Arthur French

Arthur French

Born: November 6, 1931
Died: July 24, 2021
in New York City, New York, USA
Arthur W. French Jr. (born November 6, 1931) is an American actor and director best known for his work in the theatre.

Movies for Arthur French...

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Title: Others
Character: John
Released: October 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A series of non-narrative vignettes involving people in everyday moments who are connected to otherworldly beings.
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Title: New Amsterdam
Character: Walter Brandt
Released: September 25, 2018
Type: TV
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
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The Book of Henry
Title: The Book of Henry
Character: Gus
Released: June 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.
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3rd Street Blackout
Title: 3rd Street Blackout
Character: Hayward “The Chillmaster” Roberts
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout
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God's Pocket
Title: God's Pocket
Character: Lucien 'Old Lucy' Edwards
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
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The Trip to Bountiful
Title: The Trip to Bountiful
Character: Roy
Released: March 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house.
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Movie 43
Title: Movie 43
Character: Old Man (segment "Veronica")
Released: January 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Fifteen directors and an all-star cast created this twisted comedy that follows three teens on the hunt for the world's most banned film.
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Red Hook Summer
Title: Red Hook Summer
Character: Mr. Curtis
Released: August 10, 2012
Type: Movie
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.
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2 Days in New York
Title: 2 Days in New York
Character: Lee Robinson
Released: March 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.
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Utopians
Title: Utopians
Character: Morris
Released: February 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Told through memory and metaphor, Utopians is a dark and subtly comic character study of three people on the edge: of society, of control, and of collapse. Roger is a yoga teacher. His daughter Zoe returns home from the military and to Rogers dismay resumes her relationship with her allegedly schizophrenic girlfriend Maya. Opposed to Zoe's pursuit of Maya but eager to be a part of his daughters life, Roger becomes entangled in the ups and downs of their relationship. Increasingly late and obviously distracted during his yoga classes, his few remaining students begin to lose patience. When Rogers well-meaning friend Morris offers them a live-in renovation job in an upscale Brooklyn home, the three of them move in and start a job they are not exactly qualified for. Living rent-free provides them with a respite from the responsibilities and expectations of the outside world. Together they try to find comfort in their new reality while being revisited by their troubled pasts.
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Forged
Title: Forged
Character: Old Man
Released: July 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering his wife, Chuco returns to Scranton, Penn., where he meets his son, who naturally wants revenge. The two proceed to wrestle with their emotions and the past, forging an unlikely bond.
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Please Give
Title: Please Give
Character: Man Waiting for a Table
Released: April 30, 2010
Type: Movie
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Mr. Hawks
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Music of the Heart
Title: Music of the Heart
Character: Ernie
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Mr. Jackson
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Harold Starnes
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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White Lies
Title: White Lies
Character: Bum #1
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
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The Associate
Title: The Associate
Character: Plaza Men's Room Attendant
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
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Chocolate Babies
Title: Chocolate Babies
Character: Dada
Released: July 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Welcome to the front lines of AIDS activism, where the latest enemy raids are being run by a band of unlikely warriors: two drag queens, an HIV-positive man with tiny gemstones dotting his bald head, and his HIV-positive sister.
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Title: Due South
Character: Irving
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Crooklyn
Title: Crooklyn
Character: West Indian Store Manager
Released: May 13, 1994
Type: Movie
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
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The Pickle
Title: The Pickle
Character: Car Man
Released: April 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.
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Malcolm X
Title: Malcolm X
Character: Pullman Porter
Released: November 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Josiah Winthrop
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Dr. Myron Jansen
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Vernon Johnson
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Loose Cannons
Title: Loose Cannons
Character: Bus Driver
Released: February 9, 1990
Type: Movie
Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.
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Title: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character: Muff
Released: May 21, 1987
Type: TV
Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of apartment living, love life and its consequences, and more.
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We're Puttin' on the Ritz
Title: We're Puttin' on the Ritz
Character: Night Watchman
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: Movie
Two employees of a reclusive millionaire, Micki the secretary and Max the chauffeur, decide to attend a society function to which their employer has been invited. In the course of the evening, Max and Micki establish new identities in the world of high society and, while rubbing shoulders with the elite, they uncover a scam that tests their sleuthing skills as much as their social skills.
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You Can't Take it With You
Title: You Can't Take it With You
Character: Donald
Released: November 21, 1984
Type: Movie
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
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Hanky Panky
Title: Hanky Panky
Character: Dispatcher on R.R. Platform
Released: June 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
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See China and Die
Title: See China and Die
Character: Rib Man
Released: December 9, 1981
Type: Movie
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
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The Gentleman Bandit
Title: The Gentleman Bandit
Character: Det. Doerfler
Released: May 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.
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Night of the Juggler
Title: Night of the Juggler
Character: Subway Cop
Released: June 6, 1980
Type: Movie
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
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Hollow Image
Title: Hollow Image
Character: Man at Meeting
Released: June 24, 1979
Type: Movie
A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.
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You Can't Go Home Again
Title: You Can't Go Home Again
Character: Otis
Released: April 25, 1979
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein.
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Citizens Band
Title: Citizens Band
Character: Tony
Released: May 18, 1977
Type: Movie
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
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Car Wash
Title: Car Wash
Character: Charlie
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: Movie
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
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Three Days of the Condor
Title: Three Days of the Condor
Character: Messenger
Released: August 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
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The Stone Killer
Title: The Stone Killer
Character: New York Detective
Released: August 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Title: If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Character: Customer
Released: December 19, 1972
Type: Movie
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Donald
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Out of It
Title: Out of It
Character: Policeman
Released: December 1, 1969
Type: Movie
An introverted nerd and a violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.