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Fuzz (film)
''Fuzz'' is a 1972 American action comedy film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring Burt Reynolds, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, Tom Skerritt and Jack Weston. The screenplay was written by Evan Hunter based on the 1968 novel of the same name that is part of his ''87th Precinct'' written under the pen name Ed McBain. Dave Grusin composed the film's soundtrack score. Noted illustrator Richard Amsel painted the poster artwork, featuring Reynolds in a reclining pose reminiscent of his famous centerfold in Cosmopolitan magazine appearing earlier that year. Although the ''87th Precinct'' novels are set in a fictional metropolis based on New York City, ''Fuzz'' is set in, and was shot on location in, Boston, Massachusetts. Plot Detectives Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, Eileen McHenry and Bert Kling of the 87th Precinct investigate a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man. They must also follow a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard A
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Dobson
Tamara Janice Dobson (May 14, 1947 – October 2, 2006) was an American actress and model (person), fashion model. Beginning her career in modeling during the late 1960s, Dobson became best known for her title role as government agent Cleopatra "Cleo" Jones the 1973 Blaxploitation film ''Cleopatra Jones'' and its 1975 sequel ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold''. Early life and education Born in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Dobson was the second of four children born to Melvin and Evelyn Dobson (née Russell). Dobson started as a beautician. Dobson started her modeling career doing fashion shows at her school, Maryland Institute College of Art, where she also received her Bachelor of Fine Arts, degree in fashion illustration. While studying, Dobson was discovered in 1969 and began to film Television advertisement, commercials and modeled. Career After school, Dobson moved from Maryland to New York to model and act full-time. Dobson modeled for ''Jet Magazine'' sometime dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neile Adams
Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams (born July 10, 1932), known professionally as Neile Adams, is a Filipino American actress, singer, and dancer who made more than 20 appearances in films and television series between 1952 and 1991. Early life and family Adams was born in Manila in 1932, daughter of José Arrastia, the maternal great-grandfather of Enrique Iglesias. She reportedly never met her father. Her mother, Carmen "Miami" Salvador, was a hula dancer of Spanish and German descent. In her early teens, during the Japanese army's occupation of Manila during World War II, Adams became a spy for the Philippine resistance, carrying messages between guerrilla groups. She was later wounded by shrapnel during the Allied liberation of the island. She moved to the United States in 1948 and attended Rosemary Hall, a private school in Connecticut. She then went to New York to study dancing where she got a scholarship at the Katherine Dunham School of Dance. To avoid typecasting because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tyner
Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films ''Harold and Maude'' (1971), '' Emperor of the North Pole'' (1973), '' The Longest Yard'' (1974), ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987) and ''Pulse'' (1988). Early years Tyner was a native of Danville, Virginia and served in the United States Army as a combat infantryman in Germany and France during World War II. Career In 1957, Tyner made his debut on Broadway in ''Orpheus Descending''. Two years later, he appeared with Paul Newman in ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' on Broadway. During 1959, Tyner made his film debut with an uncredited part in ''That Kind of Woman''. He worked with Newman again in 1967 as Boss Higgins, the sadistic prison guard in ''Cool Hand Luke'' and became a regular character actor, appearing in films such as ''The Reivers'', '' Lawman'', ''Harold and Maude'', ''The Cowboys'', '' The Outlaw Josey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Murray (born October 31, 1945), known professionally by his stage name as Brian Doyle-Murray, is an American actor, voice-actor and screenwriter. He has appeared with his younger brother, actor/comedian Bill Murray, in several movies, including ''Caddyshack'', ''Scrooged'', '' Ghostbusters II'', '' Groundhog Day'', and ''The Razor's Edge''. He co-starred on the TBS sitcom ''Sullivan & Son'', where he played the foul-mouthed Hank Murphy. He also appeared in the Nickelodeon animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' as The Flying Dutchman, the Cartoon Network original animated series ''My Gym Partner's a Monkey'' as Coach Tiffany Gills, ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'' as Captain K'nuckles, a recurring role as Don Ehlert on the ABC sitcom '' The Middle'', and Bob Kruger in the AMC dramedy ''Lodge 49''. Doyle-Murray has been nominated for three Emmy Awards in 1978, 1979, and 1980 for his work on ''Saturday Night Live'' in the category Primetime Emmy Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Howard
Vince House (July 21, 1929 – July 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television programs, and was perhaps best known for playing the co-starring role of "Motorcycle Officer Vince" in NBC's ''Emergency!'' and as "Mr. Peter Butler" in ''Mr. Novak''. Early life Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Howard attended and graduated at Vashon High School. After attending and graduating from Vashon High School, he served in the army, as a truck driver in Germany. He was also part of the singing group, The Rhythm Aces, with Willie Davis, Billy Steward, Lloyd McGraw and Chuck Rowan, where he also changed his surname to "Howard". Howard left the Rhythm Aces, where he later joined the rock 'n roll group, Billy Ward and his Dominoes. He left the group, where he settled to move to Los Angeles, California, where he was hired to work as a technician for the Radio Corporation of America, in 1958. Howard later performed in the nightclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Burton
Norman Burton (December 5, 1923 – November 29, 2003) was an American actor. He was occasionally credited as Normann Burton. Early life Born in New York City, Burton was a student of the Actors Studio. After early work on stage, he broke into films with a minor role in ''Fright'' (1956). Career His career in film and television was long and relatively successful, but he never achieved major recognition. He played the Hunt Leader, a gorilla, in the science fiction film ''Planet of the Apes'', notable as being the first ape to be seen by both Taylor and the audience, and also appeared as a (human) army officer in the second sequel ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' (1971). In film, he is perhaps best known for his performance as Felix Leiter in the James Bond film '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971). He played Will Giddings, an ill-fated engineer, in the action film ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974), and his later films included ''The Gumball Rally'' (1976), ''Crimes of Passion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Frazer
Daniel Thomas Frazer (November 20, 1921 – December 16, 2011) was an American actor, born in a West Side neighborhood (formerly known as Hell's Kitchen) of Manhattan in New York City. He was probably best known for his role as Captain Frank McNeil, the former partner turned supervisor of Theo Kojak, Telly Savalas's character, in the 1970s TV police drama ''Kojak''. His screen career started in 1950. Frazer served in the Special Services division of the United States Army during World War II, where he got exposure to theatrical writing and directing.DAN FRAZER, Metacritic . Retrieved February 20, 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Gordon (actor)
Don Gordon (born Donald Walter Guadagno; November 13, 1926 – April 24, 2017) was an American film and television actor. His most notable film roles were those in which he appeared alongside his friend Steve McQueen: ''Bullitt'' (1968), ''Papillon (1973 film), Papillon'' (1973) and ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974). Between the first and the last of those films he appeared in ''The Gamblers (1970 film), The Gamblers'' (1970), ''WUSA (film), WUSA'' (1970), ''Cannon for Cordoba'' (1970), ''The Last Movie'' (1971), ''Z.P.G.'' (1972), ''Fuzz (film), Fuzz'' (1972), ''Slaughter (1972 film), Slaughter'' (1972), ''The Mack'' (1973), ''The Education of Sonny Carson'' (1974) and ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'' (1981) as the ill-fated assistant to protagonist Damien Thorn. Early life Gordon was born Donald Walter Guadagno in Los Angeles on November 13, 1926. He sold newspapers at the age of eight to help support his family during the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bonerz
Peter R Bonerz (, born August 6, 1938) is an American actor and director. Early life Bonerzwas born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Elfrieda (née Kern) and Christopher Bonerz. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School. Here, performing with the Prep Players, he gained his first theatrical experience. At Marquette University, he participated in the Marquette University Players. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960, he decided to seek a career in theater, starting in New York City in improv with a troupe called The Premise. After compulsory service as a draftee in the United States Army, he worked with an improv troupe in San Francisco known as The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Howard Hesseman and Hamilton Camp. Career Bonerz's first network television appearance was in 1965 on ''The Addams Family'' in the season-two episode "Morticia, The Writer". He had several more TV appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Ihnat
Stefan Ihnat (August 7, 1934 – May 12, 1972) was a Slovak-born American actor and director. He emigrated to Canada when he was five years old, and later became a United States citizen. Early life Ihnat was born to Andrew and Mary Ihnat in Slovakia and was raised on a farm in Lynden, Ontario. His family settled there after fleeing his native Czechoslovakia in 1939, when he was five years old. Ihnat, his mother, father, younger sister, and two young boys from other families left Czechoslovakia three days before Prague was occupied by invading German forces in March of that year. Film and television career Ihnat moved to the United States in 1956 to pursue a career in acting and attended the Pasadena Playhouse. He gained United States citizenship. In 1959, he played a truck driver in with cargo hijackers in an episode of ''Highway Patrol''. At a time when he had difficulty finding work he enlisted in the U.S. Army for two years and served at Headquarters U.S. Army, Port In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
