David Knell

David Knell

Born: September 8, 1961
in New York City, New York, USA
Best known for his roles as a goofy, callow youth in films like Spring Break, Splash, Total Recall, and Turner and Hooch, David is a veteran in the industry with a career that spans over four decades.

Movies for David Knell...

Pig
Title: Pig
Character: Finway
Released: July 16, 2021
Type: Movie
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
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Title: Grimm
Character: Stan's Father
Released: October 28, 2011
Type: TV
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Clerk
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
Title: Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
Character: (voice)
Released: December 1, 1992
Type: Movie
When Brer Rabbit learns that Brer Fox is planning to evict Brer Bear on Christmas, he decides to teach the fox a lesson. Brer Rabbit gets the townspeople to stage their own version of "A Christmas Carol" and trick Brer Fox into thinking that the ghost of his friend, Brer Wolf, has returned. The ghost warns Brer Fox to reform his miserly ways by showing him his past, present and future Christmases. Brer Fox is so terrified by these visions he vows to change his ways, and throws a big Christmas party for the whole town.
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Jailbirds
Title: Jailbirds
Character: Baxter
Released: May 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed together.
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My Blue Heaven
Title: My Blue Heaven
Character: Checker
Released: August 17, 1990
Type: Movie
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
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Total Recall
Title: Total Recall
Character: Ernie
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.
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Turner & Hooch
Title: Turner & Hooch
Character: Ernie
Released: July 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.
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Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Title: Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Character: Booge
Released: April 5, 1989
Type: Movie
Riding around on their motorbikes, a gang of tough women bikers are the only thing that stands between a crowd of zombies, which have been accidentally let out of their secure cave, and those still alive in the town.
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Title: Murphy Brown
Character: Pizza Kid
Released: November 14, 1988
Type: TV
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
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Title: ALF
Character: Dudley
Released: September 22, 1986
Type: TV
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
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High School U.S.A.
Title: High School U.S.A.
Released: May 26, 1984
Type: Movie
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Splash
Title: Splash
Character: Claude
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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September Gun
Title: September Gun
Character: Jason, Ben's Nephew
Released: October 8, 1983
Type: Movie
Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group of Apache orphans. Ben Sunday picks an ideal spot, right in the center of town--the local saloon and "bawdy house".
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Spring Break
Title: Spring Break
Character: Nelson
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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Title: St. Elsewhere
Character: Matthew Brody
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: TV
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
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Making Love
Title: Making Love
Character: Michael
Released: February 12, 1982
Type: Movie
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
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Title: Bret Maverick
Character: Rodney Catlow
Released: December 1, 1981
Type: TV
Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch and is co-owner of the town's saloon. However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and practice various con games whenever the chance arises. The series was developed by Gordon Dawson, and produced by Garner's company Cherokee Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
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Bitter Harvest
Title: Bitter Harvest
Character: Brandon
Released: May 18, 1981
Type: Movie
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned.
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The Devil and Max Devlin
Title: The Devil and Max Devlin
Character: Nerve Nordlinger
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: Movie
When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to Hell. But the Devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on Earth. Max accepts, and returns to Earth, equipped with special powers. However, his task is harder than expected, especially when seven year old Tobi demands that he marry his mother.
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A Christmas Without Snow
Title: A Christmas Without Snow
Character: Terry
Released: December 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A divorced woman (Michael Learned) moves to San Francisco from Omaha with her young son. She's trying to re-build her life after her divorce, she leaves her son with his grandmother. She joins the choir of a local church. She has some issues with the choirmaster (John Houseman) who tries to get the choir into shape before the Christmas concert. The choir overcome some personal setbacks as they all deal with personal issues. Zoe (Michael Learned) thinks of quitting the choir all together when push comes to shove.
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Life on the Mississippi
Title: Life on the Mississippi
Released: November 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Most mid-19th-century Mississippi River boys dreamed of occupying that pinnacle of power and glamour, the pilot house of a riverboat. In a riot of local color, this film tells how, unlike many, Sam's dream comes true. A callow teenager, he talks the tough but consummate Horace Bixby into making him his apprentice on the "Paul Jones," eventually following him to the much finer "Aleck Scott." Meanwhile, he is already spinning fantastic yarns to everyone from awe-struck lads ashore, to fellow "cub pilots", to young lady passengers who catch his eye. Things temporarily take a turn for the worse when Bixby must attend a meeting and leave Sam to work under Brown, a dour tyrant with a grudge against him.
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Belle Starr
Title: Belle Starr
Character: Ed Reed
Released: April 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Belle Star is a bandit with an itch to ride with the outlaw legends, the James gang, the Youngers and the Dalton boys.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Sam Clemens
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Sitra Achra
Title: Sitra Achra
Character: Freddy Nord
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A retro video game collector uncovers a prototype cartridge called "Sitra Achra", which disappeared after its creator did in 1985. The collector grows increasingly obsessed with beating Sitra Achra, but the game will not give up its secrets without a fight.