Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Born: September 30, 1956
in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Vondie Curtis-Hall (born September 30, 1956) is an American actor and film director. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley.

Movies for Vondie Curtis-Hall...

Title: Justified: City Primeval
Character: Sweetie
Released: July 18, 2023
Type: TV
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens is now based in Miami, balancing life as a marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a Florida highway sends him to Detroit and he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent sociopath who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and wants to do so again.
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Title: The Recruit
Character: Walter Nyland
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: TV
A fledgling lawyer at the CIA that becomes enmeshed in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime.
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Raymond & Ray
Title: Raymond & Ray
Character: Reverend West
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.
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18½
Title: 18½
Character: Samuel
Released: May 27, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes.
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Blue Bayou
Title: Blue Bayou
Character: Barry Boucher
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
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The Night House
Title: The Night House
Character: Mel
Released: July 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
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Harriet
Title: Harriet
Character: Reverend Green
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
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Title: Evil
Character: Leon Acosta
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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Breaking Brooklyn
Title: Breaking Brooklyn
Character: Greg Bryant
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.
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Title: For The People
Character: Judge Nicholas Byrne
Released: March 13, 2018
Type: TV
Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
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Experimenter
Title: Experimenter
Character: Thomas Shine
Released: October 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.
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Title: Rosewood
Character: Beaumont Rosewood Sr.
Released: September 23, 2015
Type: TV
Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated technology and his drive to live life to the fullest to help a tough-as-nails detective and the Miami PD uncover clues no one else can see.
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Title: Marvel's Daredevil
Character: Ben Urich
Released: April 10, 2015
Type: TV
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
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Cymbeline
Title: Cymbeline
Character: Caius Lucius
Released: September 3, 2014
Type: Movie
War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin tries to protect his empire.
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Title: Chasing Life
Character: Lawrence
Released: June 10, 2014
Type: TV
April, an aspiring journalist, is balancing her ambitious career with her family and a new office romance. In an unexpected twist of fate, April learns that she has leukemia.
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Black Nativity
Title: Black Nativity
Character: Pawnbroker
Released: November 27, 2013
Type: Movie
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
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Title: NYC 22
Character: Fred Wheeler
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: TV
NYC 22 follows six diverse NYPD rookies as they patrol the gritty streets of upper Manhattan. With unique backgrounds, personalities and reasons for being on the force, the new cops will make their share of rookie mistakes while they figure out how to relate to their boss, each other and the people they swore to protect.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Title: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Character: Captain James Brasser
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
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Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Title: Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Character: Dixon
Released: June 26, 2009
Type: Movie
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
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Title: Fear Itself
Character: Walter Markham
Released: June 5, 2008
Type: TV
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
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Honeydripper
Title: Honeydripper
Character: Slick
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
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Talk to Me
Title: Talk to Me
Character: Sunny Jim Kelsey
Released: July 13, 2007
Type: Movie
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
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Title: Criminal Minds
Character: Stanley Usher
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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Title: Medium
Character: Scanlon's Friend
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
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Title: LAX
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX". On May 17, 2004 NBC announced that they had picked up the pilot to series. This show was not renewed for season two.
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Deceit
Title: Deceit
Character: Detective Hal Kazin
Released: March 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? The truth can only be found when all of the deceit is finally revealed.
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Title: Missing
Character: Agent Vic Martinsen
Released: August 2, 2003
Type: TV
Jess Mastriani was a normal person who only wanted to take over her parents' restaurant in Indiana. But that changed when she was hit by lightning. After that she began seeing visions of missing people. Jess decides to use her newfound ability to be a consultant to the FBI, helping locate missing individuals. Eventually, she is hired by the bureau full-time and trained to become an agent, but her by-the-book nature sometimes clashes with the personality of her partner. Jess and her colleagues work out of the FBI's Washington, D.C., office.
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Title: Fastlane
Character: Andre Hayes
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.
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Wicked Spring
Title: Wicked Spring
Character: Augustus Elliot
Released: March 2, 2002
Type: Movie
During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet creek. The men meet and spend the night around a campfire, not realizing they are enemies until the next morning when the sun rises and a new day of battle begins.
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Turn It Up
Title: Turn It Up
Character: Cliff
Released: September 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
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Title: Soul Food
Character: Charles Miller
Released: June 28, 2000
Type: TV
Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon Tillman's childhood experiences growing up in Wisconsin, and is a continuation of his successful 1997 film of the same name. Having aired for 74 episodes, it is the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of North American prime-time television.
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Freedom Song
Title: Freedom Song
Character: Daniel Wall
Released: February 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
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Sirens
Title: Sirens
Character: Vincent Morgan
Released: September 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one woman's courageous battle to bring a rogue cop to justice. Sally Rawlings (Delany), a corporate executive with a bright future, watches her life spin out of control after a policeman, Officer Wexler (Carradine), cold-bloodedly kills her ex-husband before her very eyes. Wexler is acquitted of any wrongdoing, and Sally finds herself standing alone against a shocking police department cover-up. Thwarted at every turn by a system steeped in deceit and corruption, Sally takes the law into her own hands. Hacking into computer files, staking out Wexler and questioning witnesses, Sally will risk everything – including her own life – to expose the truth.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Dwight Talcott
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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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Maurice Tiffen
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
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Don King: Only in America
Title: Don King: Only in America
Character: Lloyd Price
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
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Eve's Bayou
Title: Eve's Bayou
Character: Julian Grayraven
Released: November 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
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Gridlock'd
Title: Gridlock'd
Character: D-Reper
Released: January 29, 1997
Type: Movie
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
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Romeo + Juliet
Title: Romeo + Juliet
Character: Captain Prince
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
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Dr. Hugo
Title: Dr. Hugo
Character: Dr. Hugo
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Dr. Hugo (Vondie Curtis-Hall) makes house calls, and makes all the young ladies swoon as they see him passing by. If he's not careful, he could find himself in big trouble.
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Heaven's Prisoners
Title: Heaven's Prisoners
Character: Minos P. Dautrieve
Released: May 17, 1996
Type: Movie
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
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Broken Arrow
Title: Broken Arrow
Character: Lt. Colonel Sam Rhodes
Released: February 9, 1996
Type: Movie
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.
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Zooman
Title: Zooman
Character: Davis
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.
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Tuesday Morning Ride
Title: Tuesday Morning Ride
Character: Carver
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story depicts an old man and woman -- he a stroke victim, she blind -- who feel they have nothing to live for since their children do not visit. They decide to put on their finest clothing and take a final ride in their car -- with no turning back. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Drop Squad
Title: Drop Squad
Character: Rocky Seavers
Released: October 28, 1994
Type: Movie
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
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Title: ER
Character: George
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: ER
Character: Roger McGrath
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
Character: Dennis Hancock
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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Clear and Present Danger
Title: Clear and Present Danger
Character: Voice-Print Analyst
Released: August 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
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Crooklyn
Title: Crooklyn
Character: Uncle Brown
Released: May 13, 1994
Type: Movie
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
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Dead Man's Revenge
Title: Dead Man's Revenge
Character: Jessup Bush
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
Bitter and vengeful fugitive Luck Hatcher, dignified former slave turned bounty hunter Jessup Bush, and wily deputy U.S. Marshal Bodine all converge in a small town so they can hatch an intricate con in order to bring greedy and ruthless railroad speculator Payton McCay to justice.
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Title: South Central
Released: April 5, 1994
Type: TV
South Central is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994. It was cancelled following its first season, and the airing of only 10 episodes.
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Sugar Hill
Title: Sugar Hill
Character: Mark Doby
Released: February 25, 1994
Type: Movie
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
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Keys
Title: Keys
Character: Louche Amarant
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
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Title: Fallen Angels
Character: David O'Connor
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: TV
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
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There Was a Little Boy
Title: There Was a Little Boy
Character: Danforth
Released: May 16, 1993
Type: Movie
Julie and Gregg are about to become parents again, but they feel conflicted since their first child was kidnapped and never seen again. But the couple soon faces an even bigger shock. Julie's new bad-boy (really bad-boy) student may actually be her long-lost son! Based on Claire R. Jacobs's book
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Falling Down
Title: Falling Down
Character: Not Economically Viable Man
Released: February 26, 1993
Type: Movie
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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Passion Fish
Title: Passion Fish
Character: Sugar LeDoux
Released: December 11, 1992
Type: Movie
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
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What She Doesn't Know
Title: What She Doesn't Know
Character: Vinnie
Released: February 23, 1992
Type: Movie
An idealistic law school graduate comes to work in the New York D.A.'s office. Her first case leads her straight to her father, a veteran New York cop who may be involved in corruption.
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Title: Nightmare Cafe
Character: Thomas Wall
Released: January 29, 1992
Type: TV
Nightmare Cafe is a short-lived American telefantasy program which aired on NBC for an abridged first season from January to April 1992. While the overall tone of the program was that of a mystical fantasy, it frequently incorporated elements of dark humor, horror, and even outright comedy. A total of six episodes were produced before low ratings led to its cancellation. The series has subsequently been shown on the Sci Fi Channel as part of their Series Collection. The series began showing on NBC Universal's horror and suspense-themed cable channel, Chiller in March 2009.
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Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Title: Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Character: C. Yernon Mason
Released: January 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV) Edmund Perry appears to have things all going his way when he graduates from Phillips Exeter Academy with a scholarship to Stanford U. when an unfortunate meeting with a police officer ends his life. The focus is on the four years and the events at the Academy which ultimately led to the tragedy.
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In a Stranger's Hand
Title: In a Stranger's Hand
Character: Det. Gary Hopkins
Released: September 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
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One Good Cop
Title: One Good Cop
Character: Father Wills
Released: May 3, 1991
Type: Movie
When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.
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Title: Cop Rock
Released: September 26, 1990
Type: TV
Cop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV Guide's List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002. The periodical dubbed it "the single most bizarre TV musical of all time."
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Dr. Andrew Copelan
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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Heat Wave
Title: Heat Wave
Character: Clifford Turpin
Released: August 13, 1990
Type: Movie
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
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Die Hard 2
Title: Die Hard 2
Character: Miller
Released: July 3, 1990
Type: Movie
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.
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Black Rain
Title: Black Rain
Character: Detective
Released: September 22, 1989
Type: Movie
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
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Mystery Train
Title: Mystery Train
Character: Ed
Released: September 6, 1989
Type: Movie
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
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Title: A Man Called Hawk
Released: January 28, 1989
Type: TV
A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. Brooks reprised the role of Hawk in four subsequent TV movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat, and Spenser: A Savage Place. Each is considered a sequel to Spenser: For Hire.
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Coming to America
Title: Coming to America
Character: Basketball Game Vendor
Released: June 29, 1988
Type: Movie
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
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Shakedown
Title: Shakedown
Character: Speaker
Released: May 6, 1988
Type: Movie
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
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Title: China Beach
Released: April 26, 1988
Type: TV
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Eugene Clay
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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The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
Title: The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Three best friends dubbed “The Supremes,” who have weathered life’s storms together for two generations through marriage and children, happiness and the blues, find their paths at a crossroads that test their lifelong bond.