Harold Pruett

Harold Pruett

Born: April 13, 1969
Died: February 21, 2002
in Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Harold P. Pruett (April 13, 1969 – February 21, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 30 films and TV series in the 1970s to the 1990s. During the 1970s and 1980s, Pruett guest starred on numerous television series including Wonder Woman, The New Leave It to Beaver, It's Your Move, Eye to Eye, The Best Times, Hotel and Night Court. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he danced in several music videos including two for the pop singer Martika, "More Than You Know" (1989) and "Coloured Kisses" (1992).

In 1990, Pruett had his first co-starring television role on the NBC musical teen drama Hull High. Due to low ratings, the series was canceled in October 1990 after nine episodes. Later that year, he was cast as Steve Randle in the television adaptation of the 1967 S. E. Hinton novel The Outsiders, shown on Fox. That series was also canceled after one season because of low ratings.[3] From 1992 to 1993, he had a recurring role as Brad Penny on the teen sitcom Parker Lewis. In 1995, he co-starred on another short lived Fox series, Medicine Ball. His last television appearance was in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Party of Five, in 1996. Pruett's final film appearance was in the independent drama The Right Way (1998), starring Geoff Pierson.

Movies for Harold Pruett...

The Perfect Daughter
Title: The Perfect Daughter
Character: Billy
Released: August 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Alexandra Michaelson has spent two years on the city streets as a runaway, but she awakens after an accident with no memory of her recent past. Her family welcomes her back, but soon she's visited by a man who claims he's her boyfriend. While trying to rekindle her memory, he tells Alexandra that somewhere she has hidden $100,000 stolen from a dangerous drug dealer.
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Precious Find
Title: Precious Find
Character: Ben Rutherford
Released: June 26, 1996
Type: Movie
The year is 2049. 200 years after the great Californian goldrush. The new generation of gold diggers are just as full of gold fever as their ancestors.
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Divas
Title: Divas
Character: Jerry
Released: September 19, 1995
Type: Movie
This pilot for a prospective series is an ensemble drama chronicling the ups and downs of a young, all-female, black singing group from Seattle.
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Embrace of the Vampire
Title: Embrace of the Vampire
Character: Chris
Released: May 30, 1995
Type: Movie
An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Ned Buchanon
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Title: Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances
Character: Dario Santangelo
Released: October 7, 1990
Type: TV
Lucky Chances is a 1990 television mini-series written by Jackie Collins and based on her bestselling novels Chances and Lucky. It starred Vincent Irizarry, Sandra Bullock, Eric Braeden, Nicollette Sheridan, Anne-Marie Johnson, Phil Morris, David McCallum, Richard Anderson and Robert Duncan McNeill. It was directed by Buzz Kulik.
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Heat Wave
Title: Heat Wave
Character: John Riggs
Released: August 13, 1990
Type: Movie
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
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Title: The Outsiders
Character: Steve Randle
Released: March 25, 1990
Type: TV
The story of the Curtis brothers, a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma, struggling to make it as a family. A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name.
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Title: I Know My First Name Is Steven
Character: Birch
Released: May 22, 1989
Type: TV
In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, in 1980, when Parnell kidnaps another young boy, Steven finds a way for them both to escape and return home.
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Title: The Fortunate Pilgrim
Character: Gino
Released: April 3, 1988
Type: TV
The saga of an Italian immigrant family in search of the American dream.
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Moving Target
Title: Moving Target
Character: Band Member (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1988
Type: Movie
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
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Spellcaster
Title: Spellcaster
Character: Tom
Released: January 14, 1988
Type: Movie
A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.
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Scandal in a Small Town
Title: Scandal in a Small Town
Character: Michael Bishop
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.
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Summer Camp Nightmare
Title: Summer Camp Nightmare
Character: Chris Wade
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
A group of campers revolt against their strict camp director and take over the camp for themselves.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Elly
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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Title: The New Leave It to Beaver
Character: Ron
Released: November 8, 1984
Type: TV
The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It to Beaver began with the 1983 CBS TV movie Still the Beaver, and was picked up in 1984 as a Disney Channel series with the same name; however, it only lasted one season. It was then picked up by TBS in 1986 and renamed The New Leave It to Beaver. The series, also syndicated in the late 1980s, lasted until June 1989. It is one of the rare examples of a television series revival sequel that revolves around the characters from the original series. Other examples of this would be The New WKRP in Cincinnati, The Brady Brides, What's Happening Now!! and the 2012 version of Dallas. The New Leave It to Beaver is the second longest running of any series revival in television history.
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Title: Night Court
Character: Joey
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: TV
Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Mirror, Mirror
Title: Mirror, Mirror
Character: Joey McLaren
Released: October 10, 1979
Type: Movie
A wealthy widow, a restless housewife, and a former model seek to reshape themselves through cosmetic surgery to please the men in their lives.
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Title: Sybil
Character: Danny
Released: November 14, 1976
Type: TV
A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.