Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

Born: June 14, 1944
in Buffalo - New York - USA
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Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia (née Gaglione) and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school in Buffalo. He played football and acted in many of the school's plays. Grifasi briefly attended Canisius College in Buffalo before joining the United States Army. He went on to study at the Yale School of Drama. While at the Yale School of Drama, he met his future wife, the jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. Grifasi has played two separate members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played for the New York Yankees. In 61, set in 1961, he played Phil Rizzuto; in The Bronx Is Burning, set in 1977, he played Yogi Berra. Paul Borghese played Berra in 61, while actual 1977 broadcast recordings of Rizzuto were used in The Bronx Is Burning.

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Endgame
Title: Endgame
Character: Nagg
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Endgame tells the story of Hamm, who is reduced to living in one room, in which he sits blind and chair-bound. His only escape from his solitary world is the company of his aging, legless parents, who live in garbage bins, and his shuffling servant, Clov, who is at his beck and call, and who, like a dog, comes when whistled for. The only thing left for Hamm is to wait for the inevitable end. A pinnacle of Beckett’s characteristic raw minimalism, Endgame is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death. “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness” invokes Nell, which summarizes the tragicomic nature of this timeless play.
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The Dreams of Rene Sendam
Title: The Dreams of Rene Sendam
Character: Dr. Bradley
Released: January 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Rene Sendam is deeply troubled. A lonely graduate student studying poetry and an often alienating eccentric, Rene leads a fantasy life built on delusion and wonder… and a real life of isolation and rejection. “The Dreams of Rene Sendam” follows Rene’s friendships with three other students, including with Marie DiPierro, a free spirit traumatized by her father’s untimely death. Eventually Rene’s dangerous dreams threaten to rupture reality, putting Marie's life at risk.
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Me To Play
Title: Me To Play
Character: Himself
Released: February 16, 2021
Type: Movie
As their bodies give way to Parkinson's disease, two New York actors put their hearts into one final Off-Broadway production of Beckett's "Endgame," the play that posits, "there's nothing funnier than unhappiness."
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Radium Girls
Title: Radium Girls
Character: Grandpa
Released: October 23, 2020
Type: Movie
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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Title: I Know This Much Is True
Character: Steve Falice
Released: May 9, 2020
Type: TV
The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
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Title: Evil
Character: Lombino
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: Lodge 49
Released: August 6, 2018
Type: TV
Dud is a deadbeat but charming ex-surfer who joins a fraternal order hoping to reclaim the simple, happy lifestyle he lost when his father died. Through the Lodge and his newfound connection with the other members, Dud will come to find the missing sense of purpose in his life and confront his deepest fears and greatest hopes.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Judge John Mata
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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Baked in Brooklyn
Title: Baked in Brooklyn
Character: David's Dad
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A recent college graduate decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan after losing his job at a consulting firm. He soon meets the girl of his dreams. With an unsupportive girlfriend, an increase of clienteles, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, he soon realizes he is in way over his head.
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Title: Bull
Character: Judge Rand
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: TV
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
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Title: Bull
Character: Judge Arlen Rand
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: TV
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
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The American Side
Title: The American Side
Character: The Serb
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Peter Quince
Released: September 8, 2014
Type: Movie
A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Captain Moretti
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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The Front
Title: The Front
Character: Mr. Zeffirelli
Released: May 26, 2010
Type: Movie
A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.
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The Last New Yorker
Title: The Last New Yorker
Character: Jerry
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Lifelong friends Lenny Sugarman and Ruben Liebner , both in their 70s, both dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers, barely recognize the Manhattan of their youth. The city they’ve loved for decades has become a playground for the too-rich; their places, the ones they’ve frequented for years, are now refuges from a changing world they’re increasingly unable to keep up with. When Lenny—a lone schemer all his life—finally gets in over his head, he decides to seek the one thing he’s never had: true love. But to achieve it, he may have to abandon the only place he’s ever known. THE LAST NEW YORKER is a tale of friendship, love and the world’s greatest city -- and how all three keep us young and make us feel alive.
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Title: Canterbury's Law
Released: March 10, 2008
Type: TV
Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted by the unsolved disappearance of their young son, struggle to distance themselves from the tragedy and put their relationship back together. But those goals become elusive whenever Elizabeth's work provides a stark reminder of the justice absent in their own lives.
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Title: The Bronx Is Burning
Character: Yogi Berra
Released: July 9, 2007
Type: TV
In the summer of 1977, New York was a city in crisis. Paralyzed by a citywide blackout, political strife, and the Son of Sam killing spree, the Big Apple was burning. Rising out of this troubled urban landscape to bring hope and inspiration came one of baseball's most storied franchises, The New York Yankees.
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A Crime
Title: A Crime
Character: Bill
Released: September 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.
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Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
Title: Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
Character: Uncle Sam
Released: June 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Lewis Black stars in his second HBO solo special, an all-new hour of frenetic, take-no-prisoners stand-up comedy, taped before a live audience at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed features Black's opinions and insights into such issues as the State of the Union, abortion, frozen embryos, defecation habits, fossils, bad language, FEMA and, of course, Dick Cheney's aim.
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Title: Conviction
Character: Judge Harrigan
Released: March 3, 2006
Type: TV
A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confronted with tough, emotional cases that challenge their limited experience – and force them to mature quickly or be overwhelmed.
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Slow Burn
Title: Slow Burn
Character: Desk Sgt. Drown
Released: September 12, 2005
Type: Movie
A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
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A Jersey Tale
Title: A Jersey Tale
Character: Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
Released: June 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Jersey City teen Ray Ray Morales is wasting time in a low paying job until a local loan shark offers him a job — making sure that Ray Ray's friend, an immigrant pawnbroker makes his weekly payments.
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13 Going on 30
Title: 13 Going on 30
Character: Mr. Flamhaff
Released: April 13, 2004
Type: Movie
A girl who's sick of the social strictures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager Jenna wants a boyfriend, and when she's unable to find one, she fantasizes about being a well-adjusted adult. Suddenly, her secret desire becomes a reality, and she is transformed into a 30-year-old, but adulthood, with its own set of male-female challenges, isn't as easy as it looks.
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Title: Tarzan
Character: Lieutenant Scott Connor
Released: October 5, 2003
Type: TV
From the day two decades ago that young John Clayton's parents died and left him alone in the African jungle, he was raised by apes and has emerged as the fearless Tarzan. Captured by his billionaire uncle, Richard Clayton, the CEO of powerful Greystoke Industries, Tarzan is returned, against his will, to his family's home in New York City. Resisting captivity, he escapes into the concrete jungle of New York City where he encounters the strong-willed NYPD detective Jane Porter. Jane's perfectly ordered life is turned upside-down by Tarzan's dangerous yet profoundly untainted morality. Romantically involved with another member of the force, Detective Michael Foster, Jane is left to choose between reason and instinct, civilization and pure humanity, her head and her heart.
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Title: Hope & Faith
Character: Leo
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
Hope, a down-to-earth, happily married mother of three has her tidy world turned upside down when her celebrity sister moves in. Faith was living the Hollywood life as a soap opera star before her character was killed off.
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Auto Focus
Title: Auto Focus
Character: Strip Club M.C.
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
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Changing Lanes
Title: Changing Lanes
Character: Judge Cosell
Released: April 7, 2002
Type: Movie
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
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Queenie in Love
Title: Queenie in Love
Character: Berthold
Released: September 12, 2001
Type: Movie
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
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61*
Title: 61*
Character: Phil Rizzuto
Released: April 28, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
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Title: Some of My Best Friends
Character: Joe Zito
Released: February 28, 2001
Type: TV
Some of My Best Friends is an American sitcom shown on CBS from February 28 until April 11, 2001. The series was inspired by the film Kiss Me, Guido.
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Looking for an Echo
Title: Looking for an Echo
Character: Vic
Released: November 10, 2000
Type: Movie
The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.
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Title: Deadline
Released: October 2, 2000
Type: TV
Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
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The Other Me
Title: The Other Me
Character: Conrad
Released: September 8, 2000
Type: Movie
When Will Browning is threatened with military summer school if he doesn't get better grades, he decides to do a science project that will definitely get an A. So he buys some Ocean Pups, unhatched sea creatures that will look spectacular, but he hasn't bargained for the cloning agent that the unscrupulous manufacturers have put in the kit. Next thing he knows there's another him.
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Title: The Beat
Character: Vince Marinelli
Released: March 21, 2000
Type: TV
The Beat delves into the personal and professional lives of two young police recruits who patrol New York's streets. The city's daily machinations are seen through the often bloodshot eyes of Officers Mike Dorigan and Zane Marinelli, two youthful, irreverent partners who are truly products of their generation and unique urban environment. Issues of race, excessive police force – and the unpredictable quirkiness of New York's outspoken locals – compel both men to rely on their sense of humor just to make it to the end of their shift.
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Switching Goals
Title: Switching Goals
Character: Dave
Released: December 12, 1999
Type: Movie
Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Hashi Horowitz
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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The Naked Man
Title: The Naked Man
Character: Koski
Released: August 2, 1998
Type: Movie
A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.
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The Deal
Title: The Deal
Character: Boular
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A big-idea farce about big, badass businessmen.
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Sunday
Title: Sunday
Character: Scottie Elster
Released: May 1, 1997
Type: Movie
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.
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One Fine Day
Title: One Fine Day
Character: Manny Feldstein
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
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Shadow of a Doubt
Title: Shadow of a Doubt
Character: Sidney Sherman
Released: December 3, 1996
Type: Movie
Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdaughter Angel, who is accused of murder. Sloan is out of his depth as his opponents mount a bitter campaign to portray him as a drunk and the trial becomes a media circus. Can Sloan justify Robin's faith in him?
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Title: Early Edition
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
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Undue Influence
Title: Undue Influence
Character: Clem
Released: September 15, 1996
Type: Movie
When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from the death of his wife, takes on the case.
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Heavy
Title: Heavy
Character: Leo
Released: December 29, 1995
Type: Movie
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.
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Money Train
Title: Money Train
Character: Riley
Released: November 21, 1995
Type: Movie
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
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Two Bits
Title: Two Bits
Character: Uncle Joe
Released: October 22, 1995
Type: Movie
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ticket to the plush new movie theater. But grandpa's not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward: he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
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Batman Forever
Title: Batman Forever
Character: Bank Guard
Released: June 16, 1995
Type: Movie
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
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Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Title: Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Character: Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
Released: October 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Chicago police detective Jack Reed investigates the brutal murder of a stripper while he deals with corruption and bureaucracy within his own department.
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Title: ER
Character: Tom Williams
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: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Natural Born Killers
Title: Natural Born Killers
Character: Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Released: August 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Title: Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Character: Director
Released: March 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
Title: The Hudsucker Proxy
Character: Lou
Released: March 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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Title: Moon Over Miami
Released: September 15, 1993
Type: TV
Moon Over Miami is a short-lived American comedy series that aired on ABC.
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Household Saints
Title: Household Saints
Character: Frank Manzone
Released: September 15, 1993
Type: Movie
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
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Taking the Heat
Title: Taking the Heat
Character: Lou Valentine
Released: June 6, 1993
Type: Movie
When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.
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Benny & Joon
Title: Benny & Joon
Character: Mike
Released: April 16, 1993
Type: Movie
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
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Title: Class of '96
Character: Joe Morrisey
Released: January 19, 1993
Type: TV
Class of '96 is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto.
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Title: Sinatra
Character: George Evans
Released: November 8, 1992
Type: TV
Sinatra is a 1992 CBS miniseries biography and drama, starring Philip Casnoff as singer Frank Sinatra, developed and executive produced by Frank's youngest daughter Tina Sinatra.
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Citizen Cohn
Title: Citizen Cohn
Character: Gerald Walpin
Released: August 22, 1992
Type: Movie
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
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Primary Motive
Title: Primary Motive
Character: Paul Melton
Released: August 2, 1992
Type: Movie
In this political thriller, a gubernatorial candidate's idealistic press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the nest of his campaigns with terrible lies.
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City of Hope
Title: City of Hope
Character: Pauly
Released: October 11, 1991
Type: Movie
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
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Title: WIOU
Character: Tony Pro
Released: October 24, 1990
Type: TV
WIOU is an American television drama series, which aired on CBS in 1990 and 1991. The show is set in the news department of a fictional television station whose actual callsign is WNDY, but which is nicknamed WIOU by its staff because of the station's perennial financial struggles. The show stars John Shea as news director Hank Zaret. The cast also includes Mariette Hartley as executive producer Liz McVay, Harris Yulin and Helen Shaver as news anchors Neal Frazier and Kelby Robinson, Phil Morris as aggressive reporter Eddie Bock, Jayne Brook as reporter Ann Hudson, Kate McNeil as reporter Taylor Young, Dick Van Patten as aging weatherman Floyd Graham, and Wallace Langham as news intern Willis Teitelbaum. According to television researchers Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, this program received such low ratings that although 18 episodes were actually produced, five were never aired upon the program's cancellation.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Ezra Gould
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Defense Attorney James Linde
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Presumed Innocent
Title: Presumed Innocent
Character: Tommy Molto
Released: July 27, 1990
Type: Movie
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
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Kojak: Ariana
Title: Kojak: Ariana
Character: Lieutenant Rastelli
Released: November 2, 1989
Type: Movie
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
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Perfect Witness
Title: Perfect Witness
Character: Breeze
Released: October 28, 1989
Type: Movie
An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) reports the crime. Overzealous attorneys (Brian Dennehy and Stockard Channing) put pressure on Paxton to testify in court, but Paxton is in a tough spot when the mob starts threatening his family. Paxton now faces an impossible choice: testify and put his family at risk … or go to jail.
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The Feud
Title: The Feud
Character: Bud Bullard
Released: September 30, 1989
Type: Movie
All Dolph Beeler wanted was a can of paint remover when he went to Bud Bullard's hardware store in Millville. But a simple misunderstandling between two men has turned into an outright war between two towns in this outrageous comedy of errors.--Summary from container. -- WorldCat
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Chances Are
Title: Chances Are
Character: Omar
Released: March 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Title: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Character: Foreman
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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Title: Roseanne
Character: IRS Office Supervisor
Released: October 18, 1988
Type: TV
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Title: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Character: Bartender
Released: September 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Big Business
Title: Big Business
Character: Desk Clerk
Released: June 10, 1988
Type: Movie
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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Ironweed
Title: Ironweed
Character: Jack
Released: December 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
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Moonstruck
Title: Moonstruck
Character: Shy Waiter
Released: December 16, 1987
Type: Movie
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
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Matewan
Title: Matewan
Character: Fausto
Released: August 28, 1987
Type: Movie
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
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One Police Plaza
Title: One Police Plaza
Character: Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
Released: November 29, 1986
Type: Movie
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Dominic Nuzzi
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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F/X
Title: F/X
Character: Mickey
Released: February 7, 1986
Type: Movie
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
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Bad Medicine
Title: Bad Medicine
Character: Gómez
Released: November 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But then he gets a chance to study medicine abroad in a small Latin American dictatorship governed by the dictator Ramon Madera who has a big interest in how the medical students behave.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Lt. Vocek
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Brewster's Millions
Title: Brewster's Millions
Character: J.B. Donaldo
Released: May 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Kapatkin
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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The Flamingo Kid
Title: The Flamingo Kid
Character: Mario Minetta
Released: December 21, 1984
Type: Movie
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
Title: The Pope of Greenwich Village
Character: Jimmy the Cheese Man
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
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Splash
Title: Splash
Character: Manny
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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Will There Really Be a Morning?
Title: Will There Really Be a Morning?
Character: Wyler
Released: February 22, 1983
Type: Movie
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
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Still of the Night
Title: Still of the Night
Character: Joseph Vitucci
Released: November 19, 1982
Type: Movie
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
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The Elephant Man
Title: The Elephant Man
Character: Pinhead Manager
Released: January 4, 1982
Type: Movie
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.
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Honky Tonk Freeway
Title: Honky Tonk Freeway
Character: Osvaldo
Released: August 21, 1981
Type: Movie
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
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The Gentleman Bandit
Title: The Gentleman Bandit
Character: Det. Esposito
Released: May 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Hide in Plain Sight
Title: Hide in Plain Sight
Character: Matty Stanek
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: Movie
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
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Something Short of Paradise
Title: Something Short of Paradise
Character: Barney Collins
Released: September 14, 1979
Type: Movie
A young couple in New York are having problems with their relationship.
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The Deer Hunter
Title: The Deer Hunter
Character: Bandleader
Released: December 8, 1978
Type: Movie
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
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On the Yard
Title: On the Yard
Character: Morris
Released: September 16, 1978
Type: Movie
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
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Secret Service
Title: Secret Service
Character: Cpl. Matson
Released: January 12, 1977
Type: Movie
Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Cpl. Matson
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.