Joseph Bottoms

Joseph Bottoms

Born: April 22, 1954
in Santa Barbara, California, USA
An actor, known for The Dove (1974), The Black Hole (1979) and Santa Barbara (1984). Brother of Sam Bottoms, Ben Bottoms and Timothy Bottoms.

Movies for Joseph Bottoms...

In Search of Tomorrow
Title: In Search of Tomorrow
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: February 19, 2022
Type: Movie
A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.
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Cicada Song
Title: Cicada Song
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
Karen is a tough, corn fed, outspoken, farm manager who cares about the people she works for and the migrant people who work for her. When one of her farmhands approaches her about a little girl that has recently disappeared, she becomes closer to her employees than she ever thought possible. But, when her lover, Annabelle, disappears, the bubble Karen lives in bursts and she begins an investigation only to uncover something dark in the little town she grew up in.
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Monster in a House
Title: Monster in a House
Character: Joe
Released: October 31, 2014
Type: Movie
A little girl investigates the presence of a monster that her parents unknowingly created.
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King Eternal
Title: King Eternal
Character: General / Bandit / Space Bandit
Released: August 27, 2013
Type: Movie
A 10 year old boy uses his hyperactive, action-figure, water gun slinging imagination to cope with his parents' divorce.
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Joseph's Gift
Title: Joseph's Gift
Character: Simon Keller
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Joseph is the youngest member of a large family that owns a successful garment business in Los Angeles. His father, Jacob, makes no attempt at hiding the fact that Joseph is his favorite son, resulting in the constant envy and resentment of his brothers. Eventually, in their bitterness, they plot revenge against this favored son. When Joseph accompanies his brothers on a trip to New York, they commit the ultimate betrayal, stranding him there, a virtual prisoner in a corrupt, modern-day sweat shop.
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Title: V.I.P.
Character: Chief Criminal
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
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Title: The Net
Character: Shawn Trelawney
Released: July 19, 1998
Type: TV
The Net is a 1998 television drama series based on the 1995 film of the same name. The series starred Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett, the character Sandra Bullock played in the film. Produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the series originally aired for one season on the USA Network before being canceled in 1999.
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Snide and Prejudice
Title: Snide and Prejudice
Character: Therapist Himmler
Released: May 11, 1997
Type: Movie
At a mental institution, the resident physician, Dr Cohen, encourages his patients who believe they are important Nazi figures to act out their fantasies. The therapy sessions show Hitler consolidating his power by assembling his gang of supporters; however, they are interrupted at times, once because Davidson's uniform is at the dry cleaners, and another time because a patient who believes he is Picasso interrupts a session.
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Title: Profiler
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: TV
Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia. Ally Walker starred as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters during the first three seasons, and was later replaced by Jamie Luner as profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel and Julian McMahon co-starred throughout the show's run. Caitlin Wachs played Dr. Waters daughter for the first two seasons, a role taken over by Evan Rachel Wood in 1998. Profiler shares a similar lead character and premise with the Fox Network series Millennium, created by Chris Carter. Both shows premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Tom Wilson
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Treacherous Crossing
Title: Treacherous Crossing
Character: Kenneth Gates
Released: April 9, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1947, a passenger on an ocean liner says her husband went missing right after they boarded together, but all evidence shows she's traveling alone.
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Liar's Edge
Title: Liar's Edge
Character: Dave Kirkpatrick
Released: February 14, 1992
Type: Movie
A child is traumatized when his father, a stuntman, dies in an attempt to go over Niagara Falls. Later, his mother meets and marries a truck driver, and things seem to be going OK. Then the new husband's creepy brother shows up, and the boy begins to get a sense that neither of the brothers is quite what they claim to be.
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Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
Title: Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
Character: Tommy Graham
Released: January 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Retired marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.
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Inner Sanctum
Title: Inner Sanctum
Character: Baxter Reed
Released: September 25, 1991
Type: Movie
A woman attempts suicide when she suspects her husband doesn't love her and is having an affair. Now she's wheelchair-bound, and her husband, who indeed doesn't love her and is having an affair, hires a private nurse to look after his wife. The nurse begins to suspect that she was hired because of unproven allegations that she murdered someone's wife in a similar situation, that the husband wants her to murder his wife.
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Title: Flair
Character: Matt Lee
Released: August 1, 1990
Type: TV
A fashion designer returns home to Australia from America intent on becoming a major player in the Australian fashion industry.
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Police Story: Cop Killer
Title: Police Story: Cop Killer
Character: Lewis
Released: October 27, 1988
Type: Movie
The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.
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Born to Race
Title: Born to Race
Character: Al Pagura
Released: January 29, 1988
Type: Movie
A race-car driver falls in love with a beautiful Italian automobile engineer who is traveling the NASCAR circuit to sell her controversial engine technology.
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Open House
Title: Open House
Character: Dr. David Kelley
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Someone is killing off nubile real estate agents. A psychologist doing a therapy talk show begins getting calls from the perpetrator, and cooperates with the police to try and stop him. Unfortunately, his lover is a real estate agent, and when it becomes clear that the madman is getting information for his kills from her discarded home listings, they both become endangered.
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Island Sons
Title: Island Sons
Character: Joe Faraday
Released: May 15, 1987
Type: Movie
A successful businessman in Hawaii disappears amid allegations of illegal activities. Years later his four sons bear the burden and repercussions of these allegations, as well, taking care of his legacy. Now when a stranger comes all sorts of things happen like a secret that their father kept from them and the truth of their father's disappearance.
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Braker
Title: Braker
Character: Eddie Kelso
Released: April 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Harry Braker and his new partner investigate the murder of a sleazy record executive.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Mickey Shannon
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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Title: Santa Barbara
Character: Kirk Cranston
Released: July 30, 1984
Type: TV
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world and is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre. The show won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards among various other awards.
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Time Bomb
Title: Time Bomb
Character: Daniel 'Dan' Picard
Released: March 25, 1984
Type: Movie
A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.
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Blind Date
Title: Blind Date
Character: Jonathon Ratcliff
Released: March 15, 1984
Type: Movie
A man goes blind when remembering his lost girlfriend, but the doctors can't find anything wrong with his eyes. They fit him with an experimental device which allows him to see with the aid of a computer interface and brain electrodes. Meanwhile, a taxi driver is taking young women up to their apartments, giving them gas, and performing a little fatal amateur surgery on them. Their paths inevitably converge, and the blind man must try to stop the psychopath.
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Title: Celebrity
Character: Mack Crawford
Released: February 12, 1984
Type: TV
Self-proclaimed faith healer T.J. Luther, movie star Mack Crawford and journalist Kleber Cantrell share a fateful reunion in a deserted Texas cabin that was the scene of a night of violence over two decades.
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Wishman
Title: Wishman
Character: Dr. Alex MacGregor
Released: June 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Wishman is a genetic experiment condemned to spend its life in the lab. Two employees decide it deserves freedom, so they escape with it.
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The Sins of Dorian Gray
Title: The Sins of Dorian Gray
Character: Stuart Vane
Released: May 27, 1983
Type: Movie
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and not she, will show the ravishes of time and of her immoral transgressions.
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I Married Wyatt Earp
Title: I Married Wyatt Earp
Character: The Driver
Released: January 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the memoirs of Josephine Marcus Earp, a young opera singer from San Francisco, this docudrama tells the story of how she became the wife of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.
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Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family
Title: Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family
Character: George Osmond
Released: April 26, 1982
Type: Movie
This is the story of the Osmond Family and is based on the book written by Olive (Mother) Osmond. This film tells of the beginnings of this family and how they got to where they were by the late '70s.
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Surfacing
Title: Surfacing
Character: Joe
Released: July 25, 1981
Type: Movie
Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However, the harsh environment becomes a dangerous catalyst for their explosive mix of personalities, propelling them into a world of raw emotion and unbridled passion.
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King of the Mountain
Title: King of the Mountain
Character: Buddy
Released: April 4, 1981
Type: Movie
A group of friends race their high-powered cars up and down a dangerous and deadly mountain road known as Mulholland Drive to see who can claim the title of "King of the Hill."
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The Intruder Within
Title: The Intruder Within
Character: Scott
Released: February 20, 1981
Type: Movie
When drillers on an offshore oil rig dredge up several prehistoric eggs, one man is attacked by what appears to be an unidentified deep-sea creature protecting them. Soon, strange symptoms and behaviors become apparent among the crew and one of the creatures grows to adult-size.
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Cloud Dancer
Title: Cloud Dancer
Character: Tom Loomis
Released: May 29, 1980
Type: Movie
An aerobatic pilot comes to terms with his work, his photographer ex-lover and a brash newcomer.
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The Black Hole
Title: The Black Hole
Character: Lieutenant Charles Pizer
Released: December 18, 1979
Type: Movie
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
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Return Engagement
Title: Return Engagement
Character: Stewart Anderman
Released: November 17, 1978
Type: Movie
A live-theater production in which Elizabeth Taylor stars as Emily Loomis, a professor of ancient history at a small California college, who reluctantly agrees to rent a room in her house to one of the new students, named Stewart Anderson. Both happen to be loners (she with a secret past) and although they initially get on each other's nerves, they eventually realize the rapport to help one another emerge from their emotional shells.
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Title: Holocaust
Character: Rudi Weiss
Released: April 16, 1978
Type: TV
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.
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High Rolling
Title: High Rolling
Character: Texas
Released: August 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.
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Title: Battle of the Network Stars
Released: November 13, 1976
Type: TV
Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, all of which were aired by ABC. In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.
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Stalk the Wild Child
Title: Stalk the Wild Child
Character: Cal, as a Young Man
Released: November 3, 1976
Type: Movie
A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.
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Title: Family
Released: March 9, 1976
Type: TV
The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.
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Crime and Passion
Title: Crime and Passion
Character: Larry
Released: February 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband.
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The Dove
Title: The Dove
Character: Robin Lee Graham
Released: June 16, 1974
Type: Movie
16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets and falls in love with Patti Ratteree, who is also traveling around the world. As Robin sails around the world to many beautiful locales, he grows from a boy to a man, finds himself, and finds the love of his life.
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Unwed Father
Title: Unwed Father
Character: Peter
Released: February 28, 1974
Type: Movie
A teenage boy fathers a child with his girlfriend. He then fights his parents, the girlfriend, the girl's parents and the courts in an attempt to get custody of the child.
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Trouble Comes to Town
Title: Trouble Comes to Town
Character: Billy Keith
Released: January 11, 1973
Type: Movie
A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Stewart Anderman
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.