Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Born: April 24, 1940
Died: May 9, 2017
in Corona, California, USA
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series Then Came Bronson, but was probably best known for his work in his later years with filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith.

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Pines
Title: Pines
Character: Harrison
Released: February 4, 2022
Type: Movie
A hospice nurse is horrified to discover that her boyfriend owes a debt to a group of ruthless predators, which quickly ruins both of their lives.
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QT8: The First Eight
Title: QT8: The First Eight
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 21, 2019
Type: Movie
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
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Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk
Title: Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk
Character: Himself
Released: September 19, 2019
Type: Movie
5 years ago Kevin Smith tried to end his career with the movie Tusk. Enjoy this documentary on the making of Tusk 'Walrus Yes'.
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The Queen of Hollywood Blvd
Title: The Queen of Hollywood Blvd
Character: Chet Fuller
Released: March 23, 2018
Type: Movie
On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
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Greater
Title: Greater
Character: Leo
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
The incredible true story of the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.
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Blood Father
Title: Blood Father
Character: Preacher
Released: August 11, 2016
Type: Movie
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
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Tusk
Title: Tusk
Character: Howard Howe
Released: September 19, 2014
Type: Movie
When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.
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We Are What We Are
Title: We Are What We Are
Character: Doc Barrow
Released: September 27, 2013
Type: Movie
The Parkers, reclusive people who cling to ancient customs, find their secret lives threatened when a torrential downpour and the death of the family matriarch forces daughters Iris and Rose to assume special responsibilities.
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Django Unchained
Title: Django Unchained
Character: The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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Argo
Title: Argo
Character: Jack Kirby
Released: October 11, 2012
Type: Movie
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Red State
Title: Red State
Character: Pastor Abin Cooper
Released: August 19, 2011
Type: Movie
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Title: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Character: Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio
Released: March 27, 2011
Type: Movie
An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a complete edit of the two-part martial arts action films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The film was originally scheduled to be released as one part. However, due to the film's over 4 hour running time, it was split into two parts.
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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Title: Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Character: Fritz Tremor
Released: January 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
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Noble Things
Title: Noble Things
Character: Pete Collins
Released: October 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind.
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Three Priests
Title: Three Priests
Character: Jacob
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Dusty and Joe are brothers as different as can be. Dusty, a confident bronco rider and ladies' man, has always dominated the shy, younger Joe, who struggles with his place in the family and his feelings of insecurity. Their parents, retired sheriff Jake and his wife Rachel, work to keep the family together, but their strength is about to be tested when a beautiful childhood friend returns, creatin
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Title: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Character: Henry Craig
Released: September 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
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Death Proof
Title: Death Proof
Character: Earl McGraw
Released: May 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
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Grindhouse
Title: Grindhouse
Character: Earl McGraw (segments "Death Proof" / "Planet Terror")
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers before each segment.
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Planet Terror
Title: Planet Terror
Character: Earl McGraw
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend El Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.
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Fighting Words
Title: Fighting Words
Character: Benny the Heckler
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
An angry coffeehouse poet meets an attractive, conservative publisher, who is interested in his work. She wants him to enter the Los Angeles Poetron, a contest where poetry is read competitively. Jake rejects the idea because he believes poetry is an art and not a competition. But the beautiful Marni sways Jake—it’s love at first sight.
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The Dead One
Title: The Dead One
Character: Sheriff Ezra Stone
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands the soul of Maria, the girlfriend Diego left behind.
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One Night with You
Title: One Night with You
Character: Hunter Burnell
Released: December 7, 2006
Type: Movie
As Jake Tarlow knows, sometimes things don't turn out as you'd like. You end up living in your car. Your bookie is going to smash your face in if you don't square up. Your best friend is obsessed with the Black Dahlia. Your only way out is a crazy old bastard with one foot in the grave and nothing to lose.
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The Listening
Title: The Listening
Character: James Wagley
Released: April 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
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Tarantino's Mind
Title: Tarantino's Mind
Character: Earl McGraw (archive footage)
Released: January 4, 2006
Type: Movie
Two friends at a bar talking about theories involving Quentin Tarantino's movies.
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Miracle at Sage Creek
Title: Miracle at Sage Creek
Character: Justice Stanley
Released: November 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Two families overcome prejudice and tragedy in 1888 Wyoming when a special Christmas miracle saves the life of a small boy.
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The Librarians
Title: The Librarians
Character: William Clark
Released: December 9, 2004
Type: Movie
An exotic dancer enters a world of kidnapping and ransom when she tries to track down her missing sister. Soon, she's on the trail of a cruel gang that specializes in white slavery, and she's not the only person trying to bring them down.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Character: Esteban Vihaio
Released: April 16, 2004
Type: Movie
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Character: Earl McGraw
Released: October 10, 2003
Type: Movie
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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13 Moons
Title: 13 Moons
Character: Bartender
Released: August 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, Lily, just serves to compound Banana's despair.
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Big Bad Love
Title: Big Bad Love
Character: Mr. Aaron
Released: October 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he has problems with alcohol. Yet even when Leon manages to catch up on alimony and child support payments, things in his life seem to decline further, until a sudden tragedy catches him off guard.
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Bullfighter
Title: Bullfighter
Character: Cordobes
Released: October 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Jack is a wanderer whose aimless roaming leads him to a number of interesting locations and into the company of many interesting people, and despite his fascination with bullfighting he leads a largely peaceful existence. When a crime boss' daughter is accidentally gored to death, Jack is implicated in the unfortunate event and singled out for termination by a seemingly unending army of lethal hitmen. As Jack wages an uphill battle for survival against the harsh desert terrain and a hail of gun smoke and lead, his will to live depends on his ability to exercise his demons and come to terms with the fact that he may not live to see another sunrise.
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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Title: From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Character: Ambrose Bierce
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid goes on the run with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side.
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Full Tilt Boogie
Title: Full Tilt Boogie
Character: Self
Released: July 31, 1998
Type: Movie
A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.
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Niagara, Niagara
Title: Niagara, Niagara
Character: Walter
Released: March 20, 1998
Type: Movie
An outsider and a young woman plagued by Tourette's syndrome meet and together journey to Canada.
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Wicked
Title: Wicked
Character: Detective Boland
Released: January 17, 1998
Type: Movie
A cul-de-sac in an oppressive suburb becomes a literal dead end for wife and mother Karen Christianson when she is brutally murdered in her own home. In the wake of the event, Karen's teenage daughter Ellie begins to exhibit bizarre behaviors as she slowly acquires her mother's demeanor and mannerisms. Meanwhile, Karen's husband Ben nurtures a less-than-innocent interest in the family's sultry live-in nanny, Lena.
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Julian Po
Title: Julian Po
Character: Vern
Released: September 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
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Deceiver
Title: Deceiver
Character: Dr. Banyard
Released: August 31, 1997
Type: Movie
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
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From Dusk Till Dawn
Title: From Dusk Till Dawn
Character: Texas Ranger
Released: January 19, 1996
Type: Movie
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.
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Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
Title: Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
Character: Evan Powell
Released: March 6, 1995
Type: Movie
Set in San Francisco, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are faced with the prospect of being reunited with Jonathan's long lost sister, and her nephew. Is it possible that Jonathan will finally discover a key to his past or will the "family" turn out to be after something, putting Jonathan and Jennifer in danger's past one more time?
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Sorceress
Title: Sorceress
Character: Stan Latarga
Released: January 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Two friends, who both work for the same high-priced, high-powered law firm, are both married to modern day witches. Erica, the wife of Larry, believes that he is being led astray by Carol, an old flame, who also works for the same law firm. Erica decides to act and one night after a torrid sex session Larry drifts off to sleep and begins to dream. Soon the dream turns into a nightmare of sex, violence, murder and death involving himself, his friends and colleagues from the law firm which appears to be frighteningly realistic...
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Stranger by Night
Title: Stranger by Night
Character: Detective Larson
Released: November 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden fits of anger. As the detectives pursue the case, they uncover evidence suggesting that one of them may be responsible for the mysterious deaths.
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Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Title: Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Character: Tommy O'Shea
Released: January 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters
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Title: seaQuest DSV
Character: George Le Chein
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Caleb Hooks
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Title: The Untouchables
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
The Untouchables is an American crime drama series that aired for two seasons in syndication, from January 1993 to May 1994. The series portrayed work of the real life Untouchables federal investigative squad in Prohibition-era Chicago and its efforts against Al Capone's attempts to profit from the market in bootleg liquor. The series features Tom Amandes as Eliot Ness and William Forsythe as Al Capone, and was based on the 1959 series and 1987 film of the same name.
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Out of Control
Title: Out of Control
Character: Pearlmutter
Released: October 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Having had a one night stand with an obsessive inmate, the college professor teaching his prison literature class soon lives the nightmare of her decision.
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Storyville
Title: Storyville
Character: Michael Trevallian
Released: August 26, 1992
Type: Movie
While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets.
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The Hitman
Title: The Hitman
Character: Ronny 'Del' Delaney
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
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Title: Shades of L.A.
Released: October 10, 1990
Type: TV
Shades of L.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired from October 10, 1990 until April 6, 1991. Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a casual cop until he finds himself in limbo after a bullet grazes his head. He finds himself surrounded by "shades" - spirits trapped between heaven and hell until they can complete any unfinished business on earth. Once resuscitated, he can still see the "shades" so goes about helping them.
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Title: Twin Peaks
Character: Jean Renault
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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Caged Fury
Title: Caged Fury
Character: Mr. Collins
Released: March 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Kat arrives in Los Angeles to audition for movies. However, after meeting a sleazy producer, she and her new friend find themselves in a women's prison run by sadistic guards and a lesbian warden.
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The China Lake Murders
Title: The China Lake Murders
Character: Officer Donnelly
Released: January 31, 1990
Type: Movie
A small town sheriff has his suspicions in a murder case which involves a rogue cop who goes on a murder spree.
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Nightmare Beach
Title: Nightmare Beach
Character: Doc Willet
Released: September 1, 1989
Type: Movie
In Miami, Florida, biker gang leader Edward "Diablo" Santer is about to be executed for murder when he proclaims his innocence and vows revenge from the grave. When a mysterious biker comes to town during Spring Break festivities, leaving several teenagers electrocuted to death, some begin to suspect that Santer has made good on his promise.
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Prime Suspect
Title: Prime Suspect
Character: Bill Nevins
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.
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Title: War of the Worlds
Character: Cash McCullough
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.
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Arizona Heat
Title: Arizona Heat
Character: Larry Kapinski
Released: July 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A tough old school Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian partner to catch a serial killer who preys on police.
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Stamp of a Killer
Title: Stamp of a Killer
Released: November 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.
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The Return of Josey Wales
Title: The Return of Josey Wales
Character: Josey Wales
Released: October 1, 1986
Type: Movie
In a small, dusty border town, two long-time best friends of the mysterious gunman Josey Wales are brutally murdered by marauding rurales. The rurales, led by the beastial Commandante Escobar, head back to Mexico with gambler Ten Spot as hostage. Told of his friend's peril, Josey sets out on a trail of bloody vengeance.
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Club Life
Title: Club Life
Character: Tank
Released: February 20, 1986
Type: Movie
A young man from a small town goes to Hollywood to make his fortune. He gets hired as a bouncer at a disco club, but soon finds himself caught up in drugs, gangsters and eventually has to flee when his boss and another bouncer are murdered by drug dealers, who are soon after him.
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French Quarter Undercover
Title: French Quarter Undercover
Character: Det. Andre Des Moines
Released: January 2, 1986
Type: Movie
New Orleans cops Andre and R.J., partners for 17 years and in danger of being suspended for their recklessness, are enlisted by the F.B.I. to track down a Cuban terrorist who plans on poisoning the Big Easy's water supply, gaining access through the World's Fair.
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Chase
Title: Chase
Character: Larry Butler
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: Movie
A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend a migrant worker who has been accused of murder.
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Spiker
Title: Spiker
Character: Coach Doames
Released: November 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Three hopefuls try to earn a position as a member of the United States men's national volleyball team. The try-outs are extremely competitive and they find very difficult to handle the unconventional and rigorous training methods developed by the team's coach
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Title: The Colbys
Character: Hoyt Parker / Phillip Colby
Released: November 20, 1985
Type: TV
The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985 to March 26, 1987. Produced by Aaron Spelling, it was a spin-off of Dynasty, which had been the highest rated series for the 1984–1985 U.S. television season. The Colbys revolved around another wealthy, upper-class family, who were distant relatives of the Carringtons of Dynasty and who owned a large multi-national corporation. Intended to surpass its predecessor in opulence, the series' producers were handed an immensely high budget for the era and cast a handful of well-known movie stars among its leads, including Charlton Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Ross and Ricardo Montalban. However, The Colbys was ultimately a ratings disappointment, and was canceled after two seasons.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Logan
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Jonathan Grey
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Ben Aaron
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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Savannah Smiles
Title: Savannah Smiles
Character: Lt. Savage
Released: April 9, 1982
Type: Movie
The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.
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Dial M for Murder
Title: Dial M for Murder
Character: Max Halliday
Released: April 9, 1981
Type: Movie
A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
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Hard Country
Title: Hard Country
Character: Royce
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle wants to stay in Texas.
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Turnover Smith
Title: Turnover Smith
Character: Lt. Brophy
Released: June 8, 1980
Type: Movie
A criminology professor uses scientific methods, advanced computer technology, his expertise in chess, and the leg work of several of his students to track down a crazed killer in San Francisco.
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Reward
Title: Reward
Character: Michael Dolan
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
A dispirited cop chucks his job on the force and, with the help of a college co-ed, sets out to solve the murder of a police colleague who had been his best friend.
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North Sea Hijack
Title: North Sea Hijack
Character: Harold Shulman
Released: February 18, 1980
Type: Movie
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
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Title: Shirley
Released: October 26, 1979
Type: TV
Shirley is an American comedy-drama television series that aired from October 26, 1979 until January 25, 1980.
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The Evictors
Title: The Evictors
Character: Ben Watkins
Released: April 17, 1979
Type: Movie
A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.
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Fast Friends
Title: Fast Friends
Character: David York
Released: March 19, 1979
Type: Movie
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings.
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Breakthrough
Title: Breakthrough
Character: Sergeant Anderson
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.
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Rainbow
Title: Rainbow
Character: Roger Edens
Released: November 6, 1978
Type: Movie
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie studio system that held her back while her mother was forever pushing her to excel.
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Title: Flying High
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: TV
Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until January 23, 1979. Created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, the series stars Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Kathryn Witt.
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Hunters of the Reef
Title: Hunters of the Reef
Character: Jim Spanner
Released: May 20, 1978
Type: Movie
A salvage boat captain is pitted against a better-equipped competitor in a race to locate a sunken wreck in shark-infested waters off the Florida coast.
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Night Cries
Title: Night Cries
Character: Mitch Haskins
Released: January 29, 1978
Type: Movie
A young woman whose baby died in childbirth refuses to believe it and has dreams that her child is still alive and in danger. A scientist who is conducting experiments about dreams tries to help her.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Title: The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Character: Robert F. Kennedy
Released: December 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
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Escape from Bogen County
Title: Escape from Bogen County
Character: Jack Kern
Released: October 7, 1977
Type: Movie
A political despot controls his town and his wife Maggie. When Maggie tries to escape his control, he swears a warrant out for her arrest and sends the law after her. The arresting officer, however, takes pity on Maggie and tries to help her escape the despot's clutches.
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Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Title: Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Character: Duke
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: Movie
An auto-theft ring decides to help out migrant workers from Mexico with the proceeds from their racket.
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Title: Big Hawaii
Released: September 21, 1977
Type: TV
Big Hawaii is an American drama television series that aired from September 21 until November 23, 1977.
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Sidewinder 1
Title: Sidewinder 1
Character: J.W. Wyatt
Released: August 1, 1977
Type: Movie
An ageing motocross champ agrees to help design and endorse a new motorcycle.
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Murder at the World Series
Title: Murder at the World Series
Character: Larry Marshall
Released: March 20, 1977
Type: Movie
A disturbed young man threatens violence at the World Series after failing to make the Houston Astros.
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The Savage Bees
Title: The Savage Bees
Character: Dr. Jeff DuRand
Released: November 22, 1976
Type: Movie
In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.
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Perilous Voyage
Title: Perilous Voyage
Character: Antonio DeLeon
Released: June 29, 1976
Type: Movie
A South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and holds all of the passengers hostage.
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Royce
Title: Royce
Character: Blair Mabry
Released: May 21, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Last Hard Men
Title: The Last Hard Men
Character: Noel Nye
Released: April 22, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.
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Distant Early Warning
Title: Distant Early Warning
Released: October 21, 1975
Type: Movie
Aliens infiltrate an Arctic research station, and perform experiments on the unsuspecting crew by mind control which makes them think they are seeing dead members of their families.
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Title: Ellery Queen
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: TV
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
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Armchair Detective: Mystery at Malibu
Title: Armchair Detective: Mystery at Malibu
Released: May 19, 1975
Type: Movie
After a popular singer dies in a mysterious auto accident, her fiancee assembles all those who were to attend there wedding, hoping to find her killer.
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Title: Bronk
Released: April 17, 1975
Type: TV
Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California. 24 episodes were aired from September 21, 1975 to March 28, 1976 on CBS. The series lasted only one season.
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The Werewolf of Woodstock
Title: The Werewolf of Woodstock
Character: Moody
Released: January 24, 1975
Type: Movie
At the site of the 1969 rock concert at Woodstock, New York, an electrical charge turns a local farmer into a murderous werewolf.
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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: 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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The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Title: The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Character: Bradley Floyd
Released: May 7, 1974
Type: Movie
A humanistic account of "the Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills", in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of family and duty.
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Can Ellen Be Saved?
Title: Can Ellen Be Saved?
Character: Joseph
Released: February 5, 1974
Type: Movie
A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.
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Between Friends
Title: Between Friends
Character: Tony
Released: June 1, 1973
Type: Movie
An ex-con, his daughter and her two friends plan the elaborate heist of a nickel mine in Northern Ontario.
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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 Streets of San Francisco
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: The Rookies
Released: September 11, 1972
Type: TV
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
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Title: McCloud
Released: February 17, 1970
Type: TV
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.
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The Young Lawyers
Title: The Young Lawyers
Character: Ron Baron
Released: October 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Attorney Michael Cannon leaves his Boston law firm to become director of the Neighborhood Law Office, where he guides three law students on a case involving two visiting musicians accused of robbing and beating up a cab driver. TV-pilot that was an ABC Movie of the Week in October of 1969 and then became a TV-series as part of the 1970-71 season.
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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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Title: Then Came Bronson
Character: Jim Bronson
Released: September 17, 1969
Type: TV
Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series starring Michael Parks that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by MGM Television. The series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was approved for one year and began its first run on September 17, 1969. The pilot was also released in Europe as a feature film.
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Title: The Johnny Cash Show
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1969
Type: TV
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.
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Then Came Bronson
Title: Then Came Bronson
Character: Jim Bronson
Released: March 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a cross-country trip on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life in which he befriends a runway bride, another searching soul, in this pilot for the TV series of the same name, and theatrically released in some parts of the world including Spain.
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A Hatful of Rain
Title: A Hatful of Rain
Character: Johnny Pope
Released: March 3, 1968
Type: Movie
A 1968 made-for-television remake of the 1957 film, based on the disturbing 1956 Michael V. Gazzo play, as performed by members of The Actors' Studio on ABC (American Broadcasting Company) television.
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Stranger on the Run
Title: Stranger on the Run
Character: Vince McKay
Released: October 31, 1967
Type: Movie
A drifter finds himself wrongly accused of murder by a power-crazed sheriff. The sheriff gives him a horse, some supplies, and a one-hour head start into the desert before sending his murderous posse after him.
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The Happening
Title: The Happening
Character: Sureshot
Released: May 17, 1967
Type: Movie
A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. However there is no one - wife, Mafia associates or mother - willing to part with the $200,000 ransom. Demonico is dismayed that no one appears unduly concerned about his fate and joins forces with the kidnappers to plot his revenge, blackmailing his once nearest and dearest into parting with $3,000,000 in hush money.
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Title: Ironside
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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The Bible: In the Beginning...
Title: The Bible: In the Beginning...
Character: Adam
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
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The Idol
Title: The Idol
Character: Marco
Released: February 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
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Wild Seed
Title: Wild Seed
Character: Bill "Fargo" Warren
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and befriended by an independent-minded young drifter who helps her on her journey.
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Bus Riley's Back in Town
Title: Bus Riley's Back in Town
Character: Bus Riley
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship. The only problem is she has married in the mean time. Searching for fulfilment in his life, Bus decides to get a job with his gay friend who is a mortician. When the mortician makes a pass at him, Bus quickly gets out.
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Title: Channing
Character: Benny Dickson
Released: September 18, 1963
Type: TV
Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College. The dean Fred Baker is his mentor as Howe is writing a novel about his experiences. They are frequently involved in the student's lives. Channing, a production of Revue Studios, aired during the same time frame as the first season of NBC's somewhat similar offering, Mr. Novak.
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Title: The Greatest Show on Earth
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.
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Title: Arrest and Trial
Released: September 15, 1963
Type: TV
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
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Title: The Gallant Men
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: TV
The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.
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Title: Stoney Burke
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. Six years before the premiere of his CBS crime drama, Hawaii Five-0, Jack Lord starred in the title role.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Skip Baxter
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Daniel Dana
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: Sam Benedict
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: TV
Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.
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Title: Straightaway
Released: October 6, 1961
Type: TV
Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during the 1961–1962 season – the story of two young men who operate a garage and engage in auto racing. John Ashley and Brian Kelly played race car designers Clipper Hamilton and Scott Ross, respectively. Scott designs the vehicles, and Clipper is the mechanic. Asa Maynor was cast in four episodes as Dixie. Most episodes center on the clients who bring a race car to the Straightaway Garage. The series was originally planned to be named “The Racers”, but the title had to be altered because of sponsor problems. Straightaway ran at 7:30 Eastern on Fridays opposite CBS’s Rawhide with Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming. Straightaway was moved to Wednesdays effective January 10, 1962, for the remainder of its brief run.
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Title: Ben Casey
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: TV
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
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Title: Bus Stop
Released: October 1, 1961
Type: TV
Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies. The program was adapted from William Inge's play, Bus Stop, and Inge was a script consultant for the series, which followed the lives of travelers passing through the bus station and the diner. Maxwell's co-stars were Richard Anderson as District Attorney Glenn Wagner, Rhodes Reason as Sheriff Will Mayberry, Joan Freeman as waitress Elma Gahrigner, Bernard Kates as Ralph the coroner, and Buddy Ebsen as Virge Blessing.
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Title: Target: The Corruptors!
Released: September 29, 1961
Type: TV
Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired on ABC from September 29, 1961 to June 8, 1962. The series was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television.
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Title: The Asphalt Jungle
Released: April 2, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Route 66
Released: October 7, 1960
Type: TV
Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season. Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.
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Title: The Detectives
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: TV
The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Title: Naked City
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Cal Leonard
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character: Juanito
Released: October 5, 1956
Type: TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Park
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.