Mario Machado

Mario Machado

Born: April 22, 1935
Died: May 4, 2013
in Shanghai, China
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Mário Machado (born Mário José de Souza Machado; April 22, 1935 – May 4, 2013) was a Portuguese-Chinese-American television and radio broadcaster and actor. He made television history when, in 1970, he became the first American of Chinese heritage to be an on-air television news reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and perhaps in the nation.

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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Title: An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Character: Self
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
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Casas de fuego
Title: Casas de fuego
Character: Cadaver
Released: August 31, 1995
Type: Movie
Film based on the life of Dr. Salvador Mazza, who, with a group of professionals, conducts an investigation to discover the antidote to a mysterious illness whose carrier is a nocturnal insect. A Mazza was regarded as the first doctor who fought the deadly Chagas disease in Argentina.
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Without Warning
Title: Without Warning
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 1994
Type: Movie
A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more meteors are coming and the various Earth governments combine forces to stop them.
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RoboCop 3
Title: RoboCop 3
Character: Casey Wong
Released: January 21, 1993
Type: Movie
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.
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Switched at Birth
Title: Switched at Birth
Character: Philadelphia Anchor
Released: April 28, 1991
Type: Movie
This is the story of the two babies who were switched at birth. A few years later when one of the girls gets sick and tests revealed that she was not the daughter of the couple who raised her. Eventually she dies. And the couple most especially the mother, search for their real daughter. Eventually they suspect that it's a widower who has their child. Now while they try to find out if she is their daughter, the widower is advised by his attorney not to be so hasty to cooperate, cause if she is their daughter, he might lose her, and she is all he has.
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RoboCop 2
Title: RoboCop 2
Character: Casey Wong
Released: June 22, 1990
Type: Movie
After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.
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Title: Dear John
Character: Male Newscaster
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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Dead Man Walking
Title: Dead Man Walking
Character: Himself
Released: September 15, 1988
Type: Movie
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to penetrate the toxic & off-limits Plague Zone and bring her back alive.
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Jack's Back
Title: Jack's Back
Character: Anchorman
Released: May 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.
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RoboCop
Title: RoboCop
Character: Casey Wong
Released: July 17, 1987
Type: Movie
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
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Triplecross
Title: Triplecross
Character: TV Reporter
Released: July 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force and use their money to become flamboyant private detectives. They get involved in cases involving the death of an artist, underworld figures, blackmail and a fix on baseball games.
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Title: The Golden Girls
Character: Sportscaster (voice)
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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St. Elmo's Fire
Title: St. Elmo's Fire
Character: Kim Sung Ho
Released: June 28, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he searches for the meaning of love. Jules may be an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has problems of her own. Demure Wendy is in love with Billy—a loveable sax player and an irresponsible drunk. Alec wants it all: a career in politics and the appearance of a traditional home life. Alec’s girlfriend, Leslie, is an ambitious architect who doesn't know about his infidelity, but his new allegiance to the Republican Party is already enough to put her off marriage.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: TV Announcer
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Scarface
Title: Scarface
Character: Interviewer
Released: December 9, 1983
Type: Movie
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
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Blue Thunder
Title: Blue Thunder
Character: Self - Broadcaster
Released: February 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
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Rocky III
Title: Rocky III
Character: Interviewer
Released: May 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.
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The Concorde... Airport '79
Title: The Concorde... Airport '79
Character: Reporter #1
Released: August 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Title: Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to swamp the island. In desperation, the castaways lash their huts together into one structure in order to have any chance to ride the disaster out.
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Oh, God!
Title: Oh, God!
Character: TV Reporter
Released: October 7, 1977
Type: Movie
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
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Indict and Convict
Title: Indict and Convict
Character: TV Interviewer
Released: January 6, 1974
Type: Movie
A prosecutor must try his friend, a deputy district attorney, who has been charged with murdering his wife and her lover.
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The Great American Beauty Contest
Title: The Great American Beauty Contest
Character: TV Announcer
Released: February 13, 1973
Type: Movie
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
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Title: Banacek
Character: 1st Newscaster
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
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Brian's Song
Title: Brian's Song
Character: Reporter #1
Released: November 30, 1971
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
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Death Takes a Holiday
Title: Death Takes a Holiday
Character: TV Announcer
Released: October 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.