Sam Bottoms

Sam Bottoms

Born: October 17, 1955
Died: December 16, 2008
in Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
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Samuel John "Sam" Bottoms (October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor and producer.

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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Title: Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Character: Martey Kurtainbaum
Released: January 21, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.
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Sherrybaby
Title: Sherrybaby
Character: Bob Swanson Sr.
Released: September 8, 2006
Type: Movie
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
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Winter Passing
Title: Winter Passing
Character: Brian
Released: February 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
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Shopgirl
Title: Shopgirl
Character: Dan Buttersfield
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
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Havoc
Title: Havoc
Character: Lt. Maris
Released: October 16, 2005
Type: Movie
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.
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Looking Through Lillian
Title: Looking Through Lillian
Character: Gene
Released: February 28, 2002
Type: Movie
An edgy indie-psychological drama about an alluring but mixed-up L.A. Girl who flip-flops between facing life's uncertainty under her own direction or "the good life" provided by a wealthy, disturbing middle-aged benefactor.
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Shadow Fury
Title: Shadow Fury
Character: Mitchell Madsen
Released: October 30, 2001
Type: Movie
Madsen, a bounty hunter with a bad liver and an even worse attitude, with the help of the lovely Dr. Forster, must stop Dr. Oh and Takeru and restore order to the world.
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The Unsaid
Title: The Unsaid
Character: Joseph Caffey
Released: September 14, 2001
Type: Movie
A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.
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Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
Title: Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 1999
Type: Movie
John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.
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Joseph's Gift
Title: Joseph's Gift
Character: Robert 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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Angel Blue
Title: Angel Blue
Character: Dennis Cromwell
Released: November 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Dennis (Sam Bottoms) is a handsome, successful and well-liked civic leader who lives in his hometown with his lovely wife (Lisa Eichhorn) and their new baby. When Enrique Vasquez (Marco Rodriguez) and his striking teen daughter Angela (Yeniffer Behrens) move in next door, Dennis is only too happy to lend a hand. But when he and Angela begin an affair, Dennis's perfect life is threatened in this provocative drama.
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Snide and Prejudice
Title: Snide and Prejudice
Character: Therapist Schaub
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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Project Shadowchaser III
Title: Project Shadowchaser III
Character: Kody
Released: June 3, 1995
Type: Movie
It has been 25 years since the ore spaceship Siberia was last heard from. Unfortunately, it is now on a collision course with the communications station Comstat 5 which is orbiting Mars. After one successful maneuver to avoid the Siberia, it rams Comstat 5 and the crew soon finds that the Siberia crew is dead and the reason that it has been missing for 25 years. But that reason is trying to destroy them all as it destroyed the Siberia crew.
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Zooman
Title: Zooman
Character: Policeman
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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Sugar Hill
Title: Sugar Hill
Character: Oliver Thompson
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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Sunny Side Up
Title: Sunny Side Up
Character: Sam Bottoms
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Lili is training in Hollywood to be an actress. She falls in love with the window cleaner of her hotel.
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Title: The X-Files
Character: Michael Kryder
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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The Trust
Title: The Trust
Character: James Baker
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
In this true life murder mystery, we know early on "whodunnit" (the butler, actually), but the surprising charm in the story stems from the fact that the lawyer is honest and morally upright. The story of William Marsh Rice and his legacy, Rice University, where much of the film was shot.
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North of Chiang Mai
Title: North of Chiang Mai
Released: July 1, 1992
Type: Movie
On a trip to Bangkok, an American businessman finds himself out of his depth when he inadvertently crosses the border in Vietnam.
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Title: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Character: Self
Released: November 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Title: Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
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Dolly Dearest
Title: Dolly Dearest
Character: Elliot Wade
Released: September 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.
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Ragin Cajun
Title: Ragin Cajun
Character: Legs
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an entertainer, Cage is forced into a death match with the brutal doctor death. He must win, or he will die.
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After School
Title: After School
Character: Father Michael McCarren
Released: September 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
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The Witching of Ben Wagner
Title: The Witching of Ben Wagner
Character: Mr. George 'Dad' Wagner
Released: December 31, 1987
Type: Movie
A new family moves into town and their son, Ben, meets a mysterious girl named Regina, who is rumoured to be a witch.
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Island Sons
Title: Island Sons
Character: Sam 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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Gardens of Stone
Title: Gardens of Stone
Character: Lt. Webber
Released: May 5, 1987
Type: Movie
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Robert Johnson
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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Hunter's Blood
Title: Hunter's Blood
Character: David Rand
Released: September 26, 1986
Type: Movie
Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive.
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Prime Risk
Title: Prime Risk
Character: Bill Yeoman
Released: March 31, 1985
Type: Movie
While siphoning bank funds, computer-wise lovers spot a plot to sink the Federal Reserve.
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Answers
Title: Answers
Character: Patrolman Rick Selby (Segment "A Good Time")
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for decades. Lastly, in "Twinkle, Twinkle," a restless housewife who has been writing fan letters to a television soap opera star, receives a surprise visit by him on her husband's bowling night.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Sgt. Joe Rice
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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In 'N Out
Title: In 'N Out
Released: August 10, 1984
Type: Movie
A man goes to Mexico to attend his father's funeral, 30 years after his father supposedly died.
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No Earthly Reason
Title: No Earthly Reason
Character: Coley
Released: April 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Television short
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Desperate Lives
Title: Desperate Lives
Character: Ken Baynes
Released: March 3, 1982
Type: Movie
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
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Title: East of Eden
Character: Cal Trask
Released: February 8, 1981
Type: TV
A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their emotions.
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Bronco Billy
Title: Bronco Billy
Character: Leonard James
Released: June 11, 1980
Type: Movie
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
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Apocalypse Now
Title: Apocalypse Now
Character: Lance B. Johnson
Released: August 15, 1979
Type: Movie
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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Up from the Depths
Title: Up from the Depths
Character: Greg Oliver
Released: June 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Title: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Character: Jamie
Released: June 30, 1976
Type: Movie
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
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Cage Without a Key
Title: Cage Without a Key
Character: Buddy Goleta
Released: March 14, 1975
Type: Movie
A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is killed. They are soon caught, and the girl, despite her protestations of innocence, is convicted of first-degree murder and sent to prison. Once she gets there, she finds out that her troubles are just beginning.
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Savages
Title: Savages
Character: Ben Campbell
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Ben Campbell, a 22 year old gas station attendant in a small desert town, is looking to make some extra money. He is surprised when Madec, a wealthy lawyer, asks him to be his guide on a hunting trip in the desert. When Madec accidentally shoots a prospector, he is fearful of what it will do his reputation and decides to eliminate the only witness, Ben, who is forced to go on the run. In addition to being hunted by Madec, Ben must also contend with the harsh desert elements. But if he does make it back to town alive, will anyone believe his story?
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Zandy's Bride
Title: Zandy's Bride
Character: Mel Allan
Released: May 19, 1974
Type: Movie
Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.
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Title: Doc Elliot
Released: October 10, 1973
Type: TV
Doc Elliot is an American medical drama that aired from March 5, 1973 until May 1, 1974.
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Class of '44
Title: Class of '44
Character: Marty
Released: April 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Summer of '42" reunites Hermie, Oscy and Benjie as they graduate from high school. Benjie departs shortly to war while Hermie and Oscy go on to college and experience fraternity hazings, cheating on exams, sex scandals and other unsavory college activities. Hermie grows apart from his childhood friend Oscy and begins a relationship with Julie that allows him to settle down into maturity.
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The Last Picture Show
Title: The Last Picture Show
Character: Billy
Released: October 3, 1971
Type: Movie
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.