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Rehearsal For Murder
''Rehearsal for Murder'' is an American murder mystery television film starring Robert Preston and Lynn Redgrave, and directed by David Greene. The script, written by Richard Levinson and William Link, won a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. It originally aired on the CBS Television Network on May 26, 1982. Plot (Television Film) When his leading lady (and fiancée) Monica Welles (Redgrave) is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her Broadway stage debut, playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is left heartbroken. On the first anniversary of her death, he gathers the cast and crew from that ill-fated night in the same Broadway theater, ostensibly to read a new play he is working on, a mystery in which a famous actress is killed. As the reading progresses, the scenes seem to the cast to be uncomfortably close to actual encounters they might have had with Monica. When pressed, Alex finally reveals that he believes that Monica was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Levinson
Richard Leighton Levinson (August 7, 1934 – March 12, 1987) was an American screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. Life and career Levinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in 1956. He served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1958 and married actress Rosanna Huffman in 1969. Levinson was of Jewish heritage. William Link and Richard Levinson began a 43-year-long friendship in 1946, on their first day of junior high school. Both were avid Ellery Queen fans from boyhood and enjoyed mental puzzles and challenges, a characteristic that would spill over into their work. Beginning with radio scripts, the team wrote plays and then prime-time TV scripts. They went on to co-create and sometimes produce the detective television series '' Columbo'', ''Mannix'', '' Ellery Queen'', ''Murder, She Wrote'' (with Peter S. Fischer) and ''Scene of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman (born David M. Pressman; July 10, 1939) is an American actor, probably best known for roles on ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'', '' Ladies' Man'', a recurring role on '' Profiler'', the title character on '' Mulligan's Stew'' and as a fictional scientist in the 1971 film '' The Hellstrom Chronicle''. His first role was on the soap opera ''The Edge of Night'', and one of his first movie starring roles was in ''Shaft'' (1971). His other film credits include '' Making It'' (1971), '' The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder'' (1974), '' The Man in the Glass Booth'' (1975), '' 9 to 5'' (1980), '' The Hanoi Hilton'' (1987), ''Angus'' (1995), ''Trial and Error'' (1997), '' Very Bad Things'' (1998), '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1998) and '' American Pie'' (1999). He played Col. Cathcart in '' the Hanoi Hilton''. He has appeared in TV movies such as '' The Gathering'', ''A Fighting Choice'', ''The Late Shift'', '' Whose Daughter Is She?'', '' Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Television Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Billy Goldenberg
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By David Greene
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Award-winning Works
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck Young
John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris. In 1962, he appeared in James Arness’s TV Western series ''Gunsmoke'', playing “Corporal Stone” in S7E27’s “”Wagon Girls”. Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the ''Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C.'' series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974). Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Kato
Sérgio Luiz Pereira (born July 15, 1960), stagename Sergio Kato, is a Brazilian-American actor, television host, comedian and former martial artist. He found greater fame in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, after a stage play at the Scala Rio music venue. Since then, Kato have been working for a number of advertising campaigns, TV shows and films. Former model and active actor 2019. Aside from the acting career, Kato still modeling not as much. Print-adds, campaigns and TV Commercials for grief clothing. Sergio is brother of former footballer and current football coach Mazarópi. Career Early work He began his acting career at Teatro O Tablado in Rio de Janeiro, where he studied and worked. Still in Rio de Janeiro, he gained notoriety acting, dancing and singing in spectacles of Scala Rio.UOL Mais > Ator Sergio Kato – A Entrevista/ref> Still young, in 1982 he served the Brazilian Air Force, than in 1985 he moved to the United States. After studying English at Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Robinson (actor)
Charles P. Robinson (November 9, 1945 – July 11, 2021) was an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the NBC sitcom ''Night Court'' as Macintosh "Mac" Robinson (Seasons 2–9), the clerk of the court and a Vietnam War veteran. Although his most frequent on-screen billing was Charlie Robinson, ''Night Court'' had credited him as Charles Robinson throughout his 1984–1992 stint as Mac. In two of his earliest film appearances, 1974's '' Sugar Hill'' and 1975's ''The Black Gestapo'', he was credited as Charles P. Robinson. Some of his credits have been occasionally commingled with ones of older actor Charles Knox Robinson who, billed as Charles Robinson, was featured in numerous films and TV episodes between 1958 and 1971. Early career In Robinson's early career, he was a singer: as a teenager with the group Archie Bell and the Drells and later with a group called Southern Clouds of Joy. Later career Robinson's acting credits include appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Mele
Nicholas Mele is an American actor who has starred in many movies and on television. His first movie role was in the 1976 movie '' The Ritz''. Other movie roles include '' Some Kind of Hero'' (1982) and ''Young Doctors in Love'' (1982). His most well-known film role was in the 1988 hit horror movie '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'' as Dennis Johnson. A year later, he reprised his role in the hit sequel '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child''. His most recent movie is the 2003 film ''The Great Gabble''. Mele has made guest appearances in many television series, including '' The White Shadow'', '' Cagney and Lacey'', ''Melrose Place'' and '' NYPD Blue''. Filmography * 1976 '' The Ritz'' as Taxi Driver (uncredited) * 1977 ''The Goodbye Girl'' as Richard III Cast * 1979 '' 10'' * 1980 ''Wholly Moses'' as Israeli Photographer * 1981 '' All Night Long'' as Shoplifter * 1981 '' Mommie Dearest'' as Assistant Director #2 * 1982 '' Some Kind of Hero'' as Officer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Finnegan (actor)
John P. "J.P." Finnegan (August 18, 1926 – July 29, 2012) was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series ''Columbo''. He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the Don Bluth’s 1986 film '' An American Tail''. A friend of director/actor John Cassavetes, Finnegan appeared in five of his films, including '' A Woman Under the Influence'' (1974), ''Gloria'' (1980) and '' Big Trouble'' (1986), which also starred ''Columbo'' star Peter Falk. He also appeared in '' Heroes'' (1977), '' The Natural'' (1984), ''School Spirit'' (1985), '' Big Man on Campus'' (1989) and ''Come See the Paradise'' (1990), and portrayed Judge Edward A. Haggerty in Oliver Stone's ''JFK'' (1991). Background One of 11 children born to Irish immigrant parents, Finnegan served in the United States Navy during World War II. He became friends with Cassavetes and Falk at the Actors Studio in his native New York City. They helped Finnegan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Daniels
William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor, who is best known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig in the drama series '' St. Elsewhere'', for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards; the voice of KITT in the television series ''Knight Rider''; and as George Feeny in the sitcom ''Boy Meets World'', which earned him four People's Choice Award nominations. He reprised his ''Knight Rider'' role in the sequel TV movie ''Knight Rider 2000'' and his ''Boy Meets World'' role in the sequel series ''Girl Meets World''. Daniels' film roles include Mr. Braddock (Benjamin Braddock's father) in ''The Graduate'', Howard Maxwell-Manchester in '' Two for the Road'', John Adams in the musical film '' 1776'', and Carter Nash in ''Captain Nice''. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001 and led the union's efforts during the 2000 commercial actors strike. Daniels is also noted for having portrayed in film or on television the three most promi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
