Allan Arbus

Allan Arbus

Born: February 15, 1918
Died: April 10, 2013
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Allan Franklin Arbus (February 15, 1918 – April 19, 2013) was an American actor and photographer. He was the former husband of photographer Diane Arbus. He is known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on the CBS television series M*A*S*H.

Movies for Allan Arbus...

Chief Zabu
Title: Chief Zabu
Character: George Dankworth
Released: October 28, 2016
Type: Movie
An outrageous social comedy about a New York realtor who dreams of having political influence by taking over a new Polynesian nation.
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M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Title: M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Character: Himself
Released: May 17, 2002
Type: Movie
The M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Special is a retrospective documentary on the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H that aired on the FOX TV network on May 17, 2002. The progam features interviews with past cast members, producers, and writers who contributed to the series, which originally aired on CBS-TV from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983.
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Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character: Uncle Nathan
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: TV
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Judge Fowler
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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In Dark Places
Title: In Dark Places
Character: Dory
Released: October 14, 1997
Type: Movie
A vengeful woman lures her half brother into a game that may leave her the sole heir to their abusive father's fortune.
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Lieberman in Love
Title: Lieberman in Love
Character: Elderly Man
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman named Kate, who is married.
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Title: Mad About You
Released: September 23, 1992
Type: TV
Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
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Title: Brooklyn Bridge
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: TV
Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s. The premise was partially based on the childhood of executive producer and creator Gary David Goldberg. Brooklyn Bridge won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy Award as for outstanding television series in 1992, after its first season. The cast was led by Marion Ross; Art Garfunkel performed the theme song, which was titled "Just Over The Brooklyn Bridge." In 1997, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was ranked #46 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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Title: Stat
Character: Hesh Cooper
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: TV
Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.
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Too Much Sun
Title: Too Much Sun
Character: Vincent
Released: October 10, 1990
Type: Movie
A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Dominick Keith
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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When He's Not a Stranger
Title: When He's Not a Stranger
Character: Judge Thomas J. Gray
Released: November 6, 1989
Type: Movie
At a California university, Lyn goes to meet her best friend Melanie in the dorm room of Melanie's boyfriend Ron, a football star. When Lyn arrives, Melanie is not there. Ron forces himself on Lyn. When she resists, Ron throws her on the bed and rapes her. Lyn initially tries to forget about it, but when she does decide to pursue a university hearing, the pressure of Melanie, Ron, and the school is brought to bear...
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Daniel and the Towers
Title: Daniel and the Towers
Character: Simon 'Sam' Rodia
Released: April 18, 1987
Type: Movie
The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his fictional relationship with Daniel, a young boy.
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From the Hip
Title: From the Hip
Character: Phil Ames
Released: February 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Lawrence Stone
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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A Fighting Choice
Title: A Fighting Choice
Character: Dr. Andreas Hellman
Released: April 12, 1986
Type: Movie
Bright teenager afflicted with epilepsy sues his parents for the right to have "split brain" surgery in order to cure his seizures.
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Character: Dr. Santis
Released: March 14, 1986
Type: Movie
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
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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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Volunteers
Title: Volunteers
Character: Albert Bardenaro
Released: August 16, 1985
Type: Movie
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Dr. Norman Tate
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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Young Lust
Title: Young Lust
Character: Dr. Smetch
Released: April 27, 1984
Type: Movie
A soap opera parody along the lines of Young Doctors in Love (1982).
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Don Camillo
Title: Don Camillo
Character: Christ
Released: February 8, 1984
Type: Movie
A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.
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Title: The Four Seasons
Released: January 29, 1984
Type: TV
The Four Seasons is a sitcom, created and produced by Alan Alda and based on his feature film of the same name, that aired on CBS in 1984. The series centers on the friendship among three middle-aged couples.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Gangster Wars
Title: Gangster Wars
Character: Goodman
Released: April 9, 1981
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.
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Title: The Gangster Chronicles
Released: February 2, 1981
Type: TV
The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama mini series starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo and narrated by E.G. Marshall.
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The Last Married Couple in America
Title: The Last Married Couple in America
Character: Al Squib
Released: April 3, 1980
Type: Movie
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
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Title: Here's Boomer
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: TV
Here's Boomer is an American adventure/drama series produced by Paramount that premiered on the NBC network on March 14, 1980. A television movie called A Christmas for Boomer aired on December 6, 1979 and served as the pilot. The show follows the adventures of the titular stray dog, "Boomer" and ran for two seasons, ending its run in August 1982, with the final original episode, "Flatfoots," airing on July 3 of that year.
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The Electric Horseman
Title: The Electric Horseman
Character: Danny
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
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Title: Working Stiffs
Released: September 15, 1979
Type: TV
Working Stiffs is a short-lived 1979 American television series which starred James Belushi and Michael Keaton as brothers Ernie and Mike O'Rourke. The pair were janitors who aspired to work their way up in the field of business. The brothers worked in an office building owned by their Uncle Harry. Ernie and Mike also were roommates in an apartment over a cafe where they befriended the owner Mitch and waitress Nikki. Each episode featured slapstick and physical comedy. Penny Marshall directed the pilot. Includes an early appearance of Paul Reubens as Heimlich the delivery boy at the cafe. The series aired on CBS. It competed against the highly-rated shows NBC's CHiPs and ABC's The Ropers in its timeslot. Nine episodes were produced but after four episodes aired, the series was canceled. After Belushi and Keaton became major film stars in the 1980s, six episodes of the show were released on home video. Reruns have also aired on A&E Network, Comedy Central and TV Land. The syndication package included the previously unaired episodes.
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Americathon
Title: Americathon
Character: Moishe Weitzman
Released: August 10, 1979
Type: Movie
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
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Damien: Omen II
Title: Damien: Omen II
Character: Pasarian
Released: June 9, 1978
Type: Movie
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
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Raid on Entebbe
Title: Raid on Entebbe
Character: Eli Melnick
Released: December 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..
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Stalk the Wild Child
Title: Stalk the Wild Child
Character: Gault
Released: November 3, 1976
Type: Movie
A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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Title: The Tony Randall Show
Released: September 23, 1976
Type: TV
Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.
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Law and Order
Title: Law and Order
Character: Arthur Pollack
Released: May 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
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W.C. Fields and Me
Title: W.C. Fields and Me
Character: Gregory LaCava
Released: March 31, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.
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Title: Wonder Woman
Character: Bleaker
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: TV
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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Title: Archer
Released: January 30, 1975
Type: TV
Archer is a short-lived American crime drama series starring Brian Keith and John P. Ryan that aired on NBC in 1975.
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The Law
Title: The Law
Character: Leonard Caporni
Released: October 22, 1974
Type: Movie
An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
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Law and Disorder
Title: Law and Disorder
Character: Dr. Richter
Released: October 9, 1974
Type: Movie
In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Myron Katzin
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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Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Title: Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Character: Julius Rosenberg
Released: January 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died for betraying atomic secrets. Were they guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
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Cinderella Liberty
Title: Cinderella Liberty
Character: Drunken Sailor
Released: December 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
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Scream, Pretty Peggy
Title: Scream, Pretty Peggy
Character: Dr. Eugene Saks
Released: November 24, 1973
Type: Movie
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
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Coffy
Title: Coffy
Character: Arturo Vitroni
Released: June 13, 1973
Type: Movie
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
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The Lie
Title: The Lie
Character: Edward Fredericks
Released: April 24, 1973
Type: Movie
An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
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The Young Nurses
Title: The Young Nurses
Character: Krebs
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Sexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds, as they work against a drug ring operating out of the hospital
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Major Freedman
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: M*A*S*H
Character: Dr. Sidney Freedman
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: M*A*S*H
Character: Maj. Milton Freedman
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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Greaser's Palace
Title: Greaser's Palace
Character: Jesse
Released: July 31, 1972
Type: Movie
A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
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Cisco Pike
Title: Cisco Pike
Character: Sim Valensi
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
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The Christian Licorice Store
Title: The Christian Licorice Store
Character: Monroe
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
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Title: The Odd Couple
Character: Ernie
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: TV
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
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Title: The Odd Couple
Character: Director
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: TV
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
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Putney Swope
Title: Putney Swope
Character: Mr. Bad News
Released: July 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.
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Title: Here Come the Brides
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
Here Come the Brides is an American comedy Western series from Screen Gems that aired on the ABC television network from September 25, 1968 to April 3, 1970. The series was loosely based upon the Mercer Girls, Asa Mercer's efforts to bring civilization to old Seattle by importing marriageable women from the east coast of the United States in the 1860s, where the ravages of the American Civil War left towns short of men.
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Title: The Mod Squad
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Vince Maynard
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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Hey, Let's Twist!
Title: Hey, Let's Twist!
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1961
Type: Movie
Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance craze.