Richard Gross

Richard Gross

Born: January 1, 1948
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Richard was born in Pittsburgh, PA . His mother was a Welsh immigrant and his adoptive father was a native of Pittsburgh. Richard moved to Los Angeles with his family in the 60's and he graduated from Lennox High School. Richard went on to earn his BA in Theatre Arts from Cal State Dominguez Hills. He moved his family to Grass Valley, CA in 1979 and was active with the Foothill Theatre Company, a regional theatre in Nevada City. Richard came back to Los Angeles in 1991 to resume his TV/Film career. He still maintains his Northern California residence with his wife, Judy and their daughter Alexis. Richard and Judy have two other sons, Matthew and Justin.Richard is an 8 handicap golfer and club champion in 2011. He played softball and golf in the world senior games and won a Gold medal.He did over 70 skits on The Tonight with Jay Leno.

Movies for Richard Gross...

Guitar Man
Title: Guitar Man
Character: Warden Garrin Bronte
Released: November 4, 2018
Type: Movie
A 'failed' musician tries to save the souls of at-risk youth and San Quentin prisoners and along the way discovers the true gift of his music...and the deeper meaning of freedom.
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Title: 13 Reasons Why
Character: Judge
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: TV
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
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Saltwater
Title: Saltwater
Character: Hank
Released: February 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Under the thick gray fog and rain clouds of a San Francisco winter, Jenny's wedding approaches. She adores her fiancé, but is on edge about something she can't quite put her finger on. Then she finds an old photograph of her grandmother in her wedding dress, and everything seems to fall into place. She knows she must get married in that dress. Jenny's fears and doubt ignite into an obsessive journey to her estranged aunt's home at the Salton Sea, an environmentally devastated and long forgotten vacation spot, in search of the dress. In the blazing arid heat of this decimated landscape, and amid piles and piles of three generations of her family's hoarding, Jenny searches; looking for the dress, looking for her family's past, and looking for herself. In the brightness of the desert there is nowhere to hide and Jenny is forced to make some of the hardest decisions of her life so that she can realize her future.
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Swiss Army Man
Title: Swiss Army Man
Character: Hank's Dad
Released: June 24, 2016
Type: Movie
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
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Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
Title: Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
Character: Ranger Phil
Released: March 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The true story, based on a Deathbed Confession, about what really happened to Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers who escaped from Alcatraz Prison in 1962. They made it- but what happened next is shocking. Investigated by the US Marshals.
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Chasing Mavericks
Title: Chasing Mavericks
Character: Brenda's Father
Released: October 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
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Title: Alcatraz
Character: Ranger Phil
Released: January 16, 2012
Type: TV
A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.
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The Awakened
Title: The Awakened
Character: Sheriff
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
On the outskirts of a small mountain town, retired farmer Hank Taylor decides to pull down an old dead tree that sits on the edge of his property. Hank soon discovers something strange buried in the ground beneath...something large, metallic and not of this earth. Dormant for over 200 years, the object’s power returns, resurrecting the hibernating occupants from a long slumber and turning the Taylor farm into an arena of heart-pounding terror. As the inhabitants of the farm take refuge in the secluded farm house, a group of mysterious covert government agents callously monitors the situation. Why have the Aliens traveled to Earth? Are the Government Agents hiding something?
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Milk
Title: Milk
Character: Riot Cop
Released: November 5, 2008
Type: Movie
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
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Bottle Shock
Title: Bottle Shock
Character: Lt. Randall
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stumbling upon the Napa Valley, the stuck-up Englishman is shocked to discover a winery turning out top-notch chardonnay. Determined to make a name for himself, he sets about getting the booze back to Paris.
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Dead Tone
Title: Dead Tone
Character: Sheriff
Released: May 16, 2007
Type: Movie
As another semester draws to a close at the University of Dreyskill, a simple game dreamt to help students avoid studying becomes a bloody battle for survival.
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The Tripper
Title: The Tripper
Character: Cop
Released: April 20, 2006
Type: Movie
A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.
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The Californians
Title: The Californians
Character: Contractor
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom announces his plan to cover California's northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister, Olive, launches a protest to stop him. But there's trouble ahead when Gavin begins falling for the pretty folk singer who's helping Olive's cause.
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Title: Gone But Not Forgotten
Character: Judge Neff
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
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Straight From the Heart
Title: Straight From the Heart
Character: Emile Costa
Released: February 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Jordan Donavan, a photographer in New York, is so disappointed when after five years of going steady Edward Morgan offers her not marriage but just to move in with him, that she accepts the match-making arranged via a magazine by her female friend with Tyler Ross, a horse rancher in the West, whose candidacy was actually also posted by his sister. After a bad start they soon grow closer.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Gardener
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Title: Fastlane
Character: Joey Wags
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.
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Inferno
Title: Inferno
Character: Sergeant Tony Barnes
Released: June 25, 2002
Type: Movie
A fire chief is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness.
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The Deep End
Title: The Deep End
Character: Deputy Sheriff
Released: January 21, 2001
Type: Movie
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Officer Kirk
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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The Harvesters
Title: The Harvesters
Character: Set. Mark Goldman
Released: April 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Danielle Carver had a heart transplant. When she and her father decide to thank the mother of the donor heart's boy, they find out that she knows nothing of the donation.
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Another Woman's Husband
Title: Another Woman's Husband
Character: Second Colleague
Released: March 6, 2000
Type: Movie
When Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan - until they realize Laurel’s boyfriend and Susan’s husband are the same man.
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Title: Malcolm in the Middle
Character: Dave
Released: January 9, 2000
Type: TV
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Dumbarton Bridge
Title: Dumbarton Bridge
Character: Salt Company Foreman
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The hypnotic, watery landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area's salt ponds set the magical tone of the film. This festival favorite, critically acclaimed drama tells the story of rebirth - as a father and daughter rediscover each other. Like few other American movies, the film uniquely approaches multi-racial conflicts.Shed, a Vietnam vet working the salt ponds of the south bay area and fighting demons of the past, is visited by the daughter he left behind in Vietnam 17 years before when the American troops retreated.Minh is an outcast in her own homeland and has come to America to find her father. She ignites dormant emotional fires and the two of them begin a parallel search for ethnic identity and personal belonging.The powerful performances are set to a classic jazz and 50s/60s R&B soundtrack, with stunning visuals of the moody waterscapes at the margins of Silicon Valley.
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The Second Civil War
Title: The Second Civil War
Character: Militia Leader
Released: December 4, 1997
Type: Movie
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.
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Mad City
Title: Mad City
Character: FBI Agent
Released: November 7, 1997
Type: Movie
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
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Hard Eight
Title: Hard Eight
Character: Floorman
Released: February 28, 1997
Type: Movie
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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George B.
Title: George B.
Character: Loan Officer
Released: January 20, 1997
Type: Movie
After winning money gambling in Reno, George enjoys a streak of luck that brings him happiness and success. He dates a beautiful woman and works with a friend in business and then his luck changes while comedy ensues.
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When Time Expires
Title: When Time Expires
Character: Trucker
Released: January 2, 1997
Type: Movie
A seemingly simple time calibration exercise turns sour for Travis Beck when he discovers that his ex-partner and an unknown team of assassins are also in town with the sole aim of stopping him complete his mission
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Vows of Deception
Title: Vows of Deception
Character: Ed Starling
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: Movie
When a prominent lawyer is found murdered, his wife is promptly arrested and charged with the crime. She swiftly accuses her stepson, with whom she claims to be having an affair. This sheds enough reasonable doubt to get her case dismissed on grounds of a mistrial, but three years later, prosecutors arrest and charge her again. Will she be so lucky on her second go?
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Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Title: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Character: Sheriff Biggs
Released: October 8, 1996
Type: Movie
A bright young medical student must solve the frightening mystery that plagues the children of a small Midwestern town.
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Phenomenon
Title: Phenomenon
Character: Customer at Malley's
Released: July 5, 1996
Type: Movie
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
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Grand Avenue
Title: Grand Avenue
Character: Officer
Released: June 30, 1996
Type: Movie
When Mollie's boyfriend Jack dies on the reservation, she is asked to leave the reservation by her boyfriend's sister for not being one of their own, aside from Mollie's son. Mollie is forced to pack up her belongings and her children and move to northern California, right into a gang infested neighborhood.
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Crosscut
Title: Crosscut
Character: Wally
Released: October 21, 1995
Type: Movie
When Martin Niconi goes across country to get away from a sorry family and associates problems, he finds a secluded area high in the Sierra Mountains area of California to begin life over as a logger. He meets Anna Hennessey and her son Jeff and the romance begins. Anna's brother Max is a logger whose crew includes Martin and he is determined to keep them apart.
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Stolen Innocence
Title: Stolen Innocence
Character: Doctor
Released: October 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Stacy, a rebellious teenager, leaves home for the freedom and adventure of life on the road away from her parents. Afraid and alone, she is befriended by Richard, a handsome ex-con traveling across the country on a crime spree. Her short lived joy soon turns to terror.
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Deadly Whispers
Title: Deadly Whispers
Character: Attorney Clarence Brandon
Released: May 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Tom Acton: a strict but loving father whose only wish is for a safe, kind world for his family. His main worry: his l9·year old daughter, Kathy, a pretty and flirtatious girl who thinks nothing of having an affair with a married man. Even worse, she suspects that an old boyfriend is stalking her. Then one day, Kathy goes missing. Tom and his wife, Carol, are convinced that Kathy has been abducted and are devastated when the police find a body, shot to death and horribly mutilated. The Actons refuse to believe it could be Kathy, but as the police detective assigned to the case begins to dig deeper, he confronts Carol with a terrible possibility, that the truth behind the killing could lie very close to home.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Gus Collier
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Title: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Character: Wino
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
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Tainted Blood
Title: Tainted Blood
Character: Commander Drew
Released: March 3, 1993
Type: Movie
After a 17-year-old shoots his parents dead and then turns the gun on himself, an investigative reporter makes a disturbing discovery. The adopted boy was born to a mother who, as a teen, inexplicably murdered her parents as well. Even more alarming is the discovery that the dead boy has a twin, who may also be genetically predisposed to kill.
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Blades
Title: Blades
Character: Husband
Released: October 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A peaceful country club becomes the hunting ground for a demonically possessed lawnmower with a taste for human flesh.