Bob Sherman

Bob Sherman

Born: November 16, 1940
Died: August 30, 2004
in Redwood City, California, USA

Movies for Bob Sherman...

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Title: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Character: Movie Executive
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
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Hellboy
Title: Hellboy
Character: Television Host
Released: April 2, 2004
Type: Movie
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
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The Falklands Play
Title: The Falklands Play
Character: President Ronald Reagan
Released: April 10, 2002
Type: Movie
The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history. It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in 1986, but was subsequently shelved by Controller of BBC One Michael Grade due to its alleged pro-Margaret Thatcher stance and jingoistic tone. This prompted a press furore over media bias and censorship.The play was not staged until 2002, when it was broadcast in separate adaptations on BBC Television and Radio.
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Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Title: Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Character: Bill Zeiss
Released: December 7, 1999
Type: Movie
University lecturer Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly-stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear facility after receiving an enigmatic note from legendary atomic scientist and one-time former head of "Doomwatch" (the infamous Scientific watchdog group of the seventies), Dr Spencer Quist.
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Title: Sooty Heights
Character: Hyrem P Shooter
Released: September 27, 1999
Type: TV
Third incarnation of the Sooty show formula which follows almost directly on from the previous show 'Sooty and Co'. The puppets with Richard Cadell and Liana Bridges decide to leave the 'Sooty and Co.' shop and open a grand seaside hotel.
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Spy Games
Title: Spy Games
Character: CIA Elder
Released: September 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret love in the post cold war Helsinki
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W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
Title: W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
Released: December 17, 1994
Type: Movie
A folklorist researching an 'urban legend' becomes caught up in his task. The film tells its fictional story in documentary style, featuring interviews with real folklore scholars.
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MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Title: MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Character: Anthony Graves
Released: November 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching for a reason for this assassination MacGyver discovers a secret nuclear weapons plant right in the center of Britain.
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Company Business
Title: Company Business
Character: Sobel
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
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Bomber Harris
Title: Bomber Harris
Character: Gen. Carl Spaatz
Released: September 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.
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Monkeys
Title: Monkeys
Character: John Vicenza / Valestra
Released: February 8, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of John DeLorean's life, involvement in drug trafficking and eventual arrest. Based on the book 'The DeLorean Tapes' by Ivan Fallon.
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Border
Title: Border
Character: US Officer
Released: February 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is almost suicide, the rewards - prosperity, political freedom, even luxury - make it a risk worth taking.
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Dark Tower
Title: Dark Tower
Character: Williams
Released: October 29, 1987
Type: Movie
A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Title: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Character: Senator - Pentagon
Released: July 24, 1987
Type: Movie
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
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Little Shop of Horrors
Title: Little Shop of Horrors
Character: Agent
Released: December 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
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Aliens
Title: Aliens
Character: Salvage Team Leader (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1986
Type: Movie
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: Anthony Graves
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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Sheena
Title: Sheena
Character: Grizzard
Released: August 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.
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Haunters of the Deep
Title: Haunters of the Deep
Character: Mr. Roche
Released: February 5, 1984
Type: Movie
Josh Holman encounters the ghost of a child mine worker with a special warning on the headlands of his Cornish home town, as an old tin mine is about to be re-opened after the discovery of valuable deposits of ore.
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Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Title: Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Character: Ambassador's Aide
Released: November 29, 1983
Type: Movie
The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Ron
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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Who Dares Wins
Title: Who Dares Wins
Character: Hagen
Released: August 26, 1982
Type: Movie
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
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Ragtime
Title: Ragtime
Character: Policeman No. 10
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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First Monday in October
Title: First Monday in October
Character: Senator #2
Released: August 21, 1981
Type: Movie
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
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Title: Oppenheimer
Character: Ernest Lawrence
Released: October 29, 1980
Type: TV
This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
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Title: The Sandbaggers
Released: September 18, 1978
Type: TV
The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original broadcast on ITV in 1978 and 1980, The Sandbaggers examines the effect of the espionage game on the personal and professional lives of British and American intelligence specialists.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Jimmy
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Title: Holocaust
Character: Cassidy
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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Come Back, Little Sheba
Title: Come Back, Little Sheba
Character: Milkman
Released: December 31, 1977
Type: Movie
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Title: The Spy Who Loved Me
Character: USS Wayne Crewman
Released: July 7, 1977
Type: Movie
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
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Title: Three's Company
Character: Katy's Brother
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share Apartment 201 in a Santa Monica, California apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roper.
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Title: The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Character: CIA Agent
Released: December 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
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Title: Laurence Olivier Presents
Character: Milkman
Released: December 5, 1976
Type: TV
Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of Hindle Wakes, all starred Laurence Olivier. Some of the plays were based on productions staged at the National Theatre during the period when Olivier was Artistic Director. In addition to distinguished English actors, the casts assembled for these productions included several Hollywood stars, such as Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Maureen Stapleton.
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Whose Child Am I?
Title: Whose Child Am I?
Character: Michael
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Paul Freeman (of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK fame) and Kate O'Mara plays a couple who can't have a baby, so they go to the doctor to have an artificial insemination...blackmail, dark secrets and drama ensue.
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The Naked Civil Servant
Title: The Naked Civil Servant
Character: 2nd GI
Released: December 17, 1975
Type: Movie
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
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Mousey
Title: Mousey
Character: Barman
Released: May 24, 1974
Type: Movie
A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
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The Great Gatsby
Title: The Great Gatsby
Character: Detective at Pool
Released: March 27, 1974
Type: Movie
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
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The Cherry Picker
Title: The Cherry Picker
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
American V.I.P James Burn II finds his son James Burn III (Bob Sherman) leading a giant "sleep-in" that has taken over Windsor Castle. He hires Nancy (Lulu) to get him out of the castle and into work. With the help of her crazy eccentric father, (Wilfred Hyde-White) who believes in working day and night and producing nothing and uses a fantastic astro-telescope for casual bird watching, she does just that !
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Applause
Title: Applause
Character: Bert
Released: March 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's "The Wisdom of Eve". The story centers on aging star Margo Channing, who innocently takes a fledgling actress under her wing, unaware that the ruthless Eve is plotting to steal her career and her man. The musical opened on Broadway on March 30, 1970 and ran for 896 performances. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. The musical was later adapted for television, starring Bacall, with Larry Hagman replacing Len Cariou in the role of Bill Sampson. It aired in the United States on CBS on March 19, 1973.
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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Title: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Character: Ghoul
Released: June 9, 1972
Type: Movie
Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ritual works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
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Title: The Persuaders!
Character: The Lieutenant
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.