Jon Van Ness

Jon Van Ness

Born: December 23, 1947
in Summitville, Indiana
Born in Summitville, Indiana. A 1976 graduate of Butler University, he honed his acting skills at Christian Theological Seminary Reportory Theater at Butler. He was active in many Indiana venues including The Brown County Playhouse, The Black Curtain Dinner Theatre, and Starlight Musicals. Moved to New York and then Hollywood. His biggest break was his appearance in "Brubaker" where he became friends with Robert Redford. This led to his role in "The Natural."

Movies for Jon Van Ness...

Forgotten
Title: Forgotten
Character: Henry Downs
Released: September 6, 2022
Type: Movie
A desperate man kills a mother of twins, takes them to a house in the woods, and locks them up. His madness escalates keeping his dark secret. When a house fire causes a collapse on all of them, the story is buried until a young woman stumbles on the truth.
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Ultra Violet Vengeance: The Talent & Technicians of X-Ray
Title: Ultra Violet Vengeance: The Talent & Technicians of X-Ray
Character: Himself
Released: March 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Feature length documentary that takes a look at the making of X-RAY.
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Q-4: Dream Corporation
Title: Q-4: Dream Corporation
Released: June 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Thirty years into the future, society is run by corporations. One such, corporation, Q4, has developed the technology to create dreams. As a result, they have created a powerful place within the state. A small terrorist group, called Tech-No attempts to disrupt the dream channel. A no name cop with the Neuro Investigation Unit is put on the case. As he digs deeper he is forced to make a decision: is he fighting for the right team?
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Title: Supernatural
Character: Creedy
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Title: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Character: Roger (segment "Buenos Dias")
Released: November 4, 1998
Type: TV
Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.
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Scorpio One
Title: Scorpio One
Character: Banner
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Using ultra-advanced technology, scientists aboard Scorpio One have made a monumental discovery -- and paid for it with their lives. Now, with time and oxygen running out, Scorpio One is about to become ground zero for an explosive showdown high above the Earth, where the stakes are nothing less than the future of the world.
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Trial by Fire
Title: Trial by Fire
Character: Det. Morgan
Released: October 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A high-school teacher tries to help one of her troubled male students, who misinterprets her interest.
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Title: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Character: Wick
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
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From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Title: From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Character: Rudy Karlotts
Released: November 29, 1992
Type: Movie
In the first of a potential series of films inspired by the real-life experiences of Los Angeles police officer turned bestselling author Joseph Wambaugh, an on-the-skids detective, with memories of having accidentally shot and killed his partner while they were pursuing a pair of bank robbers, tries to put his life back in order.
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Rage and Honor
Title: Rage and Honor
Character: Talbot
Released: May 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the streets.
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Alligator 2: The Mutation
Title: Alligator 2: The Mutation
Character: Officer Trimble
Released: December 18, 1991
Type: Movie
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
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Tune in Tomorrow...
Title: Tune in Tomorrow...
Character: Brent Moconnochie
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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Let's Get Harry
Title: Let's Get Harry
Character: Mickey
Released: October 31, 1986
Type: Movie
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
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The Hitcher
Title: The Hitcher
Character: Trooper Hapscomb
Released: January 17, 1986
Type: Movie
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Jim Bowie
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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The Natural
Title: The Natural
Character: John Olsen
Released: May 11, 1984
Type: Movie
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
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The Bostonians
Title: The Bostonians
Character: Henry Burrage
Released: May 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.
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Dagger Eyes
Title: Dagger Eyes
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Assassins are after a prostitute who has come into possession of a cigarette lighter that, unbeknownst to her, contains the negatives that show a politician's assassination. A delightfully playful giallo starring the beautiful Carole Bouquet as Mystère, a high class call girl who becomes the target for a couple of assassins.
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In the Custody of Strangers
Title: In the Custody of Strangers
Character: Corky
Released: May 26, 1982
Type: Movie
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.
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Hospital Massacre
Title: Hospital Massacre
Character: Jack
Released: October 16, 1981
Type: Movie
When Susan was a little girl, she rejected the Valentine of a lovestruck classmate. Decades later, she’s come to the hospital for a routine medical examination, and finds herself trapped in a bizarre nightmare, made all the worse as her vengeful childhood valentine, disguised among the hospital staff, begins murdering everyone in his path as a means of proving his undying ‘romantic’ obsession…
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Title: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Character: Motorcycle Cop
Released: March 20, 1981
Type: Movie
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
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Ruckus
Title: Ruckus
Character: Deputy Dave
Released: March 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to chase him out of the city. Unfortunately for them, Kyle Hanson is a former Vietnam elite soldier and he uses his skills to fight back.
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Brubaker
Title: Brubaker
Character: Zaranska
Released: June 20, 1980
Type: Movie
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Tourist Trap
Title: Tourist Trap
Character: Jerry
Released: March 14, 1979
Type: Movie
A telekinetic psychopath lures a group of young people to his ramshackle roadside attraction, unleashing an army of psychically controlled mannequins and other monstrosities upon them.
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End of the World
Title: End of the World
Character: Mr. Sanchez
Released: August 1, 1977
Type: Movie
After witnessing a man's death in a bizzare accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: "Truman"
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.