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Geoffrey Lower
Geoffrey Lower (born March 19, 1963) is an American former actor known for playing Reverend Timothy Johnson on ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''. He also played Monica Geller's boyfriend Alan in the ''Friends'' episode " The One With the Thumb". Early life and education Lower grew up in Casper, Wyoming. He attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Juilliard School. Career Lower's contemporary theater credits include ''What Doesn't Kill Us'' at the McCadden Theatre in Hollywood, California, ''There's One in Every Marriage'' at P.R.T.E. and ''The Marrieds'' at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center. In addition to six seasons as the Rev. Timothy Johnson on the CBS-TV series ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', Lower's television career includes two seasons on ''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' (1990), as well as many guest appearances on numerous other TV series, with one notable appearance on NBC's ''Quantum Leap'' as Confederate officer Lieutenant Montgomery in the Season 5 episode "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is a city in, and the county seat of, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in the state, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to the development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field. Casper is located in east central Wyoming. History The city was established east of the former site of Fort Caspar, which was built during the mid-19th century mass migration of land seekers along the Oregon, California and Mormon trails. The area was the location of several ferries that offered passage across the North Platte River in the early 1840s. In 1859, Louis Guinard built a bridge and trading post near the original ferry locations. The government soon posted a military garrison nearby to protect telegraph and mail service. It was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William O. Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Silver Lake is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the east-central region of Los Angeles, California. Originally home to a small community called Ivanhoe in honor of Sir Walter Scott. In 1907, the Los Angeles Water Department built the Silver Lake Reservoir, named for LA Water Commissioner Herman Silver, giving the neighborhood its name. The area is now known for its architecturally significant homes, independently owned businesses, diverse restaurants, painted staircases, and a creative environment. The neighborhood is also home to several highly rated public and private schools. Geography and climate Silver Lake is flanked on the northeast by Atwater Village and Elysian Valley, on the southeast by Echo Park, on the southwest by Westlake, on the west by East Hollywood and on the northwest by Los Feliz. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And The Band Played On (film)
''And the Band Played On'' is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book '' And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic'' by Randy Shilts, and is noteworthy for featuring both a vast historical scope, as well as an exceptionally sprawling cast. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on September 2, 1993, before being broadcast on HBO on September 11, 1993. It later was released in the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Austria, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, New Zealand, and Australia. The HBO movie was later aired on NBC in 1994. NBC (as well as ABC) were some of the networks considered to make a miniseries based on the book in the late 1980s, but the networks turned it down because they could not find a way to structure it as a two-night, four-hour miniseries. In 1994, NBC finally aired th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock (TV Series)
''Matlock'' is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions (called Strathmore Productions in the first two seasons) and Viacom Productions, originally aired from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC, and from November 5, 1992, to May 7, 1995, on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS' ''Perry Mason'' (both ''Matlock'' and the 1980s ''Perry Mason'' television films were created by Dean Hargrove), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial from the jury. Since 1991, reruns of ''Matlock'' have been shown in syndication and on TBS, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake And The Fatman
''Jake and the Fatman'' is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from September 26, 1987, to May 6, 1992. '' Diagnosis: Murder'' was a spin-off of this series. Plot J. L. "Fatman" McCabe is a Hawaii-born, tough former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator named Jake Styles. They often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" travels hardly anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog. The show was set in Los Angeles during the first season. After the end of ''Magnum, P.I.'', the show was moved to Hawaii. The second and third seasons and half of the fourth season were filmed in Honolulu. The show then returned to Los Angeles for the remainder of its run. Cast Main cast *William Conrad as District Atto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life And Times
''My Life and Times'' is an American drama television series that aired on ABC from April 24, 1991 to May 30, 1991. The series co-starred Helen Hunt. Premise Set in 2035 and 2036, the series focused on 85-year-old former journalist Ben Miller. From his rocking chair at the Briars Retirement Retreat, Ben would recollect on an event from his life which would be dramatized in the episode. Among the events shown were the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, the 1987 stock market crash, "The Great Collapse of 1998" and the turn of the millennium. Cast * Tom Irwin as Ben Miller *Megan Mullally as Susan *Helen Hunt as Rebecca Miller *Matt McGrath Matthew John "Matt" McGrath (December 28, 1875 – January 29, 1941) was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City Police Department. At the time of his death at age 64, he attained the ran ... as Robert Miller *Harriet Medin as Jessie Episodes References External links * ''My Life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housebound (2000 Film)
''Housebound'' (also titled ''Kitchen Privileges'') is a 2000 American thriller film written and directed by Mari Kornhauser and starring Katharina Wressnig and Peter Sarsgaard. Cast *Katharina Wressnig as Marie *Peter Sarsgaard as Tom *Angeline Ball as Mignon *Geoffrey Lower as Jarrid *Liz Stauber as Ricky * Ann Magnuson as Brandy Release The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on September 2, 2000. Reception Eddie Cockrell of ''Variety'' gave the film a mixed review and wrote that "...Wressnig brings a fine Euro gravity to the updated Catherine Deneuve role, but viewers will be distracted by overly schematic and unconvincing production design." Ron Wells of ''Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first ...'' gave it a positive review, praising Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Share (2000 Film)
''Time Share'' is a television film directed by Sharon von Wietersheim and starring Nastassja Kinski and Timothy Dalton. It premiered on Fox Family Channel on June 18, 2000. Two single parents, male and female, along with their kids, have to involuntarily share a house for their holidays. The film was a hit when first aired on the then-Fox Family Channel (now Freeform), and was subsequently dubbed internationally. It is available in Region 2 German. Cast *Nastassja Kinski as Dr. Julia Weiland *Timothy Dalton as Matthew 'Matt' Farragher *Kevin Zegers as Thomas Weiland *Cameron Finley as Max Weiland * Billy Kay as Lewis Farragher *Natalie Elizabeth Marston as Daphne Farragher *Carlton Gebbia as Felice Templeton *Geoffrey Lower as Russell *Kelli Garner as Kelly the Beach Girl *Randolph Mantooth as Ken Crandall *John Hostetter John Hostetter (October 6, 1946 – September 2, 2016) was an American actor and visual artist. He played John, the stage manager on the fictional FYI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalanche (1999 Film)
Avalanche (also known as ''Escape from Alaska'') is a 1999 Canadian-American disaster film directed by Steve Kroschel and starring C. Thomas Howell and Thomas Ian Griffith. Cast * Thomas Ian Griffith as Neal Meekin * Caroleen Feeney as Dr. Lia Freeman * R. Lee Ermey as Gary * C. Thomas Howell as Jack * John Ashton as Kemp * Geoffrey Lower as Jay Weston * Hilary Shepard as Annie (credited as Hilary Shepard-Turner) * Gary Kasper as Tiny References External links ''Avalanche''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Avalanche 1999 films 1999 action films 1990s disaster films 1999 independent films American disaster films American action films American independent films American survival films Canadian disaster films C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Skidmarks
''Johnny Skidmarks'' is a 1998 mystery thriller film directed by John Raffo. Synopsis Crime scene photographer, Johnny Scardino (aka Johnny Skidmarks), is working on the side for a group of blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels with prostitutes. One such assignment turns the wrong way and the blackmailers he works for start dying one by one in more and more brutal ways. Is Johnny the next on the list? Cast * Peter Gallagher as Johnny Scardino * Frances McDormand as Alice * John Lithgow as Sergeant Larry Skovik * John Kapelos as Walter Lippinscott * Jack Black as Jerry * Charlie Spradling Charlie Lynn Spradling (born September 27, 1968) is a retired American actress. Early years Charlie Lynn Spradling was born September 27, 1968 in Forth Worth, Texas, where she was also raised. Career Spradling's first appearance in film ... as Lorraine References External links * * 1998 films 1998 crime thriller films 1990s mystery films American mystery f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven Before I Die
''Heaven Before I Die'' is a 1997 indie comedy film written and directed by Izidore Musallam and starring Andy Velasquez, Giancarlo Giannini, Joanna Pacula and Omar Sharif. Plot This is the story of an outcast named Jacob, a Palestinian. Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that and decides to emigrate from Palestine to Canada, where "everyone is equal". There everybody treats him kindly, and a thief specializing in stealing money from cash machines takes him into his home and treats him like a son, waitress Selma finds him a job as a Chaplin imitator, "prophet" Khalil Gibran gives him wise advice. Cast * Andy Velasquez as Jacob * Giancarlo Giannini as Thief * Joanna Pacula as Selma * Geoffrey Lower as Sterrea * Burt Young as Pollof * Omar Sharif as Kahlil Gibran * Joseph Bologna * Cherilee Taylor * Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook (film)
''Hook'' is a 1991 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy. It acts as a sequel of sorts to J. M. Barrie's 1911 novel ''Peter and Wendy'' focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten all about his childhood. In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning, a successful but unimaginative and workaholic lawyer with a wife (Wendy's granddaughter) and two children. However, when Captain Hook, the enemy of his past, kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland to save them. Along the journey, he reclaims the memories of his past and becomes a better person. Spielberg began developing ''Hook'' in the early 1980s with Walt Disney Productions and Paramount Pictures, which would have followed the Peter Pan storyline seen in the 1924 silent fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
