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Doin' Time (film)
''Doin' Time'' is a 1985 American comedy film directed by George Mendeluk and written by Franelle Silver, Ron Zwang and Dee Caruso. The film stars Jeff Altman, Dey Young, Richard Mulligan, John Vernon, Jimmie Walker, and Judy Landers. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 19, 1985. Plot The warden of John Dillinger Memorial Penitentiary begins a series of prison reforms that cut down on the fun and games that the prisoners had been enjoying and eventually the convicts decide a little revenge is in order. Cast References External links * * Doin' Timeat BFIDoin' Time at Letterbox DVD 1985 films Warner Bros. films American prison comedy films 1985 comedy films The Ladd Company films Films scored by Charles Fox Films with screenplays by Dee Caruso 1980s English-language films Films directed by George Mendeluk 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mendeluk
George Mendeluk ( ua, Джордж Менделюк) (born March 20, 1948, in Augsburg, Bavaria) is a Germany, German-born Canadians, Canadian film director, television director and writer of Ukrainians, Ukrainian descent. Throughout his career he has amassed a number of credits in film and television. His directorial television credits include ''Miami Vice'', ''Night Heat'', ''The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''The Young Riders'', ''Counterstrike (1990 TV series), Counterstrike'', ''Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', ''Poltergeist: The Legacy'', ''Highlander: The Series'', ''Highlander: The Raven'', ''Queen of Swords (TV series), Queen of Swords'', ''First Wave (TV series), First Wave'', ''Relic Hunter'', ''Romeo!'', ''Odyssey 5'' and among other series. Since 2006, Mendeluk has focused primarily on directing television films namely ''Deck the Halls (2005 film), Deck the Halls'' (2005) starring Gabrielle Carteris and ''Judicial Indiscreti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow or remand center, is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are confined against their will and usually denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, a prison can also be described as a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed. Prisons can also be used as a tool of political repression by authoritarian regimes. Their perceived opponents may be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitten Natividad
Francesca Isabel Natividad (February 13, 1948 – September 24, 2022), known professionally as Kitten Natividad, was a Mexican-American film actress and exotic dancer. She was noted for her 44-inch (112 cm) bust, and appearances in cult films made by her ex-partner, director Russ Meyer. Early years Natividad was born on February 13, 1948, in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua State, Mexico. She was the eldest of nine children. Natividad did not speak English until she was 10 years old. At that time, her mother married a U.S. citizen and they moved to Texas. Natividad attended Ysleta High School in El Paso, where she was her senior class president. After moving to California, Natividad worked as both a maid and a cook for Stella Stevens, and then as a key-punch operator for IBM, before eventually turning to go-go dancing to make ends meet. At this time, she adopted the stage name of "Kitten" Natividad, which came from her shyness. In 1969, at the age of 21 years, she had her first bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat McCormick (actor)
Pat McCormick (June 30, 1927 – July 29, 2005) was an American actor and comedy writer known for playing Big Enos Burdette in ''Smokey and the Bandit'' and its two sequels. He wrote for a number of performers such as Red Skelton, Phyllis Diller and Johnny Carson as well as for shows including ''Get Smart''. McCormick had a distinctive appearance being 6'7" tall, weighing 250 lbs and having a walrus mustache. Early life McCormick was born in Lakewood, Ohio on June 30, 1927. He was a 1945 graduate of Rocky River High School. Career McCormick was a high school athlete and served in the United States Army during World War II. He then enrolled at Harvard University as a freshman in the autumn of 1947 where he played basketball that year. He later dropped basketball to concentrate on track (hurdles). He dropped out of Harvard Law School for a career in advertising, but abandoned that career as well when he started writing jokes for television and standup comedians, including Jonathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 – December 9, 1990) was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 142 films. His 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) presence and face had him typecast as often brainless athletes, tough guys, thugs, and gangsters. His roles included Splitface in ''Dick Tracy'' (1945), Yusuf in ''Sinbad the Sailor'' (1947), and Clon in '' It's About Time'' (1966–1967). Early years Mazurki was born Markiyan Yulianovich Mazurkevich ( uk, Маркіян (Михайло) Мазуркевич) ( pl, Markijan (Mychajlo) Mazurkiewicz) in the village of Kupchyntsi (in present-day Ternopil Raion), near what was then Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil, Ukraine). Mazurki attended LaSalle Institute in Troy, for high school. Upon finishing school, he changed his name to "Mike". He played football and basketball at Manhattan College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930. After earning his bachelor's deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Jarvis
Graham Powley Jarvis (August 25, 1930 – April 16, 2003) was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Early years Jarvis was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Margaret Biddulph (Scratcherd) and William Henry Reginald Jarvis, an investment banker and president of John Labatt Ltd. His maternal great-grandfather was businessman and brewer John Labatt, whose own father was Labatt founder John Kinder Labatt. He attended Williams College before moving to New York to pursue a career in theatre. Career Jarvis starred in the television soap opera parody ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' as Charlie "Baby Boy" Haggers, the much older husband of wanna-be country music star Loretta Haggers, played by Mary Kay Place. He also appeared on other television programs such as '' Naked City'', ''Route 66'', ''N.Y.P.D.'', ''All in the Family'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''Mork & Mindy'', '' Starsky and Hutch'', ''Cagney and Lacey'', ''Mama's Family'', '' F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Gillard
Stuart Thomas Gillard (born April 28, 1950) is a Canadian film, writer, producer and television director. He is best known for directing the films ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III'' (1993) and ''RocketMan'' (1997). He also wrote and directed the romance film ''Paradise'' in 1982, his directing debut. As a television director, Gillard's credits include '' Bordertown'', '' The Outer Limits'', the original ''Charmed'' and its reboot series, ''One Tree Hill'' and '' 90210''. He has also directed numerous television films, many for ABC Family and Disney Channel such as ''Girl vs. Monster'' and '' Twitches''. As an actor, Gillard won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor in 1975 for his performance as a journalist in the film ''Why Rock the Boat? ''Why Rock the Boat?'' is a 1974 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by John Howe. The film stars Stuart Gillard as Harry Barnes, a young journalist in Montreal who becomes romantically involved with Julia Martin ( Tiiu Leek), a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melinda O
Melinda is a feminine given name. Etymology The modern name ''Melinda'' is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". "Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek, or from Melissa (μέλισσα) meaning "honeybee" in Greek. It is also associated with the Greek word ''meli'', meaning "honey", and with Linda, from "lind" meaning "gentle, soft, tender" in the Germanic languages. Pronunciation The typical English pronunciation of Melinda is . In Hungarian, the stress is on the first syllable: . Usage and popularity The name Melinda is used in English and Hungarian. In the United States, its popularity peaked in 1973 at No. 72. In 1990 it was in the top 1000 names in the US, and in 2002 it was in the top 100 names in Hungary. Since its peak the popularity of the name Melinda has been gradually declining in the United States, to last be seen on the top 1000 list in 2002 at No. 932. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Ji-Tu Cumbuka (March 4, 1940 – July 4, 2017) was an American actor. He is best remembered as "Torque" in the hit TV series ''A Man Called Sloane'' together with Robert Conrad and Dan O'Herlihy. In 2011, Cumbuka published his autobiography ''A Giant to Remember: The Black Actor in Hollywood''. He has a son and a granddaughter. Early life Cumbuka was born in 1940 in Helena, Alabama, to a Baptist minister. After Texas Southern, he moved to California to pursue his acting career, and went to Columbia College in New York City, earning a bachelor of arts in theatre and a master's degree in cinematography. He landed a role in the 1968 movie '' Uptight'' directed by Jules Dassin. Acting career Cumbuka appeared in such television productions as the ''Roots'' miniseries, ''Daniel Boone'', '' Young Dan'l Boone'', ''Knots Landing'', ''The A-Team'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Murder She Wrote'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Amen'', ''227'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clotworthy
Robert Clotworthy is an American narrator and voice actor. He may be best known as the narrator for the History Channel series ''Ancient Aliens'' and ''The Curse of Oak Island'' and his role as the voice of Jim Raynor in the ''StarCraft'' video game series. Career Early career Clotworthy's career as a voice actor began when he was fifteen. "My father was a producer of radio commercials and from an early age I would accompany him to recording sessions. I met some of the finest voice talent (Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Mel Blanc, June Foray etc.) and they inspired me." Role as Jim Raynor Clotworthy starred as the voice of Jim Raynor in the ''StarCraft'' series of real-time strategy video games. Clotworthy first appeared as Raynor in ''StarCraft'', in which Raynor was a major character heavily involved in the game's storyline. He reprised his role in the expansion '' StarCraft: Brood War''. A reader's poll for GameSpot voted Raynor one of video gaming's top ten heroes, with GameSp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Chartoff
Melanie Barbara Chartoff (born December 15, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. She first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series '' Fridays'' (1980–82), and in the 1990s Fox sitcom ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose''. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series ''Rugrats'' and '' All Grown Up!''. Early life Chartoff was born on December 15, 1948, in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended West Haven High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University. She is Jewish. Career Her first Broadway appearances were in Galt MacDermot's space opera ''Via Galactica'' (1972), directed by Peter Hall, and The Young Vic's ''Scapino'', starring Jim Dale (1974). Chartoff's first TV role came in 1976 when she played a nurse on ''Search For Tomorrow'', after which appeared in the 1978 motion picture ''American Hot Wax''. She first became a nationally known figure on ABC's ''Fridays'', which was ABC's attempt t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Carl
Max Carl Gronenthal (born January 29, 1950) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the co-lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad. In addition, he spent several years as the keyboardist and lead singer for the southern rock band 38 Special. Carl is known for having co-written and sung lead vocals on 38 Special's hit song, " Second Chance" (1989). Early life Carl was born in 1950 in Platte Center, Nebraska, United States, and raised near the town of Humphrey, graduating from high school in Norfolk, Nebraska in 1968. Music career Early career Throughout 1968–69, Carl played a significant role as a member of the Norfolk-based New Breed Blues Band, during which time he enhanced his interest in rhythm and blues music. Beginning as a saxophonist in this band, he later became the lead vocalist/keyboardist in the group. However, in 1969, he left the band to join the Lincoln-based Chancellors. During the 1970s, Carl served stints wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
