Ken Kercheval

Ken Kercheval

Born: July 15, 1935
Died: April 21, 2019
in Wolcottville, Indiana, USA

Movies for Ken Kercheval...

The Promise
Title: The Promise
Character: Dr. Christopher Webber
Released: November 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Mackenzie Miller, a 25-year-old successful beauty, is looking for her Mr. Right but fears she will never find him because of a promise she made to her dying grandmother.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Cliff Barnes
Released: June 13, 2012
Type: TV
J.R., Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing are all back at Southfork, with plenty of secrets, schemes and betrayals in mind. This time, they're joined by the next generation of Ewings, who take ambition and deception to a new level.
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Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
Title: Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
Character: Self
Released: November 7, 2004
Type: Movie
The original cast of Dallas reunites at Southfork Ranch to remember the popular 1980's drama nighttime serial that became notorious for its 1980 cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"
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Blind Obsession
Title: Blind Obsession
Released: November 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Police officer Jack Fletcher is injured in a gun battle resulting in the loss of his sight.
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Title: Crossing Jordan
Character: Mr. Payton
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: TV
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Dallas: J.R. Returns
Title: Dallas: J.R. Returns
Character: Cliff Barnes
Released: November 14, 1996
Type: Movie
Years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, we learn that he is alive and well. He returns to Dallas, and plots what could be his greatest scheme: Bringing his family back together, and regaining control of Ewing Oil from arch-enemy Cliff Barnes. Will he be successful?
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Character: Harlan Richards
Released: November 9, 1994
Type: Movie
The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
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Title: ER
Character: Mr. Zwicki
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Title: Nachtshow
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 1994
Type: TV
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Beretta's Island
Title: Beretta's Island
Character: Barone
Released: May 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Franco Columbo stars as Interpol operative Franco Armando - code name Beretta - who's forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-blooded murder of a cop. The killer's trail leads to Franco's hometown on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where drugs are turning the peaceful village into a hell hole. The sinister druglord has a sadistic welcome for Franco: the kidnapping of his best friend's beautiful daughter.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Bernie Green
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: TV
Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire, and his son, Peter, who is a detective under his command.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Keith Dunn
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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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Alex Ridlin
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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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: William P. Bissell
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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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Duke Fallon
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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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Dr. Slade
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Woman on the Ledge
Title: Woman on the Ledge
Character: Dr. Martin
Released: March 15, 1993
Type: Movie
Three longtime friends each struggle with a major life crisis threatening to destroy her.
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Title: The Golden Palace
Character: Charlie
Released: September 18, 1992
Type: TV
The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
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Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Title: Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Character: Frank Stevens
Released: January 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Convinced that his long-time patient Nick Osborn didn't murder his boss, Mark Sloan starts investigating the case himself, supported by a junior doctor and a young female pathologist.
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I Still Dream of Jeannie
Title: I Still Dream of Jeannie
Character: Mr. Simpson
Released: October 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Col. Nelson is on a long-term, top-secret space mission. Jeannie cannot bring him home (temporarily) to hear their son's important academic presentation without knowing exactly where he is in the first place. The general in charge of the mission won't reveal anything. Things are further complicated when Jeannie's sister (Jeannie II) reminds Sham-Ir, the head of the genies, that a genie on Earth cannot go more than 3 months without an earthly master. (Col. Nelson is no longer Earthly, being in space.) Sham-Ir give Jeannie I a fortnight (14 days) to either find Col. Nelson or get a new master, a single male. (Col. Healy can't help, since he's now married.)
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Keeping Secrets
Title: Keeping Secrets
Character: Frank Mahoney
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Based on Suzanne Somer's autobiography, the film tells of her troubled childhood, her affairs, her abortion and her arrest for writing bad cheques and posing nude.
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California Casanova
Title: California Casanova
Character: Willie
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Stagehand at a nightclub falls for one of the performers. He wins her heart after taking lessons on suavity from a gigolo "count".
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Corporate Affairs
Title: Corporate Affairs
Character: Arthur Strickland
Released: October 5, 1990
Type: Movie
An executive discovers that his former lover has given their firm's CEO a fatal heart attack during sex.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Character: L. D. Ryan
Released: September 30, 1990
Type: Movie
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Al Bremmer
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: 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: Lovejoy
Character: Rutherford Lovejoy
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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Title: Highway to Heaven
Character: Richard Osbourne
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: TV
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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Calamity Jane
Title: Calamity Jane
Character: Buffalo Bill Cody
Released: March 6, 1984
Type: Movie
An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bill Hickock, with whom she had an unorthodox courtship, and the flamboyant Buffalo Bill Cody, between the 1870s and the turn of the century.
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The Demon Murder Case
Title: The Demon Murder Case
Character: Richard Clarion
Released: March 6, 1983
Type: Movie
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
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Title: Hotel
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: TV
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
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The Patricia Neal Story
Title: The Patricia Neal Story
Character: Dr. Charles Canton
Released: December 8, 1981
Type: Movie
The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.
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Title: Here's Boomer
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: TV
Here's Boomer is an American adventure/drama series produced by Paramount that premiered on the NBC network on March 14, 1980. A television movie called A Christmas for Boomer aired on December 6, 1979 and served as the pilot. The show follows the adventures of the titular stray dog, "Boomer" and ran for two seasons, ending its run in August 1982, with the final original episode, "Flatfoots," airing on July 3 of that year.
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Title: Trapper John, M.D.
Released: September 23, 1979
Type: TV
Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
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Walking Through the Fire
Title: Walking Through the Fire
Character: Dr. Freeman
Released: May 15, 1979
Type: Movie
A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the treatment can endanger the life of her unborn baby, as well as herself.
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Too Far to Go
Title: Too Far to Go
Character: Jack Dennis
Released: March 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("The Witches of Eastwick", "Rabbit Run"), "Too Far To Go" garnered overwhelming critical praise in its theatrical debut. With its exceptional cast, this film envelops us in a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes exasperating journey through this most important relationship.
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Title: Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Character: Miles Amory
Released: October 31, 1978
Type: Movie
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
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F.I.S.T.
Title: F.I.S.T.
Character: Bernie Marr
Released: April 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Cliff Barnes
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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The Lincoln Conspiracy
Title: The Lincoln Conspiracy
Character: John Surratt
Released: October 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Speculative hokum about John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Abraham Lincoln, escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Don Bartlett
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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Title: Rafferty
Released: September 5, 1977
Type: TV
Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid Rafferty, a former army doctor running his own private practice in Los Angeles and helping out part time at City General Hospital.
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Network
Title: Network
Character: Merrill Grant
Released: November 14, 1976
Type: Movie
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Title: Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Character: Dist. Atty. Tom Knight
Released: April 22, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent and, against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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The Disappearance of Flight 412
Title: The Disappearance of Flight 412
Character: White
Released: October 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412. Shortly into the test, the jet picks up three blips on radar, and subsequently, two fighters scramble and mysteriously disappear. At this point, Flight 412 is monitored and forced to land by Digger Control, a top-level, military intelligence group that debunks UFO information. The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.
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Title: How to Survive a Marriage
Character: Larry Kirby #2
Released: January 7, 1974
Type: TV
How to Survive a Marriage is an American soap opera which aired on the NBC television network from January 7, 1974 to April 17, 1975. The serial was created by Anne Howard Bailey, with much input from then-NBC Vice President Lin Bolen. The show's working title was From This Moment and was an in-house NBC production.
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The Seven-Ups
Title: The Seven-Ups
Character: Ansel - Seven-Up
Released: December 14, 1973
Type: Movie
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Teddy Maclay
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Ray Fromm
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Professor Lacey
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Cover Me Babe
Title: Cover Me Babe
Character: Jerry
Released: October 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
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Rabbit, Run
Title: Rabbit, Run
Character: Barney
Released: October 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass in hand. After a moment's contemplation, he decides to leave. Taking his coat and car keys, he's off and running on a rambling, aimless journey.
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Pretty Poison
Title: Pretty Poison
Character: Harry Jackson
Released: July 18, 1968
Type: Movie
A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
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An Enemy of the People
Title: An Enemy of the People
Released: December 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars, his warning to the powers-that-be falls on deaf ears.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Jack Wilks
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Acting Student (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: The Secret Storm
Released: February 1, 1954
Type: TV
The Secret Storm is a soap opera which ran on CBS from February 1, 1954 to February 8, 1974. The series was created by Roy Winsor, who also created the long-running soap operas Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life. Gloria Monty of General Hospital fame was a longtime director of the series. Like most CBS Soap Operas of the time such as The Guiding Light and As the World Turns The Secret Storm was filmed, and later taped, in New York at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 52 Street.