Lou Nova

Lou Nova

Born: March 16, 1913
Died: September 29, 1991

Movies for Lou Nova...

Title: Columbo
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Blackbeard's Ghost
Title: Blackbeard's Ghost
Character: Leon
Released: February 8, 1968
Type: Movie
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
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What a Way to Go!
Title: What a Way to Go!
Character: Trentino
Released: October 12, 1964
Type: Movie
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
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The Leather Saint
Title: The Leather Saint
Character: Tiger
Released: June 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims. Keeping his real identity secret and hoping to step away after one big payday, Gil signs a contract to fight for greedy promoter Gus MacAuliffe.
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World for Ransom
Title: World for Ransom
Character: Guzik
Released: January 31, 1954
Type: Movie
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
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Title: Terry and the Pirates
Released: November 25, 1952
Type: TV
Terry and the Pirates is a short-lived American adventure series based on Milton Caniff's popular comic strip, was telecast from June 26, 1953 to November 21, 1953. The syndicated series ran for 18 episodes and was produced by Don Sharpe Enterprises. Canada Dry Ginger Ale was the show's original sponsor.
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Westward the Women
Title: Westward the Women
Character: Blacksmith (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1951
Type: Movie
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
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The Tall Target
Title: The Tall Target
Character: Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1951
Type: Movie
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
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Half Angel
Title: Half Angel
Character: Fighter (scenes deleted)
Released: May 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figure out where they have met, but they spend several hours together until she gets away before John notices.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Title: Where the Sidewalk Ends
Character: Ernie, Scalise Hood (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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Cowboy and the Prizefighter
Title: Cowboy and the Prizefighter
Character: Bull Mason (the Prizefighter)
Released: December 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Red Ryder KO's a fight racket with sidekick Little Beaver (Little Brown Jug) and a new friend.
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Love and Learn
Title: Love and Learn
Character: Marty
Released: May 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
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Somewhere in the Night
Title: Somewhere in the Night
Character: Hubert
Released: June 12, 1946
Type: Movie
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
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Joe Palooka, Champ
Title: Joe Palooka, Champ
Character: Al Costa
Released: May 26, 1946
Type: Movie
After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.
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Swing Fever
Title: Swing Fever
Character: Kid Mandell
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.