John McCurry

John McCurry

Born: October 18, 1928
Died: March 5, 1989
in Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Movies for John McCurry...

Trapped In Silence
Title: Trapped In Silence
Character: Tyler Getz
Released: May 11, 1986
Type: Movie
A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
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Out of the Darkness
Title: Out of the Darkness
Character: Toll Taker
Released: October 12, 1985
Type: Movie
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Big Ed
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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Deathmask
Title: Deathmask
Character: Jim O'Brien
Released: December 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-year hunt for the identity of a dead boy, to the detriment of his family life.
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Vamping
Title: Vamping
Character: Sam
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A down on his luck saxophonist agrees to help rob the home of a rich widow, then he unexpectedly falls for the woman.
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Trading Places
Title: Trading Places
Character: Cop #4
Released: June 7, 1983
Type: Movie
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Wolfen
Title: Wolfen
Character: Sayad Alve
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
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Jaws of Satan
Title: Jaws of Satan
Character: Sheriff George Tatum
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
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Atlantic City
Title: Atlantic City
Character: Fred
Released: September 3, 1980
Type: Movie
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
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Hardhat & Legs
Title: Hardhat & Legs
Character: Teddy
Released: February 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.
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Marathon
Title: Marathon
Character: Man in White
Released: January 30, 1980
Type: Movie
A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into his life, inspiring him to enter a marathon, to the annoyance of his non-running wife.
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Fast Break
Title: Fast Break
Character: Hal
Released: March 2, 1979
Type: Movie
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's being sought by some nefarious characters. And D.C., who's a fugitive. And along with some of the students at the college, he turns them into a contender. In order to give the tam the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Title: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Character: Murch
Released: July 16, 1976
Type: Movie
In the world of 1930s Negro League baseball, a spirited team of renegade players travels around the Midwest looking for that one big score. Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, and James Earl Jones star as three barnstorming ballplayers who take on prejudice and their own League's unfair rules while stealing cars, food and home base - anything to prove that they're the best team around. It's a showdown of brains over booby traps and sportsmanship over racial segregation as Bingo Long's All-Stars swing their way into a winning season;.
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Badge 373
Title: Badge 373
Released: July 25, 1973
Type: Movie
When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the experience only emboldens him. Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie, who wants to foment revolutionary war.
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Fritz the Cat
Title: Fritz the Cat
Character: Blue / John / Additional Voices (voice)
Released: April 12, 1972
Type: Movie
A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.
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They Might Be Giants
Title: They Might Be Giants
Character: Lieutenant
Released: June 9, 1971
Type: Movie
After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations.
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The Landlord
Title: The Landlord
Character: Big John
Released: May 20, 1970
Type: Movie
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
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Gammera the Invincible
Title: Gammera the Invincible
Character: A1C Hopkins
Released: December 15, 1966
Type: Movie
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.
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The Pawnbroker
Title: The Pawnbroker
Character: Buck
Released: June 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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The Last Mile
Title: The Last Mile
Character: Vince Jackson
Released: February 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Jail house tensions mount as a killer's execution approaches.