James Desmond

James Desmond

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Eight Men Out
Title: Eight Men Out
Character: Smitty
Released: September 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
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Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
Title: Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
Character: Reporter (as Jim Desmond)
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
This made-for-TV sequel to the 1977 theatrical film "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" follows a New York City detective's quest to find the murderer of a schoolteacher.
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Christmas Evil
Title: Christmas Evil
Character: Man #1
Released: November 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!
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It's My Turn
Title: It's My Turn
Character: Man in Baseball Stands
Released: October 24, 1980
Type: Movie
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend, between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.