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List Of Made-for-television Films With LGBT Characters
This is a list of live action made-for-television films that feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender characters. The orientation can be portrayed on-screen, described in the dialogue or mentioned. (For fictional queer characters (the "Q" in LGBT-Q), see lists for asexual, intersex, non-binary, and pansexual characters.) __TOC__ 1950s 1970s 1970–1974 1975–1979 1980s 1980–1984 1985–1989 1990s 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000s 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010s 2010–2014 2015–2019 2020s 2020–2024 See also * List of bisexual characters in television * List of gay characters in television * List of lesbian characters in television * List of transgender characters in television * List of fictional asexual characters * List of fictional intersex characters * List of fictional non-binary characters * List of fictional pansexual characters * List of animated series with LGBT characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Action
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheen
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films ''The Subject Was Roses'' (1968) and ''Badlands'' (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series ''Grace and Frankie'' (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in ''Badlands''. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Jacoby (actor)
Scott Bennett "Scotty" Jacoby (born November 26, 1956) is an American former actor. He appeared in the 1972 television film ''That Certain Summer'',"Ask TV Scout", ''The Town Talk'' (Alexandria, Louisiana; June 2, 1973), TV Section, p. 8. for which he won an Emmy Award. He is also known for playing the lead role in the made-for-TV film ''Bad Ronald'' (1974). He is also known for his recurring role as Dorothy's son, Michael Zbornak, in a few episodes of the 1980s sitcom ''The Golden Girls''. Early life Jacoby was born in Skokie, Illinois, but moved to Flushing, Queens, when he was ten. At the age of eleven, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Ally in the Broadway musical '' Golden Rainbow'', which starred Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, for the category Best Featured Actor in a Musical at the 22nd Tony Awards, held on April 21, 1968. Career By the early 1970s, an editorial questioned whether Jacoby was "a new Mickey Rooney". He began his television career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show that he developed called ''Mark Twain Tonight!'' while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He continued to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's ''The Group'' (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film ''All the President's Men''. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1973 miniseries ''Lincoln'' and 1985 miniseries ''North and South''. He also appeared in such films as ''Julia'' (1977), ''The Fog'' (1980) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Certain Summer
''That Certain Summer'' is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lamont Johnson. The teleplay by Richard Levinson and William Link was considered the first sympathetic depiction of gay people on American television. Produced by Universal Television, it was broadcast as an ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on November 1, 1972, and received a number of television awards and nominations. The movie was also recognized as being the first network drama to depict a stable, same-sex couple; the first to depict a gay parent; and the first gay themed show to win an Emmy, with Scott Jacoby winning for his performance. A novelization of the film written by Burton Wohl was published by Bantam Books. Plot Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his 14-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and in a committed relationship to Gary McClain, his life partner of sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Morrow
Victor Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series ''Combat!'' (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series. Active on screen for over three decades, his film roles include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), ''King Creole'' (1958), ''God's Little Acre'' (1958), '' Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'' (1974), and ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976). Morrow continued acting up to his death during filming of '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983) when he and two child actors were killed by a helicopter crash during filming. Early years Morrow was born in the Bronx, New York City, to a middle-class Jewish family. He was a son of Harry Morozoff, an electrical engineer, and his wife Jean (Kress) Morozoff. Morrow dropped out of high school when he was 17 and enlisted in the United States Navy. Morrow and his family lived in As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass House (1972 Film)
''The Glass House'' is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film starring Alan Alda, Vic Morrow, and Clu Gulager, directed by Tom Gries. It originally aired on CBS on February 4, 1972. Synopsis A college professor convicted of manslaughter and a prison guard both start their first day in the same prison. Cast * Alan Alda as Jonathon Paige * Vic Morrow as Hugo Slocum * Clu Gulager as Brian Courtland * Billy Dee Williams as Lennox * Kristoffer Tabori as Allan Campbell * Dean Jagger as Warden Auerbach * Scott Hylands as Ajax * Edward Bell as Sinclair * Roy Jenson as Officer Brown * Alan Vint as Bree * Luke Askew as Bibleback * Tony Mancini as Steve Berino * G. Wood as Pagonis (uncredited) Production Filming took place at Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, 20 miles outside of Salt Lake City. Accolades Tom Gries won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special in 1972 for directing this TV movie. The film also won the Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmaffinity
FilmAffinity is a movie recommendations website created in 2002 in Madrid, Spain by the film critic Pablo Kurt Verdú Schumann and the programmer Daniel Nicolás. As of 2016, the site listed 125,000 movies and series and had 556,000 reviews written by its users. Registered users can rate movies, find recommended films based on their personal ratings, create any kind of movie lists and — in the Spanish version — write reviews. The site also includes information about contents of the main streaming services, such as Netflix, HBO Go, HBO, Movistar+, Filmin and Rakuten TV. This feature is currently limited to Netflix in the English version. It has been noted that FilmAffinity users tend to rate films more severely than IMDb users, resulting in consistently lower average scores. The site has 3 million unique users in Spain, which accounts for 70% of its total traffic, and serves more than 47 million pages per month worldwide. Advertisements are the site's only income, totaling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Jenkins
Walter Wilson Jenkins (March 23, 1918 – November 23, 1985) was an Politics of the United States, American political figure and longtime top aide to President of the United States, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Jenkins' career ended after he was arrested and charged with "disorderly conduct" with another man in a public restroom in Washington, D.C. It happened weeks before the 1964 United States presidential election, 1964 presidential election, in an era when homosexual behavior was widely condemned. Personal life Jenkins was born in Jolly, Texas, and spent his childhood in Wichita Falls, Texas. There he attended Midwestern State University, Hardin Junior College and then spent two years at the University of Texas, though he did not earn a degree.''New York Times''"Storm Center in Capital," October 16, 1964 Retrieved November 13, 2010 In 1945, following his discharge from the Army, he converted to Roman Catholicism and married Helen Marjorie Whitehill. Jenkins and his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hill (Canadian Actor)
Arthur Edward Spence Hill (1 August 1922 – 22 October 2006) was a Canadian actor. He was known in British and American theatre, film and television. He attended the University of British Columbia law school. He studied acting in Seattle, Washington. Early life Arthur Hill was born Arthur Edward Spence Hill in Melfort, Saskatchewan, on 1 August 1922, the son of Edith Georgina (Spence) and Olin Drake Hill, a lawyer. As part of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, Hill served in the mechanic corps. He attended the University of British Columbia, studying law. He joined the RCAF while in UBC pre-law. After the war, finishing the university degree, he was lured to the stage. Career Hill's Broadway theatre debut was in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's ''The Matchmaker'', playing Cornelius Hackl. In 1963, the Tonys awarded Hill Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' Other Broadway c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
