Richard Masur

Richard Masur

Born: November 20, 1948
in New York City, New York, USA
An American actor who has appeared in more than 80 movies during his career. From 1995-1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Masur sits on the Corporate Board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Movies for Richard Masur...

That Alien, Sound
Title: That Alien, Sound
Character: Allen
Released: February 24, 2024
Type: Movie
In writer/director Brando Topp’s endearing feature debut, an alien sound wave takes over a woman's body through a radio broadcast, leaving her disbelieving boyfriend struggling to comprehend her new identity and save their relationship. Modern gender roles, acceptance of diversity, community support and rolling with the punches of a modern relationship are just some of the themes the young indie auteur addresses in this one-of-a-kind slice of eccentric scifi/rom/com existentialism, featuring a fearlessly funny and heartfelt performance by the great Mia Danelle as ‘Sound’.
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Frankie
Title: Frankie
Released: October 16, 2021
Type: Movie
Frankie, a non-binary trans person, crashes their ex-partner's men-only 12 step meeting, determined to be heard - no matter the cost.
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Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Title: Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Character: Himself
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Thirty-plus years after its release, the popular two-part miniseries "It" and its infamous villain Pennywise live on in the minds of horror fans around the world. This documentary captures not only the buzz the "It" saga generated in 1990 but also the lasting impact it has had on an entire generation and the horror genre at large. Several years in the making, the film features exclusive interviews with many of the cult classic's key players, from cast members Richard Thomas, Seth Green, and Tim Curry, who portrayed the notorious monster clown Pennywise, to director Tommy Lee Wallace and special effects makeup artist Bart Mixon. The documentary also boasts a wealth of archival material and never-before-seen footage.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Rabbi Alton
Released: February 7, 2021
Type: TV
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
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Hudson
Title: Hudson
Character: Jerry
Released: March 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: The Broom Maker (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.
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Title: Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
Character: Dr. Sloane
Released: October 3, 2017
Type: TV
One day while returning home to stay with his widowed twin sister and her daughter, Kevin Finn, a self-centered man whose life brings him more trouble than he bargained for, is recruited by a celestial being named Yvette, who enlists Kevin with a new purpose in his life, which is to save the world.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Geoffrey Solomon
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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Title: Bull
Character: Dr. Declan Mittman
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: TV
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
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Don't Think Twice
Title: Don't Think Twice
Character: Lou
Released: July 22, 2016
Type: Movie
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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Lonely Boys
Title: Lonely Boys
Character: Irving
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Following a recent breakup, struggling writer Jules (Dan Simon) crashes with his recently separated best friend, Saul (Gregory Lay), at his apartment in Brooklyn. While Saul wants to drink heavily and lament over his impending divorce, Jules just wants to escape into latest script. After Saul is fired from his job as restaurant manager and Jules loses an off-Broadway production of his play, the two embark on a weekend bender through New York City and Connecticut in search of solace and sometimes more pain. When the sun finally rises, neither expects to see the light.
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Title: Mr. Robot
Character: Ice Cream Man
Released: June 24, 2015
Type: TV
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
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Tumbledown
Title: Tumbledown
Character: Bruce Jespersen
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: Movie
A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.
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Title: Younger
Character: Edward L.L. Moore
Released: March 31, 2015
Type: TV
Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.
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Title: Transparent
Character: Buzzy Rackless
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: TV
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
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Title: Red Oaks
Character: Morrie
Released: August 28, 2014
Type: TV
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.
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Title: Orange Is the New Black
Character: Bill Montgomery
Released: July 11, 2013
Type: TV
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Jacob Weiss
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Title: Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Character: Rease Cunningham
Released: March 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A charismatic Billionaire runs for president as an independent candidate. His platform is simple: KILL EVERYONE NOW!!!
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Palindromes
Title: Palindromes
Character: Steve Victor
Released: March 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
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61*
Title: 61*
Character: Milt Kahn
Released: April 28, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
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Noriega: God's Favorite
Title: Noriega: God's Favorite
Character: Mark
Released: March 4, 2000
Type: Movie
The story of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega.
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Play It to the Bone
Title: Play It to the Bone
Character: Artie
Released: December 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Dr. Berletch
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Title: Felicity
Character: Dr. Auerbach
Released: September 29, 1998
Type: TV
Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.
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The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Title: The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 1998
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter a parasitic extra-terrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms.
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Title: Oh Baby
Released: August 26, 1998
Type: TV
Tracy is a successful career woman who longs to be a mom. When her boyfriend refuses to commit, Tracy decides she can't wait around...
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Title: Significant Others
Released: March 11, 1998
Type: TV
Significant Others is an American drama series that aired on the Fox Network from March 11, 1998 to January 31, 1999. The series was created and executive produced by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman.
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Hollywood Dreamers
Title: Hollywood Dreamers
Character: Self
Released: October 15, 1997
Type: Movie
Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their perspectives.
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Fire Down Below
Title: Fire Down Below
Character: Phil Pratt
Released: September 5, 1997
Type: Movie
When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency—to determine what happened.
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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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Undue Influence
Title: Undue Influence
Character: Jack Vega
Released: September 15, 1996
Type: Movie
When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from the death of his wife, takes on the case.
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Multiplicity
Title: Multiplicity
Character: Del King
Released: July 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.
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It Was Him or Us
Title: It Was Him or Us
Character: Walter Pomeroy
Released: November 21, 1995
Type: Movie
When her daughter's lover begins exhibiting signs of becoming a dangerous abuser, a mother attempts to intervene.
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The Face on the Milk Carton
Title: The Face on the Milk Carton
Character: Jonathan Sands
Released: May 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?
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Forget Paris
Title: Forget Paris
Character: Craig
Released: May 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.
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My Brother's Keeper
Title: My Brother's Keeper
Character: Morley
Released: March 14, 1995
Type: Movie
A man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant.
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The Patriots
Title: The Patriots
Character: Jeremy Pelman
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.
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Search for Grace
Title: Search for Grace
Character: Dr. Randolph
Released: May 17, 1994
Type: Movie
A woman haunted by disturbing flashbacks discovers through hypnotherapy that she and her boyfriend led parallel lives with a doomed couple from 1927.
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My Girl 2
Title: My Girl 2
Character: Phil Sultenfuss
Released: February 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
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Keys
Title: Keys
Character: Lowly Flowers
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
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Six Degrees of Separation
Title: Six Degrees of Separation
Character: Dr. Fine
Released: December 8, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
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And the Band Played On
Title: And the Band Played On
Character: William W. Darrow, PhD
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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The Man Without a Face
Title: The Man Without a Face
Character: Prof. Carl Hartley
Released: August 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.
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Bound by Honor
Title: Bound by Honor
Character: Prison Librarian
Released: February 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
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Encino Man
Title: Encino Man
Character: Mr. Morgan
Released: May 22, 1992
Type: Movie
High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard. But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
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My Crasy Life
Title: My Crasy Life
Character: Computer
Released: January 19, 1992
Type: Movie
Jean-Pierre Gorin examines the lives and cultural background of Samoan street gangs in Long Beach, California.
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The Story Lady
Title: The Story Lady
Character: Norm Denton
Released: December 9, 1991
Type: Movie
When Grace comes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she is eager to find a way to be useful in the community. She loves to read stories to children, and decides to read one on public access television. The response is so strong that a large company hears about it and offers her a television series. Her life becomes complicated as she is forced to make some serious decisions. Through it all, Grace is able to help a young mother realize that time is the most valuable gift she could give to her daughter.
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My Girl
Title: My Girl
Character: Phil Sultenfuss
Released: November 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
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Going Under
Title: Going Under
Character: Defense Contractor
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
An American submarine races to get a nuclear weapon before a Russian submarine.
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Always Remember I Love You
Title: Always Remember I Love You
Character: Earl Monroe
Released: December 23, 1990
Type: Movie
Just after he turns sixteen, Robert finds out that he is adopted. His parents find to their horror that he was kidnaped from his real parents. They decide to tell him about this, even though they fear they might lose him. Robert runs away to find his real parents. He finds and gets close to them, without revealing his true identity. Eventually he must decided where he belongs.
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Title: It
Character: Stan Uris
Released: November 18, 1990
Type: TV
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
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The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Title: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Character: Kevin Conrad
Released: November 11, 1990
Type: Movie
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Judge Andrew Wolinsky
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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Title: Blossom
Released: July 5, 1990
Type: TV
Blossom is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC from January 3, 1991, to May 22, 1995. The series was created by Don Reo, and starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenager living with her father and two brothers. It was produced by Reo's Impact Zone Productions in association with Witt/Thomas Productions and Touchstone Television.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Title: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Character: Dr. Meltzner
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A rich woman becomes paranoid after losing her daughter to a so-called Kabuki Killer.
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Vietnam Texas
Title: Vietnam Texas
Released: March 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the Vietnamese people, particularly among the fishing community in which they are trying to work. Setting out to right the wrongs, the priest tends to use more fisticuffs than friendly, priestly persuasion.
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Flashback
Title: Flashback
Character: Barry
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.
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Cast the First Stone
Title: Cast the First Stone
Character: Refson
Released: November 13, 1989
Type: Movie
After Diane Martin is raped by a hitchhiker and becomes pregnant, she must face the pious faculty at the school where she teaches who condemn her "loose morals" and ostracize her. Based on a true story.
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Settle the Score
Title: Settle the Score
Character: Lincoln Whately
Released: October 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Katherine Whately, a tough, young Chicago cop, comes home to her small town to settle her teenage rape. She is welcomed by her brother but shunned by her father. Josh, the town doctor, is her only ally in her quest for the truth. Together Katherine and Josh find the bloody trail of a serial murderer and shatter the lie that is two decades old.
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Far from Home
Title: Far from Home
Character: Duckett
Released: June 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the night at a dilapidated trailer park. There, Joleen catches the eye of two teenage boys, Jimmy and Pinky -- either of whom could be the serial killer currently terrorizing the town.
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Third Degree Burn
Title: Third Degree Burn
Character: Clay Reynolds
Released: May 28, 1989
Type: Movie
A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.
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Molly and the Skywalkerz in
Title: Molly and the Skywalkerz in "Two Daddies?"
Character: Michael Stevens (voice)
Released: May 6, 1989
Type: Movie
An animated special about a young girl who must learn to accept her divorced mother's remarriage.
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Title: Murphy Brown
Character: Ben
Released: November 14, 1988
Type: TV
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
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Higher Ground
Title: Higher Ground
Character: McClain
Released: September 4, 1988
Type: Movie
Set against the awesome backdrop of the Alaskan wilderness, a disillusioned FBI agent decides to retire and join his buddy running an air frieght business. When his friend is murdered and unjustly branded a bootlegger, the former agent sets out to clear his friend's name.
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The George McKenna Story
Title: The George McKenna Story
Character: Ben Proctor
Released: August 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values.
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License to Drive
Title: License to Drive
Character: Mr. Anderson
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.
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Hiroshima Maiden
Title: Hiroshima Maiden
Character: Jim Bennett
Released: May 14, 1988
Type: Movie
"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving him lately. The other boys haven't exactly tried to understand why Dad opened up his family's home to Miyeko, a survivor of the Hiroshima Atomic bomb. Although she is only in America a short time to have surgery on her badly scarred face and arm, her visit reveals just how many ignorant and intolerant attitudes still exist 10 years after the war's end. But Johnny, who also resents Miyeko at first, becomes one of her fiercest defenders after he makes the effort to look past her outward appearance. Only then can the scars begin to heal.
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Shoot to Kill
Title: Shoot to Kill
Character: Norman
Released: February 12, 1988
Type: Movie
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the aid of expert tracker Jonathan Knox. It's a turbulent yet vital relationship they must maintain in order to survive... and one that becomes increasingly desperate when Knox's girlfriend Sarah becomes the killer's latest hostage!
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Title: Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal with typical family situations involving the use of illegal drugs.
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Walker
Title: Walker
Character: Ephraim Squier
Released: December 4, 1987
Type: Movie
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
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Rent-a-Cop
Title: Rent-a-Cop
Character: Roger
Released: November 28, 1987
Type: Movie
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.
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Title: thirtysomething
Released: September 29, 1987
Type: TV
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
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The Believers
Title: The Believers
Character: Marty Wertheimer
Released: June 9, 1987
Type: Movie
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.
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Roses Are for the Rich
Title: Roses Are for the Rich
Character: Everett Corbett
Released: May 17, 1987
Type: Movie
In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and dedicates her life to destroying him, even at the cost of her own happiness. When her attempts at financial ruin fail, she manipulates Osborne into marriage by claiming she is carrying his child. After Osborne dies from cyanide poisoning, Autumn is arrested for his murder, but she professes her innocence.
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Bride of Boogedy
Title: Bride of Boogedy
Character: Carleton Davis
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: Movie
In this sequel to the made-for-television Disney family classic, Mr. Boogedy, the Davis family deals with the return of Mr. Boogedy and his never-ending hunt for Widow Marion as well as a rival gag-store competitor who really has it out for Carleton. Meanwhile, the town of Lucifer Falls is planning a big carnival which the mean Mr. Lynch seeks to ruin- if Boogedy doesn't see to that first.
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When the Bough Breaks
Title: When the Bough Breaks
Character: Milo
Released: October 12, 1986
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.
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Adam: His Song Continues
Title: Adam: His Song Continues
Character: Jay Howell
Released: September 29, 1986
Type: Movie
Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Robert Boland
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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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Barry Glassman / Jay Ellison
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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Heartburn
Title: Heartburn
Character: Arthur
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
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Mr. Boogedy
Title: Mr. Boogedy
Character: Carleton Davis
Released: April 20, 1986
Type: Movie
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300 years previously.
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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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Wild Horses
Title: Wild Horses
Character: Bob Bowne
Released: November 12, 1985
Type: Movie
An over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy then decide to head to Wyoming to get a job herding mustangs. His wife gives him her his blessing, knowing he needs to find something which satisfies his spirit. They sign up for a roundup headed by a veteran cowboy. With the job, he finds himself cross-wise of a corrupt government official, who is making big profits on the illegal sale of wild horses.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Trent Tinker
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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My Science Project
Title: My Science Project
Character: Detective Isadore Nulty
Released: August 9, 1985
Type: Movie
His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable gizmo. He finds one... and unwittingly unleashes the awesome power and energy of the unknown. Twisted dimensions. Time warps. A fantastic realm where the past, present, and future collide in a whirling vortex of startling adventure and superlative special effects.
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Head Office
Title: Head Office
Character: Max Landsberger
Released: June 6, 1985
Type: Movie
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
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Embassy
Title: Embassy
Character: Dennis Thorne
Released: April 21, 1985
Type: Movie
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
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The Mean Season
Title: The Mean Season
Character: Bill Nolan
Released: February 15, 1985
Type: Movie
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
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Obsessed with a Married Woman
Title: Obsessed with a Married Woman
Character: Ed Karasick
Released: February 11, 1985
Type: Movie
Jane Seymour makes a six-course meal of her starring role as a magazine editor in Obsessed With a Married Woman--indeed, her performance is the only tangible reason for sitting through this artistically bankrupt TV movie. The story contrives to have Seymour, happily married and the mother of a wise-lipped son, fall into the sack with her star reporter Tim Matheson. It seems that Jane has assigned Matheson to do a series of articles on mistresses. He does his homework so well that Jane takes him on as her own "male mistress."
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The Falcon and the Snowman
Title: The Falcon and the Snowman
Character: Bartender
Released: January 25, 1985
Type: Movie
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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The Burning Bed
Title: The Burning Bed
Character: Aryon Greydanus
Released: October 8, 1984
Type: Movie
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
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Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Title: Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Character: Roger Olian
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.
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Title: Empire
Character: Jack Willow
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: TV
Empire is an American comedy television series that aired from January 4 until February 1, 1984.
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The Winter of Our Discontent
Title: The Winter of Our Discontent
Character: Danny
Released: December 6, 1983
Type: Movie
This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.
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Under Fire
Title: Under Fire
Character: Hub Kittle
Released: October 21, 1983
Type: Movie
Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
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Adam
Title: Adam
Character: Jay Howell
Released: October 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
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Nightmares
Title: Nightmares
Character: Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Released: September 2, 1983
Type: Movie
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
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Risky Business
Title: Risky Business
Character: Rutherford
Released: August 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
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The Demon Murder Case
Title: The Demon Murder Case
Character: Anthony Marino
Released: March 6, 1983
Type: Movie
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
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An Invasion of Privacy
Title: An Invasion of Privacy
Character: Dr. Harvey Cohen
Released: January 12, 1983
Type: Movie
A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded by community prejudice.
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Money on the Side
Title: Money on the Side
Character: Nelson Vernon
Released: September 29, 1982
Type: Movie
Three middle-class housewives who are having money problems join a prostitution ring.
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Title: Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Character: Claude Dorsett
Released: August 27, 1982
Type: Movie
Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.
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The Thing
Title: The Thing
Character: Clark
Released: June 25, 1982
Type: Movie
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
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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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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Title: I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Character: Alan Newman
Released: March 5, 1982
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
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Fallen Angel
Title: Fallen Angel
Character: Howard Nichols
Released: February 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Twelve year old Jennifer is unhappy with her widowed mom's relationship with a family friend. Feeling lonely, she readily accepts the friendship of an adult man named Howie and joins the softball team he coaches. Soon, Howie is convincing Jennifer to pose for photographs which become more and more revealing. Howie turns out to be a pedophile who works in child pornography and he plans to make Jennifer a "star". Will Jennifer's mother be able to help her daughter before it's too late?
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Title: East of Eden
Character: Will Hamilton
Released: February 8, 1981
Type: TV
A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their emotions.
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Heaven's Gate
Title: Heaven's Gate
Character: Cully
Released: November 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.
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Scavenger Hunt
Title: Scavenger Hunt
Character: Georgie Carruthers
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
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Hanover Street
Title: Hanover Street
Character: 2nd Lieut. Jerry Cimino
Released: May 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
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Walking Through the Fire
Title: Walking Through the Fire
Character: Dr. Maitland
Released: May 15, 1979
Type: Movie
A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the treatment can endanger the life of her unborn baby, as well as herself.
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Title: Time Express
Released: April 26, 1979
Type: TV
Time Express was a short-lived American fantasy TV series, broadcast April–May 1979 on CBS and later syndicated. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who had both previously been involved in the creation of Charlie's Angels. The series ran for only four episodes before being cancelled.
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Mr. Horn
Title: Mr. Horn
Character: Sheriff Ed Smalley
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, including his role in the trackdown of Geronimo in the 1880s with his mentor and pal, Al Sieber, the fabled Indian scout, his later days as a Pinkerton detective, and the way he was used by both sides in turn-of-the-century cattle wars, leading to his tragic death.
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Betrayal
Title: Betrayal
Character: Loren Plotkin
Released: November 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her into a sexual relationship with him under the guise of therapy.
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Who'll Stop the Rain
Title: Who'll Stop the Rain
Character: Danskin
Released: August 2, 1978
Type: Movie
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
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Semi-Tough
Title: Semi-Tough
Character: Phillip Hooper
Released: November 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
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Having Babies
Title: Having Babies
Character: Max Duggin
Released: October 17, 1976
Type: Movie
The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.
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Bittersweet Love
Title: Bittersweet Love
Character: Alex
Released: October 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A pregnant woman and her husband discover they are half-brother and half-sister, thanks to his father and her mother.
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Title: One Day at a Time
Character: David Kane
Released: December 16, 1975
Type: TV
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
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Whiffs
Title: Whiffs
Character: Lockyer's Aide
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.
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Title: Switch
Character: Wes Atwater
Released: September 9, 1975
Type: TV
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.
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Title: Hot l Baltimore
Released: January 24, 1975
Type: TV
Hot l Baltimore was a 1975 American television situation comedy series adapted from a hit off-Broadway play by Lanford Wilson.
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Title: Rhoda
Released: September 9, 1974
Type: TV
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
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Title: Happy Days
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: TV
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Digger
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
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Title: The Waltons
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: TV
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: George
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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Title: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character: Bob Larson
Released: September 19, 1970
Type: TV
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
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Title: All My Children
Released: January 5, 1970
Type: TV
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC for 41 years, from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network since April 29, 2013 via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Bink Avery
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Danny
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.