanlon
Released: September 21, 1993
Type: TV
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
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Star
Title: Star
Character: Harrison Barclay
Released: September 20, 1993
Type: Movie
When Crystal Wyatt was 16 her father passed away. From that time her life would never be the same. Crystal is banished from the family ranch, and starts a new life as a singer in a San Francisco nightclub.
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Hot Shots! Part Deux
Title: Hot Shots! Part Deux
Character: Gray Edwards
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: Movie
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Judge Riley
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Title: The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Character: Kenneth Davenport
Released: November 26, 1992
Type: Movie
David seriously fancies smart, rich Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still finds him appalling, David manages to change her mind.
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Majority Rule
Title: Majority Rule
Character: John 'Blackjack' Wade
Released: October 27, 1992
Type: Movie
A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
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Title: 2000 Malibu Road
Released: August 23, 1992
Type: TV
2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian Bloom, Scott Bryce, Lisa Hartman, Tuesday Knight, and Michael T. Weiss.
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Dirty Work
Title: Dirty Work
Character: Frank Esposito
Released: July 22, 1992
Type: Movie
A bail bondsman deals drugs on the side and thinks he's struck it rich when he conceives a scheme to steal counterfeit money. When the mob comes calling for it, he tries to set up a fellow employee as the culprit.
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Iron Eagle III
Title: Iron Eagle III
Character: Simms
Released: January 9, 1992
Type: Movie
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
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Title: In a Child's Name
Character: Peter Chappell
Released: November 17, 1991
Type: TV
A true story about a woman who fights her brother-in-law's parents for custody of her deceased sister's baby upon learning that her brother-in-law murdered her sister.
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Title: Silk Stalkings
Released: November 7, 1991
Type: TV
Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.
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Deadly Game
Title: Deadly Game
Character: Admiral Mark Nately
Released: July 10, 1991
Type: Movie
A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must face his revenge. The seven must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.
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Judgment
Title: Judgment
Character: Dave Davis
Released: October 13, 1990
Type: Movie
Fact-based story of a Louisiana priest accused of molesting young parishioners, and of the family of one of his victims, caught between their loyalty to their son and to their Church.
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Title: Wings
Character: Jonathan Clayton
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
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Margaret Bourke-White
Title: Margaret Bourke-White
Character: Patton
Released: April 24, 1989
Type: Movie
A biographical account of pioneering photographer Margaret Bourke-White's career.
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Winter People
Title: Winter People
Character: Drury Campbell
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
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The Ryan White Story
Title: The Ryan White Story
Character: Tom
Released: January 16, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
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Title: Favorite Son
Character: Vice President Dan Eastman
Released: October 30, 1988
Type: TV
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Kyle Riker
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Lethal Weapon
Title: Lethal Weapon
Character: General Peter McAllister
Released: March 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
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The Penalty Phase
Title: The Penalty Phase
Character: Donald Faulkner
Released: November 18, 1986
Type: Movie
Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Duncan Young
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Northstar
Title: Northstar
Character: Col. Even Marshall
Released: August 9, 1986
Type: Movie
An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.
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Title: Matlock
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Hostage Flight
Title: Hostage Flight
Character: Captain Malone
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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Title: North and South
Character: Tillet Main
Released: November 3, 1985
Type: TV
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
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Title: The Golden Girls
Character: Rex
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Title: Hell Town
Released: September 11, 1985
Type: TV
Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.
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Title: Robert Kennedy & His Times
Character: Robert McNamara
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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Title: Fatal Vision
Character: Paul Strombaugh
Released: November 18, 1984
Type: TV
A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters. Based on the Fatal Vision controversy, and the book of the same name, about the murders of the wife and daughters of U.S. Army officer Jeffrey R. MacDonald at Fort Bragg in 1970.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Senator Brent Renwyck
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: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Rep. Arthur Prouty
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: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Ray Dixon
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: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Captain Ernest Lenko
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: Hot Pursuit
Released: September 22, 1984
Type: TV
Hot Pursuit is a short-lived American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to December 28, 1984 on NBC. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson.
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Title: Who's the Boss?
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Tom Reed
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: TV
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
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The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Title: The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Character: Charlie McCourt
Released: November 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
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Title: Hardcastle and McCormick
Character: Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
Released: September 18, 1983
Type: TV
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.
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Title: High Performance
Released: March 2, 1983
Type: TV
A school for bodyguards and chauffeurs serves as home base for a security unit consisting of a former stunt driver, a martial-arts expert, a former military-intelligence officer and a mechanical-design genius.
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Title: The A-Team
Character: Ike Hagen
Released: January 23, 1983
Type: TV
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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Uncommon Valor
Title: Uncommon Valor
Character: Chief Tom Riordan
Released: January 22, 1983
Type: Movie
The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging conflagration at County General Hospital (a disaster enhanced by some pretty good special effects). They also have to battle the villain of the piece, discreetly described in the original network press release as a "deranged arsonist."
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Medea
Title: Medea
Character: Jason
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason.
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Title: St. Elsewhere
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: TV
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
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Of Mice and Men
Title: Of Mice and Men
Character: Slim
Released: November 29, 1981
Type: Movie
George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always watch over his intellectually disabled friend, and keep him out of danger, both to himself and to others. After they take a new job at a ranch, Lenny gets into far more trouble than George can talk his way out of, leaving George to decide whether to help him, or leave him to his fate.
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Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Title: Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Character: Hugh Hefner
Released: November 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The life and tragic death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
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The Five of Me
Title: The Five of Me
Character: Dr. Ralph B. Allison
Released: May 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Henry Hawksworth is a man menaced by a multiple personality. There is Dana, the conservative family man; Johnny, violent and sociopathic; Peter, creative and childish; and Phil, protective and unemotional. "Dana" falls in love with Ann and marries her. Following a crime, "Johnny" is arrested and tried. In court, Henry's multiple personalities are painfully revealed.
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Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Title: Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Character: Keyes
Released: March 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Robert Blake's second (of three) "Joe Dancer" movies has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (who also happens to be an expert thief), and an electronics genius of questionable repute to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II.
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The Choice
Title: The Choice
Character: Jerry Clements
Released: February 10, 1981
Type: Movie
A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.
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Angel City
Title: Angel City
Character: Silas Creedy
Released: November 12, 1980
Type: Movie
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
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Flesh & Blood
Title: Flesh & Blood
Character: Jack Fallon
Released: October 14, 1979
Type: Movie
A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.
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Title: Hart to Hart
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: TV
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.
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Title: The Chisholms
Released: March 29, 1979
Type: TV
The Chisholms is a CBS western miniseries starring Robert Preston, which aired from March 29, 1979, to April 19, 1979; and continued as a television series from January 19, 1980, to March 15, 1980. The 1979 miniseries showed the family moving from Virginia to Wyoming. When the TV series commenced in 1980, the pioneers were shown en route along the California Trail from Wyoming to Sacramento, California.
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Title: Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Character: Lt. Col. Applegate
Released: August 21, 1978
Type: Movie
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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Title: Julie Farr, M.D.
Released: March 7, 1978
Type: TV
Julie Farr, M.D. is a short-lived American television show that aired on the ABC network in 1978. It followed three television movies called Having Babies which aired from 1976-78, and was not renewed after its initial run of episodes aired in March-April 1978. The show began airing as Having Babies but was re-christened Julie Farr, M.D. during its run after its lead character.
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Having Babies III
Title: Having Babies III
Character: Dr. Blake Simmons
Released: March 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Dr. Julie Farr presides over three impending births and cannot help but get involved in the lives of her troubled patients.
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Title: Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Character: Mathew Sullivan
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
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Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Title: Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Character: Jethro Lundy
Released: November 5, 1977
Type: Movie
A teenage boy gets a job as a Pony Express rider in the Nebraska Territory not long before the Civil War breaks out.
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Escape from Bogen County
Title: Escape from Bogen County
Character: Ambler Bowman
Released: October 7, 1977
Type: Movie
A political despot controls his town and his wife Maggie. When Maggie tries to escape his control, he swears a warrant out for her arrest and sends the law after her. The arresting officer, however, takes pity on Maggie and tries to help her escape the despot's clutches.
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Two-Minute Warning
Title: Two-Minute Warning
Character: The Priest
Released: November 12, 1976
Type: Movie
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
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Midway
Title: Midway
Character: RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 1976
Type: Movie
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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The Hemingway Play
Title: The Hemingway Play
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Writer Ernest Hemingway confronts himself at various stages of his life.
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The Entertainer
Title: The Entertainer
Character: Mr. Pasko
Released: March 10, 1976
Type: Movie
A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.
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Title: Baretta
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Colonel Hopkins
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: Kodiak
Character: Prisoner
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Kodiak is a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m Eastern time on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay, an Alaska State Trooper. Kodiak, always accompanied by his Eskimo sidekick Abraham Lincoln Imhook, used his four-wheel drive truck to track down desperate killers through 50,000 miles of Alaska backcountry. The show was broadcast against NBC's mega-hit Sanford and Son. Kodiak couldn't lure viewers in to watch and was cancelled after the first episode, although a total of four episodes were aired. The show was filmed in Bend, Oregon Using the Old Skyliners Ski Lodge as the primary Meeting Place.
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Title: The Manhunter
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974–1975 television season. The series was produced by Quinn Martin and starred Ken Howard as Dave Barret, a 1930s-era private investigator from Idaho. The series was executive produced by Quinn Martin.
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Magnum Force
Title: Magnum Force
Character: Charlie McCoy
Released: December 13, 1973
Type: Movie
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
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Title: Chase
Character: Chase Reddick
Released: September 11, 1973
Type: TV
Chase is an American television series that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1973 to August 28, 1974. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television and marked the first show created by Stephen J. Cannell, who later became known for creating and/or producing his own programs, including NBC's The A-Team.
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Title: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Character: Waters
Released: June 26, 1973
Type: Movie
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
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Electra Glide in Blue
Title: Electra Glide in Blue
Character: Harve Poole
Released: May 17, 1973
Type: Movie
A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.
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High Plains Drifter
Title: High Plains Drifter
Character: Dave Drake
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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Chase
Title: Chase
Character: Capt. Chase Reddick
Released: March 24, 1973
Type: Movie
A special police unit goes after a cop-killer in this pilot film to the short-lived series.
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A Reflection of Fear
Title: A Reflection of Fear
Character: Inspector McKenna
Released: February 12, 1973
Type: Movie
A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance. Soon the girl finds herself in the midst of strange goings-on, which evolve into a web of crime and murder.
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The Honkers
Title: The Honkers
Character: Lowell
Released: May 17, 1972
Type: Movie
An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.
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Chandler
Title: Chandler
Character: Chuck Kincaid
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
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Title: Cannon
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: TV
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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The Hunting Party
Title: The Hunting Party
Character: Doc Harrison
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
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My Old Man's Place
Title: My Old Man's Place
Character: Sgt. Martin Flood
Released: June 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
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Monte Walsh
Title: Monte Walsh
Character: Shorty Austin
Released: October 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
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Title: The High Chaparral
Character: Jelks
Released: September 10, 1967
Type: TV
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Jack Bostick
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Harry Cook
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Quale
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Overton
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Paul Tamarind
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Marty Minters
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Thunder Road
Title: Thunder Road
Character: Jed Moultrie
Released: May 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin (Robert Mitchum) makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon (Trevor Bardette), but won't let his younger brother Robin (James Mitchum) join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan (Jacques Aubuchon), who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett (Gene Barry), who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.