Ron Masak

Ron Masak

Born: July 1, 1936
Died: October 20, 2022
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Actor best known as Sheriff Mort Metzger in Murder, She Wrote.

Movies for Ron Masak...

Angels on Tap
Title: Angels on Tap
Character: Jud
Released: July 12, 2018
Type: Movie
A reporter stumbles into a bar where the heavenly messengers hang out when they're not looking out for humanity.
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My Trip Back to the Dark Side
Title: My Trip Back to the Dark Side
Character: Mr. James Griffin
Released: May 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Shawn Stone is having a bad day. The funding for his film project is not there, his personal life is in shambles, he's out of time and money. He sees only one way to solve his problems - he must turn to the dark side and ask the King of Porn for some cash
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The Benchwarmers
Title: The Benchwarmers
Character: Principal
Released: April 7, 2006
Type: Movie
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Gus Medica
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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The Stoneman
Title: The Stoneman
Character: Detective Lt. J.D. Hill
Released: January 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A mysterious mummy is discovered. Dr. Stevens brings the suspected missing link's remains back to the United States. The creature's body goes missing and people are suddenly being brutally murdered.
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No Code of Conduct
Title: No Code of Conduct
Character: Julian Disanto
Released: March 19, 1999
Type: Movie
A cop, his partner, and his father uncover a plot by city elders to smuggle drugs from Mexico into Phoenix, Arizona.
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When Time Expires
Title: When Time Expires
Character: TV Evangelist
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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Cops n Roberts
Title: Cops n Roberts
Character: Vince Palermo
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Vicki!
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1992
Type: TV
Singer-actress Vicki Lawrence hosted this talk and entertainment show.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Marty Giles
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Lieutenant Meyer
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Mort Metzger
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Masquerade
Released: December 15, 1983
Type: TV
Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.
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Title: Jennifer Slept Here
Released: October 21, 1983
Type: TV
Jennifer Slept Here is an American fantasy sitcom series that ran for one season on NBC from October 21, 1983 to September 5, 1984.
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Title: Goodnight, Beantown
Released: April 3, 1983
Type: TV
Matt Cassidy and Jennifer Barnes are reluctantly paired to anchor the news at a fictional TV station in Boston, Massachusetts, due to the sudden ratings drop.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Harry Cranston
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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The Neighborhood
Title: The Neighborhood
Character: Nick Riccardo
Released: April 25, 1982
Type: Movie
A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
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The Kid From Nowhere
Title: The Kid From Nowhere
Character: Olympics Announcer
Released: January 4, 1982
Type: Movie
A single mother is overprotective of her mentally challenged son, which has made him angry and difficult, while she denies herself a social life. Things change for the better when the boy gains self-esteem training for the Special Olympics, and his mother learns to let go.
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Title: Falcon Crest
Released: December 4, 1981
Type: TV
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.
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Title: Jessica Novak
Released: November 5, 1981
Type: TV
Jessica Novak is a 1981 drama television series that aired on CBS from November 5, 1981 till December 3, 1981 and was written by Ira Steven Behr. The cast includes Helen Shaver, Kip Gilman, Erik Kilpatrick, and Lara Parker.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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The Further Adventures of Wally Brown
Title: The Further Adventures of Wally Brown
Character: Warren Burdett
Released: August 21, 1980
Type: Movie
1980 TV pilot
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Title: Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Character: Dimaggio
Released: April 28, 1980
Type: Movie
14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
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The Aliens Are Coming
Title: The Aliens Are Coming
Character: Harve Nelson
Released: March 2, 1980
Type: Movie
A young astrophysicist searches for sinister extraterrestrials looking for sanctuary for their comrades by possessing the bodies of humans.
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Title: Eischied
Released: September 21, 1979
Type: TV
Eischied is an American crime drama broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1979 to January 20, 1980. It was based on the starring character from the 1978 miniseries To Kill a Cop, which was based on the novel by Robert Daley.
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Express to Terror
Title: Express to Terror
Character: Fred
Released: February 7, 1979
Type: Movie
A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-speed rail train. This pilot episode for the short-lived "Supertrain" series (which lasted just 9 episodes) was released to home video as a independent feature.
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Pleasure Cove
Title: Pleasure Cove
Character: Joe
Released: January 3, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of a posh seaside vacation resort, and the lives and adventures of its guests and staff.
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Title: The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Released: September 8, 1978
Type: TV
The Eddie Capra Mysteries is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta that aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979. The series centers on a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them.
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Harper Valley P.T.A.
Title: Harper Valley P.T.A.
Character: Herbie Maddox
Released: July 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, particularly those on the school PTA, think she is a little too liberal so they're making things tough for her and her daughter. So she runs for the position of PTA President, which infuriates them. Stella decides to get revenge with the help of her friends.
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Police Story: No Margin for Error
Title: Police Story: No Margin for Error
Character: Onorato
Released: April 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.
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Laserblast
Title: Laserblast
Character: Sheriff
Released: March 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
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In the Glitter Palace
Title: In the Glitter Palace
Character: Fred Ruggiero
Released: February 23, 1977
Type: Movie
The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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Title: Alice
Released: August 31, 1976
Type: TV
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
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Title: Good Heavens
Released: February 29, 1976
Type: TV
Good Heavens was an ABC comedy anthology series produced by Columbia Pictures Television that aired between February 29 to June 26, 1976. It ranked #17 in the Nielsen ratings during the 1975-76 television season. The main character was Mr. Angel, who was an Emissary of Heaven that came down to Earth to grant wishes to those who had performed a good deed. Episodes featured actors such as Don Ameche, Susan Dey, Sandy Duncan, Pat Harrington Jr., Florence Henderson, Alex Karras, Penny Marshall, Hugh O'Brian, Loretta Swit, Brenda Vaccaro, and Fred Willard.
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The Man from Clover Grove
Title: The Man from Clover Grove
Character: Claude Raintree
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
A poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the children at the local orphanage.
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Title: Wonder Woman
Character: Duane
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: TV
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.
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Title: Barney Miller
Character: Officer Shriker
Released: January 23, 1975
Type: TV
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Virgil Cheski
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: Police Woman
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
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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: Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Charlie Wilson
Released: June 15, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: Police Story
Released: March 20, 1973
Type: TV
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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Title: The Bob Newhart Show
Character: Mike Mitchell
Released: September 16, 1972
Type: TV
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.
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Here Comes the Judge
Title: Here Comes the Judge
Released: September 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A widowed judge tries to balance the trials of his occupation along with those of his family life.
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Heat of Anger
Title: Heat of Anger
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: March 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.
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Title: Emergency!
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: TV
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Eddie Fenelle
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Evel Knievel
Title: Evel Knievel
Character: Pete
Released: September 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.
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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Title: The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Character: 1st Baseball Fan
Released: August 19, 1971
Type: Movie
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.
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Assault on the Wayne
Title: Assault on the Wayne
Character: CPO Corky Schmidt
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: Movie
The U.S. submarine Anthony Wayne is underway for a top-secret mission. Onboard is a highly classified device that will give the Americans a decided nuclear advantage. The entire mission and the secret technology are threatened when the sub commander discovers his crew has been infiltrated by enemy agents. The commander is charged with trying to protect the device while ferreting out the enemy agents. Compounding matters is the state of the commander's physical and mental condition, which is being questioned by his crew.
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Title: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character: Ed Mims
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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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Title: Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character: Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada
Released: January 26, 1970
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
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Title: Nanny and the Professor
Released: January 21, 1970
Type: TV
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.
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Title: Love, American Style
Character: Charlie Burrows
Released: September 29, 1969
Type: TV
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
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Title: Medical Center
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: TV
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
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A Time for Dying
Title: A Time for Dying
Character: Sam - the Bartender
Released: September 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been tricked into working in its brothel and the two travel towards his father's ranch.
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Title: Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Character: Paul Fleming (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1969
Type: Movie
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
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Vernon's Volunteers
Title: Vernon's Volunteers
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A small American town provides the setting for a look at the antics of a group of volunteers who comprise the area's only fire department.
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Ice Station Zebra
Title: Ice Station Zebra
Character: Paul Zabrinczski
Released: October 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), is dispatched to save them.
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Title: Mayberry R.F.D.
Character: Jim
Released: September 23, 1968
Type: TV
Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons on the CBS Television Network from 1968–1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus. Sheriff Andy Taylor takes a backseat in the storylines, establishing the sequel series. The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history. Sheriff Taylor and newlywed wife Helen make guest appearances on RFD until late 1969, and then relocate with Opie. Mayberry R.F.D. was popular throughout its entire run, but was canceled after its third season in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971. R.F.D. stands for "Rural Free Delivery", a quaint postal depiction of the rural Mayberry community.
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Second Effort
Title: Second Effort
Character: Ron, the saleman
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A nervous salesman gets a lesson in salesmanship from football coach Vince Lombardi.
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Title: Mannix
Released: September 16, 1967
Type: TV
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
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Title: The Flying Nun
Character: Mike
Released: September 7, 1967
Type: TV
Young Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne to help others, whether they want it or not. Although her aims are always benevolent, her means are often bemoaned by Mother Superior. The other Sisters must cope with their beloved Sister's aerodynamics and antics as she flies in and out of trouble.
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Title: The Monkees
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: TV
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series
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Title: Get Smart
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: Joe
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: MacWhorter
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Title: Bewitched
Released: September 17, 1964
Type: TV
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
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Handling Marital Conflicts
Title: Handling Marital Conflicts
Character: Mr. Adams
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
How to handle marital conflict
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Harmonica Man
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.