Don Blakely

Don Blakely

Born: July 26, 1938
Died: January 13, 2004
in Manhattan, New York, USA

Movies for Don Blakely...

George Wallace
Title: George Wallace
Character: Loosh
Released: August 24, 1997
Type: Movie
George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer, who won an Emmy award for it; Sinise and Mare Winningham also won Emmies for their performances. The film was based on the 1996 biography Wallace : The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace by Marshall Frady, who also co-wrote the teleplay. Frankenheimer's film was highly praised by critics: in addition to the Emmy awards, it received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV. Angelina Jolie also received a Golden Globe for her performance as Wallace's second wife, Cornelia.
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Persons Unknown
Title: Persons Unknown
Character: Marty
Released: December 27, 1996
Type: Movie
When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Title: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Character: Cook #2
Released: July 13, 1995
Type: Movie
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
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Pulp Fiction
Title: Pulp Fiction
Character: Wilson's Trainer
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: Movie
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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29th Street
Title: 29th Street
Character: Sergeant Jones
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
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Prime Suspect
Title: Prime Suspect
Character: Joey
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.
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The Telephone
Title: The Telephone
Released: January 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Crazy out of work actress Vashti Blue spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve all her problems with life.
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In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
Title: In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
Character: Julius Odom
Released: March 1, 1986
Type: Movie
There's a big drought in Africa. Food and water are scarce. 90,000 wild baboons suddenly start attacking humans and eating them in order to survive. Some people find themselves being hunted by the starving monkeys and must do whatever they can to stay alive.
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Title: E/R
Character: Matt
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long running play of the same name created and produced by the Organic Theater Company under the direction of Stuart Gordon and conceived by Dr. Ronald Berman, the series was produced by Norman Lear and Embassy Television and lasted a single season. Shuko Akune and Bruce A. Young reprised their roles from the original Organic Theater Company production of the play. Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton borrowed heavily from this show in the creation of their television drama similarly entitled ER.George Clooney, a regular on this show, would later appeared in the NBC's drama.
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Vigilante
Title: Vigilante
Character: Prago
Released: May 18, 1982
Type: Movie
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
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Title: T. J. Hooker
Character: Officer Levering
Released: March 13, 1982
Type: TV
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recuits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy
Title: Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Character: Bartender
Released: May 31, 1981
Type: Movie
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
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Brubaker
Title: Brubaker
Character: Jerome Boyd
Released: June 20, 1980
Type: Movie
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Defiance
Title: Defiance
Character: Abbie
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is battling the Souls and not only changing their attitudes, but the attitudes of his previously intimidated neighbors as well.
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PSI Factor
Title: PSI Factor
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Aliens from another dimension cross space and time to come to Earth. A scientist tries to discover what their motives are.
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On the Yard
Title: On the Yard
Character: Tate
Released: September 16, 1978
Type: Movie
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
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Short Eyes
Title: Short Eyes
Character: El Raheem
Released: September 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
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Strike Force
Title: Strike Force
Character: Agent Jerome Ripley
Released: April 12, 1975
Type: Movie
A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Title: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Character: Stud Davis
Released: September 21, 1973
Type: Movie
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
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Pueblo
Title: Pueblo
Character: BM3 W.C. Bussell
Released: March 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of captivity through flashbacks during the 1969 investigation of the affair.
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Parades
Title: Parades
Character: Blackass
Released: July 23, 1972
Type: Movie
An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...
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Shaft's Big Score!
Title: Shaft's Big Score!
Character: Johnson
Released: June 8, 1972
Type: Movie
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
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The Cross and the Switchblade
Title: The Cross and the Switchblade
Character: Abdullah
Released: June 1, 1970
Type: Movie
David Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with.