Robert Ginty

Robert Ginty

Born: November 14, 1948
Died: September 21, 2009
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Robert Ginty (November 14, 1948 – September 21, 2009) was an American movie actor, producer, scenarist, and director of movies and TV series episodes.

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The Prophet's Game
Title: The Prophet's Game
Character: Brent Moore
Released: June 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting contestants into solving the riddles it supplies. If the contestants are wrong, somebody dies and somebody is famous.
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Doublecross on Costa's Island
Title: Doublecross on Costa's Island
Character: Robert Boyd
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his home halfway around the world. Through revenge and deception, from Sardinia to Beverly Hills, Costa must ready for a final showdown by finding his way through an intricate web of double crosses, while meeting up with old friends and enemies. If Costa wants to survive and save his home, and island, he will have to fight his way out!
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Almighty Fred
Title: Almighty Fred
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Two brothers, down on their luck and in need of cash, cook up a scheme to create their own new religion.
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Title: Baywatch Nights
Character: Ray Reegun
Released: September 30, 1995
Type: TV
Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.
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Title: Baywatch Nights
Character: Steven Sacks
Released: September 30, 1995
Type: TV
Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.
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Taken Alive
Title: Taken Alive
Character: Robert Boyd
Released: May 12, 1994
Type: Movie
A beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential candidate's kidnapped mistress.
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Lady Dragon
Title: Lady Dragon
Character: Gibson
Released: May 15, 1992
Type: Movie
An ex-CIA agent living in Indonesia tracks the arms dealer who killed her husband. Along the way, she meets a young boy and his grandfather, who teach her in the ways of the Lady Dragon.
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Lonely Hearts
Title: Lonely Hearts
Character: Detective at bar
Released: September 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Alma, a lonely woman, falls for the conman who steals her money after seducing her. Frank doesn't want Alma around him, but he cannot do anything about the situation in case she goes to the police. Hot on the trail of the two is a female private detective, working for another of Frank's victims.
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Title: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Character: Thom
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.
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The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Title: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Character: Warren Cates
Released: November 11, 1990
Type: Movie
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
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Vietnam Texas
Title: Vietnam Texas
Character: Thomas McCain
Released: March 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the Vietnamese people, particularly among the fishing community in which they are trying to work. Setting out to right the wrongs, the priest tends to use more fisticuffs than friendly, priestly persuasion.
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MadHouse
Title: MadHouse
Character: Dale
Released: February 16, 1990
Type: Movie
The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house up side down.
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Cop Target
Title: Cop Target
Character: Farley Wood
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
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Out on Bail
Title: Out on Bail
Character: John Dee
Released: November 4, 1989
Type: Movie
A Tennessee sheriff and lawyer want a jailed drifter to assassinate a mayoral candidate.
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The Bounty Hunter
Title: The Bounty Hunter
Character: Duke Evans
Released: August 27, 1989
Type: Movie
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter shows up in a small town looking for a man who's jumped bail. However, the real reason he's there is to avenge his old friend, an Indian who lived in the area and was murdered by the local sheriff, who is trying to get the Indians to sell their land cheaply so an oil company can move in and take over the land, which they believe sits on top of large reserves of oil.
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Loverboy
Title: Loverboy
Character: Joe Bodek
Released: April 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. But, as Randy soon learns, life as a professional gigolo can get pretty complicated.
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Code Name: Vengeance
Title: Code Name: Vengeance
Character: Monroe Bieler
Released: December 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Soldier of fortune, Monroe Bieler, is sent to dole out some American-style justice when the wife and child of an African president are kidnapped by terrorists.
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Maniac Killer
Title: Maniac Killer
Character: Gondrand
Released: September 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A murderous cult kidnaps French prostitutes and tortures them to death to "purify" them of their evil ways. The local pimps, understandably upset, set out after them, as does a man whose girlfriend was kidnapped by the cult and may still be held by them.
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Three Kinds of Heat
Title: Three Kinds of Heat
Character: Elliot Cromwell
Released: June 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
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Programmed to Kill
Title: Programmed to Kill
Character: Eric Mathews
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: Movie
A middle eastern female terrorist is captured by the CIA in Greece, after an attack on a marketplace. Transported back to the USA, the terrorist undergoes an operation where she is transformed into a cybernetic killing machine. Now the CIA have a secret weapon to send back to the Middle East, but how long can they control her?
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Mission Kill
Title: Mission Kill
Character: J.F. Cooper
Released: June 19, 1986
Type: Movie
An ex-Green Beret visits one of his army buddies, and finds himself involved in his friend's scheme to smuggle arms into a turbulent South American country.
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Title: Matlock
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Lt. Avery Powell
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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Hawaiian Heat
Title: Hawaiian Heat
Character: Mac Riley
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Two Chicago cops quit their jobs in the Windy City to become detectives in Hawaii. TV movie that served as a pilot to the series of the same name.
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Exterminator 2
Title: Exterminator 2
Character: John Eastland
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: Movie
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
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Title: Hawaiian Heat
Character: Mac Riley
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: TV
Hawaiian Heat is an American drama television series that premiered on ABC on September 14, 1984. It starred Robert Ginty and Jeff McCracken as two Chicago cops who quit their jobs in the Windy City to become detectives in Hawaii. Their boss at the Honolulu Police Department was played by veteran actor Mako. Many of the episodes were directed by reclusive African-American actor/director Ivan Dixon. Only eleven episodes aired on ABC, including the pilot movie. Its theme song, "Goodbye Blues", is now used by online video producer Brad Jones as the theme for his show "80's Dan".
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The Act
Title: The Act
Character: Don Tucker
Released: August 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Comedy directed by Sig Shore.
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White Fire
Title: White Fire
Character: Bo
Released: July 5, 1984
Type: Movie
While working in a diamond mine located in the desert, Bo and Ingrid, two siblings who survived a massacre as children, make a surprising discovery.
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Scarab
Title: Scarab
Character: Murphy
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Dr. Wilfred Manz performs a magical experiment on a beetle-shaped amulet. His patience exhausted, he smashes his fist into some bottles and a few drops of blood fall onto the scarab. His laboratory is rocked by an explosion, the god Khepera appears and Manz is transformed into a demi-god magician. Thirty years later, Manz has assumed the name Khepera and lives in mysterious castle. Using his magical powers, he is killing heads of government and causing the collapse of major financial institutions. Jack Murphy, an American correspondent, witnesses the pandemonium following the suicide of the Spanish prime minister and notices an attractive nurse, Elena, take a small scarab which has fallen from the prime minister's lapel. Later, he visits an occult shop where the scarab is identified as being associated with the Egyptian god, Khepera. Murphy is captured and Elena — who was tricked into sacrificing her brother when they were children — once more takes up the sacrificial dagger...
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I Want to Live
Title: I Want to Live
Character: Henry Graham
Released: May 9, 1983
Type: Movie
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
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The Alchemist
Title: The Alchemist
Character: Aaron McCallum
Released: March 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A man seeks revenge on an evil magician who placed a curse on him.
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Warrior of the Lost World
Title: Warrior of the Lost World
Character: The Rider
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
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Title: Knight Rider
Character: Elliott Stevens
Released: September 26, 1982
Type: TV
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.
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Gold Raiders
Title: Gold Raiders
Character: Mark Banner
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
An unmarked U.S. Airforce plane carrying $200 million in gold is shot down over Communist Laos. In a race against time the CIA dispatch an elite force of hand-picked agents to recover the treasure before it falls into enemy hands.
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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: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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The Big Stuffed Dog
Title: The Big Stuffed Dog
Character: Petey's Father
Released: February 8, 1981
Type: Movie
A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.
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The Exterminator
Title: The Exterminator
Character: John Eastland
Released: September 10, 1980
Type: Movie
When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.
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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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Title: The Paper Chase
Character: Thomas Craig Anderson
Released: September 9, 1978
Type: TV
Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.
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The Courage and the Passion
Title: The Courage and the Passion
Character: Amn. Donald Berkle
Released: May 27, 1978
Type: Movie
The lives and loves of a group of U.S. Air Force test pilots on a sprawling airbase called "Joshua Tree."
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Title: Project U.F.O.
Released: February 19, 1978
Type: TV
Project U.F.O. is a NBC television series based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book
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Coming Home
Title: Coming Home
Character: Sgt. Dink Mobley
Released: February 15, 1978
Type: Movie
The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin, a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the war. Sally and Luke develop a friendship that soon turns into a romance.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Donald Gray
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Title: CHiPs
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: TV
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
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Bound for Glory
Title: Bound for Glory
Character: Artichoke Picker
Released: December 5, 1976
Type: Movie
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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The Flying Misfits
Title: The Flying Misfits
Character: 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph 'T.J.' Wiley
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: Movie
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The film also acted as the pilot for the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. Former U.S. Marine pilot Greg "Pappy" Boyington is flying with the American Volunteer Group (the Flying Tigers) in China. After Pearl Harbor brings America into World War II, Greg leaves the AVG to rejoin the Marine Corps. He refuses to be relegated to a desk job and, against all military protocol, forms his own fighter squadron from a group of misfits and disciplinary cases.
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Title: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Character: T.J. Wiley
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: TV
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
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Title: Matt Helm
Character: Griff Tanner
Released: September 20, 1975
Type: TV
Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa.
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Cop on the Beat
Title: Cop on the Beat
Character: Burns
Released: May 6, 1975
Type: Movie
An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."
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The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Title: The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Character: Arthur Pond
Released: April 12, 1975
Type: Movie
The son of a small-town doctor returns to his hometown after being kicked out of Yale, and begins a new career on the town's newspaper.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Gib Moore
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 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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Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Title: Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Character: Traveller (archived footage)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After the end of civilization, an aged man undergoes a mysterious journey through space and time that takes him through memories, visions, and historical events, ultimately transcending the limitations of the senses and into a new cosmic rebirth.