Paul Butler

Paul Butler

Born: March 12, 1942
Died: January 12, 2010
in Pennsylvania, USA

Movies for Paul Butler...

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Title: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Character: Detective
Released: September 26, 2007
Type: Movie
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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Reign Over Me
Title: Reign Over Me
Character: George Johnson
Released: March 22, 2007
Type: Movie
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
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Confess
Title: Confess
Character: Agent Davis
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
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Tadpole
Title: Tadpole
Character: Professor Sherman
Released: July 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. He is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently, is passionate about Voltaire, and thinks the feature that tells the most about a woman is her hands. On the train home from Chauncey Academy for the Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar confides in his best friend that he has plans for this vacation--he will win the heart of his true love. But there is one major problem--Oscar's true love is his stepmother Eve.
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State and Main
Title: State and Main
Character: Real Judge
Released: August 26, 2000
Type: Movie
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
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The Insider
Title: The Insider
Character: Charlie Phillips
Released: October 28, 1999
Type: Movie
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
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The Spanish Prisoner
Title: The Spanish Prisoner
Character: Bookbinder
Released: December 3, 1997
Type: Movie
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
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Color of Justice
Title: Color of Justice
Character: Stan
Released: September 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the fire is a bombastic and vocal black community leader, who's saying that they will not have a fair trial and that they were justified in their actions because they were in fear for their lives
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Title: It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Character: Shylock
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Sellars in Chicago.
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Vanishing Son III
Title: Vanishing Son III
Character: Estabrook
Released: July 30, 1994
Type: Movie
The saga picks up in Washington, DC where Jian-wa is competing in a classical music competition. Back in LA, Jian-wa's brother Wago is wanted by the F.B.I. and manage to pull Jian-wa back to L.A. for questioning. They also want him to infiltrate his brother's gang in order to save his Wago. Can Jian-wa get Wago to see the truth about things before it's too late?
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Vanishing Son II
Title: Vanishing Son II
Character: Estabrook
Released: July 23, 1994
Type: Movie
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa has left L.A. after a gangfight which involved his brother Wago. Jian-wa travels to the south and finds that hatred comes in all forms as a group of racist whites feud with harmless Vietnamese fishermen. Jian-wa decides to side with the Vietnamese and help them defend themselves. Back in Los Angeles, Wago is enjoying his new life as a gangster.
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Vanishing Son
Title: Vanishing Son
Character: Estabrook
Released: March 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Two students in the Peoples Republic of China are forced to flee out of China after having taken part in a protest action for freedom. They come to America, and try to build up a new life. After a while, one of the brothers pursues a musical career while the other gets entangled in a criminal organization.
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Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Title: Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Character: Jay Levine
Released: October 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.
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Romeo Is Bleeding
Title: Romeo Is Bleeding
Character: Skouras
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: Movie
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Title: Glengarry Glen Ross
Character: Policeman
Released: September 15, 1992
Type: Movie
When an office full of Chicago real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson, but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking salesmen.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Title: The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Character: Narc
Released: December 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
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Strictly Business
Title: Strictly Business
Character: Leroy Halloran
Released: November 8, 1991
Type: Movie
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
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Homicide
Title: Homicide
Character: Commissioner Walker
Released: May 28, 1991
Type: Movie
A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
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He Said, She Said
Title: He Said, She Said
Character: Al, at the Deli
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: Movie
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
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The Rookie
Title: The Rookie
Character: Captain Hargate
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
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To Sleep with Anger
Title: To Sleep with Anger
Character: Gideon
Released: October 12, 1990
Type: Movie
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Trial Judge Tyler B. Ashford
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Judge Edmond Francis
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Things Change
Title: Things Change
Character: Gas Station Owner
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
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Title: Crime Story
Character: Det. Walter Clemmons
Released: September 19, 1986
Type: TV
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
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Off Beat
Title: Off Beat
Character: Jordan
Released: April 10, 1986
Type: Movie
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
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Silver Bullet
Title: Silver Bullet
Character: Edgar Rounds
Released: October 10, 1985
Type: Movie
The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside, he's preparing the barbecue.
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Old Enough
Title: Old Enough
Character: Security Guard
Released: August 24, 1984
Type: Movie
The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite occupancies, like make-up, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to the parent about it, but confessing to the priest later. But Karen also learns some honesty from Lonnie. A film about social differences and growing up.
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Dummy
Title: Dummy
Character: Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Released: May 27, 1979
Type: Movie
The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also was deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Title: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Character: Do-Daddy Dean
Released: September 21, 1973
Type: Movie
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.