The Defiant Ones (1986 Film)
''The Defiant Ones'' is a 1986 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by David Lowell Rich starring Robert Urich and Carl Weathers. It is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. Synopsis Cullen Monroe and Johnny "Joker" Johnson are prisoners who hate each other and get into a fistfight, causing them to be transported to a different jailhouse by car. During transport they come to blows again, causing an accident. They escape the car but remain chained to each other while the sheriff hunts them. Cast * Robert Urich as Johnny "Joker" Johnson * Carl Weathers as Cullen Monroe * Ed Lauter as Sheriff Leroy Doyle * Barry Corbin as Floyd Carpenter * Laurie O'Brien as Pauline * Thalmus Rasulala as Fred * William Sanderson as Mason * Ritch Brinkley as Lonny * Ebbe Roe Smith as Deputy Miller * Wil Wheaton as Clyde * Charles Bartlett as Jeffcoat * Richard Fullerton as First Guard * Bob Harris as Driver Production and broadcast The film is a remake of ''The Defian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Lowell Rich
David Lowell Rich (August 31, 1920 – October 21, 2001) was an American film director and producer. He directed nearly 100 films and TV episodes between 1950 and 1987. He was born in New York City. He began directing on a regular basis in 1950. Rich won an Emmy for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, outstanding direction of a special in 1978 for ''The Defection of Simas Kudirka''.Roberts, JerryEncyclopedia of Television Film Directors pp. 474–75, 657 (2009) His brother was director John Rich (director), John Rich. Selected filmography * ''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' (1959) * ''See How They Run (1964 film), See How They Run'' (1964) * ''Madame X (1966 film), Madame X'' (1966) * ''The Plainsman (1966 film), The Plainsman'' (1966) * ''Rosie!'' (1967) * ''Eye of the Cat'' (1969) * ''Northeast of Seoul'' (1972) * ''The Judge and Jake Wyler'' (1972) * ''Satan's School for Girls (1973 film), Satan's School for Girls'' (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Bob Harris (actor)
Bob or Bobby Harris may refer to: Entertainment * Bob Harris (radio presenter) (born 1946), "Whispering" Bob Harris, British radio and TV presenter * Bob Harris (sportscaster) (born 1942), American sports broadcaster * Bob Harris (musician) (1943–2001), American jazz pianist, keyboardist and arranger * Bobby Harris (musician), founder of the Dazz Band * J. Robert Harris (1925–2000), U.S. composer of the 1967 ''Spider-Man'' television series theme * Bob Harris (writer) (born 1963), American political commentator and writer * Robert S. Harris (programmer), video game programmer Sports * Bob Harris (baseball) (1915–1989), American baseball player * Bob Harris (basketball) (1927–1977), American basketball player * Bob Harris (footballer) (born 1987), Scottish footballer * Bob Harris (snooker player) Bob Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Harris was expelled from school at the age of 15, and started playing snooker mat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Fullerton
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]   |
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Charles Bartlett (actor)
Charles Bartlett may refer to: Artists *Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English painter and printmaker *Charles Bartlett (artist) (1921–2014), British artist Athletes *Charles Henry Bartlett (1885–1968), British track cyclist * Charles Bartlett (American football) (1899–1965), college football player *Charles Bartlett (rower), Australian lightweight rower Politicians * Charles W. Bartlett (lawyer) (1845–1916), American lawyer and politician *Charles Lafayette Bartlett (1853–1938), U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1895–1915 * Charles L. Bartlett (mayor) (1851–1898), U.S. baker and mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts * Charles H. Bartlett (1833–1900), American lawyer and politician in New Hampshire Others *Charles L. Bartlett (journalist) (1921–2017), winner of the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting *Charles Bartlett (film director) (1888–?), American silent film director *Charles Alfred Bartlett (Iceberg Charlie, 1868–1945), captain of the HMHS ''B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wil Wheaton
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in ''Toy Soldiers (1991 film), Toy Soldiers'', and Bennett Hoenicker in ''Flubber (film), Flubber''. Wheaton has also appeared in recurring voice acting roles as Aqualad in ''Teen Titans (TV series), Teen Titans'', Cosmic Boy on the ''Legion of Super Heroes (TV series), Legion of Super Heroes'', and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the ''Ben 10'' franchise's original continuity. He appeared regularly as a fictionalized version of himself on the sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' and in the roles of Fawkes on ''The Guild (web series), The Guild'', Colin Mason on ''Leverage (American TV series), Leverage'', and Dr. Isaac Parrish on ''Eureka (American TV series), Eureka''. Wheaton was the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show ''TableTop''. He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ebbe Roe Smith
Ebbe Roe Smith (born June 25, 1949) is an American actor and screenwriter, who wrote the film ''Falling Down''. As an actor, Smith has appeared in such films and television series as '' Outrageous Fortune'', '' The Big Easy'', ''Fatal Beauty'' and ''Murphy Brown ''Murphy Brown'' is an American television sitcom created by Diane English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for ''FYI'', a ...''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Ebbe Roe 1949 births American male screenwriters American male television actors American male film actors 20th-century American male actors Living people Edgar Award winners ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ritch Brinkley
Ritch Brinkley (March 18, 1944 – November 5, 2015) was an American character actor who appeared in over 50 films and television programs in a career that spanned three decades. He is best known for playing William in ''Beauty and the Beast'' and cameraman Carl Wishnitski on ''Murphy Brown'', as well as for roles in films such as ''Cabin Boy'' (1994) and ''Breakdown Breakdown may refer to: Breaking down *Breakdown (vehicle), failure of a motor vehicle in such a way that it cannot be operated *Chemical decomposition, also called chemical breakdown, the breakdown of a substance into simpler components *Decompo ...''. Brinkley died on November 5, 2015, at age 71. Filmography Film Television References External links * Ritch Brinkley at the New York TimesObituary 1944 births 2015 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Texas Place of death missing People from Colorado City, Texas {{US-film-actor-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Sanderson
William Sanderson (born January 10, 1944) is an American retired actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film ''Blade Runner'' (1982), and had regular roles on several television series such as Larry on ''Newhart'' (1982–1990), E. B. Farnum on '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006, 2019), and Sheriff Bud Dearborne on ''True Blood'' (2008–2010, 2012). Early life Sanderson was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 10, 1944 to an elementary school teacher mother and a landscape designer father. He is a 1962 graduate of Memphis Central High School. Sanderson volunteered for the U.S. Army when he was 18 years old. After his discharge, he attended college using the G.I. Bill, first at Southern Methodist University for a year, then at the University of Memphis. He earned business ( BBA, 1968) and law ( J.D., 1971) degrees there (then known as Memphis State University), though he did not take the bar exam. Career Sanderson appeared as one of the mechanics and regulars of the din ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thalmus Rasulala
Thalmus Rasulala (born Jack Crowder; November 15, 1939October 9, 1991) was an American actor with a long career in theater, television, and films. Noted for starring roles in blaxploitation films, he was also an original cast member of ABC's soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from its premiere in 1968 until he left the show in 1970. Life and career Born Jack Crowder in Miami, Florida, and a graduate of the University of Redlands, he appeared in many films and made guest appearances on television shows. He also attended some classes at Shaw University, a historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina in the late 1970s. Notable blaxploitation film roles include Sidney Lord Jones in '' Cool Breeze'' (1972), Dr. Gordon Thomas in ''Blacula'' (1972) and Robert Daniels in ''Willie Dynamite'' (1974); he also was the assistant director of ''The Slams'' (1973). On television, he was known as Skeeter Matthews on '' Sanford and Son'', Ned in ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'', ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laurie O'Brien
Laurie O'Brien (born February 16, 1951) is an American actress who started her career in Los Angeles in 1982 with her role in ''Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann''. She is best known for voicing Baby Piggy on the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon ''Muppet Babies (1984 TV series), Jim Henson's Muppet Babies'' from 1984-1991 & the Children's Television Workshop, CTW animated series ''Cro (TV series), Cro'' as Ivana the mammoth. As an on-camera actress, O'Brien has guest starred on the soap opera ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'' as a hooker as well as other numerous TV series including ''Trapper John, M.D.'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Matlock (TV series), Matlock'', ''Chicago Hope'', ''ER'', ''CSI'', ''CSI Miami'', ''7th Heaven (TV series), 7th Heaven'', ''Reasonable Doubts'', ''Shark'', ''Three Rivers'', ''Detroit 1-8-7'', and ''L.A. Law'' on which she played a woman on trial for killing her rapist. TV movies include ''The Defiant Ones'', ''Too Young to Die?'', ''Infidelity'', ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |