Michael C. Gwynne

Michael C. Gwynne

Born: October 1, 1942
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Movies for Michael C. Gwynne...

Your Money's No Good Here
Title: Your Money's No Good Here
Character: Radio Announcer (voice)
Released: August 3, 2023
Type: Movie
A common phrase's misinterpretation propels one man's life into a dark, downward spiral. "Your Money's No Good Here" blends comedy with surrealist nightmare; a Tim Robinson sketch by way of David Lynch that examines the influence of language and the delicate nature of the male ego.
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Title: The Pacific
Released: March 14, 2010
Type: TV
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
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Meet The Santas
Title: Meet The Santas
Character: Rev. Moran
Released: December 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Because she is marrying the man who assumed the mantle of Santa Claus last December 26, Beth's postponed wedding has to be rescheduled for Xmas eve. Overwhelmed by selling the house she and her son share and the prospect of the duties of Mrs. Claus, she has to call on her estranged socialite Grinch of a mother to arrange the wedding. Of course her mom has never met the fiancé nor his family and has no inkling of his secret. This is a sequel to 2004's Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus.
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Nostradamus
Title: Nostradamus
Character: Astrologer La Font
Released: April 27, 2000
Type: Movie
A medieval cult travels to the 20th century and kills people in an attempt to bring about the end of the world. The policeman must stop them by summoning the spirit of Nostradamus.
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Title: All Saints
Released: February 24, 1998
Type: TV
Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.
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Private Parts
Title: Private Parts
Character: The Duke of Rock
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
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Dillinger and Capone
Title: Dillinger and Capone
Character: Perkins
Released: June 20, 1995
Type: Movie
In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. Fast-forward five years, when mobster kingpin Al Capone (F. Murray Abraham) gives the real Dillinger (Martin Sheen) an offer he can't refuse: rob millions from a secluded vault or watch his wife and child get whacked.
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Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Title: Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Character: Pete Myers
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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Blood Ties
Title: Blood Ties
Character: Marvin
Released: May 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Carpathian Americans are just like any other expatriate organization, they enjoy family get together, and share business opportunities. There is just one minor difference, the Carpathian Americans seem to have a predilection for drinking human blood.
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Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
Title: Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
Character: Det. Pat Connors
Released: September 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Dramatic recounting of the true story of Bostonians Charles and Carol Stuart and the events before and after October 23, 1989, the night of the latter's murder, supposedly, as the husband related to police, by a young black man out to rob them while they were spending a night on the town.
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The Last of the Finest
Title: The Last of the Finest
Character: Anthony Reece
Released: March 9, 1990
Type: Movie
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
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Unholy Matrimony
Title: Unholy Matrimony
Character: Lt. Al Kerns
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: Movie
He's after a man who married for money. Insurance money.
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Cherry 2000
Title: Cherry 2000
Character: Slim
Released: November 10, 1987
Type: Movie
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.
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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Title: Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Character: Gavin
Released: May 3, 1987
Type: Movie
Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.
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Houston: The Legend of Texas
Title: Houston: The Legend of Texas
Character: Mosely Baker
Released: November 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Tai-Pan
Title: Tai-Pan
Released: November 7, 1986
Type: Movie
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
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Title: Matlock
Character: Larry Cooper
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Eat or Be Eaten
Title: Eat or Be Eaten
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
At Kudzu County's annual Harvest Festival, a virgin must be sacrificed, to keep the giant kudzu vines from destroying the town, but plans go awry when a talk-show host from out of town gets involved.
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Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Title: Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Character: Jimmy Blue
Released: October 5, 1985
Type: Movie
A Wyoming cop teams with a Beverly Hills policeman to track down the killer of her best friend.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: Dr. Burke
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: jail attendant
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Seduced
Title: Seduced
Character: 'Fitz' Fitzgibbons
Released: March 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Cybill Shephard stars as Vicky, a woman married to a rich old man, who has one foot in the grave. Gregory Harrison plays Mike Riordon a district attorney, who is young, handsome and living at home with his Irish mom for the most. Vicky's husband Arthur gets Mike involved in a merger of two companies...or something like that even though he knows that Mike and Vicky were a couple and that she had dumped him. Whilst Mike and Vicky are attending a party, Arthur is alone at home when a burglar appears out of nowhere and shoots him point blank.
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Title: My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Character: Raoul Walsh
Released: January 21, 1985
Type: Movie
The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
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He's Not Your Son
Title: He's Not Your Son
Character: Dr. Langtry
Released: October 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Two couples face the possibility that their infant sons, both born on the same day, were inadvertently switched at the hospital, and a chain of revelations and decisions threatens both families.
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Calendar Girl Murders
Title: Calendar Girl Murders
Character: Krell
Released: April 8, 1984
Type: Movie
During the launch party of a nude calendar, one of the models is thrown to her death by a black gloved killer. When the killer begins to strike again, going in the order of the calendar itself, a hard nosed cop realizes that he needs to solve the mystery, or risk all of the models ending up in the morgue!
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Deadly Encounter
Title: Deadly Encounter
Character: John Servasco
Released: December 19, 1982
Type: Movie
A veteran pilot finds himself knee-deep in trouble when his ex-girlfriend shows up at his doorstep in a terrible state. She knows the whereabouts of an immense fortune, and the Mafia is hot on her trail.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Considine
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Title: Knight Rider
Character: Paul Brock
Released: September 26, 1982
Type: TV
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill
Title: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Character: Roebuck
Released: April 12, 1982
Type: Movie
A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Harry Tracy, Desperado
Title: Harry Tracy, Desperado
Character: David Merrill
Released: January 21, 1982
Type: Movie
By the turn of the 20th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Billy the Kid and virtually all of the West's legendary outlaws are either dead or in jail pending execution. Well, all, except train robber and escape artist extraordinaire, Harry Tracy. As the last survivor of the Wild Bunch, Tracy pulls off a series of profitable robberies before making his way west to Portland, Oregon, in search of Catherine Tuttle -- a judge's daughter who has captured his heart. But on the way, Tracy is betrayed, arrested, and imprisoned. However, no jail can hold him for long and after making his escape, Tracy becomes the target of the largest manhunt in the history of North America.
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Victims
Title: Victims
Character: Attorney Walters
Released: January 11, 1982
Type: Movie
A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.
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Title: Falcon Crest
Character: Steve Barton
Released: December 4, 1981
Type: TV
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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Threshold
Title: Threshold
Character: Jay Wingate
Released: September 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Celebrated heart surgeon Thomas Vrain supports the research of an offbeat scientist who has invented an artificial heart. Against the advice of the Ethics Committee, Dr. Vrain decides to perform the first artificial heart transplant.
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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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Raise the Titanic
Title: Raise the Titanic
Character: Bohannon
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
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Title: Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Character: Larry King
Released: April 15, 1980
Type: TV
The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.
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Title: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Released: January 27, 1980
Type: TV
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.
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The Streets of L.A.
Title: The Streets of L.A.
Character: Walter Kiner
Released: November 13, 1979
Type: Movie
A woman embarks on a lone pursuit of three teenaged hoods in the Los Angeles barrio after becoming incensed at their malicious tire-slashing on parked cars including hers.
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Title: Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Released: September 29, 1979
Type: TV
Big Shamus, Little Shamus is an American detective drama series that aired on CBS from September 29, 1979 to October 6, 1979. The Series focused on Arnie Sutter, the veteran house detective at The Ansonia Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and his thirteen-year-old son Max, who solved crimes at the hotel casino relating to legalized gambling.
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J-Men Forever
Title: J-Men Forever
Released: July 1, 1979
Type: Movie
The Lightning Bug has a multi-prong scheme to enslave the earth. First, rock and roll, which the JMen counter with Muzac, then marijuana. Finally, the JMen build a bomb to blow up the moon with, but the Bug beats them to it by self destructing the moon by playing his rock and roll too loud.
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Title: Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Character: Mike Cassidy
Released: June 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, soon to be known as The Sundance Kid. This is the 'prequel' of how they met, their first clumsy robberies, the heroic dangers that abound them together, the secret that nearly tore them apart, and the impossible train heist that made them notorious for life. Saddle up and ride with the showdowns, shootouts, bad guys and good times in the days before the fame when fun was the name of the game.
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The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Title: The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Released: May 10, 1979
Type: Movie
1979 comedy special starring Chevy Chase in the vein of Saturday Night Live.
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Some Kind of Miracle
Title: Some Kind of Miracle
Character: Dr. Mark Spencer
Released: January 3, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
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A Question of Love
Title: A Question of Love
Released: November 26, 1978
Type: Movie
A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Dr. Rogers
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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Tarzana
Title: Tarzana
Character: Benny
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A private detective takes on a strange case.
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Title: CHiPs
Character: Cleve
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: TV
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
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Title: Rafferty
Released: September 5, 1977
Type: TV
Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid Rafferty, a former army doctor running his own private practice in Los Angeles and helping out part time at City General Hospital.
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Special Delivery
Title: Special Delivery
Character: Graff
Released: July 16, 1976
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
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Matt Helm
Title: Matt Helm
Character: Charlie Danbury
Released: May 7, 1975
Type: Movie
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involved with black marketeers and gun runners.
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Title: Baretta
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Title: Harry O
Released: September 12, 1974
Type: TV
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.
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The Terminal Man
Title: The Terminal Man
Character: Dr. Robert Morris
Released: June 19, 1974
Type: Movie
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
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The Healers
Title: The Healers
Character: Dr. Anton Balinowski
Released: May 22, 1974
Type: Movie
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
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Slither
Title: Slither
Character: Stranger
Released: March 21, 1974
Type: Movie
A well-meaning but stupid ex-convict is drawn into a get-rich scheme that could result in his imprisonment.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Blaise
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Harry in Your Pocket
Title: Harry in Your Pocket
Character: Fence
Released: September 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A master thief and his drug-addicted partner teach two aspiring crooks how to steal wallets.
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Payday
Title: Payday
Character: Clarence McGinty
Released: September 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Country singer Maury Dann lives life in the fast lane, counting on his rakish charm and raw talent to excuse his reckless behavior. Touring on the road in the rural south with his dedicated manager, his loyal driver and his long-suffering girlfriend, Maury seduces groupies, brawls and breaks the law, brashly relying on his team to cover for him. Heedlessly alienating all those who care for him, Maury blindly keeps the pedal to the metal.
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A Cold Night's Death
Title: A Cold Night's Death
Character: Val Adams
Released: January 30, 1973
Type: Movie
Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
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Title: Emergency!
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: TV
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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Title: The Sixth Sense
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: TV
The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television
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Thief
Title: Thief
Character: Junkie
Released: October 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.
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LA 2017
Title: LA 2017
Character: Dr. Parker
Released: January 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Glenn Howard finds himself suddenly plunged 46 years into the future only to learn that the people of Los Angeles are living underground to escape the pollution and under the thumb of a fascist government run by psychiatrists.
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The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Title: The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Character: Pusher
Released: December 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."
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Title: The Name of the Game
Character: Dr. Parker
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.