Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl

Born: October 9, 1951
in Union Township, New Jersey, USA
Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as the creator and star of the television comedy series Arliss (1996–2002) and for his portrayal of newspaper reporter Alexander Knox in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Larry in Bull Durham (1988).

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The People's Joker
Title: The People's Joker
Character: Robert Wuhl
Released: April 5, 2024
Type: Movie
A law-breaking comedian who is grappling with her gender identity forms a new anti-comedy troupe with a friend and finds herself battling a fascistic caped crusader.
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Title: Icons Unearthed: Batman
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: March 20, 2024
Type: TV
The story of the dark knight's journey to the screen fraught with false starts, accidents, big personalities, and endless reinventions. A visionary director, two upstart producers and an unlikely star overcome a troubled production to deliver a hit.
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Title: I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 2024
Type: Movie
Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the cult comedy show "The George Lucas Talk Show", comedian Connor Ratliff questions the need for its continuation and his own drive for success and fulfillment in show business.
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Shirley
Title: Shirley
Character: Randy Fisher
Released: September 11, 2020
Type: Movie
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
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Title: Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Character: The Grandfather
Released: June 29, 2020
Type: TV
Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine.
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Title: Crisis Aftermath
Character: Self
Released: December 8, 2019
Type: TV
Join Kevin Smith as he takes you into one of the greatest crossover events in television history.
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Title: Supergirl
Character: Alexander Knox
Released: October 26, 2015
Type: TV
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
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Mic Whore
Title: Mic Whore
Character: Husband
Released: April 12, 2014
Type: Movie
A woman becomes addicted to performing stand up comedy and will do anything to get a gig.
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Title: Blue Bloods
Character: Captain Ward Gibson
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: TV
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
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Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl
Title: Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2007
Type: Movie
In this second installment of comedian Robert Wuhl's take on American history, "Professor Wuhl" removes the wool covering the eyes of his "students" in an attempt to challenge some preconceptions about commonly held cultural beliefs.
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Title: Comics Unleashed
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2006
Type: TV
Comics Unleashed is a half-hour comedic talk show produced by the Entertainment Studios production company and hosted by Byron Allen, with John Cramer as announcer and DJ Cobra providing music support. The show features a panel of four guest comedians performing their standup bits thinly disguised as a sit-down chat show, sometimes preceded by a brief monologue or joke from Allen. Certain episodes were branded as Comics Unleashed: Hot Chocolate, as the featured comedians on those episodes were all of African descent.
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Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Title: Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Character: Himself
Released: April 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Emmy-winning actor-comedian Robert Wuhl assumes the role of college professor in this hilarious history lesson conducted in front of an audience of actual New York City college students. Four segments explore the lesser-known aspects of America's storied past that everybody thought they already knew -- including the truth about Paul Revere, the hypocrisy of several founding fathers and the origin of many "modern" ideas.
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'Good Morning, Vietnam': Production Diary
Title: 'Good Morning, Vietnam': Production Diary
Character: Himself
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the making of 'Good Morning, Vietnam'.
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Title: Everybody Hates Chris
Character: Abe Himmelfarb
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.
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Title: American Dad!
Character: Robert Wuhl (voice)
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: TV
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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Title: Poker Royale
Released: December 7, 2004
Type: TV
Poker Royale was a television series on the Game Show Network, which featured No Limit Texas hold 'em Poker. The first series began on December 7, 2004. The seventh and final series, Poker Royale: Battle of the Ages, began airing on November 4, 2005. The series host at its conclusion was John Ahlers, with commentary by Robert Williamson III and sideline reporting by Lisa Dergan.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Bob Binder
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.
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Title: World Poker Tour
Released: March 30, 2003
Type: TV
As the name suggests, the World Poker Tour features not just a single event, but a collection of prestigious tournaments played in top casinos and card rooms across the globe, including the glamorous Bellagio in Las Vegas and the Aviation Club de France in Paris. It all leads up to the WPT Championship finale where the “survivor” walks away with more than $1 million. But that’s just a fraction of the money up for grabs over the course of the series. With its innovative WPT cams revealing the player’s hole cards and take no-prisoners brand of poker action, the WPT ignited the world’s poker phenomenon. Making viewers feel as if they were sitting in the seat making the million-dollar decision By projecting poker's true image--a stylish and exhilarating sport combining cunning, skill, and nerve-the WPT has revolutionized televised poker and created a mainstream sports sensation.
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Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: TV
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Title: Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of the 1988 film with interviews with the cast and crew.
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Welcome to Hollywood
Title: Welcome to Hollywood
Character: Robert Wuhl
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
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Title: Hollywood Squares
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: TV
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
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Title: Hollywood Squares
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: TV
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
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Good Burger
Title: Good Burger
Character: Angry Customer
Released: July 25, 1997
Type: Movie
Two L.A. teens with summer jobs at Good Burger try to save their small restaurant when a corporate giant burger franchise moves in across the street.
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Title: The Last Don
Character: Bobby Bantz
Released: May 11, 1997
Type: TV
In this world power isn't everything, it's the only thing. Best selling author of Mario 'The Godfather' Puzo's blockbuster new novel comes to life in this epic saga of America's most powerful crime family.
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Sports on the Silver Screen
Title: Sports on the Silver Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 16, 1997
Type: Movie
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
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Title: Arliss
Character: Arliss Michaels
Released: August 10, 1996
Type: TV
A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sports agent Arliss Michaels whose Achilles' heel is his inability to say “no” to clients and employees.
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Character: Man With Lighter
Released: August 25, 1995
Type: Movie
A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as an ambitious, ruthless woman. She tries to prevent returning into the spineless man.
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Open Season
Title: Open Season
Character: Stuart Sain
Released: January 14, 1995
Type: Movie
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
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Cobb
Title: Cobb
Character: Al Stump
Released: December 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.
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A Kiss Goodnight
Title: A Kiss Goodnight
Character: Gas Station Attendant
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Advertising exec Natalie engages in a passionate, but brief, love affair with a stranger named Kurt. When Natalie returns to her boyfriend, she finds that Kurt isn't so easily dismissed.
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Blue Chips
Title: Blue Chips
Character: Marty
Released: February 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Percy & Thunder
Title: Percy & Thunder
Character: Jim Keisling
Released: September 7, 1993
Type: Movie
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
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Sandman
Title: Sandman
Character: Victor Giles
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Unknown to its present inhabitants, a house in the San Fernando Valley is a doorway to evil that existed in the past. Nick, a 28 year old auto mechanic from Montana, and his 8 year old daughter , discover that he can travel back in time by stepping through a time warp in the living room wall. With his innocent daughter and beautiful girlfriend in tow, Nick learns that the past never sleeps and evil never dies. Can he, and his loved ones, escape the far reaching tentacles of this evil?
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The Bodyguard
Title: The Bodyguard
Character: Oscar Host
Released: November 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
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Mistress
Title: Mistress
Character: Marvin Landisman
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: Movie
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
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Missing Pieces
Title: Missing Pieces
Character: Lou Wimpol
Released: March 28, 1992
Type: Movie
As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic chase, as an assortment of unsavoury characters, underworld figures, and even private investigators, are after them for the inheritance - and they don't know what it is!
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Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Title: Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Character: Pitch Man (segment "Material Girl")
Released: November 13, 1990
Type: Movie
The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer Madonna. Released on November 13, 1990 to accompany the audio CD, it contained hits spanning 1983-1990. The collection won "Best Long Form Video" category at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. Includes the following videos: 1. Lucky Star 2. Borderline 3. Like a Virgin 4. Material Girl 5. Papa Don't Preach 6. Open Your Heart 7. La Isla Bonita 8. Like a Prayer 9. Express Yourself 10. Cherish 11. Oh Father 12. Vogue 13. Vogue (1990 MTV Awards Show Performance)
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The Earth Day Special
Title: The Earth Day Special
Character: Self
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
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Wedding Band
Title: Wedding Band
Character: Waiter
Released: March 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
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Blaze
Title: Blaze
Character: Red Snyder
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this to attack his controversial political program, which included civil rights for blacks in the 1950's.
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Batman
Title: Batman
Character: Alexander Knox
Released: June 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Barker
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Bull Durham
Title: Bull Durham
Character: Larry
Released: June 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
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Good Morning, Vietnam
Title: Good Morning, Vietnam
Character: Marty Lee Dreiwitz
Released: December 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humour.
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Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Title: Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Character: Benny Berbel
Released: November 27, 1987
Type: Movie
In this short film, our unemployed hero finds that getting that great job depends a lot on whom you choose to dance with at Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Crutchfeld
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Nut in Holding Cell
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Flashdance
Title: Flashdance
Character: Mawby's Regular
Released: April 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Alex Owens, a teen juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
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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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The Hollywood Knights
Title: The Hollywood Knights
Character: Newbomb Turk
Released: May 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
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Title: Viral Vignettes
Character: Todd
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Twelve one-act comedies that introduced us to 21 unique characters – stuck at home during the pandemic, trying to make sense of an unprecedented situation. A once-in-a-lifetime snapshot, capturing that period in all of its strangeness and unexpected humor.