James Bacon

James Bacon

Born: May 12, 1914
Died: September 18, 2010

Movies for James Bacon...

Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Title: My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Character: Self
Released: January 21, 1985
Type: Movie
The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
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The Rules of Marriage
Title: The Rules of Marriage
Released: May 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A seemingly perfect marriage disintegrates, as both husband and wife become involved in a series of affairs.
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The Day the Bubble Burst
Title: The Day the Bubble Burst
Released: February 7, 1982
Type: Movie
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
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The Patricia Neal Story
Title: The Patricia Neal Story
Character: Reporter
Released: December 8, 1981
Type: Movie
The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Title: Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Character: Reporter at Clinic
Released: February 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
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Underground Aces
Title: Underground Aces
Character: Businessman #2
Released: January 2, 1981
Type: Movie
The escapades of a crew of zany parking lot attendants.
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More Wild Wild West
Title: More Wild Wild West
Character: The Wheelman
Released: October 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
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Mafia on the Bounty
Title: Mafia on the Bounty
Character: Wilbur
Released: March 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A mob boss' plan to rub out his competition runs into trouble when his boat is attacked by a group of gay rights activists whose leader believes he is the legendary Captain Bligh .
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Meteor
Title: Meteor
Character: News Reporter
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
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Cat in the Cage
Title: Cat in the Cage
Released: August 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover
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Mean Dog Blues
Title: Mean Dog Blues
Character: Court Clerk
Released: March 3, 1978
Type: Movie
A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.
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Sextette
Title: Sextette
Character: Reporter
Released: March 3, 1978
Type: Movie
On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is asked to intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos.
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The Amazing Howard Hughes
Title: The Amazing Howard Hughes
Character: James Bacon
Released: April 13, 1977
Type: Movie
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
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The Last Hard Men
Title: The Last Hard Men
Character: Deputy Jetfore
Released: April 22, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.
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Planet Earth
Title: Planet Earth
Released: April 23, 1974
Type: Movie
The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 20th-century scientist awakened from suspended animation - just the "breeder" a Confederacy dominatrix has been waiting for! Can Hunt defy the Confederacy and free his downtrodden fellow males, or is he doomed to slavery on Planet Earth? A sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II.
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How to Seduce a Woman
Title: How to Seduce a Woman
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Employees of well-off conman and lady's man Luther Lucas talk about the 5 women he'd most like to bed. To make this happen he'll spare no expense, pretend to be gay, pretend to be a friend of Garbo's--anything.
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The Outfit
Title: The Outfit
Character: Bookie
Released: October 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Title: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Character: Ape (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1972
Type: Movie
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Title: Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Character: General Faulkner
Released: May 20, 1971
Type: Movie
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Title: Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Character: Ape (uncredited)
Released: April 23, 1970
Type: Movie
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
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Skullduggery
Title: Skullduggery
Character: Commenator
Released: March 6, 1970
Type: Movie
An expedition into the interior of Papua New Guinea comes across a tribe of ape-like people who may or may not be ancestors of early man.
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Title: Here's Lucy
Character: James Bacon
Released: September 23, 1968
Type: TV
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Newsman
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: William Spence
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Planet of the Apes
Title: Planet of the Apes
Character: Ape (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1968
Type: Movie
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
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Title: The Big Valley
Character: Hotel Clerk
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: TV
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Title: King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Character: Investment Man (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
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Al Capone
Title: Al Capone
Character: Reporter
Released: March 25, 1959
Type: Movie
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Teacher's Pet
Title: Teacher's Pet
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.
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Black Tuesday
Title: Black Tuesday
Character: Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1954
Type: Movie
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
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Title: This Is Your Life
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.