Tony Burton

Tony Burton

Born: March 23, 1937
Died: February 25, 2016
in Flint, Michigan, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Anthony "Tony" Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016) was an American actor, boxer, and football player. He was known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky franchise. He, Sylvester Stallone and Burt Young are the only actors who have appeared in every Rocky installment (not counting Creed).

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Movies for Tony Burton...

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Title: 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.
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The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Title: The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: Movie
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about the creation of the movie as well as the other films in the franchise.
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Hack!
Title: Hack!
Character: Sheriff Stoker
Released: July 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Seven college students are picked to travel to a private island owned by the reclusive Vincent King and his film-obsessed wife Mary Shelley to study island wildlife. But is isn't long when a mysterious killer begins killing the students one-by-one, and modeling them after gory murder scenes from numerous horror films.
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Rocky Balboa
Title: Rocky Balboa
Character: Tony 'Duke' Evers
Released: December 20, 2006
Type: Movie
His Wife is dead and his Son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger, and thirty years his junior.
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The Opponents
Title: The Opponents
Character: Self (archive footage) / Tony "Duke" Evers
Released: December 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary about Rocky Balboa's opponents throughout the saga from the original Rocky (1976) to Rocky V (1990).
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Exorcism
Title: Exorcism
Character: Bishop Harris
Released: August 23, 2003
Type: Movie
In the city of angels - Los Angeles - no one is immune from the lurking spirits, neither good nor evil. As the end of time rapidly approaches, both forces have much work to do. Both sides contend for the same souls, but which force will prevail?
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Shade
Title: Shade
Character: Fedora
Released: May 18, 2003
Type: Movie
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry Jennings to scam a local gangster -- which turns out to be a bad idea.
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Knockout
Title: Knockout
Character: Sergeant Hawkins
Released: February 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Bell decides to follow the footsteps of his father, devoted to boxing to become champion. But not only must fight against his opponents but against a world where it seems that nobody wants to see it succeed.
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Flipping
Title: Flipping
Character: Chuckie, 2-2 Card Club Manager
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey, and Dennis. Five gangsters who work for a man named Leo. They soon discover they could get more out of life if they could run the streets themselves. Tensions build and loyalty is tested as they plan a hit that could change all of their lives forever.
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Farticus
Title: Farticus
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of an old man who gets the walking farts every time a beautiful woman enters the room.
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Title: Poltergeist: The Legacy
Character: Simon Walters
Released: April 21, 1996
Type: TV
The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers.
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Black Rose of Harlem
Title: Black Rose of Harlem
Character: Turner
Released: March 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A tragic love story set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1920's Chicago jazz clubs. Georgia, a beautiful black singer catches the eye of mobster Johnny Varona. But Johnny is betrothed to the daughter of mob boss Costanza, a man you don't say no to... and live! Can Johnny and Georgia find a way to fulfill their love -and- stay alive? Or will the mob prove to be an insurmountable force.
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CyberTracker 2
Title: CyberTracker 2
Character: Swain
Released: November 8, 1995
Type: Movie
A Secret Service agent (Wilson) battles an arms dealer who is creating a cyborg army.
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Private Obsession
Title: Private Obsession
Character: Sergeant Jim Lytel
Released: March 7, 1995
Type: Movie
First-class fashion model Emanuelle Griffith is missing. Richard Tate knows exactly where she is and plans to keep her there until she knows her place: subordinate to men. But Emannuelle is waiting for her chance to turn his obsession. That one second of passion in which the prisoner becomes the hostage taker...
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Twisted Fate
Title: Twisted Fate
Character: Columbus
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A FBI agent going back to his home town. He have to decide if he should be true to his job or take care of his brother who is on the wrong side of the law.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Title: NYPD Blue
Character: Floyd Gates
Released: September 21, 1993
Type: TV
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
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Mission of Justice
Title: Mission of Justice
Character: Cedric Williams
Released: December 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Larkin has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend is killed by Larkin's thugs, an outlaw cop goes undercover to get evidence, and works his way up to the inner circle of the doctor's army.
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The Bulkin Trail
Title: The Bulkin Trail
Character: Music Teacher
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
The Bulkin Trail is a 1992 Christmas Classic starring DAVID HASSELHOFF. The film centers around a young man by the name of Dimitri, and his younger sister Evelyn as they travel across the United States on a magical flying Christmas sled destined for absolute eternal satisfaction.
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House Party 2
Title: House Party 2
Character: Mr. Lee
Released: October 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.
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Hook
Title: Hook
Character: Bill Jukes
Released: April 10, 1991
Type: Movie
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.
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Rocky V
Title: Rocky V
Character: Tony 'Duke' Evers
Released: November 16, 1990
Type: Movie
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
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Title: Twin Peaks
Released: April 8, 1990
Type: TV
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
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Side Out
Title: Side Out
Character: Louie
Released: March 30, 1990
Type: Movie
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
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Police Story: Cop Killer
Title: Police Story: Cop Killer
Released: October 27, 1988
Type: Movie
The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.
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Title: A Different World
Character: Cap Connors
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities. While it was a spin-off from The Cosby Show, A Different World would typically address issues that were avoided by The Cosby Show writers. One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Title: Frank's Place
Character: Big Arthur
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: TV
Frank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television season. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and executive produced by Wilson and series star Tim Reid. Frank's Place is the most recent show that ran for only one season which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. TV Guide ranked it #3 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
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You Ruined My Life
Title: You Ruined My Life
Character: Moustache
Released: February 1, 1987
Type: Movie
"You Ruined My Life" was a cute TV movie (from the Wonderful World of Disney movies that they show on Saturday or Sunday nights) starring Soleil Moon Frye as Minerva, a spoiled girl who lived in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie who lets her do whatever she wants. Minerva gets into trouble a lot, and her Aunt Hermione threatens to take her away from Uncle Howie. Paul Reiser plays Dexter, a professor who figures out a way to win every time at blackjack. Dexter gets caught at cheating, and Uncle Howie works out a deal for Dexter to tutor Minerva so she can get into a private school back east. This is easier said than done, because Minerva has never been interested in school.
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On Fire
Title: On Fire
Character: Mike Wintchell
Released: January 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be better for him until he learns that the department wants to retire him. He does so reluctantly. He then falls into a deep depression because, while most people look forward to retirement, he doesn't. So, his wife and children do their best to lift his spirits but all he does is push them away.
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Oceans of Fire
Title: Oceans of Fire
Character: Clay
Released: September 16, 1986
Type: Movie
Ben, a former Navy officer now works on a rig as the guy in charge, but since a lot of crew keeps dying whilst diving and planting the rig in the sea he needs men who are willing to take the risk. He gets in touch with an old friend from the Navy who works in a prison as sort of an diving training base and there Ben selects out the best to complete the task, but with superiors breathing down his neck, a camera crew now jumping on board and a deadline to meet he wants to finish the job and make sure the men stay alive, but not all things work out as he plans.
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Armed and Dangerous
Title: Armed and Dangerous
Character: Cappy
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.
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Rocky IV
Title: Rocky IV
Character: Tony "Duke" Evers
Released: November 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Ivan Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
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Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Title: Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Character: Grif
Released: May 1, 1985
Type: Movie
The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Bartender
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Title: Moonlighting
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Title: Airwolf
Character: Moose
Released: January 22, 1984
Type: TV
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.
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Happy
Title: Happy
Character: Lt. J.L. Stevens
Released: October 26, 1983
Type: Movie
A former child show host misses the good old days. He and his sidekick from the show are doing a gig when the place gets robbed and the sidekick murdered. The host is the only one who saw the robber well so the robber goes after him.
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Title: The A-Team
Character: Burke
Released: January 23, 1983
Type: TV
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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Rocky III
Title: Rocky III
Character: Tony 'Duke' Evers
Released: May 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.
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Title: T. J. Hooker
Character: Luther
Released: March 13, 1982
Type: TV
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recuits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.
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Title: The Fall Guy
Released: November 4, 1981
Type: TV
Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.
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Title: The Greatest American Hero
Released: March 18, 1981
Type: TV
The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
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Inside Moves
Title: Inside Moves
Character: Lucius
Released: December 19, 1980
Type: Movie
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
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Stir Crazy
Title: Stir Crazy
Character: Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1980
Type: Movie
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
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Scared Straight! Another Story
Title: Scared Straight! Another Story
Character: Rafer
Released: November 6, 1980
Type: Movie
A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in prison life. Brought face to face with hardened criminals many serving life sentences for rape and murder, they are suddenly confronted with the harsh realities of a top-security U.S. Penitentiary.
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The Hunter
Title: The Hunter
Character: Garbageman #2
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
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The Shining
Title: The Shining
Character: Durkin
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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White Mama
Title: White Mama
Character: Black Fighter
Released: March 5, 1980
Type: Movie
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.
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Title: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Released: January 27, 1980
Type: TV
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.
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Skag
Title: Skag
Released: January 6, 1980
Type: Movie
Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.
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Rocky II
Title: Rocky II
Character: Tony 'Duke' Evers
Released: June 15, 1979
Type: Movie
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
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Blackjack
Title: Blackjack
Character: Charles
Released: November 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Some ex-convicts who have recently gotten out of prison plan a series of highly organized robberies of some Las Vegas casinos.
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Heroes
Title: Heroes
Character: Chef
Released: November 4, 1977
Type: Movie
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.
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Title: The Incredible Hulk
Character: Taylor George
Released: November 4, 1977
Type: TV
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
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Title: CHiPs
Character: Avrom
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: TV
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
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Ransom for Alice!
Title: Ransom for Alice!
Character: Fish Man
Released: June 2, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps teenage girls and sells them into prostitution.
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Beyond Reason
Title: Beyond Reason
Character: Dangerman
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
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Rocky
Title: Rocky
Character: Tony "Duke" Evers
Released: November 21, 1976
Type: Movie
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Assault on Precinct 13
Title: Assault on Precinct 13
Character: Wells
Released: October 8, 1976
Type: Movie
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Title: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Character: Issac
Released: July 16, 1976
Type: Movie
In the world of 1930s Negro League baseball, a spirited team of renegade players travels around the Midwest looking for that one big score. Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, and James Earl Jones star as three barnstorming ballplayers who take on prejudice and their own League's unfair rules while stealing cars, food and home base - anything to prove that they're the best team around. It's a showdown of brains over booby traps and sportsmanship over racial segregation as Bingo Long's All-Stars swing their way into a winning season;.
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Future Cop
Title: Future Cop
Character: Second Terrorist
Released: May 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A veteran street cop is assigned a new partner. The partner is not exactly what he seems to be, though--he is an experimental android who has been programmed by the police lab.
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The River Niger
Title: The River Niger
Character: Black Policeman
Released: April 14, 1976
Type: Movie
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
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Title: Switch
Character: Joey
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: Baretta
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Joe Moran
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: Harry O
Released: September 12, 1974
Type: TV
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.
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The Black Godfather
Title: The Black Godfather
Character: Sonny Spyder Brown
Released: September 3, 1974
Type: Movie
The heroes in The Black Godfather are members of an African-American criminal organization. Like Brando in The Godfather, they're not averse to robbery and murder, but they do draw the line at narcotics. When the Mafia infiltrates the 'hood with dangerous drugs, the Black Godfather (Rod Perry) orders his minions to put an end to this perfidy.
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Title: Good Times
Released: February 8, 1974
Type: TV
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
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Title: The Six Million Dollar Man
Character: Manager
Released: January 18, 1974
Type: TV
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Eddie Ellis
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Sanford and Son
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: TV
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.