Richard B. Shull

Richard B. Shull

Born: February 24, 1929
Died: October 14, 1999
in Evanston, Illinois, USA
Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor.

Movies for Richard B. Shull...

Private Parts
Title: Private Parts
Character: Symphony Sid
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
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Victor/Victoria
Title: Victor/Victoria
Character: André Cassell
Released: December 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local nightclub, but things get complicated when a gangster and nightclub owner from Chicago, King Marchan, falls in love with "him." Filmed live on Broadway, 1995.
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Trapped in Paradise
Title: Trapped in Paradise
Character: Father Ritter
Released: December 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
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Housesitter
Title: Housesitter
Character: Ralph
Released: June 12, 1992
Type: Movie
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.
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Wild by Law
Title: Wild by Law
Character: Howard Zahniser (voice)
Released: December 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling Sand County almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millionaire socialist and founder of the Wilderness Society; and Howard Zahniser, a bureaucrat with a love of the wild places he seldom saw. Singly and together, these three fought from the 1920s through the 1950s to preserve the natural world. Provides an overview of the roots of the environmental movement, offering a deeper understanding of one of the most important issues facing contemporary civilization.
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Tune in Tomorrow...
Title: Tune in Tomorrow...
Character: Leonard Pando
Released: October 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro finds out about this romance, he starts incorporating details of it into the script of his daily drama series. Soon, Martin and Julia are not only hearing about their fictional selves over the radio, but about what they are going to do next.
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Spot Marks the X
Title: Spot Marks the X
Character: Dodge
Released: October 17, 1986
Type: Movie
A dog trained to be a thief is the only member of a gang of bank robbers who knows where a quarter of a million dollars is hidden.
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Seize the Day
Title: Seize the Day
Character: Rojax
Released: September 9, 1986
Type: Movie
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.
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Stephen King's Golden Tales
Title: Stephen King's Golden Tales
Character: Postman
Released: October 19, 1985
Type: Movie
A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five 20-minutes tales were all taken from the Tales from the Darkside TV series and strung together as a video feature.
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Title: The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Character: Doorman / Narrator
Released: October 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
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Garbo Talks
Title: Garbo Talks
Character: Shepard Plotkin
Released: October 12, 1984
Type: Movie
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase through the streets of New York City to track down the iconic star, at the expense of his personal life and much to the chagrin of his wife, Lisa. Can he find Garbo before it's too late?
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Title: Tales from the Darkside
Character: Postman
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
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Splash
Title: Splash
Character: Dr. Ross
Released: March 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
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Unfaithfully Yours
Title: Unfaithfully Yours
Character: Jess Keller
Released: February 10, 1984
Type: Movie
A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.
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Spring Break
Title: Spring Break
Character: Eddie Potmore
Released: March 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
Title: Will There Really Be a Morning?
Character: Publicist
Released: February 22, 1983
Type: Movie
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
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Lovesick
Title: Lovesick
Character: Dr. Fessner
Released: February 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
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Heartbeeps
Title: Heartbeeps
Character: Factory Boss
Released: December 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
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Wholly Moses
Title: Wholly Moses
Character: Jethro
Released: June 13, 1980
Type: Movie
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keeps getting all the credit.
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Title: Hart to Hart
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: TV
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.
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Dreamer
Title: Dreamer
Character: George Taylor
Released: April 27, 1979
Type: Movie
The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he loves sees only that his dream re-locates her to second place in his life; Harry White, his friend and mentor pushes him to become the champion Harry wanted to be — and never was. Torn between ambition and love, Dreamer fights to have both.
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Title: The Ropers
Released: March 13, 1979
Type: TV
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spin-off of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred. The series focused on middle-aged couple Stanley and Helen Roper who were landlords to Jack, Janet, and Chrissy on Three's Company. As was the case during their time on Three's Company, opening credits for The Ropers exist with either Audra Lindley or Norman Fell credited first.
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Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Title: Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Character: Joseph Ervin
Released: May 21, 1978
Type: Movie
The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.
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The Long Dark Night
Title: The Long Dark Night
Character: Hardiman
Released: November 20, 1977
Type: Movie
The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.
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Title: Holmes & Yo-Yo
Character: Alex Holmes
Released: September 25, 1976
Type: TV
Holmes & Yoyo is an American comedy television series that aired on ABC for 13 episodes during the 1976-1977 season. The series follows Detective Holmes and his new android partner Yoyo, on their adventures and misadventures, as Holmes teaches Yoyo what it is like to be human, while trying to keep his quirky partner's true nature a secret from criminals and fellow cops.
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The Big Bus
Title: The Big Bus
Character: Emery Bush
Released: June 23, 1976
Type: Movie
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
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Hearts of the West
Title: Hearts of the West
Character: Stout Crook
Released: October 8, 1975
Type: Movie
Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated Nevada train depot. On the run from the con men responsible, Lewis stumbles across "real" cowboys--cowboy actors shooting a movie in the desert. The would-be writer soon finds himself instead acting in Westerns, for the rundown Tumbleweed Productions studio, in Depression-era Hollywood.
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The Fortune
Title: The Fortune
Character: Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power
Released: May 20, 1975
Type: Movie
Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Fast Harry DeNova
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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Cockfighter
Title: Cockfighter
Character: Omar Baradansky
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.
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Title: Good Times
Released: February 8, 1974
Type: TV
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
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Title: Diana
Character: Howard Tollbrook
Released: September 10, 1973
Type: TV
Diana is an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1973-1974 television season that was created by Leonard Stern, which ran from September 10, 1973 to January 7, 1974. The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles.
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Hail
Title: Hail
Character: Secretary of Health
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A presidential advisor discovers that the President has assembled a secret army of vigilantes to suppress dissent and is setting up concentration camps in which to imprison protestors, hippies and other "social undesirables."
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Sssssss
Title: Sssssss
Character: Dr. Ken Daniels
Released: July 6, 1973
Type: Movie
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.
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Slither
Title: Slither
Character: Harry Moss
Released: March 7, 1973
Type: Movie
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.
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Made For Each Other
Title: Made For Each Other
Released: December 12, 1971
Type: Movie
An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.
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Klute
Title: Klute
Character: Sugarman
Released: June 23, 1971
Type: Movie
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
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The Anderson Tapes
Title: The Anderson Tapes
Character: Werner
Released: June 17, 1971
Type: Movie
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
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B.S. I Love You
Title: B.S. I Love You
Character: Mr. Harris
Released: March 31, 1971
Type: Movie
When young advertising exec Paul Bongard (Peter Kastner) gets involved with his attractive female boss, he discovers that the affair has fast-tracked his climb up the corporate ladder. Paul's career gets another boost when he starts up with the boss's daughter. Meanwhile, his childhood sweetheart, Ruth (Louise Sorel), is patiently wondering when, if ever, he'll propose to her in this sex comedy from the early 1970s.
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Decameron '69
Title: Decameron '69
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century collection of novellas known as The Decameron, this innovative film combines short works from seven directors who set out to interpret Boccaccio's masterwork for the modern age. The result is an assortment of titillating tales ranging from the erotic to the tragic.
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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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Watch the Birdie
Title: Watch the Birdie
Character: Cullen Lauterbach
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
Four girls in search of thrills find more than they bargained for when they get caught in a vice trap with no escape.
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It's a Sick, Sick, Sick World
Title: It's a Sick, Sick, Sick World
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Faux-mondo movie featuring sex, drugs, violence and the familiar dulcet tones of Joel Holt.