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Debra Feuer
Debra Lee Feuer is an American former actress. She starred in the films ''Moment by Moment'', ''The Hollywood Knights'', '' To Live and Die in L.A.'', '' MacGruder and Loud'', '' Il burbero'', and '' Homeboy''; the latter in which she starred with her then-husband Mickey Rourke. In November 1978, Feuer portrayed Daisy Mae in an NBC-TV special, ''Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today''. She also played a minor role as Becky Mae in the TV series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', in the Season 2, Episode 6, "The Ghost of General Lee". She also played Sonny Crockett's love interest in the first two episodes of Season 5 of ''Miami Vice''. Filmography *'' Beyond Reason'' directed by Telly Savalas (1977) *''Starsky & Hutch'' directed by George McCowan (2 episodes) (1977) *''Fantasy Island'' directed by Allen Baron and George McCowan (1 episode) (1978) *''The Love Boat Musical Cabins'' directed by Allen Baron (1 episode) (1978) *''Lacy and the Mississippi Queen'' directed by Robert Butler (1978) *''Mom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Baron
Allen Baron (born 1927) is an American television and film director, actor, and comic book artist. In his early 20s, he drew romance and science fiction comic stories. Upon visiting a Paramount sound stage in the mid-1950s, he decided he wanted to work in films, and he became involved in theatrical acting. He is best known for writing and directing the 1961 film noir ''Blast of Silence'', in which he also plays the lead role of the hitman. He also wrote and directed the 1964 film ''Pie in the Sky (1964 film), Terror in the City'' (alternate title ''Pie in the Sky'') and the 1972 film ''Outside In''. For TV, he directed the TV movie ''The San Pedro Bums'' (1977), which was the pilot for the TV series ''The San Pedro Beach Bums'', and the 1982 film ''Foxfire Light'' with Leslie Nielsen and Tippi Hedren. Baron directed hundreds of television shows, including multiple episodes of ''The Love Boat'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Arnie (TV series), Arnie'', ''Love, American Style'', ''Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Friedkin
William "Billy" Friedkin (born August 29, 1935)Biskind, p. 200. is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he directed the crime thriller film '' The French Connection'' (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director, and the supernatural horror film ''The Exorcist'' (1973), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His other films include the drama '' The Boys in the Band'' (1970), the thriller '' Sorcerer'' (1977), the crime comedy drama ''The Brink's Job'' (1978), the crime thriller '' Cruising'' (1980), the neo-noir thriller '' To Live and Die in L.A.'' (1985), the psychological horror film '' Bug'' (2006) and the black comedy '' Killer Joe'' (2011). Early life Friedkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Rachael (née Green) and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry London
Jerry London (born January 21, 1947) is an American television director and producer. Life and career London has directed more than forty television movies including Emmy Award nominated '' Chiefs''. London won best director for James Clavell's ''Shōgun'', a nine-hour miniseries for NBC. He has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed '' The Scarlet and the Black'' with Gregory Peck, '' Chiefs'' with Charlton Heston, and ''Ellis Island'' with Richard Burton. He has taught film production at UCLA and Los Angeles Film School. London is the father of Todd London, a TV producer of HBO's ''Rome'' and '' The Pacific'', and a senior vice president and post-production executive of Walt Disney Pictures. Lisa London, casting director, is his daughter. Filmography *'' Killdozer!'' (1974) *'' Ma and Pa'' (1974) *''Goodnight Jackie'' (1974) *'' The World of Darkness'' (1977) *'' Cover Girls'' (1977) *''Wheels'' (1978) *'' Escapade'' (1978) *''Evening in Byzantium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Katzin
Lee H. Katzin (12 April 1935 - 30 October 2002) was an American film director. Early life and education He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and became a TV director in the late 1960s, including episodes for '' Bonanza, Mission: Impossible ''and '' Police Story.'' He also directed the 1971 feature film '' Le Mans.'' Career Starting in 1969, he did an array of theatrical films starting with ''Heaven with a Gun'' and other films like '' The Break'' and the cult classic ''What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?'' In 1972, he directed the film ''The Salzburg Connection'', which starred Barry Newman and Anna Karina. In 1975, he directed the launch episode " Breakaway", and other early episodes, of the Gerry Anderson live-action series '' Space: 1999.'' He also directed the pilots for the television series ''Man from Atlantis'' and '' Spenser: For Hire''. But he was primarily known as a prolific episodic television director, helming many episodes of such series as ''MacGyver'', '' Police Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hardcase may refer to: * Hardcase (film), a 1972 American Western television film * Hardcase (novel), a 2001 novel by Dan Simmons * Hardcase (comics) See also * ''The Hard Case ''The Hard Case'' is a 1995 British short film directed and written by Guy Ritchie and featured Darren Spencer as The player and Benedick Bates as a player and Wale Ojo as the gambler. A twenty-minute film, it precedes Ritchie's better known '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Taylor (American Actor And Director)
Donald Richie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir ''The Naked City'', '' Battleground'', ''Father of the Bride'', ''Father's Little Dividend'' and ''Stalag 17''. He later turned to directing films such as ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' (1971), ''Tom Sawyer'' (1973), '' Echoes of a Summer'' (1976) and '' Damien: Omen II'' (1978). Biography Early life and work The son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Taylor, Donald Ritchie Taylor was born in Freeport, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1920. (Another source says that he was born "in Pittsburgh and raised in Freeport, Pa.") He studied speech and drama at Penn State University and hitchhiked to Hollywood in 1942. He was signed as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appeared in small roles. Drafted into the United States Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II, he appeared in the Air Forces's ''Winged Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Mutrux
Floyd Mutrux (born June 21, 1941) is an American stage director, stage and film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter. Career He began his work in Hollywood as an uncredited writer for ''Two-Lane Blacktop'' (1971). His career continued with ''The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971; writer/producer), ''Dusty and Sweets McGee'' (1971; writer, producer and director) and ''Freebie and the Bean'' (1974; story and executive producer). He wrote and directed ''Aloha, Bobby and Rose'' (1975) and ''The Hollywood Knights'' (1980). Mutrux also directed ''American Hot Wax'' (1978). His later work includes ''Dick Tracy (1990 film), Dick Tracy'' (1990; executive producer), ''American Me'' (1992; writer/executive producer), ''Blood In Blood Out'' (1993; screenplay), ''There Goes My Baby (film), There Goes My Baby'' (1994; writer/director) and ''Mulholland Falls'' (1996; story). Mutrux co-wrote the musical theater productions ''Million Dollar Quartet (musical), Million Dollar Quartet'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Chaffey
Donald Chaffey (5 August 1917 – 13 November 1990) was a British film director, writer, producer, and art director. Chaffey's film career began as an art director in 1947, and his directorial debut was in 1953. He remained active in the industry until his death in 1990 from heart failure. His film ''Charley One-Eye'' (1973) was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. He is chiefly remembered for his fantasy films, which include '' Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963), ''The Three Lives of Thomasina'' (1963), ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966), ''The Viking Queen'' (1967), '' Creatures the World Forgot'' (1971), '' Pete's Dragon'' (1977), and ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'' (1979), his final feature film. Concurrent with his theatrically released films, Chaffey directed episodes of numerous British television series, including multiple installments of ''Danger Man'', ''The Prisoner'', and '' The Avengers''. From the 1980s until his death, all of his work was in American mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vega$
''Vegas'' (stylized as ''Vega$'') is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 20, 1978, to June 3, 1981, with the pilot episode airing April 25, 1978. ''Vegas'' was produced by Aaron Spelling and created by Michael Mann. The series (with the exception of special episodes filmed in Hawaii and San Francisco) was filmed in its entirety on location in Las Vegas, Nevada. ''Vegas'' stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drives to his detective assignments around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible. (The red T-Bird replaced a 1967 yellow Chevrolet Corvette that was used in the pilot episode, a car which ended up being 'destroyed' by fire.) Working for a wide variety of Las Vegas clients, the detective work included locating missing persons, helping solve various Las Vegas crimes, solving casino chip and money scams, and making Las Vegas a safer place for residents and tourists alike. Dan Tanna makes a poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Starrett
Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director.Staff report (March 29, 1989). Jack Starrett, 52; Adventure Film Actor, Director. ''Los Angeles Times'' Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as ''Gabby Johnson'', a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 film '' Blazing Saddles'' and is also known for his role as the brutal deputy Art Galt in the 1982 action film ''First Blood''. He also played the cruel foreman Swick in '' The River''. Starrett acted in the biker films ''The Born Losers'', ''Hells Angels on Wheels'' (both from 1967), '' Angels from Hell'' (1968) and ''Hell's Bloody Devils'' (1970), and directed two more: ''Run, Angel, Run'' in 1969 and ''Nam's Angels'' (1970) as well as the horror film ''Race with the Devil'' (1975) - that was filmed in his home state of Texas - in which he also played a gas station attendant. Life and career Starrett was raised in Refugio, Texas and worked in the oil f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying High (TV Series)
''Flying High'' is an American comedy-drama television series, created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, starring Kathryn Witt, Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Howard Platt. The series aired on CBS from August 28, 1978, to January 23, 1979. Premise The plot follows three attractive flight attendants (Marcy Bower, Pam Bellagio and Lisa Benton) working for the fictional Sun West Airlines in Los Angeles.Brooks, Tim & Earle MarshThe Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present p. 485 (9th ed. 2007) Cast * Kathryn Witt as Pam Bellagio * Connie Sellecca as Lisa Benton * Pat Klous as Marcy Bower * Howard Platt as Captain Doug March * Ken Olfson as Raymond Strickman Platt (then age 40) and Sellecca (age 23) met on-set and developed a romantic relationship which led to a brief engagement.Lester, Peter (5 February 1979)Their Series May Get Canned, but Howard Platt and Connie Sellecca Keep on Flying High—and United ''People''Buell, Bill (25 September 2014)TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
