Dakin Matthews

Dakin Matthews

Born: November 7, 1940
in Oakland, California, USA
Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and theatrical scholar. Best known as Herb Kelcher in ‘’My Two Dads’’ (1987-1989), Hamlin Charleston in ‘’Gilmore Girls’’ (2000-2007), and as Reverend Sikes in ‘’Desperate Housewives’’ (2004-2012).

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Waitress: The Musical
Title: Waitress: The Musical
Character: Joe / Josie
Released: December 7, 2023
Type: Movie
A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.
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Title: The Gilded Age
Character: Joshua Winterton
Released: January 24, 2022
Type: TV
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.
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Title: Evil
Character: Father Augustus
Released: September 26, 2019
Type: TV
Skeptical female clinical psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
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Title: The Resident
Character: Howie Green
Released: January 21, 2018
Type: TV
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
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Title: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Character: Hanlin Charleston
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: TV
Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.
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Bridge of Spies
Title: Bridge of Spies
Character: Judge Byers
Released: October 15, 2015
Type: Movie
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
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Zero Charisma
Title: Zero Charisma
Character: Greg Goran
Released: October 11, 2013
Type: Movie
An obsessive fantasy nerd gradually becomes unhinged when a charismatic hipster joins his role-playing game
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Lincoln
Title: Lincoln
Character: John Usher
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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Title: Elementary
Character: James Connaughton
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Title: Veep
Character: Balloon Salesman
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: TV
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
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The Eagle
Title: The Eagle
Character: Claudius Marcellus
Released: February 8, 2011
Type: Movie
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
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True Grit
Title: True Grit
Character: Col. Stonehill
Released: December 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Dr. David Zarevich
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Title: Parks and Recreation
Character: David
Released: April 9, 2009
Type: TV
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
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Title: Better Off Ted
Character: Arthur Wells
Released: March 18, 2009
Type: TV
Ted, a successful but morally conscious man, runs a research and development department at a morally questionable corporation, Veridian Technologies. No achievement is too far fetched and no invention too unorthodox for Veridian. Ted loves his seemingly perfect job; he loves his superhuman boss, Veronica, and colleagues Lem, Phil and Linda, but he's starting to take a closer look at the company's extremely questionable practices... especially when they try to cryogenically freeze one of Ted's scientists for testing purposes.
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Title: Castle
Character: Dave Dunne
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Christo Papadakis
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Title: True Blood
Character: Dr. Robideaux
Released: September 7, 2008
Type: TV
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
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Title: The Big Bang Theory
Character: Santa Claus
Released: September 24, 2007
Type: TV
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.
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Title: Dexter
Character: Dr. Pittman
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: TV
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
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Title: The Closer
Character: Mr. Mitchell
Released: June 13, 2005
Type: TV
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
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Title: Medium
Character: Arthur Brock
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
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Title: House
Character: Marvin
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Title: Desperate Housewives
Character: Reverend Sikes
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
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Title: Jack & Bobby
Character: Merle Horstradt
Released: September 12, 2004
Type: TV
If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.
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Title: Two and a Half Men
Character: Father Shaunassey
Released: September 22, 2003
Type: TV
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
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The Fighting Temptations
Title: The Fighting Temptations
Character: Mr. Fairchild
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
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The Big Time
Title: The Big Time
Released: October 20, 2002
Type: Movie
In 1948 Manhattan, a diverse group of people are committed to making the fledgling Empire Network a success. Among them: a naive young woman who's hired as a script girl; an idealistic programmer; and an aspiring director who hopes to make Empire "the network that takes risks and makes new stars." Then there's Empire's president, an eccentric scientist whose bride raises eyebrows at the network.
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Thirteen Days
Title: Thirteen Days
Character: Arthur Lundahl
Released: December 25, 2000
Type: Movie
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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Title: The Michael Richards Show
Character: Steve
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: TV
The Michael Richards Show is a sitcom that debuted on NBC in 2000. The show starred Michael Richards as reality-challenged but successful private detective Vic Nardozza who gets the job done despite his unconventional methods.
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Title: Gilmore Girls
Character: Hanlin Charleston
Released: October 5, 2000
Type: TV
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
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An Extremely Goofy Movie
Title: An Extremely Goofy Movie
Character: Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Released: February 29, 2000
Type: Movie
It's all extreme sports and a life of freedom as Max sets off for college -- but Goofy misses Max so much he loses his job and goes to finish college alongside Max and his friends. But as Goofy tries to get closer to Max, both must go to the extreme to learn how to live their own lives together.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Simon Blye
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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The Muse
Title: The Muse
Character: Dr. Jacobson
Released: January 5, 1999
Type: Movie
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
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The Siege
Title: The Siege
Character: Congressman Marshall
Released: November 6, 1998
Type: Movie
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
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The Siege
Title: The Siege
Character: Senator Wright
Released: November 6, 1998
Type: Movie
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
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Title: Charmed
Character: Angel of Destiny
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
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Title: The King of Queens
Character: Joe Heffernan
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
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Title: From the Earth to the Moon
Character: Dr. Floyd Thompson
Released: April 5, 1998
Type: TV
The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.
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Best Friends for Life
Title: Best Friends for Life
Character: Mr. Burnham
Released: January 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Sarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had children within the same year and now find themselves facing uncertain futures after the sudden deaths of their husbands. Though they have much in common, Sarah is a relaxed nature lover, while Harriet is intense and set in her ways. Sarah has been able to move on with her life with the help of her mother, her maid Katie and Will, the new man in her life. Harriet is unable to cope with her loss and her relationship with her daughter Pammy is strained. When Harriet is diagnosed with a serious illness, she and Sarah learn a lesson about love and friendship.
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Flubber
Title: Flubber
Character: Minister
Released: November 26, 1997
Type: Movie
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
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Title: Stargate SG-1
Character: Maz'rai
Released: July 27, 1997
Type: TV
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
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Title: Rough Riders
Character: Wadsworth, Sr.
Released: July 20, 1997
Type: TV
Rough Riders is a 1997 television miniseries directed and co-written by John Milius about future President Theodore Roosevelt and the regiment. The series prominently shows the bravery of the volunteers at the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War of 1898. It was released on DVD in 2006. The series originally aired on TNT with a four-hour running time, including commercials.
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Bean
Title: Bean
Character: Passenger Tucker
Released: July 3, 1997
Type: Movie
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
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Title: Soul Man
Character: Bishop Peter Jerome
Released: April 15, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: The Practice
Character: Judge William Aldrich
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Title: The Practice
Character: Judge Lander
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Title: EZ Streets
Released: October 27, 1996
Type: TV
EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm. The series stars Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, and Jason Gedrick.
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Title: The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Released: September 12, 1995
Type: TV
Jeff Foxworthy is a hardworking husband and father. Between paying his mortgage, running his heating and air company business and raising his precocious son, he learns what every self-respecting redneck knows: tractor pulls come and go, but family is forever!
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Virus
Title: Virus
Character: Dr. Dubcheck
Released: May 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas? A lone determined doctor desperately and fearlessly searches for the truth, but she soon finds herself targeted for death as well. With time running out to save human kind, Dr. Marissa Blumenthal discovers that the strange disease may have actually been unleashed by the medical establishment itself.
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Stuart Saves His Family
Title: Stuart Saves His Family
Character: Intervention Counselor
Released: April 12, 1995
Type: Movie
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
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Title: The Office
Character: Frank Gerard
Released: March 11, 1995
Type: TV
A look at office life seen though the eyes of Rita Stone, a secretary who has worked at the packaging department of an ad agency called Package, Inc for 19 years. 
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Title: Star Trek: Voyager
Character: Admiral Patterson
Released: January 16, 1995
Type: TV
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
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The Swan Princess
Title: The Swan Princess
Character: King William (voice)
Released: November 18, 1994
Type: Movie
The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.
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The Enemy Within
Title: The Enemy Within
Character: Vice President Walter Kelly
Released: August 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.
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Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Title: Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Character: Dean Barrow
Released: May 22, 1994
Type: Movie
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
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White Mile
Title: White Mile
Character: Andy Thornell
Released: May 21, 1994
Type: Movie
An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.
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Staying Afloat
Title: Staying Afloat
Character: Henry Ashley
Released: November 26, 1993
Type: Movie
In this comedy thriller, a prospective series pilot, Larry Hagman plays a disinherited socialite and high roller who, with the aid of a comely con artist and his sarcastic butler, helps the feds bring down an arms merchant.
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Title: The Nanny
Character: Dean Sterrett
Released: November 3, 1993
Type: TV
Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.
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Hart to Hart Returns
Title: Hart to Hart Returns
Character: Ted Avery
Released: November 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Jonathan Hart, the wealthy entrepreneur, and his charming investigative reporter wife, Jennifer, once again get caught up in a mystery, this time involving corrupt government contractors. Aided by their trusty servant Max, who is more family than employee, and their dog Freeway, the Harts try to resolve issues with an investigation into Jonathan’s business dealings with an old friend in the aerospace industry, and find themselves in the midst of a dark plot which will put Jonathan’s freedom, their home, and even their lives in jeopardy.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Elton Malone
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: Monsignor D'Amico
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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And the Band Played On
Title: And the Band Played On
Character: Congressman Phil Burton
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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Undercover Blues
Title: Undercover Blues
Character: Police Captain
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: Movie
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.
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Rio Shannon
Title: Rio Shannon
Released: August 14, 1993
Type: Movie
A widow and her family face new challenges when they relocate to a run-down guest ranch in New Mexico.
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Rising Sun
Title: Rising Sun
Character: Professor Sanders
Released: July 30, 1993
Type: Movie
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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Title: Cutters
Character: Harry Polachek
Released: June 11, 1993
Type: TV
Cutters is an American sitcom that aired from June 11 until July 9, 1993.
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The Temp
Title: The Temp
Character: Dr. Feldman
Released: February 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.
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Title: Love & War
Released: September 21, 1992
Type: TV
A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.
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Criminal Behavior
Title: Criminal Behavior
Character: Albee Ferguson
Released: May 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Female lawyer is stalked by a killer. The last in a long line of con artists, defense lawyer Jessie Lee Stubbs (Farrah Fawcett) has every intention of staying on the right side of the law. But a suitcase packed with $3 million, a missing Hollywood starlet, and a trail of dead bodies draw her deeper into a deadly intrigue of desire, deception, betrayal and murder.
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Revolver
Title: Revolver
Character: Tom McCall
Released: April 19, 1992
Type: Movie
Nick Suster, a secret intelligence agent paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, sets out to track down his assailant and in the process, uncovers a major arms-smuggling operation that threatens international security.
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Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
Title: Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
Character: Attorney
Released: March 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Jean and Shag Williams locate a newly built house and decide it's perfect for them to buy. One thing the developers forgot to tell them about was that it is built on a graveyard. Within days toilets start to flush by themselves and the garage door moves up and down by its own accord. Will Jean and Shag realize that the place may be haunted by ghosts before it's too late?
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For Richer, for Poorer
Title: For Richer, for Poorer
Character: Larry
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan that he hopes will inspire his son to get a job.
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In a Stranger's Hand
Title: In a Stranger's Hand
Character: Francis Haynes
Released: September 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
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Title: Drexell's Class
Released: September 19, 1991
Type: TV
Drexell's Class is an American sitcom aired by Fox as part of its 1991-92 lineup. The show was created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.
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Title: Herman's Head
Character: Mr. Brooks
Released: September 8, 1991
Type: TV
Herman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from September 8, 1991 until April 21, 1994. The series was created by Andy Guerdat and Steve Kreinberg, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television. William Ragsdale stars as the titular character, Herman Brooks.
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Child's Play 3
Title: Child's Play 3
Character: Colonel Cochrane
Released: August 30, 1991
Type: Movie
Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated from a mass of melted plastic.
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Jailbirds
Title: Jailbirds
Character: Sheriff
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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White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Title: White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Character: D.A. Buron Fitts
Released: May 5, 1991
Type: Movie
When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.
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The Perfect Tribute
Title: The Perfect Tribute
Character: Dr. Thomas
Released: April 21, 1991
Type: Movie
A boy risks life and limb to travel across the war-torn southern states of America during the height of hostilities in the Civil War, hoping to visit his wounded brother in a field hospital on the other side of the country. His accidental meeting with Abraham Lincoln helps the disheartened president understand just how important the Gettysburg Address really is.
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The Whereabouts of Jenny
Title: The Whereabouts of Jenny
Character: Cox
Released: January 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Jimmy O'Meara loves his daughter more than anything in the world. But when his ex-wife gets involved with a man who's involved with criminals, his world is turned upside down. They have entered the Witness Protection Program and the government attorney who is in charge of the program is being highly uncooperative with Mr. O'Meara's request that he be granted access to his daughter. This starts an intense legal battle.
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Ghost Dad
Title: Ghost Dad
Character: Mr. Seymour
Released: June 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
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Title: Down Home
Character: Walt McCrorey
Released: April 12, 1990
Type: TV
A New York City executive returns to her hometown of Hadley Cove, Texas, a coastal fishing village, to help save her father's bait and tackle shop from her ex-boyfriend, a condominium developer. Down Home is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from April 12, 1990 to August 10, 1991. Emmy Award winning actor Ted Danson served as series co-producer.
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My Brother's Wife
Title: My Brother's Wife
Character: Charles Rusher
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where they first met. And Barney recalls how things kept them apart like his need to act out at his father. And his fear of commitment.
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Title: Cross of Fire
Character: Hiram Evans
Released: November 5, 1989
Type: TV
Cross of Fire is a 1989 American television mini-series based on the horrific rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D.C. Stephenson, a highly successful leader of the Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan. It was originally shown in two parts. In syndication, it is shown as a television movie.
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The Fabulous Baker Boys
Title: The Fabulous Baker Boys
Character: Charlie
Released: October 13, 1989
Type: Movie
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
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Wired
Title: Wired
Character: Washington Post Editor
Released: August 25, 1989
Type: Movie
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.
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Title: Doctor Doctor
Released: June 12, 1989
Type: TV
Doctor Doctor is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. It began a short run in June 1989, and was picked up for a full season the following fall. A second season followed in fall 1990, but the show was cancelled at the end of the 1990-1991 season, due to low ratings. One episode, "Long Day's Journey Into Deirdre", remains unaired in the US.
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Out on the Edge
Title: Out on the Edge
Character: Dr. Cutler
Released: May 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Danny is a troubled teen with a difficult home life. His parents' marriage has disintegrated, and his father's already found someone else he'd like to wed. So, Danny turns to drugs to soothe his lost soul, and when he goes too far, his mother checks him into a psychiatric unit. Can Danny finally turn his life around, and will his father help?
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Naked Lie
Title: Naked Lie
Character: Adam Berger
Released: February 26, 1989
Type: Movie
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
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Title: TV 101
Character: Tanner
Released: November 29, 1988
Type: TV
TV 101 is an American drama series that aired on CBS from 1988 until 1989. The series stars Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo, Alex Désert and Matt LeBlanc. The music for this show was created and produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Title: Dear John
Character: David Hennessey
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: TV
Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
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Title: Dear John
Character: David
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: TV
Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
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Clean and Sober
Title: Clean and Sober
Character: Bob
Released: August 10, 1988
Type: Movie
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.
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Funny Farm
Title: Funny Farm
Character: Marion Corey Jr.
Released: June 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
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Baby M
Title: Baby M
Character: Judge Sorkow
Released: May 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Baby M is a two-part TV movie predicated on a headline-making true event. In 1985, Mary Beth Whitehead accepted $10,000 to bear a child, which then would be adopted by William and Elizabeth Stern. But after the baby's birth in March of 1986, Whitehead reneged on the agreement. The subsequent high-profile custody trial raged on for well over nine months.
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Permanent Record
Title: Permanent Record
Released: April 22, 1988
Type: Movie
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and bandmate, Chris, with a lot of questions.
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Title: Aaron's Way
Released: March 9, 1988
Type: TV
Aaron's Way is a 1988 American family drama series that aired on NBC. The series stars Merlin Olsen as Aaron Miller, the husband and father of an Amish family that moves to California. The series follows the attempts of family members to adapt to California culture while retaining their personal values. Also appearing on the series were Samantha Mathis and Belinda Montgomery.
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The Silence at Bethany
Title: The Silence at Bethany
Character: Sam Mitgang
Released: January 20, 1988
Type: Movie
A young man, searching for meaning and focus in his life, returns to the Mennonite farm community where he was born.
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Nuts
Title: Nuts
Character: Judge Lawrence Block
Released: November 20, 1987
Type: Movie
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
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Like Father Like Son
Title: Like Father Like Son
Character: Old Man Morrison
Released: October 2, 1987
Type: Movie
Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.
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Title: Fresno
Character: Prosecutor
Released: November 16, 1986
Type: TV
In Fresno, California, the once-wealthy Kensington family's raisin-growing empire has fallen on hard times. They are led by widowed matriarch Charlotte, who is locked in a deadly power struggle with rival raisin magnate Tyler Cane.
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Title: Brothers
Character: J. Thomas Briggs
Released: July 13, 1984
Type: TV
Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Detective Kane
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.