Lou Frizzell

Lou Frizzell

Born: June 10, 1920
Died: June 17, 1979
in Missouri, USA
Lou Frizzell (June 10, 1920 – June 17, 1979) was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films.

Movies for Lou Frizzell...

Steel Cowboy
Title: Steel Cowboy
Character: Arky
Released: December 6, 1978
Type: Movie
An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good ol' buddy.
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Title: Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Character: George
Released: October 31, 1978
Type: Movie
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
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Colorado C.I.
Title: Colorado C.I.
Character: Frank Bannock
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swindle.
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Title: Project U.F.O.
Released: February 19, 1978
Type: TV
Project U.F.O. is a NBC television series based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book
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Ruby and Oswald
Title: Ruby and Oswald
Character: Captain J. Will Fritz
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: Movie
A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated events and eyewitness accounts.
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Capricorn One
Title: Capricorn One
Character: Horace Gruning
Released: December 10, 1977
Type: Movie
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
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Title: The Fitzpatricks
Character: Thurlow Clark
Released: September 5, 1977
Type: TV
The Fitzpatricks is an American drama series which ran on CBS during the 1977–78 season. The series aired from September 5th, 1977 to January 10th, 1978. This show lasted only thirteen episodes, and was cancelled in 1978.
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Lucan
Title: Lucan
Character: Casey
Released: May 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own in search of his identity. Pilot film for the short-lived series.
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Title: Isis
Character: Chuck Nelson
Released: September 6, 1975
Type: TV
The Secrets of Isis is the syndicated title of a live action CBS television series produced by Filmation in the 1970s originally titled Isis that appeared during the Saturday morning cartoon lineup. The show was also aired in various countries around the world. As indicated on commentary in the 2007 DVD release of the series, and supported by examining broadcast premiere dates, The Secrets of Isis was the first weekly American live-action television series whose lead character was a female superhero, debuting September 6, 1975 and predating the weekly debuts of both The Bionic Woman and Wonder Woman.
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Crossfire
Title: Crossfire
Character: Arthur Peabody
Released: March 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Vince Rossi is a cop who has been asked by the department to go undercover. Part of the process was being dismissed from the department and being branded a dirty cop. And his first job is to go after a mob boss.
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The Nickel Ride
Title: The Nickel Ride
Character: Paulie
Released: January 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A world-weary crime boss is losing his grip on his organization.
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The Front Page
Title: The Front Page
Character: Endicott
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
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The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Title: The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Character: Fowler
Released: October 17, 1974
Type: Movie
After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired." Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, Vrooder escapes and sets up camp under a highway, where he builds a paranoia-driven booby-trapped bunker for himself. Falling in love with not-so-bright nurse Zanni, Vrooder soon plans to elope with her to a remote Canadian outpost.
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Title: The New Land
Character: Murdock
Released: September 14, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Wes Wesley
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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Our Time
Title: Our Time
Character: Dr. Freeman
Released: April 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
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The Man from Independence
Title: The Man from Independence
Character: Quilling
Released: March 11, 1974
Type: Movie
The Story of Harry S. Truman as he begins his political career in 1929.
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Title: Chopper One
Character: Mitch
Released: January 17, 1974
Type: TV
Chopper One was a short-lived ABC drama/adventure television series in early 1974 depicting the activities of a California police helicopter team. The program aired in a half-hour time slot on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern. It aired adjacent to Firehouse, an action-drama series about a Los Angeles fire station. Chopper One was cancelled after six months and Firehouse ended in the following month.
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Me
Title: Me
Character: Daddy
Released: November 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Tomby, a challenged teenage boy, manipulates his family who cater to his every desire. Only his twin brother Greg treats him as a human being capable of development. A powerful drama / dark comedy with a surprising ending.
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Money to Burn
Title: Money to Burn
Character: Guard Sergeant
Released: October 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches a scheme to swap them for real money.
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Letters from Three Lovers
Title: Letters from Three Lovers
Character: Eddie
Released: October 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Three letters, whose delivery has been delayed by a year, change the lives of the people to whom they were addressed.
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Runaway!
Title: Runaway!
Character: Brakeman
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
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Title: Barnaby Jones
Character: John Flory
Released: January 28, 1973
Type: TV
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
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Title: Barnaby Jones
Character: Mr. Downey
Released: January 28, 1973
Type: TV
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Dr. Spike Boynton
Released: November 22, 1972
Type: Movie
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.
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Hickey & Boggs
Title: Hickey & Boggs
Character: Lawyer
Released: October 4, 1972
Type: Movie
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
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Footsteps
Title: Footsteps
Character: Meat Inspector
Released: October 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.
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Title: Banacek
Character: Denny
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
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The Other
Title: The Other
Character: Uncle George
Released: May 24, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family.
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Duel
Title: Duel
Character: Bus Driver
Released: November 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
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Title: Nichols
Character: Warden
Released: September 16, 1971
Type: TV
Nichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United States on NBC during the 1971-72 season. Set the fictional town of Nichols, Arizona, in 1914, Nichols differed from traditional Western series of the era. The main character, a sheriff, rode on a motorcycle and in an automobile rather than on the traditional horse. The hero did not carry a firearm and was generally opposed to the use of violence to solve problems, preferring other means. Margot Kidder portrayed Ruth, the love interest/barmaid of Nichols.
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Summer of '42
Title: Summer of '42
Character: Druggist
Released: April 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.
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Lawman
Title: Lawman
Character: Cobden
Released: March 11, 1971
Type: Movie
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
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The Andersonville Trial
Title: The Andersonville Trial
Character: Jasper Culver
Released: May 17, 1970
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
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Halls of Anger
Title: Halls of Anger
Character: Phil Stuart
Released: April 29, 1970
Type: Movie
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
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The Reivers
Title: The Reivers
Character: Doyle
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: Movie
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Title: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Character: Station Agent
Released: October 31, 1969
Type: Movie
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
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The Stalking Moon
Title: The Stalking Moon
Character: Stationmaster
Released: December 25, 1968
Type: Movie
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was taken captive by an Indian named Salvaje ten years ago, he attempts to escort Sarah and her half-Native American son to his home in New Mexico. However, it soon becomes clear that Salvaje is hot on their trail.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Masters
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: The High Chaparral
Character: Jeff Patterson
Released: September 10, 1967
Type: TV
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Dusty Rhodes
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: 'Loose' Charlie
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.